Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-26


and Simnson a Co. commenced drilling to-day
on the RECIPE farm. Tipley d Co. yesterday
completed a well in the fourth sand on the MIL
Ter farm, Sugar creek district, which was
duster of the first water.
Interesting ~ Ever.
WILDWOOD Wildwood is still full Of inter-
est There was good influx of strangers in
the field to-day, owing to the report Of few
good wells coming in and the fact that there
was some shooting to be done. Whiteside No.
g belonging to Grifiths and The Forest Oil
Company, not to be outdone by her nelghbors.
started off this morning at an 500 to IOOO barrel
gait and the owners say that the well will i'm
prove by deeper drilling. The smith on Com
pany got the tools out of their No Swell on the
Smith farm to-day at noon, and started to drill
her in this afternoon. Their efforts were re-
warded by seeing decided Improvement at
late hour this %0rnns psr Sne az
is IS feet in the sand, with no show as yet
They are building their No. rig on the same
farm about 200 feet west of the Young we'll
Forst & Co.'s well, No. s on the Rolsneuse,
& Hite's No ], on the same farm 70 barrels IN
the same period. showing diminution IN the
size of the wells as they approach the north
west.
Those of the operators who have watched
this development from its infancy, and nave
calculated from every phase OF the neio, are
now OF the opinion that the original .nlro-sano
portion OF the field, embracing the Whitestde,
Rolshouse. Smith, and Horbush lands, will fol.
low the 45-degree line, as originally marked
out and that the fourth-sand development
east of the original portion OF the nela VIII lol
low line running little south of east, or
probably nearly east and west. as proven py
the Young, Bryant, Blyle, and Menke wells.
A GOOD SHOWING.
Galley & Co. shot their well on the Blyle to-
day at O'Clock and after Sam had held his
breath for 30 minutes she began to spray oil.
and in a short time thereafter was spraying at
the rate of rs to 100 barrels per day. They
shot her with so quarts of glycerine. 1t being
the original intention to shoot with 100 quarts.
The Kanawha Oil Company are putting rig
on the Jones farm, one-half mile southeast OF
the Menke This well will be watched with
great interest IL being the furtnest In advance
of the Semple station portion OF the held
Forst & Co. and Carnesdale, Andrews q Co.,
by their foreman, Mr.. Gillespie, are having
some trouble about the latter firm being To-
eaten in close proximity to Forst Co.'S Rolls
house No. 5 with boiler, and fears are en-
tertained that said No. well and others In the
to the city this afternoon armed with
petition signed by the operators owning wells
along the valley below this well, and will ask
the court for an injunction to restrain them
from firing the boiler in It's present position.
In all probability the papers will be served to-
morrow unless a compromise can be effected.
NOTES OF VARIOUS WELLS.
Gibson. Giles & Co.'S No. 4 on the Harbush
farm, are drilling on top of the sand this even
ing They shut down at a late hour and will
drill her in tomorrow. This is 450 feet south
of No. g. No. s. ON the same farm, is down l5O
feet and No. started to drill. Nos. and
rigs are up. The Bridgewater well, on the Glib
son farm, got her casing tightened and is now
doing ten barrels per hour. Gibson, Giles q
Co.'s No. 2 Kretzer has fallen of, and is now
doing 400 barrels per day.
Praducers In CanGerenca.