Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1865-11-22
OEE INTELLIGENCE.
United States Well Ceased Flow
ing.

About half past two o'clock Thursday
afternoon last. the great United States
well, on Pithele Creek, ceased flowing,
having been flooded by one of the new
wells going down in its vicinity The Pit
hole Record, in announcing the fact, sBys:
SIT is of course mere guess work to say
which well did the mischief but when
that well is tubed, the United States well
can be pumped out, and there are The
best reasons in the world for supposinC
that she viii flow as before Mr. Burc-
| hill. the energetic yice-presideDt of the
| United States Petroleum Company, Is
Iutting a powerful engine on the ground
to pump the water out, and we hope ere
long to chronicle the restoration of her
oily stream. There is but one conclusion
to be drawn from the above, and that is.
if the new wells going down were cased,
we should not have to chronicle the fail
ure of our pioneer wells, and this alone
ought to draw fall attendance at the
meeting this afternoon to discuss the sub
ject Of casing wells''
A dispatch dated Tionesta, the I4th,
states that Well No. 1, Allinder Farm,
belonging to the Cherry Run and Pitts
buTgh Company, bdrrellad one barrel the
day previous, and another before noon on
that dav, with the prospects of good
yield. The oil is a superior quality, said
to be worth $50 per barrel. The compa-
ny are preparing to tank.
Well No. 76, Holden Farm. which com
menced pumping on the Sd was flowing
on the 10th inst, at the rate of three
hundred barrels per day.
A good quality of lubricatlng oil having
been discovered on the Paxton Farm,
West Pithole Creek, territory thereabouts
is increasing in value, and bright days in
future is predicted for landholders. This
territory has not been very highly appre-
ciated of late, but this late discovery will
tend to improve it in the good opinion of
oil operators The east branch of Cher
ry Run is also looking up, the Green well,
the first struck thereon, having increas-
ed its yield to forty barrels per dav. The
Green we'll was struck a few weeks since
at debth of seven hundred and seven
ty-four feet, and is situated about fifty
rods from the Benton well, the Plumer
and TitusVille roa3 being the dividing
line between the two farms. Ten Mile
Creek, in Greene county, is also putting
forth strong claims as an oil producing
bcEFllOIy. Ou luuESudY OF iitSL week. Ine
Rogersville well, near the town of Rog-
ersville, on Ten Mile, struck oil at q
depth of four hundred and twenty-five
feet, and at last accounts was flowing
Ten Mile promises to equal if not sur
pass Dunkard Creek.
The product of the wells on Pithole
creek, it seems, has been overestimated.
AT last accounts, the thirty producing
wells on the creek were yielding only
about nine thousand barrels, which is
more than one-third less than previously
stated. The amount of oil on hand at
the different wells is not large-probably
thirty-fve thousand barrels. The roads
at present are in very bad condition, and
teaming is not profitable. The last new
well, No. l49, Holmden farm, is increas-
ing its flow, and when the sucker rods
are removed it is expected to prove a six
hundred barrel well. The Hardness oil
well is also constantly increasing, and is
now yielding two hundred and fifty bar
rels per day.