Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1890-01-03
Oil Field Notes.

reached the sand last week ard is a gasseT
He is drilling two more on the Negley, an,
one each on the Byerly, Bars heirs, Beno
witz and Wolfe. Atelephone wire Is beini
run to the field.
Golden, McClung d Co. intend drilling
in Worth Twp. and have | 900 acres leased
The Christie Bros. are also leasing in tina
Twp. and in rlaingrove Twp.
Latchaw & Co. have a rig mp on the Mrs
Mitchell place, a mile " L. Of Harmony
Frederick 4 Co. are drilling on the Jacol
Endres farm, south of Zelienople.
1t is reported that the crowd that owl
the Wilson farm well and adjoining leases
have been offered SAC, 900 to step out.
McClung & Co. on the r. W Nesbit
formerly owed by B. NJ. Duncan, reached
the sand Saturday and began spraying oil.
The showing is good.
1t was reported in our streets. Monday
| that the Arter's well on the Beringer farm
in Centre twp. was flowing. Some of our
people went ant and found that they had
some oil there, and that the drillers were
moving the boiler.
An abandoned Hsfd cat well on the John
Kennedy farm in Adams twp. began flow
ing last week.
DIR. W. j. Kelly formerly of Parker twp,
John B-ackcn Of Grecnvillc and Judge
Stewart of Paintsville, Ky. have some val
liable interests in heavy-oil field Of John
son, Magoflin and Morgan connties in east
ern Kentucky. They have several hun
dred acres leased, and have two wells
down and doing 10 barrels each Of oil that
sells readily at so barrel. Mr.. Kelly
speaks of the country there as being very
rich in minerals and lumber
The Juff Oil Co. ON the Loyal Welsh
reached the sand last week, and began
pumping Wednesday.
The well on j. s. Hays farm, and ad-
joining the Cable to the East, reached the
sand Tuesday and is looking good.
AT bIdue lNuIl-I iilIllpS Nv. Nth "ii
the Irwin is put at 10 bbls, and his No. 3
on the Emory is pumping % bbls.
On Saturday last Taylor & Co. were Of
fered $50, 900 for their property on the
Cable farm, and refused it,
Phillips well on the Logue, south of
Coylesville, made two flows Saturday; and
he completed fifteen Dbl. well on The
Wagner, Great Belt Field, same day.
During December sixty-three wells were
completed in Butler Co., and the produc-
ton of the whole Oil field as compared
with that of November showed decrease
of ffteen-hundred bbls There are 132 wells
drilling in the county and 81 new rigs are
up. Speaking of the outlook the Derrick
of Wednesday says:
The new year Of the great petroleum in
dustry begins under the most auspicious
circumstances, and never in its history,
all things concerned, has the outlook been
so brilliant and glorious. There is moth
ing i'll the situation but encouragement for
the producer, and from one end of the
whole circle of oidom to the other bullish
features predominant Nothing of n mark
ed character has transpired in any section
of the field, by way Of new developments.
The gushers so prominent in the begin
ming of last month are now conspicuous
for their absence. TreacherOus Bakers
town on the first of December came to the
front with big well, but all subsequent
events in this locality have not maintain
ed the reputation of the geyser indicated.
The Southwest has mainly borne out this
state affairs and the waning tendency of
this exalted section is now viewed with
grave apprehension by the producer.
Mount Morris has not added one tithe to
her prospective greatness, but on the con
trary has rather detracted from her repu
tation.
Washington and Taylorstown still cen
tinue to decrease in production and many
of the wells have fallen Off to such an ex-
tent that abandonment is seriously con.
sidered by the owners. The fifth sand de-
velopment seems the only hope of rejuve
nation so to speak, and generally speaking
this horizon has proved as trcacherous as
the other sand of this locality. 4 month
ago Shannopin gave promise of big things,
but here, as elsewhere large production
failed to materialize. However it must
be admitted that the digging in this part
of Beaver county is from fair to middling.
which, under tie bullish situation, has
inspired the large amount of new work
here. Butler county's pretentions lie in
the hundred foot territory, which has been
slightly extended and in the main is pro-
life in this horizon. Southwest Brush
Creek, especially in the section of Duff
City, is in the soup, if the recent develop
ments are any criterion.
The Grafton field has by no means met
the expectations of its most sanguine ad
hcrents, while West Virginia is still a cost
ly conundrum. Venango aud Clarion in
common with the other districts, show II
dropping off. The Northern and Middle
fields are also in the same category. The
figures show decrease Of about 500 bar
rels of production, while the new work
al an falle of