Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-08

and allowing it to die of neglect
| The Lima and FindIay exchanges do moi
partake of the general hopeless feeling, but
have entered into long time contract with
the Western Union Company to furnish Oil
| City quotations of Buckeye oil every II
\ minutes. The Western Union is apparently
the only one that is benefited by the new
order of things, and telegraphing between
the different exchanges has doubled itself in
the past three weeks. There is still con-
siderable amount of hopeful feeling left,
and the trade are still looking forward with
subdued Joy to that period when the Big
House will open their heart and bank ac-
counts and shower it on the long suffering
and patient oil broker"
venaugo County Operations.
In almost every section of Venango county
the volume of operations is greatly cur
tailed In President and Pinegrove town
ships, where a month or so ago the North
Penn and others were doing considerable
work, silence now reigns supreme. Along
old Oil creek there is an occasional well
drilling, while in the gray sand district the
apathy. comparatively speaking, is as
marked as in other parts of the county.
Judd & Geiser and the North Penn Oil
Company are the only ones in the gray sand
that are doing any work to speak Of. The
first named firm are drilling Nos. "a and
81 on the Bissell farm, the first at 1000 feet,
while the latter is in the sand showing for an
average gray sand well. On the Edwards
they are down 600 feet with No. 16, and
have just completed No. II Edwards, which
is a good we'll. The same parties have three
more rigs upon the Bisseli and two on the
Edwards. The North Penn Company are
drilling only one or two wells. At Nickel
vile Lee & Co. will start drilling tomorrow
on the Beals farm. In the Tarkilk district
the Relative Oil Company are drilling one
well on the Bevilet farm, and will case in
few davs Bradford parties are drilling
well on the old Cranberry coal lands, and
the Relative Oil Company, on the More
house. have rig ready for the drill. Kerr
& Co. recently completed fair producer on
the McCalmont farm, and have another
rig up.
AT President the North Penn Oil Com
pany, on the Wilson, have Nos. 25 and 26
rig up, but are not drilling at present.
The old Patterson we'll, which was struck
some time ago on Bull run, and started off
at 100 barrel or better rate, is still making
90 barrels. J. J. Carter, the present owner,
has two more rigs up on the same farm and
will soon get to drilling. Kirkwood & Co.
are drilling we'll on their own property,
and J. W. Wait is drilling another on the
Steele farm. Wesley Chambers has pur-
chased Thomas Maher's wells on Calaboose
run, a mile from Oil City, at 81 800 barrel.
Quiet mt Nestview.
WESTvIEw-The Westvlew field is very
quiet, there being only ten strings of tools
running. The McCalmut Oil Company
have started to drill their well on the Ivory
farm through the 100-foot sand, and are
down to the fourth. This well was drilled
in the 100-foot two months ago. Griffith &
Co. are doing the same thing with their
we'll on the Rogers iarm. Hoffman & Co.
have got a bad fishing job on the |
Wolf farm, caused by the well caving |
in on Top of the tools. They are |
trying to drill by the tools in the hole, but |
the probable outcome of this will be that |
thew will have to move the derrick and drill |
a new hole. Munhall & Co., on the Rouser,
have the same kind of fishing job, and
nave been fishing for three months. Mr..
Fishel, the contractor, gave the well dump
shot last Wednesday, as the last resort, to
ry and stralghten up the tools so he could
yet hold OF them, and said if this did not
prove success be would move the derrick
ind start another hole. This well
s over 1.5OO feet deep. Graham & Co.
,ave their well on the Rodell farm ten.
quart shot ten days ago and collapsed the
,asiug, and are still fishing for it. The
Rouser OIL Company's No. 2, OFT farm, had
| very light showing of oil in the 100 foot,
md the company, thinking they could get
l gusher by giving her good shot, gave
her 60 quarts and collapsed their 81 casing,
md are still fishing for it.
The Westyiew Oil Company gave their
No. 2, Ivory, a small shot ten days ago,
md have not been able to get their casing
light vet Their No. 1, and the pioneer of
he field, that they shot three weeks ago and
collapsed the casing, is now making 80 bar
els day. They are down ], 200 feet with
heir No. 4, SmiGh & Klimond's Ivory is
lrilling at 900 feet. The Bear Creek Re-
inIng Company's No. 8, Morgenstern, and
Fisher Oil Company's No. 1, Marshall,
ught to strike the interesting spot in the
90 foot the fore part of the week. The
Bellevue Gas Company started spudding
esterday on the Widow Farley farm.