Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-18
In THE FOURTH SAND
The Menke Farm Well at Wildwood
Makes a Surprising Showing.
DEEP DRILLING MAY be GENERAL.
Coraopolis to Have a Refinery That Will
Cost $4,000.
OIL NOTES FROM VARIOUS FIELDS.
ESPECIAL rELEeRAM TO THE prsPArCH. !

ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DrsPArCH.l
WILDWOOD, September ia new
feature was developed to-day in the Wild
wood fields, which may, in the future. be
come an important factor in the production
of this pool. The innovation was brough
about by the drilling of the Menke farm
well down to the fourth sand strata, which
apparently has been attended with the mos
satisfactory results. The present status o.
the new we'll is comparatively embryonic
but if the bright promises given by its frs
unquestionably, will occupy a prominent
position among the many pools
of the sgreat southwest. This well is ownec
by Patterson, Griffith & Miller, and was dry a:
powder horn in the Wildwood or third sand
horizon, of which there was only q feet, broken
and irregular in its formation. The fourth
sand was struck at LIB feet, there being only
four feet of break between this and the third
At 81 feet in the drill tapped the pay, and the
well began spraying at the rate of rs barrels a
dav, which it was still maintaining tonight
The boiler is being moved out and tomorrow
the drill will tell the whole story.
This unexpected phase of the Menke well
has awakened a new interest. and a number OF
small producers in the third sand. will. in all
probability, be drilled to the fourth. So con-
f1dent are they that the Lew fourth sand devel-
opment will prove paying investment the
same parties have located two more wells. and
in a few days rigs will be ready for the drill.
Greenlee d Forst's Ice Pond well is turning out
better than was at first expected, and since s
O'Clock last night has made eight barrels an
hour. Galley & Cos No. ], BIyle farm, to-
night is 81 feet in the sand and showing for a
25 or 80 barrel we'll If this production is not
increased with deeper drilling in the third sand
1t will be drilled to the fourth
At o'clock this afternoon the Smith Farm
Oil Company on the Smith farm, tapped the
nrstp The well is a strong gasser, and is
spraying some oil. Further drilling has been
postponed until the boiler is moved out. and
by to-mo row night the we'll will have declared
itself. The Young well was not drilled any
deeper to-day, but has made an average pro-
6OO barrels. Burke & Mcbride. on the Doe
Moon farm, were nine feet In the sand tonight
with SO feet of oil in the hole: the digging
is hard and on this account, together with other
mlshaps, but little headway has been made.
The company will start drilling No. 2, Moon,
in few days, and are building No. 8 rig.
Grifhth's No. 2. Rolshouse. will not get the
things now look it should find the interesting
spot Saturday, while Bowman & Co. No. l,
holshouse, expect the pay about the same
time Gibson Giles No. L Scott. is reported
30 feet in the sand, and at this depth is showing
for 25barrel well. The Roth OIL Company's
Nos. l and2 are making Is inches an hour, and
in the past "a hours together have produced
S,OOo barrels. Greenlee & Forst's No. is doing
~ barrels an hour. The production of the
neld to-day was over 5000 barrels.
Butler County Wells.
BUTLER-In this field ]. A. Leidecker shot
his No. Boggs with Is quarts on Thursday.
The Forest Oil Company's No. 4, Spithuller,
was shot with ten quarts on Friday. and made
small flow. The same company's No. l, on the
same farm, had the casing pulled to-day, Tues
day, and will be shot up in the 1OO-foot. These
are all old wells. In the 100 foot field Andrews
& Company's No. s, Witte farm, are in the 100
foot sand and showing some oil. The One
Hundred Foot Oil Company have timber on
t he ground for two more wells on the l. Ander-
son farm. McLane No. II, McLane farm. ex-
poets the sand this week. Markham & Co.'s
No. l, Merchem farm, was shot on Monday,
and is showing for well. Latshaw & Co.'S No.
2, Allen farm, Zelienople, reached the sand
on Monday, and is rated all the way
trow l20 which is safe, to 175 barrels.
There are several new ventures drilling in the
vicinity of Winters Mills. midway between the
Big creek Developments and ZelienopIe.
Goehring & Co. started the drill on the Dahm
farm on Friday. This well is located a short
burg and WE Weste9n, The n One aundred Tn tne Foat
Oil Company, on the MCGEE, are 450 feet deep.
The Pittsburg Oil Company, on the Welsh, are
on the MCGEE. and Schlegle & Co. are building
one on the Mcdonald farm. The old Steel
well, on the Spithuller, that was great gasser
in the gas sand, has been drilled to the 1O0 foot
strengthens the belief of a connection between
Big creek and the Zelienople fielu.
HUNDkED-FooT WELLS.
Black. Reisenman g. Co.'s we'll, on the Hiram
Graham farm. in the 1UO-foot field was COM
pleted to-day. 1t contained 40 feet of excellent
white sand, and will make at least a lOO-barrel
producer. 1t is located 20 rods east of produc-
ing wells, and is considered quite important.
The Thomas Graham tract adjoining, on which
a well was drilled last summer, is likely to
prove to be good. A number OF wells are drill
ing on it, and this strike will, no doubt, result
in several new locations being made. Bolard,
Barr d Gross torpedoed their No. 4 the
] James Welsh, yesterday, and it made several
flows. 1t willimake at least a 30-barreler
There have been no new wells brought in in
the Gould field for several days. Christie &
Crosby shot their No. on the Absalom Monks
farm yesterday, and it responded by throwing
a column of oil over the top of the derrick. 1t
was yielding 10 barrels per day before it was
and its production was largely in
by the shot. The well on the John
has been doing about 80 barrels since then, The
CHARTERS Oil Company are drilling well on
the j. B. Flick farm, and are building a rig on
the Robert Jack farm.
THE EASTERN BELT.
Operations are quite brisk on the Eastern
belt, near Millerstown. Tittley & Co. No 2,
and Hunter G. Cummings No. 2 on the Adam
will get the sand on Saturday. The
Jew Oil Company No. 2 on the same farm, has
attained a depth of 500 feet, and Is being
reamed down. A strong vein of salt water was
struck in the first sand, which was unusual for
this field. Tittley & Co.'S No. 3. on the Kam-
erer, and Hunter & Cummings No 3, on the
same farm, are ready to drill. TIttley & Co.'s
No. 2 on the Wiles, is down 500 feet Wester-
man & Co.'S No. 43. on the Recp, is drilling,
and the rigs are up for Nos. and 6. Tittley &
Co.'s Nc. l, on the MYERS, is down 400 feet
Murph,'s No. ], on the Ksmerer,
has attained the same depth. Simpson, Reep
& Co. are building rig on the Reep,
Gansz & Co. No. g. on the s. Mar.
shall farm, Forward township, just completed
is doing 125 barrels per day. Waldron &
No. !, on the W. s. Waldron
farm, half mile north of Evans City, is
through the sand and producing 20 barrels per
day.
SFep's Statrmea is Questioned.
Mr.. A. F. Burns. one of the leading operators
of Clarion county, in an interview with THE
DELPAToH reporter ventilated his opinion
upon the reduction of premium and the nil