Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-10-04
Butler Co. OIL Field.


The Reed & Co. well on the DR.. VIM.
Irvine farm. about mile below Gallery
Junction and half mile west of Myoma
station. came in good, last Thursday eve
ming. When the sand was reached, the oil
spouted over the derrick, took fire from the
forge and burned up the rig. The fire was
extinguished next evening and the well
has been been producing about % barrels
an hour or over 500 barrels day since.
This well is but few rods from the old
dry hole on the Kline farm; the nearest
producing well is on the John Staples farm
a mile of so distant, so it will be seen that
il opens up new field and it created
great excitement among oil men, who
focked to that vicinity for leases. DIR. 1r-
vine leased ten acres more of same farm to
Bishop & Co., of Evans City, for 1000,
and 80 acres to the South Penn or Standard
Oil Co. for $500. The well was owned
by Reed d Co, who sold it, Saturday, to
Greenlee, Russell g. Forst for $40, 900, but
there was hitch in the proceedings. The
lease was taken by W. II. Gibson, who
with the assistance of Mr.. and Mrs.
Davis, of Pittsburg, started the well; Glib
son ran out of money and his interest was
sold by the other parties at constable's
sale; and after the well came in good
he claimed that he had never been legally
diyested of his interest and employed
attorneys to bring suit. On Tuesday eve
ming the matter was settled, the well sold
to the parties named for 5000, and the
money divided as follows-Gibson and his
attorneys got $1,000, Reed 81, l66, McIn-
tyre $500, Paul Mcbride 81, l66, Mrs.
Davis $40, 900, and Mrs. Davis 81, l66
The Christie Bros. well on the Welsh
farm came in good, Friday morning. When
the sand was first reached it flowed at the
rate of about $50 a day, and will make a
100 barrel pumper.
The Kesselman- Locke well on the Duff
farm, Brush Creek, drilled some months
ago and supposed to be a duster, was drill
ed deeper last week, and began flowing at
the rate Of 300 day. 1t opens consider
able new territory.
Christie No on the Greenert farm
reached the sand, Sunday, and began flow
ing at the rate of 200 day. There are
three producing wells on the Greenert
farm now, and the royalty of the widow
and heirs amounts to about $500 day.
Some years ago Johns interest was sold at
Sherifs sale and bought by Daniel F.
Negley, who now claims a ninth interest in
the production.
Pontious, Rodgers d Co. sold twenty two
producing wells in Fairview TIP, last week,
to S. G.. Coffin of Bradford, for $35, 900,
and Thos. Carlin, of Petrolia, will have
charge of the property.
Connoquenessing Tp., leased 30 acres to
W. ]. Mckee, of Butler, for an eighth and
50, 500, bonus, cash.
Thirteen wells have been located in the
new Adams TIP. field.
The Phillips well in Clearfield Twp,
Stewart farm, is rated at barrels
The big Campbell d Murphy on the
Greenert, Centre distric', is doing ubout 30
an hour.
The Bolard d Greenlee, on the Hazlett
farm is in the sand and is rated at 80 a
day.
A five barrel well was completed on the
Levi Kerr farm, near Pennington, in We
mango Tp., few days ago. The lease is |
owned by Charley Westerman, of Millers
town.
The Smith g. Co. well on the Sach farm, |
at the Centre, came in Wednesday and is |
reported to be rank duster. This was an |
important venture as to the eastern exten
sion of the field.
The Campbell g. Murphy was doing 35
an hour, Wednesday, but the other wells |
there had declined.
The Trimble farm in Middlesex TIP. was |
finished Wednesday, and is doing from 60 |
to IS barrels day.
The Allegheny Syndicate well is still
making 130 barrels per day.
The same parties started drilling on the
Canning farm, Monday, and are building a
new rig on the same farm.
A number of wells are nearing the sand |
in the hundred-foo district, and will be in
next week
Sutton, Christie d Co. have well on the |
Shannon farm that is showing up good.
White g. Co. started building rig to-
day at Myoma, near the new strike.
Three other new rigs are going up and
Goss & Co. will start three rigs at once.
Johnston d Co., on the vandervort farm,
one mile west of the For st q Co., is on top |
casing.