Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-01
ONE MONTHS WORK,
Lively HustIing in the Oil Fields
During August Brings In
teresting Results.
PRODUCTION IS INCREASED
And Still the Drill Goes Down in
Search of More.
COMPARATIVELY FEW DRY HOLES.
Carefully Compiled Statistics of Butler and
the Southwest Fields.
PRODUCTION is INCREASED
COMPARATIVELY FEW DRY HOLES.
WELLS FINISHED AND UNDER WAY

The accompanying tables, summarizing
the oil operations in the fields of Pennsyl
vania, Ohio and West Virginia during tn,
month of August have been compiled with
the utmost care from authentic sources
Perfect accuracy is well nigh impossible il
gathering statistics from so large an area
but it has been the aim of The DISPATCH
TO be governed by facts and make the re.
port as complete and accurate as could
be done by the most diligent efforts.
The report is complete, with the exception
of one or two unimportant sections of But
Ter county and Ninevah. one Of the old
pools of the esouthwest district. The figures
as presented, do not contain much consola-
tion for the bull element of the trade. But
Ter county, as usual, takes the lead, both in
completed wells and new work. During the
month of August there were 10Y wells COM
pleted, which gave a production of 1851
barrels.
1t may seem little strange tor so many
wells to be completed in one month, never
theless it is fact. On the 1st of August,
as shown by the reports from the Butter
field, there were no less than Sc wells in the
sand and Il drilling, ranging in depth from
100 to l, $50 feet. In many instances wells
that are complete on the beginning of the
month are never reported, for the reason that
when The report is made up at the end of the
month they are generally supposed to have
been completed the last of the previous month,
and are forgotten, and no note ever made of
them
THE MOST ACTIVE DISTRICT.
In the Butler field the lOO-foot district is the
center of activity. 1t is notable fact tnat the
wells completed in this section during August
have been uniformly larger than usual, while
at the same time the decrease of the old wells
has not generally been rapid as anticipated
1t cannot be said that there has been an extern
sion of the field while it is fact that the east
ern part has been defined, and on the west,
in the vicinity of the Cable and Hays
farms. the prolific rock seems to crop
out ZelenOple is claiming some attention on
account of a well which made its advent this
month and is now producing from 40 to so bar
Tels day. This new strike cannot salts
factorily be lined up with other developments,
alJnough there are some who can see a con-
Meeting link between Big creek and Zelienople.
The fourth sand developments, two and a half
miles east OF Millerstown, has caused some
local interest, and one or two good wells have
been obtained. Some are of the opinion that
this pool will turn out second Armstrong run, |
but this conclusion is only predetermined.
Wildwood, within the past few days has not |
presented SO many attractions as it did month |
ago. he completion iot Simpson No. has |
given the northwestern end of the pool bad |
look, while the McCaslin WELL located still |
further in advance on the same line. is reported
far enough in the sand to condemn the terri |
tory in this direction. There were only three |
wells finished during the month, but the volume |
OF work here is larger than in any of the |
other southwest pools, there being |
5S wells drilling and rigs up. |
MANNINGToN's POSSIBILITIES.
From the story of the drill Warrington may |
be sized up as a field of great possibilities and !
limited probabilities. 1t is contended by some |
that the Warrington pool is connected with |
Mt. Morris, but it is feared that the interesting
territory is like a desert with fertile spots OF
in other words, there may be succession of |
pools. but we cannot pin our faith to the
theory that there is good digging all
along the line. There is one thing GER
tain; from the time it requires to complete !
a well here it is not likely that Warrington
will ever become a factor in depressing the
market. In August there were eight wells
completed, and at present there are 35 wells |
drilling. At Mt. Morris nothing new has trans
pired in the last month worthy of special
notice. MOntour has been quiet and the only
thing Of import was Murphy's dry hole on the
the pool, but was failure. Belmont has at
tacted more attention the past 80
days than at any time since the field
has been opened up -Four or five
good wells were struck in the past
Jacks Run by no means looks encouraging |
Within the past few days the bottom seems TO
have let loose; and with the exception of the
old straw well and Thayer's last venture the
wells, SO to speak, have gone to sticks. The
extent Of operations here may be embraced |
within a radius of 25 acres. No new feature |
has developed in the Charters pool and some |
time Will elapse before advance wells now
drilling will determine more fully the boundary |
of the field. As shown by the report, there are |
50 wells drilling and seven rigs up and building,
two weeks. none of which have extended the
territory any distance to speak of. On the
Ohio side OF the river there are several wells
drilling which when finished will pretty clearly |
define whether there is belt extending from |
the prolific spot in and around the town of |
Belmont. Washington and Taylortown show
slight decrease in both production and new
work; the production is mostly from the fifth
sand.
In the other pools of the southwest family
and things have moved along in the even tenor
OF their way.
There has been no material change in the old
northern and middle field from the last month.
while the same can be said 0f Venaugo and
Clarion.
Following are the hguras which tell the
stcry: