Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-10
AMONG THE DRlLLERS.
THE NEW WELLS AND DRY HOLES WHICH
HAVE JUST DEVELOPED.
Indications That the Standard is Still Secur-
ing Available Territory-The Latest In
teIligence From the Important Centers.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE D1spArcH.,

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hour, has declined to-day to 80 barrels an
hour. The we'll was not drilled to-day ow-
ing TO the boiler giving out, but the owners
expect by tomorrow to be ready TO start up
again. The Miller, Shay & Co. No. 2 Funk
was drilled deeper to-day, and tonight is
making seven barrels an hour. Gifith and
Forest Oil Co. No. is on top the sand and
will be drilled in tomorrow.
Bowman & Co.'s No. 2, on Whitesell
farm, is so feet in sand and no show of OIL
Gritfiths & Miller and Forest oil Company
| have located two more wells on the RingeIsen
farm. being Nos. 6 and on said farm. Patter-
son. Miller & Co.'s No. 2. Menke. is in the third
sand; they expect to get the pay by THURSDAY
some time. This is an important well, owing
to the fact that it is the furthest location east
| in the Semple station development, being oOO
| feet east of their No. /. Wallace, Tinker q
| Co. owners of the Bryant lot gas well, have
| extended their line for the supply
of drilling wells to the Ringeisen
and adjoining farms and have plenty of fuel.
Notwithstanding the cold weather. Ihey are
| making extensive improvements at the well.
Forest on Co. and Guffey & Queen are starting
| No. on Runya farm, on the southwest corner
of said farm, next to Ringeisen farm. Butler
parties have rig up on southeast corner OF
Coast & Evans have rig No. up on the
Marks farm. west of Ringeisen, and viii be
drilling by latter end of the present week.
Barney Forst has n rig up on the Aston farm,
one-half mile ahead of the RIngeisen farm.
This is very important well owing to its dis
tance ahead of development in the southwest
portion of the field.
The Situation Elsewhere.
JACKS RUN-Four wells drilling is the ex-
tent of Jacks Run operations. The Helm Oil
Company, No. 4, Helm farm, cased yesterday
the Americus Club, No. Mclaughlin farm
H. 4 I An(N olrirn
& Co., are drilling at 1000 feet at their No. /.
Straw farm and the Augusta Oil Company No.
/. Oat farm, are drilling at 500 feet. The Helm
Oil Company gave their old No. Helm at 30
quart shot this week, but did not help her but
very little; they are still cleaning out. Ihe
Nellie Oil Company gave their No. Broudauf
a shot this week and she is now pumping about
is barrels a dav; both of these wells are edge
wells. J. c. Wright, foreman Of construction
for the South West Pennsylvania Pipe Line,
has returned from visit to his family at
Elmira, n. Y, and will probably move his FAM
lily into Allegheny county in the near future.
No Use in Going Deeper.
WEST VIEw-Grifith & Miller. after drilling
to depth of 2 l5O feet on the Rogers farm,
have finally come to the conclusion that there
is no use in going any deeper and have pulled
the casing and abandoned the well. Smith d
KIeinmonds are drilling at 200 feet at their No.
Ivory farm. This is the well when they had
reached a depth of ], 800 feet and lost the tools
and had to move the rig and drill new hole.
Bowman Co. have reached depth of SOO
feet at their No. 2, Scheide farm. Munhan &
Co.. on the Knock farm, have reached depth
OF l.. 700 feet. They found no oil iii the 100 foot
sand and are going to the third sand, The
Ivory, the pioneer of the field, small shot last
week, and in cleaning her out lost the bit in
the hole, and are now fishing. This is all the
operations going on here at present.
In Another Field.
HAYEsvILLE-Guffey g. Queen have reached
a depth of 1000 feet at their No. 8. Hay farm.
The Ohio Valley Gas Company are cleaning out
their oil wells at this point. and have increased
their Judge Over farm well from ten barrels to
% barrels.
No Remarkable Change.
ST. MARY's-The Duncan and Co. well at
St. Marys doing same as usual, % barrels a day.
The Camdens WELL OF Parkersburgh, one-half
mile down the Ohio river from the Duncan
well, is down and dry. Brockunier & Co.'s well,
one-half mile east of st. Mary's, is dry. The
Friendly well on Matamoras Island, Il miles
up the river from St. Mary's is 600 feet and also
dry. They are gong te drill it 1900 feet. Tho
Core well at Vancluse, one-quarter mile
south of Vancluse. is 1000 feet and dry, but
still drilling. Brockunier d Co., on Bull creek,
SIX miles southwest of Eureka, is finished and
and dry. The Archer Fork well has been
packed without shot and is doing from three
to tive barrels-MandevIlle & Co. owners. The
same parties are building another rig. larsen
of Belmont, is through to the Big Injun and drv,
but they are going on the Eureka sand. Water
house well, drilling 500 fees east of Duncan
& Co.'S WELL is down 500 feet Duncan & Co.'s
No. 2 200 feet, George K. Anderson, 500 feet
east OF Duncan & Co., drilling at 800 feet AMI
rig up for No. 2 Stewart & Co. are drilling at
LOO feet northeast of Duncan d Co.'s No.
1000 feet. Parkersburgh Company are down
60 feet on Middle Island.
Very Little New Work.
SHANNoPIN-In the Gringo district of the
Shannopin field there is very little new work
under way, and when the wells now started are
completed il is not likely there will be any
more operations here until spring or until higher
prices prevail. Ford e. Garner have No.
Stone about ready for the drill, and the Forest
Oil Company on the Potts are building another
rig which Will be completed and ready for
business IN few days.
Still After Territory.
BUTLKR-The Forest Oil Company, Standard,
is still on the buy, and have just purchased all
the interests of the One Hundred Foot Oil
Company lying between Little and Big creeks.
The deal embraces about 300 acres, together
with l3producing wells, two or three rigs and
as many wells drilling. The price paid for this
property has not been publicly proclaimed.
Captain Marsh has wild cat well on top
the sand two miles south of Zelienople which is
reported to have made a~how. The venture is
of some Importance as to new territory but no
big wells are looked for in this neck ~ wood.
II. MCC.
THE strongest Endorsement of Mellin's