The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-03-21
OIL NOTES.
BALLTowN PHAx.


Peter Berry and his amiable wife
set good table, and Peter keeps the
best quality Of sand rectifed cider,
and cigars.
The Kelly & Grandin Nos. and 5
are keeping up their production.
The Porkey well is good for Is barrels
OF the new wells: j. G. Welsh is
about 800 feet deep. He has had
great deal of trouble casing off the
salt water. In fact all the wells iD
that vicinity are troubled with salt
water. No. 3 of Grandin g. Kelly
wells has to be bailed out twice a
week. Grandin & Kelly are drilling
their No g. aud putting up a rig for
No. 7. These two wells are located
on 40 degree line drawn half way
between and 8; No. 6 being to the
northwest and No. Z to the southwest.
Murphy's we'll on 1884, will be in
by the time you 60 to press, if they
have no bad luck. This we'll is about
80 rods north of the Porkey we'll.
The Galley Bros. well is dry, DR..
Book with all his mystery" and
Andy Garland to the contrary not.
withstauding. Murphy is starting two
rigs on the southeast corner of 3133.
The Bailtown Oil Co is putting up
rig on 1921, about $50 rods east ofthe
Galley Bros. Jas. Welsh is starting a
rig east of his we'll. The big K"
will be drilling this week. BIG X.
Reports from the Cooper Tract of
the past week are of rather damag.
ing nature. 1t is said the production
of the principal wells has fallen off
more than half within the past five
or six days, and at the present rate of
decline that territory will be second
Cherry Grove in less than two weeks.
A guage of the entire Cooper district
on Saturday last showed that the pro-
duction was ,532 barrels, fully one
hundred barrels less than before the
Patterson, McCalmont No. 2, Reno
No. 2, and Murphy we're completed.
Add to this the fact that the Sherman
we'll, which was expected TO be good
ore, came in dry. likewise the Shan.
non No. 6 and the Clark & Foster,
and the outlook is decidedly not very
rosey. 1t is believed, however, that
when these large wells get down to
fair sized producers their staying
qualities will be good The activity
in building and operations is still kept
up and increasing, and as soon as the
backbone of winter is thoroughly
broken things will grow very lively
there.
The Wolcntt well on Sugar Run,
near Nebsaska, was completed last
week, but what it is none of the out
side world seems to know, and the
owners refuse to divulge, either be.
cause they think it's nobody's business,
or from lack of knowledge on their
own part. The general suppositon is
that it is duster some think it is not
May the latter party win their guess
The Tionesta Oil Co. is locating a
new we'll somewhere on its Beaver
Valley territory. The exact spot we
have not yet learned.
Derrick, this morning; The An.
chor Oil Company will have two wells
10 the sand this week, provided they
have no bad luck. One is No. 16, 10.
Gated west of the Forest Oil Compa
ny's producer, and from its situation a
hundred barrel we'll may be anticipa-
ted. The other is No. IA, on division
5 of the Cooper tract. Its location is
north of the Fertig & Henne light
well, and directly south, about 200
rods from the Shannon No. 5. 1t may
be a dry hole or a small producer,
but large we'll would not be looked
| for from its location