The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-04-25
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tue lNUOs huu We'll nave 'aFElNe0. HifH I
will commences bouncing the drill 30
day. They will undoubtedly be down 1
in three weeks provided they have no
bad luck.
The Wolcott well near Nebraska
has evidently been abandoned for good,
or more properly speaking, for bad.
Nothing new has been learned of
the Walters farm well near Newman.
Vile, aud if they don't soon get oil
there we'll begin to despair, as they
must be down over 1900 feet by this
time.
BALLTOwN.
The following correspondence, right
from the "seat of war;" will give our
readers a good idea Of what is doing
at Balltown:
BALLTowN, PA, April %, 1883.
This place is ali excitement at pres.
ent, and as the wells keep coming in
the interest in the various localities
increases. The telegraph lines are
kept busy. The Western Union Co.
has opened an Office at this place, and
the United Pipe has an office at Brush
Camp and Porkey Run pump stations,
operated by the cline men," while the
!
w. U. Telegraph Company keeps an
operator at this place constantly. This
week the grounds about Balltown were
surveyed out into town lots Of twenty.
five feet frontage by one hundred and
twenty feet deep. They will be sold
or leased very reasonable, and -four
ishing oil town may soon be seen here.
The lands about the mouth of Porkey
Run, on warrant 1884, are also staked
out in town lots.
Murphy e. Co. have erected a sub.
stantial Office at the above place, and
VIM. Gibson has established a lumber
yard at Perkey, on warrant 1921.
There is also large pump station
here which pumps the oil produced
here to Kane.
Murphy & Co. are drilling one we'll
and one rig building on 1894, near
their No. 1, producing at present
about 400 barrels per day.
The Balltown Oil Company are
drilling we'll on Porkey Run about
40 rods west of the Murphy No. l.
and building rig 80 rods northeast
of their drilling well. The last two
are on warrant No. 1872. The Por.
cupine we'll No. l is moderate pro-
ducer.
Welsh d Co. are ready to start the
drill on the north end of 1921, and
are also building a rig on the north
east end Of 5235, about 40 rods south
east of their producer, which is doing
about 125'barreIs.
Grandin, Kelly & Co. will complete
their No. on 5236 to-day or to.mor
row. This is an important we'll. 1t il
located about 40 rods southwest o
No 3, known as the Grandn gusher
and is the farthest south of all the
wells drilled by that company anC
may be looked upon as a sort of {
venture.
Murphy & Galley drilled we'll OIL
what they supposed was warrant 1888
but the survey Of the Balltown land:
lately made cut the well off 3133 onto
1921 by about % to 80 feet. The vel
is doing about $50 barrels per day
What the outcome will be is not a:
yet known. 1t will probably be /
vexatious lawsuit, and is a parable
case to the Patterson we'll on warren
2735 in the Cooper district where t
well was drilled on an other lease.
The case is easily explained TIL,
surveyors employed by Murphy q Co..
paid no attention to original survey
but went on the strength of their OWL
abilities and got 'Coopered' es the com
mon expression is hereabouts, and a;
the original surveys coutrol in all cases
where the original work is found on
the ground, Murphy & Galley will pro
badly lose their title to the well.