Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-08
Great Decline of the Petroleum In
dustry in the Washington
County Fields.
DRILLERS NOW GOING SOUTHWEST.
Attempts Being Made to Penetrate Deeper
Into the Earth in the Hope
of Better Results.
REVIEW OF OPERATIONS UNDER WAY.
News and Gossip Picked Up BY The Dispatch Scout in
Various Quarters.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DrsrArcH.,

ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATCH.l
WASHINGTON, PA, August 7.-As re.
CARDS the oil industry Washington is but q
shadow of its former self The streets are
deserted, and one visiting the place now
who has witnessed the busy scenes and bus
tie when everything was booming, is forci.
bly, reminded of the Sabbath day. The
drillers and tooldressers have migrated fur
ther to the southwest-to Eureka, Belmont
and MRnnington. The production of the
field at present is not more than 800, 900 bar
rels per month, which approximately is a
decline of 25, 900 barrels in the last 80 days.
These figures, of course, include both
Washington and Taylorstown. The Clays-
vile extension has found the jumping-of
place; the fourth and ffth-sand territory is
about coopered, and all that is left of avail
able territory is within the lines OF the old
fields.
Unknown parties, however, are endeavor-
ing to revive the excitement and are hunt
ing for another pool five miles southeast of
the old McGahey developments. Sam Fergus
and others expect to find a paying well on
the Crocker farm, and it won't be very long
before they will know what there is in this
section.
GOING DEEPER FOR OIL.
There are few of the old wells being
deepened to the fourth and fifth sands. The
Mascot Oil Company, on the Tom McGahey
farm, will soon find the fifth sand. Ike
Willets, on the Morse farm, has drilled
through both the fourth and fifth and is
still drilling, hoping to find sixth sand.
On the Claysville extension the Forest
Oil Company and Washington Oil Company
are doing the bulk of the work. The latter
company have started drilling on the Bing-
ham tract and on the Leman Carson Nos
and are down 1000 and 1000 feet re-
spectively. Their Hodgins No. 6, COM
pleted a short time since, will make 30
barrel well in the Gordon sand. The same
parties on the Isaac Hodgins have a we'll
drilling at 2, 100 feet; one on the Joseph
Hutchinson at 9, 800 feet; one on the joseph
Lsech farm at 2, 200 feet; one on the Mehaffy
at 200 feet; one on the II. G. Noble at
2,10O feet, and two on the Wishart Noble at
], 500 feet and 800 feet.
The Clsysyille Oil Company, No. 10,
Gourly, is down ], 600 feet, and the Victory
Oil Company, on the Carson, have another
well drilling at 2, 600 feet, while Bradley &
Co., on the Miller farm, have reached
depth of 200 ieet.
WELLS LATELY FINISHED.
Hart Bros, on the Ssyers farm, are down
300 feet in No. 81. The Peoples Light and
Heat Company are running a string of tools.
Ike Willets has finished No. Is on the White
farm, which is doing 80 barrels per day. 1t
is estimated that Mr.. Willets' production is
81, 600 barrels per month. John McKeown
has Just finished putting in ,725 feet of Az
inch pipe in his we'll on the Logan farm to
shut the salt water off in the Gordon. The
well will be drilled to the fourth sand.
Parallel with the oil horizon in this field
lies one of the most prolific gas belts in the
Southwest district, on which there is con-
siderable activity, the Wheeling Natural
Gas Company, the Manufacturer Gas
Company and the Philadelphia Natural
Gas Company being the principal operators
The Manufacturers Company have Just
started we'll on the DR.. james Mum
farm, and the Philadelphia Company are
drilling one on the Stewart farm and have
started q rig on the Dougherty farm.