Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-23
NO BUSTLE Or EXCITEMENT NOW.
william johnson, the Belmont Pioneer, En-.
gagged in Wildcatting.
NEWS FROM MANY PETROLEUM FIELDS
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE D1srArcz,

over lines and the great rush to exhaust the
territory is obviated. In the Eureka pool
proper there is daily production
of 1,1oO barrels. This is di.
vided between the South Penn and
BarnsdaIl B Co. in the following manner
The former company have four wells pro.
ducing $50 barrels, while the latter have 81
wells making $50 barrels.
At present there is no great rush here, ano
the hustle and hurry of Belmont is con
spicuous for its absence. The new work an
the shallow end of the field is limited, and
but one or two wells are drilling.
WELLS NOW DRILLING.
Operations in the deep sand may be sum-
married. as follows: Barnsdall q Moore No.
II, Russ Hammat farm, located 1,200 feel
south of No. z, Hammat, and In advance oi
developments, is drilling at 900 feet. This
is the most important well drilling al
Eureka, and if it proves
profitable, will open up more territory
and stimulate considerable new work;
but if dry, it will cut off the extension Of
the field in this direction, unless the outlet
should be of the sucker rod belt order. The
same company are drilling two wells on the
Cochran farm, one of which is due to get
the sand tomorrow. and taking the other
wells in this locality as criterion, it will
make 15 or 20 barrel well. The other one,
No. II, is down 600 feet, and is also located
for we'll. Wheeling parties are building
a rig on the Ed Hammat farm, and Barns
dali & Moore have rig upon the j. W.
Hammat, 1000 feet east of the big John
we'll. This venture is also looked upon as
important, as 1t is, in a measure, expert
mental, and if we'll, Eureka's territory
will be extended to the northeast.
THE BIGGEST WELLS.
The largest we'll in the pool belongs to the
South Penn Oil Company. located on the
Russ Hammat farm. The we'll was shot
three weeks ago, and is now doing 200 bar
rsls a day. The biggest natural well is
owned by Barnsdall & Moore, on the same
farm, and is making 125 barrels day; it il
three months old. In the shallow section oi
the field, two miles south of the Eureka
sand DEVELOPMENTS, Boss & Bartlett's No.
has dropped off to barrels day. The
same parties are drilling No. 2, and at 20C
feet got good show. They will tube the
we'll aud give it a test before drilling further.
Showalters & Caldwell's No. 1, on the
Mowry farm, is down 150 feet. The we'll is
located only 25 from Boss & Bartletts No. l.
j. F. johnson is drilling two wells on the
Ex-Governor jackson farm on Cow creek
and about one-half mile ahead and south.
west of Barnsdall & Mccullough develop
ments on the Hammet farm. No. l is
showing for a 15-barrel well in the shallow
sand. No. 2 has just commenced spudding
and No. rig is building.
Butler County Operations.
BUTLER-The production of the Hun
dred-foot field was never so large as it is at
present. The output has steadily increased.
The Hundred-foot rock, extending from
Petersvllle to Myoma, is yielding between
5000 and 5000 barrels per day. The north
ern division OF the field, known as the Lit
tie creek development, has a daily pro-
duction of 5000 barrels,
The fremont Company's we'll, on the
Allen farm, near Zslienople, has increased
its production from 80 to 100 barrels per
day. It is possible that the we'll will do
better still when the salt water is still
further reduced. This we'll is five miles
miles west of the 100-foot field, and opens up
wide scope of territory in the Connoquen-
Messing Valley. A dry hole was completed
within 600 feet of this well last spring.
Black & Co.'S we'll, on the Jacob Flinner
farm, which was reported dry, has been
drilled through to the third
sand, in which very heavy vein
of gas was struck. Kesselman & Co. have
just completed 60-barrel we'll on the
Dambach farm in the southern end of the
field. The Tarentum Oil Company's well
on the Adam Weber farm, one mile south
of Prospect in which strong vein of gas
was struck on top of the hundred-foot
sand, was drilled in yesterday. There was
only one foot of pay streak and very little
oil. The company are building three rigs,
and will give the territory complete test.
The Forest Oil Company's we'll on the B.
NJ. Duncan farm is still drilling in fairly
good sand. This we'll is three-quarters OF
a mile northeast of developments, and if il
comes in good it will lend additional in.
terest to this part Of the field.
Murrinsville has been revived again.
Snees' well, on the Mortland, is flowing by
heads and is making about 100 barrels pei
day. Yesterday the McKenneY Brothers,
of Titusville, brought in a gusher on the
Vanderlin farm, which is making some GO
barrels per hour A 90-barreler has been
completed on the Adam Gould's farm, in
Middlesex township, and near the Allie.
gheDy farm. This Is the first paying well
obtained in that field for several months. II
is owned BY the Guffey Brothers. New
operations there consists OF three drilling
wells, one each on the farms of Wilson
Craner, John Jack and Absalom Monks. A
rig has been put up on j. b. Flick's farm.