The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-23

yield of % barrels each day, 4i2 were
gas wells, and 206 we're failures. The
most important results Of field activity
In 1916 In this state include the diseoy.
cry and partial development OF rich
pool of oil in the 30.foot sand on Dents
Run, near Warrington, Marion county,
and the proof of a northeastward ex-
tension of the Berea sand pool, in the
Cabin Creek district, kanawha county.
beyond the limits OF the territory con-
trolled by the company that discovered
this pool late in 1914. A discovery Of oil
near Grantsvile, Sherman district, Cal
houn county, in May resulted in the drill.
ing OF other test wells in the same 10.
cality but none OF them obtained petro.
leum.
In eastern and central Ohio .s54 wells
were completed in 1916. OF these, OPT
were oil wells, 402 were gas wells, and
525 about two in seyenl were failures.
The average yield of the new oil wells
the first "a hours after completion was
IL barrels each This division of the
ltlu III lbib fANttutu lto
output of petroleum in 1915 by complet-
ing a number of wells of large capacity
in the Union Furnace district, Hooking
county, early in the year, and by com.
plotting many wells OF small capacity in
the shallow sand" districts. In Jackson
and Richland townships, Vinton county,
gas field of considerable promise was
developed at the southern end of the GEN.
trail Ohio gas belt. In Knox and Holmes
counties efforts to develop Clinton sand
pool near Brinkhaven were partly sue.
eessful. An oil well having an estimat-
ed initial capacity of 25 barrels day
resulted from test made mile east
of other producing wells in the Wooster
pool, Wayne county. Southwest of
Cleveland, Cuyahoga county, number
of oil wells of small capacity were found
in the development g. the Cleveland gas
field
The results of the drilling in Kentucky
in 1916 include SIS oil wells, credited
with an average initial capacity of 81
barrels each a day, IL gas wells, and 10
failures. The increase of LIS per cent
in the petroleum output of this state
was direct consequence of the remark
able success that attended the search
Tor extensions of the Irvine pool, in Es-
ill county, and of the Scottsville petro-
cum district, in Allen county. The &C
OF oil at shallow depths in
10Th these fields made their development
specially attractive to producers, who
we're compelled to face steadily in
reasing scale of prices for drilling req.
lisites. insufficient means of transpor-
alton in both areas prevented the mar
.eting in 1916 of more than small pro-
'ortion of petroleum produced during
he year Normal activity prevailed in
he older oil districts of the state. Out.
ide of these districts great number Of
wildcat wells were drille.
The quest for oil in Tennessee, inspired
y the discovery of small quantities of
etroleum near Oneida, Scott county, in
DIS, was continued in a desultory fash
IN in 1916. In all nine wells were COM
leted, only two of which were credited
18th commercial production. Late in
eptember promising pool of oil was
near Glenmary, Scott county,
5 miles south of the Oneida district,
'om which the greater part of the GIT
arrels of production credited to Tennes-
se in 1916 was obtained.