The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-08-18
PARKER OIL FIELD.
VICINITY OF MILLERsTOwN.

| VICINITY OF MILLERSTOwN.
The Little Aggie well on the johnson
farm, was tubsd % Tuesday OF last week.
and yielded the first day thereafter about
l25 barrels. On Tuesday OF this W eek the
well was still 10 motion, at which time II
was yielding goodiy amount Of oil; but
the production st which Il started bad fall
Gu Oft considerably. This we'll 10 owned by
Mullen, sattsrasId l. Tsylor, Houss aud
Others.
The we'll on the Hemphiii farm, now own
ed by Mckinney Bros. a6d Galley, which
was buroed dowa some Isu dsye ago, 10
only drilled to sbs top of third sand, aud 10
flow ins some Is barrels per day. 1t 10
thought It will b good Tor 100 barrels when
completed. Satteraaid, Taylor Il Co, ate
the owners OF the we'll.
At the we'll Of Psrson Bros. on the Hemp
| bill farm, 90 extensive gss vein has been
struck In the so feet sand.
= At the we'll OF Mckinney Bros Il Galley,
No. located on part Of their purchase Of
the Hemphill farm, an extensive gas vein
hes been struck, on The top OF the third
sand, which is throwing salt water over The
top Of the derrick.
The Capt. Wolf WE'LL on the McDermit
farm, south Of the Hemphill, Ia 10 the sand,
making q good show. II is thought its
production will exceed 100 barrels per day.
The tools have been stuck for some time
10 the Birchfield well, on the Manus GILES
pie farm. Ou Tuesday last they had all
been removed therefrom except the reamer,
aud 1t was thought the hole would soou be
cleaned out ready for further operations.
VICINITY OF GREECE CITY.
A we'll owned by DR.. Hare and others, 10,
Gated nssr the centre Of Greece City, took
fire on Saturday afternoon from the gas aud
flowing through the pipe into the furnace.
The rig, together with considerable oil
were certainly destroyed.
The derrick Of we'll formerly owned by
Asa Say, now owned BY McClosky and otbI
srs, caught from the Hare we'll and was
burned down. The surrounding building,
narrowly escaped destruction. The widest
excitement prevailed as tho fire progrsssl
cd.
A large strike has been made on The
Brown, and snotbsr on the McClelland,
near Greece City, the last week.
VICINITY or M0DOC OR SUMMIT CITY.
The Modoc we'll, 90 the Trou.rnan farm,
owned BY l.. Taylor 4 Co., stsuck the sand
and commenced to flow on the latter part o!
last week. 1t is reported as doing between
eight and ten hundred barrels per day.:
TIE Dean we'll. ..on the same farm, is 90.
other new strike and 10 reported at 250 bar,
res.
Thompson Diworth and others have also
new we'll ou the Tfou,man farm, which 1,
flowing fully 600 barrels per day.
A new we'll on the Harper farm, Is flow,
ing TOO barrels per day.
VICINITY OF BuENA VISTA.
| A new strike 10 the vicin ity OF the tow
10 doing over ffty barrels.
MiIiichamp Bros. well, near Bnena Vis.s
10 producing one hundred and twenty live
barrels per day.
wTLD-CATING.
Dimmick & Nesbeu recently drilled o
we'll for oil on the Banks farm, abou: one
and half miles down Bear Greek from the
Trou'man well, aud at depth of 1900
feet struck vein Of gas which surpssses
anything Of the kind ever heretofore struck
10 this extensive oil region. 1t is estimated
that The pressure OF gas is fully one thousand
pounds to the square inch. 1. is 80 inn
msnse 10 fact, that ell operations at the
we'll have had 10 be suspended for the pres.
ent-(Oilman's Journal.
| ThA 90 mmarca of PhilaiaIrhia la lonI.inn