Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-13
In the Wildwood Field.

WILDwooD-Guffy & Queene and the Forest
| Oil Company No. 8 Rolsehouse is making Al
inches an hour tonight, decline of three
inches from yesterday. Their No. Rolse-
house is down 200 feet; No. s. $50 feet: No.
Runga 1,2OU feet; No. 2, 5O0 and No. will
starting well on the L. A. Heidelberg farm,
two miles southwest, on a $50 line, from the
Governor Pattison. on the Rolsehouse, and is
the farthest location on the southwest line in
the Wildwood field.
The Bryrant Farm Gas Company has CON-
pleted its line into the extreme southeast
part of the field, and is furnishing the drill
ing wells with gas, which is a boon for the con-
tractors. They have also piped other sections
os the field, and in all have laid about five miles
of line. AT present they are furnishing p
drilling wells, two pumping wells and six or
eight drilling houses. which does not consume
half the gas the well produces; this is pretty
good evidence that there is some gas yet left
The Forest Oil Comany q Patterson's Young
No. is still drilling. and is making a very small
| showing. Same parties No. is through third
pany started to drill their No. Z on the Smith
| farm yesterday. Grif1iths and Forest Oil Com
| pany made a location for their Nc on the
Herr farm to-day. Griffiths & Miller and Forest
| Oil Company started to build rigs No. and Z
| to-day on the Ringeisen farm. Deibert & Co.
| are rigging up on the Sample two-acre
lot and will be drilling by Monday.
Smith, will be in by middle of next week. Their
No. is in tha 3O-foot sand, and their White
| sell No. has got the second casing IN, and the
| Greenlee's No. l. on McGeagh lot was cased
yesterday, and will be due in about ten days
McDevitt Co., on the Guyton farm, are down
1,750 feet this evening. Roth Oil Company are in
the sand in their No. Kretzer and it is reported
that they are just little below the spot at
which the pay should have been found; they
| are still drilling. The same company has got
No. rig up on the same farm, SEQ feet west of
their No. 2. and are also rigging up on their
| No. well on the PEBBLES farm Dunn, Phillips
Co. at last have got the string of
No. 8. and have begun again to drill
bit out that they got in the hole
some time ago: this well was started some time
about July last The Roth Oil Company have
torn down their old No. 5 rig, on the Harbush
farm, and moved it 400 feet west of its original
location, and are getting ready to drill the we'll
| This well was abandoned but was considered
"otf the belt" Mckee & Beers are rigging up
at their No. Kolbar farm, and will be ready
to spud by Monday or Tuesday. Bear Creek
Refining Company have rig up for No. well,
on the McClag farm, at Semple station. Finne.
| gan, Downing & Co. are building a rig for thei
| No. z, John Wallace farm, and pulled the cas-
ing again to-day in No. l.
Some Mysterious Movements.
| Moon TowNsHIP-There is considerable
mystifying being done at the Moon well. and a
correct report of it is hard to obtain The ter
rirory in this section has about all been picked.
III
DISPATCH scouts paid a visit to the well to-
day and by putting this and that together with
! visible evidence came to the conclusion that
| the venture may make from five to a ten.
barrel well. The well will be tubed to morrow
| or next day.
Drilling a Wildcat.
BRUSH CREEK-H. w. Lock & Co. are drill.
ing wildcat well on the Day farm. which will
bear watching, as it is important. The venture
is through the gas sand, with a fishing Ab on
hand. Wood & Co., on the Rosenwil farm are
in the gas sand and have the tools stuck Raw
& Co. are down 900 feet with their well on the
Jones farm.
Production of 15O Barrels,
WELLSvILLE-The Ohio Valley Gas Com.
pany's two wells located across the river in
West Virginia and about one and one-half
miles from this place, are together producing
about $50 barrels per day. Some dry holes
have been drilled in close proximity to these
wells, and other wells are now drilling The
oil is found in the Turkey Foot or Smiths
Ferry sand and the extent of the territory in
this locality can only be determined by future
operations.
They Have Ceased Drilling.
PARKERsBURG-Drilling has ceased on the
well located near the town of Elizabeth, the
county seat of Writ county. the contractors
having made an assignment. This well was
drilled to depth of about 1000 feet and no
show of oil or gas was found. The well is be-
tween four and i've miles west of the old Burn
ing Springs development and shows dip
| in the rocks of 600 to 700 feet. The
drilling in Writ county during the pres
ent year has been limited to five or six
wells, but operations have not been encouraging,
as oil was only found in small quantities in two
wells near to the old Burning Springs field.