Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1890-01-17
Oil Field Notes.

"Thcres this much to. encourage those
Who are forever trying;
They 90 on the hypothesis
We'll hit sometimes just as We miss:
For woe must alternate with bliss,
And jubilee with signing
Operators whose stocks of experience at
| present exceed those of their oil should
find considerable consolation in the above
lines.
The pipe line report for last month
shows but eleven million barrels Of Penn'a.
oil above ground, the excess of present
consumption over present production is
put at Gao, 600 per month, and if the condi-
tions do not change the stocks above
ground will be exhausted in less than sew
enteen months.
The incessant rains and terrible condi-
ton of the roads have made the delivery
of materials almost impossible of late, and
there is but little new in the oil field.
In the Glade Run districts Phillips
well on the W. c. Douthett reached the
sand Wednesday and began flowing at the
rate of 600 bbls day, and was doing one
half that next day.
In the Hundred foot field the wells on
the Hays farms north and east OF the
Cable, had good sands and will be shot, but
whether or no they will make paying pro
ducers, remains TO be seen. Hoffman q
Co. on the Schilling is put aU 81 bbls;
Campbell & Co. on the Marshall at 40 bbs;
and the Robt Hays at to 10. McClnng
q Co. on the Nesbit is in the sand
The Taylor we'll on the Cable farm was
shot Tuesday and began flowing at the
rate of 800 bbls a day.
The Christie, Wick and Sutton wells Nos.
3 and T. on the Shannon we've tnbed, and
began pun ping, Wednesday, No. started
off at 80 barrels and 4 at 60.
Campbell d Co.'S. No. on the Marshall
is put at 40 bbls, and the well on the L.
Egin farm at % bbls. The McJunkin &
Co we'll on the Held is said to be a duster.
At Mars station the. we'll on the John
Belford is doing sixty bbls strong and get
ting better, and the well on the Sam Bel
ford is doing so bbls Thu first well ON
the VIM. Davis is doing 40 bbls, and the
second about 90 bbls The old well on
the John Belford is doing about 60
bbls day, and is a better well than it was
four years ago. New wells are starting on
the Davis and Sam'l Belford.
At Myoma the South PENIS No. l. on
the Cashdollar is rated at 100 bbls. Hart
mans well on the John Staples farm il
rated at 100 bbls day
The well on the Wilson farm below Ze
lienople was shot last week and showed
some oil, and the West farm well was
spoiled by being drilled deeper
At Great Belt, Smith & Cos. on the Sci
bert is reported duster; Phillips , on the
Negley good for p bbls, and No. . in the
sand
In the Bakerstown field No. l on the
Patton was reported at bbls an hour
In the Gold field the well on the Jack
farm was full of oil.
The well on the Mccall farm i'll Clinton
twp is said to be duster.
Ward & Co. on the Fletcher farm, Brun
district is good for 20 bbls.
In the FGirview field Carlin e Golden
are drilling on the Swartzlander, and
Shorts 6y Co. on the W. H. Ellenberger
The Fisher oil Co. has an important
well in the sand on the O'Neil farm in
Clearfeld twp.
The different oil fields of Pennsylvania
have their own peculiarities. Sugar Creek
township, Venango county, comes to the
front with n claim of having the most
varied assortment of the greasy stuff 1t
is not generally known or credited, but it
is fact that six different grades of oil are
found within the borders Of that township.
There is quite production of what is
known as Franklin heavy oil, which sells
at s.. Go per barrel. There is a slightly in
ferior grade, known as front oil, which
commands So 50 per barrel;also still IA more
inferior quality which sells for only $l.25
per barrel These three grades of heavy
oil are all produced from the first sand.
Then in different parts of the township
there is number of second and third sand
wells, and few which pump oil from the
gray sand.