Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1890-02-07
Oil Field Notes.

If tbe roads would become passablc "a
thousand new rigs would be bnilt in Batter
county within three weeks, but rs it is
these operations will be delayed until the
mud freezes or dries TeamsterS are now
charging from $l2 to $l5 thousand for
hauling lumber from either Butler or Rel-
hold to the Hundred foot territory, and as
they can haul but half thousand day it
will be seen that they are not making bls
money at that. while at the same time IN
hiring their teams There are about eight
Thousand feet Of lumber in rig, including
the walking beam, and not including the
sills. which are generally cut on the place
and the bad roads nearly double the price
of "A rig. The entire cost OF a well IN tins
field is about SO. 200, the drillers are asking
from 90 cents To dollar foot, and the
tank men want $40 for go barrel tank.
There is but little news to record in the
field. In the hundred foot the Humphrey
farm we'll was drilled a bit deeper last
Friday and started off AT 500 barrels a day,
and has been doing somewhere near that
since. uaslett & Co., and Grcenlec u Co,
have started new wells on that farm, the
last named firm paying SO, 200 for sixteen
acre lease. McClung & Co. are starting
four on the Graham, adjoining the hum-
phrey to the west Christie Bros. have
six drilling on the lift, and several were
started on the Knauf The Nesbitt farm
well was rated at 30 barrels per day
Steele & Co.. and Reader & Co, have
little war on hands over a lease Of part of
the Nesbltt farm. Steele is in possession
and is keeping Readers men off, and
will bring an action in ejectment. The
leases owned by Steele were taken last
year and were apparently abandoned.
At Gallery. Johnston sold some leases
on the Marburger and Waters farms to
to the Ancher Oil Co., for 50 600. Grazier
q Co.'S well on the Martin was rated at 30
barrels, the Jos. Cashdollar at $50, No. },
on the Irvine, at 100 barrels.
Phillips. Douthett No. ,. is yet doing
800 barrels
The Markle farm, in the western part of
the field, was leased by Il company of
Butler men few days ago, the price paid
is said to have been $4,000.
Fifty acres of the Slater farm a mile
north of present wells We're leased for $3.50
bonus.
Lumber is being hauled from Helienopie
for rig on the Matthew Graham farm, in
the southern part Of Cranberry township.
4 rig is going up on the Jas. Baker
farm adjoining the Allen farm, in Franklin
town ship.
Statistics of last years petroleum ex-
ports reveal very gratifying fact. They
completely upset the impression that had
been gaining ground that American pro-
ducers were losing their foothold in the
far East, most important quarter. The
contrary is the case. The great population
East India takes to refined petroleum
more kindly every year, and soon they will
burn nothing else, because it combines eX-
cellcnce OF quality with cheapness. Thus
a practically unlimited market is being
opened.
The DGTick's oil report for Jan, says
"There were completed 553 wells, with
a new production of :, $50 barrels, which
is an increase of II wells and 13l barrels of
production, while the dry holes run %
higher than they did last month.
In the new work there is also decrease.
The report shows 597 drilling wells, and
39l rigs, which is a difference of % wells
and ~ rigs, and shows anet decrease of II.
Operations have been confined to tested
territory, and but few wildcat ventures are
reported
The main developments are in the gray
sand district, from which source comes the
bulk of Venangos production. Pleasant
Vile and Emlenton each have contributed
their quota, which has declined considera-
Bile since the first of last month.
Butler county still holds her position in
the front rank, and her phenomenal hun
drej foot territory is the principal seat of
operations. Uniformly the wells are fair
producers and have good staying qualities.
The veteran operator II. W. Phillips,
was lucky in bringing in one or two big
wells, but no Importance is attached TO
their advent, as the territory is well de
fined in that section"
Ninety three wells were completed in
Butler county during the month, eighteen
of which were dry, and the production of
the others is put at 1,5s2 barrels a day,
though the Haslett & Co. we'll on the
Humphrey, il rated at but 70 barrels a
day; the Associated Producers on the
Cashdollar, at i25; Greenlee No. on the
JAS. Welch, at co; Hartman No. on the
same, Staples at 75, and other wells that
we have been quoting at much larger
figures, at from 80 to 30. The number of
wells drilling and rigs up in the county is
put at ISL.