Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-12
Lots of Tools Stuck in the Manning
ton Field and Operations
Thereby Retarded.
FARM PURCHASED ATA BIG PRICE.
Bad Roads and Expensive Wharfage
Cause Complaint Among Mt.
Norris Producers.
CHARTERS WELLS ON TIE DECLINE
Gaily Bros Strike Pay and May Rave a 200
Barrel Producer
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM 10 THE D1sPArcH.i 4

ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATCHl
MANNINGToN, August 11.-Operations
in this section of West Virginia are, il
anything, on the increase. There are in the
neighborhood of 25 wells drilling, and eight
or ten rigs up and building. Ten wells
have been completed, and the extent of the
pool, as now developed, is about four miles
long on As line. OF this number there is
only one duster, which is credited to the
South Penn Oil Company, on the Smith
farm.
The total production, approximately, is
S45 barrels day, which is credited to the
wells on the following properties: Bent
Bros, Bent farm, No. 1, four months old,
65 barrels; the Hamilton well, which opened
mp the field, barrels; Dent & Co., on the
Dent lands, 25 barrels; Dent & Co., on the
Robson lot, Is barrels; Dewitt & Co., on
tbs Amos lands, 80 barrels; Montgomery &
Co., on the Fleming, IS barrels; South Penn
Oil Company, on the Rymer, 10 barrels;
South Penn Oil Company. on the Ferbee,
10 barrels, and the Bent, Gladshaw & Co.
well, 15O barrels.
dAhp FIELD TO Dh1LI.
The Warrington field, beyond question, is
the harest territory to dill in the southwest
district. This is on account of caves which
occur from a depth of 600 feet to 900 feet.
At present there are seven strings of tools
stuck, and it is a serious question whether
they can be taken out. The wells here re-
quire four strings of casing, ranging in size
from 10 inches to AZ inches, and aggregate
1000 feet. The average cost of drilling
well and getting it In pumping order is
1900.
So far as developed Warrington has
failed 10 make good the representations of
its most sanguine supporters, and expert
ence has led the average operator to the
conclusion that there is no particular at
traction here, and nothing short OF a 80
barrel well on the starr will pay. This may
seem tough logic, and if the future of the
field does not present a more brilliant as
pect than its past history it is feared that
many will learn with regret the truthful
ness of this assertion. The Orion Oil Com
pany have two wells in the sand, one on the
Irwin and the other Ferbee farm; they are
not deep enough to tell what kind of pro-
ducers they will make. Beatty & Co., on
tools in the hole. The Logan Oil Com
pany, on the Hawkins farm, are also near
the sand and in the same fix.
AMONG NEW RIGS.
e. Bent & Co. are drilling four wells on the
Bent farm, aud the Swamp Angel we'll, on
the town lot, is down ], 500 feet The Home
syndicate are drilling two wells on the
Blackshier lot at !, 900 and ], 500 feet. The
Three-Acre Oil Company, on the Smith, have
just started drilling; the South Penn Oil
Company on the same farm, have a we'll
drilling at 1000 feet, and, Montgomery &
Co. on the Hamilton, are down 800 feet
with No 2, and have completed No. 3 rig.
Rose & Co., on the Dancer lot, located 800
feet north from Bent No. 1 is on top the
sand.
John McKeown recently purchased the
Beatty farm, $50 acres, lying northest of
Mannington and between the Bent and
Dewitt wells, and report says be paid S20,-
600 and gave an eighth royalty.
Notes From Mt. Morris.
Mt. MoRRIs-E NJ. Hukills, No. T. on
Asa Sutton farm, in Does run, showing
for not less than $50 barrels per day. His
Nc. 1. on the johnson iarm, is in top of the
first pay, aud filed up over 200 feet. 1t
is predicted this will be the largest well
ever struck in the Does Run field. The
only grounds for this prophecy is on ac-
count OF the sand being so loose
The Mountain State Oil Company No. 1,
on the Wildman farm, is through the second |
pay, and not showing better than 25-bar- |
rel well. Their No. 2, on same farm, is due |
about the 18th, barring fishing jobs.
The Price Oil Company have a fishing |
joo at their No. g. which looks very much |
rlu haIa
feet. II. Aiken is the contractor. Dit |
man Brothers have fishing job at f.. M. |
Hukill's Kennedy No. 2. E. n. Tucker is
fishing at f. NJ. Hukill No. on the
Postalwaite farm, also at the Hundred-Foot |
COmpaDy's we'll on the Priekett farm in |
Marion county, W. Va. Lowrie, Donley
q Co. are starting two more wells on the !
Nick Fetty farm. The @South Pennsyl-
Tania Company's well on the Warner iarm
is in top of the sand. They are having
more trouble getting water for their boiler
Andrew Monroe is rigging up at E. NJ. HUI
kill No. 6, on the D. l.. Donley farm. Andy |
mas no trouble getting crew at this well.
On account Ofit being so near town the
boys arc ali anxious to work there,
The roads still continue in bad condition |
for hauling. The West Virginia appropria- |
tiOn for roads is inadequate to keep them in |
even fair shape and land is So extremely |
valuable that it seems impossible TO get |
sufficient width to make respectable road. |
Since the oil business has become perma- |
nent thing in Mononglaia county every per-
son living on the banks of the Monongahela |
liver has, or intends having, wharf, and if |
the boat leaves only a keg of nails be is |
obliged to pay a commission and wharfage. |
The business is so extensive that Jimtown |
has three wharves and talks of two or three |
more. |
Jacks Run Producers. |
There is nothing of moment to report from |
the Jacks Run district Up to date there |