Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1890-01-10
Oil Field Notes.

Our oil well supply dealers are now
shipping some stuff to Rcibold and other
stations along the F. * ". L. L. from
which il is hauled to the different fields
The road from Butler to PetcrSville is al
most impossible, and the teamsters here
are refusing to risk it. \ great deal Of
lumber is being hauled to the Hundred
Feot Field from Harmony. As soon
as the roads get solid, if that is
ever to be again, the array of teams that
start out from Butler will be astonishing
as an immense amount of stuff is accumn-
lating here.
Some twenty new rigs are up on the
Burton, Thompson, Hickey and Kyle
farms in Middlesex twp. This field is
called the Gold field, and got its name
from the Adam Gold farm on which the
first good well there was struck.
Myoma comes to the front this week
with two good weeks; the Associated Pro-
ducars finished good we'll on the Joseph
Cashaollar which is rated at 90 bbls;and the
South Penn Co. struck good one on the
Staples, which was rated at 50 bbls. Nc
Kee's we'll on the Jas. Cashdollar is max
ing 60 bbls, Forst & Co.'S No. >, - bbls.
johnson on the Klein has been abandoned
Hoffman & Cos No. 2 ON the McLane is
good.
At Glade Run, Phillips No. I6 on the
Goehring is in the sand and flowing
In the Hundred Foot, Taylor & Co. on
the Cable is rated at 20 bbls, Greenlee d
FOrst have two new and good wells on the
Jas. Welsh, Christie, Sutton & Co. got a
good well on the Q. G. Shannon last week,
and the Christie Bros. one on the Jas.
Welsh, Guckert, Boyd & Co.'S. No. , one
the Bishop is rated at - bbls, Abrams
Walker d Co.'S. No. . on the Hazlett at %
bbls; Hays q Cos. No on the J. 5. Hays
is in the sand and showing good. The II.
f. Oil Cos. No. on the Bolton is also
showing for a good well; Golden Il Me
Clung's No. on the Nesbit made several
flows Tuesday Ruff & Cos No. 4 on the
Bolton is rated at 13j lbs.
The Great Belt field is coming to the
front after a rest of fifteen years. Phillips
No. l. on the NJ II. Byerley is rated at 80
bbls, and his No on the Logue is put at
30 bbls, No. . on the Negley is in the sand
and showing good.
In the Little Creek and Anderson field
there are 4G wells drilling, ii rigs up and
building and timbcrs on the ground for Ii
more
rh Myoma and Lower Glade run field
presents "a wells drilling, rigs and tim
ber in for Z. 1t is safe to say these figures
would be largely augmented by anything
like fair roads In the vicinity of the Cable
well there is considerable new work cut
out
B. j. Hanratty 4 Co. struck good pro
ducer on the Downing farm, west of Par
kers Landing, few days ago. 1t was do
ing so barrels n day.
On Thursday of last week Thos. Hays d
Co. struck flowing well on the Jacob FL
lenberger farm in Fairview township. They
think it will be good for 100 barrels. Their
No on the same farm is making from to
10 barrels, and this well is but about 100
yards from it.
McCaferty 4 Morrison are drilling ON
the James Hindman farm in Concord town
ship.
1t was while working ut Hays d Co.'S
new well a few nights ago that Armstrong
Jamison met with his accident. While he
and Mr. Taylor were fishing for a string oi
tools, he was caught by the slack Of tho
cable and whirled around the bullwheel
the cable wrapping his arm and shoulder t'
the shaft. The engine was reversed and
he was released and taken home, when IL
was found that the bones of his left arm
were broken in four places, his shoulder
and wrist dislocatcd and several ribs irac-
tured.
Swartzlander & Co. have n rig up on the
j. j. Sutton farm in Fairview twp, near
Peachvillc.
Mccormick a Co. are drilling ne ar But
tercup.