Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-29
More Luck for the Roth Company,

More Luck for the Roth Compauy,
WILDwOoD-The Roth Oil Company are
ngain in luck. Saturday night about Z o'clock
they tapped the first pay in Harbush No. 4,
which began flowing at the rate Of so barrels
an hour The well was shut down until to-
morrow morning. when it will be drilled in: il
has the earmarks OF big we'll The same
at Semple station. Quite an inconvenience
vas occasioned by a shortage of water supply
on tile RNisA"r2s La. a.. and tile result was the
shutting down OF number of wells until the
necessary arrangements can be made for sup
ply. Forst & Co.'s No. 5 on the Rolshouse
farm. is doing 100 barrels per day. They also
located No. on the Biddikeeper farm, and
No. on the ice pond lot. Forst d Co. and
Barnsdale, Andrews d Co. have amicaby ar
ranged their differences as to the boiler on the
Wilson farm, of which mention was previously
made in these columns. Mr.. Andrews, for his
company, agrees to keep man at the boiler to
see that the adjoining wells or tankage do no:
suffer from the attending danger of fires.
Forst & Co. got the tools out of their No.
on the ROlshOuse farm and are drilling the
well little to-day with noted improvement.
Barnsdale. Andrews & Co. have got rig No.
up on the ZingeHheim farm. Their Willison
No 2 is drilling l3 feet in the sand, and at this
writing looks like small well. Their No 8 on
the same farm Will get the sand this evening.
Burt & Mcbride got the tools out of their we'll
on the Doc" Moon farm, and drilling is again
resumed.
NEW WELLS LOCATED.
Griffiths and the Forest Oil Company located
Nos. and on the Smith farm to-day No.
being 400 feet west of the Smith Oil Company's
No 8. and No. 500 feet northwest of the same
well. They are also down 400 feet with the
Herr well No . Their No. 3 Whitesell is still
doing $50 barrels. trying TO keep pace with No
9 on the same farm. Dunn, Phillips & Co. are
down 900 feet on the DR.. Smith farm with their
No. well, and No. rig is up on the same farm
and ready for the drill Byrnes & Dwyer have
goT the lumber on the ground for their SImp-
son No. 4. No. 8 rig is completed and started
to rig mp.
The Smith Oil Company's No g. on the Smith
farm, which was reported last night at SO bar
rels per hour, had fallen off this morning to
about Is barrels per ho1r and drilling was again
resumed. They expect 10 get deeper pay to-
night or Monday. Their No. 2, on the same
1arm, is drilling 56 feet in the sand and will
probably make 100-barrel producer. They
have also located No. on this farm. Garrett
& Co., on the Hancock farm, have got their
last string ot casing In. The Bear Creek Re-
timing Company will put in their second casing
op the McClay farm on Monday, beng 1885
feet deep this evening. PaUterson's and the
Forest Oil Company's Young well. No. J. is
doing six inches per hour The Ringeisen well
has its last casing in and is 1,600 feet deep.
This is one-half mile in advance of develop
ments and is being watched with q great deal
of interest as 1t tests 4 large amount of
territory as yet untouched by the drill. The
Forest Oil Company and Queen No. i, on the
Rollshouse farm. is spuddIng, and No. is to-
day rigging up and will start spudding by the
beginning of the week.
SMALL PRODUCER.
Mellon & Gaily's No. l, on the Blyle farm, has
done the Mexican mustang act," and to use
the vernacular term, to all appearances she
has "bucked." and is showing for small pro-
ducer for this field. The Kenawha Oil Com
pany have their machinery on the ground for
their Davis lot well, bnt will probably not drill
1t until after farther Developments in this To-
cality. Spang, Chalfant Co. today made con-
nnCflOnE WhirnaV nd 2 IL Off
noon it was in the furnaces at Etna. This will
be boom for this firm, as they have been
short of gas for quite while, and this only
partially nils their actual necessities. The
Bowman gasser, which was purchased by the
Bridgewater Natural Gas Company, looks as if
she were gaining, or as the trade would say,
drilling herself in" it being conceded by all
who have seen her within the last few days
that her volume has materially increased.
Mystery Unveiled.
CHARTIERs-The Fisher Oil Company's
well on the StimmiIler farm, coming in as it
did, was surprise to majority of the opera
tors in the field. The well has been shrouded
in mystery, through which deception it has
enormously been reported dry, thereby en-
abling its owners to secure adjoining territory.
Such reports are not only misleading to the
trade, but often work injury TO the interests
of others engaged in the production of oil.
This morning. when The DISPATCH represen-
tative sought information from those in charge
of the well, their mouths seemed sealed with
secrecy, but upon being further interrogated
they dId not fail to convey the impression
that the venture approximated duster.
The facts are. at 20 feet or SO in the sand the
pay was struck and the well began flowing
The pipe line people were hustled out of bed
"Wednesday night, and under cover of darkness
laid a line and made connection to the tank
while the same precaution has been main
tanned in running the oil. From the most trust
worthy information the well is doing, or did do
I6O barrels a day. Whether fuGthcr drilling
will improve the production remains TO be
seen.
At all events tile new strike has awakened in
terest in the northeast end Of the field and has
been incentive in starting new work in the imme-
date locality. Several important transactions in
territory here have been consummated, while
there are others pending. The Garley Bros'
Duff well was about through drilling to-day, /.