Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-25
NEW WELLSCOME IN.
Three Fair Producers Added to the
Long List of Successful
Wildwood Ventures.
INDICATING In BUTLER COUNTY.
The Belmont Field Holding Its Own,
Several Wells Making an
Excellent Showing.
AN INDEPENDENT REFINERY ASSURED.
INDICATING In BUTLER COUNTY.
AN INDEPENDENT REFINERY ASSURED.
News and Notes Of Interest From Various Parts Of
Oildon.
sPEc1IL TELEGRAM TO THE prspArcu., i,


WILDWOOD, September 24-Three new
producers were added to the completed list
in the Wildwood field to-day. The most
important of these is Whitesell No. g.
owned by Griffith and the Forest Oil Com
pany. They struck first pay about O'Clock
this afternoon, and, owing to lack of tank
age, shut down until more room could be
made. The well tonight is estimated as
doing from IL to 15 barrels an hour. and it
is expected that when the drill enters the
pay further it will make large well. The
same company's Smith No. got the first
pay to-day, and is flowing at the rate of 150
barrels day. They are still drilling, and
if they find the same formation as in the
Young well, 200 feet to the east, it should be
as good as the Young.
Forst s. Co. IS No. 5, Rolshouse, came in
this morning and is showing for fair we'll.
This we'll differs from the others on this
farm owing to the lack of gas, and flows in
stead of making continuous spray, as the
other wells do. Bremen s. Hite, on the
Rolshouse, No. /, just touched the pay
about noon to-day and is showing for a fair
well. Burke & McBrill are still fishing in
No. l, Doc Moon, and have another rig ready
for the drill. Rolshouse & Co. have a rig
up on the four-acre Rolshouse. Griffith and
the Forest OIL Co.'S No. 4 Rolshouse. CON-
menced spudding to-day and putting in
casing in No. 4 Mhitesel, They commenced
building No. Il rig to-day on the same farm.
WELLS NOW DRILLING.
The Smith Oil Company, on the Smith, have
not succeeded in getting the tools loose in No.
3 and No. 2 is drilling 80 feet in the sand with
nothing of fattering nature to greet them.
The rig is completed on their No. 4, on the same
tract, located 300 feet north of the Young well.
The Harley WELL on the Mrs. Murray lot north
of Wildwood, is down l 400 feet. hiskadden &
Co. on the Bryant lot, at Semple's station, are
down 200 feet with their ventures.
The Kanawha Oil Gompanys well on the Hart
farm, and one-half mile east of the Wildwood
development, which has been producing five to
drilling, and they intend gong TO the third
sand, and to the forth if necessary.
STILL FISHING.
Burt & Mcbride are still fishing at their No.
on Daniel Moon farm, and have the rig for
No. 2 completed. Griffith and the Forest Oil
Companys Rolshouse No. 4 commenced spud-
ding to-day. and started to build the rigs for
Whitesen No. :. The Bridgewater Gas Com
pany's well on the Gibson farm, which was shot
Monday, is still holding up at a u to ID barrels
per hour gait. The Hunter well, one-halt mile
north of the Gibson, is down 200 feet Patter-
son and the Forest Oil Company's Young No.
did SOC barrels in the last "a hours. Barnes
dale & Co.'S No. g. on the Willison farm is
drilling IN the top of the ''blue Monday" and
will get the pay the first of the week. and their
No. on the same farm will get the sand on
Friday, while No. is fishing top OF the
sand.
Gibson, Giles & Co.'S No. i, on the Kretzer
farm, which was at first abandoned as an oil
well, and the gas utilized for drilling their 9TH
er wells in the field, has of late been showing
oil, and they now think of opening her up at an
early date, believing she will make a ten-barrel
producer. Mellon & Gaily, Blyle will be shot
tomorrow morning with 100 quarts. Patterson
and the Forest Oil Company located an
other well on the Young farm this morning.
making four IN all. ForSt & Co.'s No 2rig. on
the ice pond lot, will be completed tomorrow.
as will also Byrnes & Dwyer's No. g. Simpson
The Minke well was shot to-day and had not |
been cleaned out this evening and no gauge |
could be taken of her output; but it was no. |
ticed that the flows were twice as frequent as |
before shooting. and the well cleaned itself |
each time. |
Gibson & Giles No. 2 on the Kretzer farm.
IS holding up at 500 barrels No. 8 on the same |
1arm, IS up and ready for the drill and location
made for No. 4 Dunn, Phillips & Co. have be- |
gan spuddng on their Smith No g. This well |
is located l5O feet west of Simpson No. l. Har-
BUSH \ os. and 2, belonging to Gibson Giles
are this evening each making 50 barrels per
hour The production of the large wells in the |
neld is on the decline and the daily output Is |
approximately $500 barrels, falling off of lOOO |
barrels IN the last week or ten days.