Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-09
Activity Among Oil Operators in
the CHARTERS District Still
Continues.
REPORTS FROM BUTLER COUNTY
Also Show That Territory in the Hun
dred-Foot Field is Being
Rapidly Occupied.
NEW WELLS AND THEIR PROSPECTS.
What Is Going On at Jacks Run and in Other Part.
Of 0ildom.
rrEc1AL rELKeRAM TO THE DrsrArcH.I

CHARTERS, August S.-There is no
dimiuution in the interest and excitement in
the CHARTERS field. Apparently lease hun
ters are as plenty and anxious to secure
territory now as at any time since the pool
has been opened up. The territory within
q radius of five miles has been taken up,
and when leases are obtained near the
limits of defined territory, handsome price
is paid Most of the town lots, from develop
ments in CHARTERS, have been leased, and
on them a number of rigs are in course of
erection.
Yesterday the Crawford heirs leased five
acres of the homestead adjoining the Bryan
farm to Coast s. Co., for $500 an acre and a
sixth royalty. They have located a well,
and in a short time will have the drill
bouncing. Beck No. 3 was agItated this
morning which increased its production to
40 barrels an hour, but this evening the we'll
had dropped back to its old gait, 80 barrels
per hour. Heiser No. 8 was also stirred up
a short time, which increased the production
from 10 to Is barrels but like its neighbor,
Beck, it receded to 10 barrels an hour.
Heiser No. is making 10 barrels an hour;
Heiser No. 4, IL barrels an hour, and Heiser
No. about 300 barrels per day.
ON THE DUFF TRACT.
The Forest Oil No. 6, Duff, got the sand
this morning, and are shut down, moving
the boiler. The indications are that the
we'll will be good one. Their Duff No. 4
is doing $50 barrels day, and No. 8 Duff
is drilling at !, 400 leet, and with good luck
will cut the melon the beginning of the
week. The Bridgewater Gas Company's
well, on the railroad lot, is making $50 bar
rels day. Eathel & Co., on the May farm,
150 feet east of Beck No. 6, will get the in
teresting spot the fore part of next week, This
well filled up, 600 or 700 feet, with oil from
the 10O-foot, and would have made a good
producer from that horizon.
The Stevens well, on the Bailey lot, was
tubed to-day, and will make good 100 bar
rels day. On the johnson farm the Elcho
Oil Company are down 500 feet Guffy &
Co. shot their well yesterday. on the ST.
Mary's lots. with a 30-Quart shot. and it is
now doing 80 barrels a day. Gaily Bros,
on the Thompson, located near the trestle,
moved the boiler out this morning, and by
tomorrow night should be in the pay. If
this we'll is q success it will show more
available territory to the northeastern end
of the field. BRYAN & Zinkham, on the
Thompson farm, are through the 100-foot,
and will case off the salt water tomorrow.
They started drilling to-day, and are build
ing No. 8 rig. Both are located on the
Bryan farm.
OTHER OPERATIONS.
On the farm adjoining Bryan, Hufnagel
& Co. are through the 1O0-foot, but when
they came to case off the salt water they
found, upon inspecting the gauge by which
the bits were dressed, that it was an eighth
of an inch too small, which necessitated
roaming down from the bottom of the big
casing. Fred Laninger & Co. are drilling
No. on the Caugbey farm at 800 feet, and
have located for No. rig. The Emlo Oil
Company's well, completed three weeks ago,
at Wilson's station, on the Montour Rail
road, about four miles west of the Grafton
pool, has produced $50 barrels of oil. The
pipe will make connections to the tank in a
few days.
Two miles southwest from this well the
same party have rig completed and Will
soon bounce the drill. In the immediate
vicinity of the new venture there was we'll
drilled some time ago which had fair show
ing OF oil. but was not shot and tested.
This abandoned hole is the incentive that
led the Emlo people to locate here.