The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-08-31

and dropping the tools In the hole the
we'll commenced to gas strongly, and |
when few turns of the screw had |
been given the well began to flow at
terrific rate. Three lead lines carried |
the oil from the hole into 1900 barrel
tank and at the end of the first hour
the gauge showed that the well had
made rs barrels. The drill is less than
one foot in the producing sand, but
will he put deeper as soon as the well
quiets down. .'-Era.
Frank Palmer, on subdivision "a,
lot 636, opened his well on Saturday
last. The well has produced 800 bar
rels for the past forty-eight hours. She
also lies q trifle east of the heavy oil
belt.
J. A. Garland opened his his well
on subdivision 13, lot 636, Friday
afternoon at 8 o'clock. Her produc-
ton is rated at 800 barrels.
AT the Mystery, on the southeast
corner of lot 500, they have been drill.
ing on the six plugs all day and it is
now reported to be flowing steadily.
| The first flow of any consequence was
at noon to-day and lasted about five
minutes. Tuesdays Herald Cor.
Bussel SEckhart opened their well
Tuesday on division IA, lot 636, and
she is showing for good well.
Rix & Stevenson, division l3, lot 636,
opened up Tuesday.
Caldwell & Co., on 636, opened up
Sunday, good for 500 barrels.
The Briody & Barnsdale well, on
subdivision "a, lot 65S, tapped the
sand Saturday morning, and the well
commenced to flow. The drillers were
unaware of their close proximity tC
the sand and very earelessly kept on
drilling until the sand was struck. Nc
preparations had been completed fol
the reception of the gusher, conse
quently the oil made its way down tic
small creek for several hours before
the tanks could be completed. Th'
, company claim that they lost fully 5OC
, barrels of of oil by not having everything
in readin ess. ."-Erd.
) Akin IL Boden's three wells on 10
G19 made $40 barrels on Saturday. Th
, same wells made by Mondays gaug
480 barrels.
? Book, Kerr & Arters' well No. 2, ol
, the east portion of lot 657, struck SAN
., Tuesday and is flowing fully as larg
$ as their No. |. 1t made 1900 barrel
a the first twenty-four hours.
+ The Siggins well, on suh-divisio
! 33, lot 65S. was opened Tuesday and
+ flowing at the rate of 100 barrels a
b hour.
n IL. G. Stanford on division 32, l.
: 672, drilled on top of sand to day.
h its present condition the showing is ;
;; good as any in the field. Being soutl
, west of Developments it is of son
If importance. Goldsborough and 9th
|, wells farther north have not the thicl
t. ness Of sand ofthe wells north of the la
r ter and it was presumed the sand run OF
n at the south end. This lot will be
h much importance to determine Il
l. the thickness of the rock at the Sta
it ford well. ."-Erd.
of (The above well was drilled deep
le Wednesday. The flows incresed {
re the last bit.)
v J. Garland shot his well on 636 We
le nesday, and her production is abo
"a 500 barrels
c. Bussel & Urquhart opened up the
of well on 636 Wednesday but has d
clined to about 200 barrels.
al Book & Clark, on Gl8, have tv
I'd wells doing 500 barrels. Their rig f
t. No. 3 is up.
er j. NJ. Guffy, on 618, shot his W.
I'd Tuesday, and doing 500 barrels.
er Kennedy Oil Cos No 3, on lot G.
e. did 1909 barrels in the first twenty-fo
Id hours. This is below the genel
I'd estimate.
ad The Mexican Oil Co., sub-divisi
8, lot 620, shot Tuesday morning.
The Taylor well, on GAG, was sh
Tuesday at noon with good results.
Wesley Chambers, on division l,
I'D 582, opened up his well and it start
off at the rate of so barrels an hour.
Johnson d. Hallock, subdivision
is lol G58, opened up their No. ! Tuesd
cid evening. 1t will be big one.
me The Kennedy Oil Company opel
on up their No. l well OH lot 846 Tuesd
y, The well started off large and m;
ore for the first twenty-tour hours l
): barrels.
The Shiedmantle well on lot
the east side, made record the first Ell
led teen hours of ten and a half feet il
md 200 barrel tank.