Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-27
AN IMPORTANT TIME
In the Development Of the Southwest
Petroleum Territory.
THE GREAT INTEREST INVOLVED
One Contractor Makes Claim Which Seems
to Break the Record.
LATEST REPORTS FROM ALI FIELDS

The past two or three days have been i'm
portant ones in the field situation through
out the Southwest district. Taking the
wide scope of territory embraced in opera
tions, there is no period within the last de-
cade when so many important interests have
been involved from as many different points.
In this respect Wildwood still maintains
the lead, where the average operator seems
to have anchored great hopes and faith.
The Ringheisen well has practically changed
the aspect of the Southwest line, but to what
degree remains revelation of the drill. Fri
day night, about II or o'clock, the drill en-
tered pay streak and the we'll commenced
at the rate of four or five barrels an hour,
which rate of production has been since
| kept up. Drilling was Immediately sus-
pended and the work of moving out the
| boiler began, which would not be accom-
| plished in all details, ready for drilling
again, until tomorrow morning. The most
| important question now concerning the
well is will it follow in the wake of the
Harbush gusher or will it only turn out
the cropping of the rock on this lime and
make only an ordinary producer? At pres
ent writing there is no definite information
as to Just where the oil was found, which is
the important fact necessary in drawing
conclusion.
BREAKS THE RECORD.
The contractor claims that there was 1S
feet of inferior dark sand without break,
when the drill run into nice streak of
white pebble where the oil was found. If
this is the case it breaks the record of the
Harbush wells, and would seem to indicate,
as above stated, a cropping out or a small
depth of prolific sand. On the other hand,
the owners opiniouate that the 18 feet of
dark and inferior sand was only the
Stag, and that the regular sand
had just been tapped. At all events
the RingheiseD is a paying investment and
W. E. Griffith & Co. are to be congratulated
upon their success. The next "a hours
drilling is awaited with no little interest
The Marshall Oil Company and Haily
wells remain unchanged. Foreman Ander-
son said to The DISPATCH scout that the we'll
was so feet in the sand and no change for
the better. Forst & Greenlee No u, Rolse-
house, was making 35 barrels an hour Satur-
day afternoon. The McClav gasser was sold
to-day to Spang, Chaltant & Co. for a good
round price. The production of the field is
estimated at $500 barrels day. There is
no other news of important information
from the field.
There is no abatement in interests in the
Jones s. Patterson we'll on the McCurdy
farm. Pipe line reports make the we'll
doing "a barrels an hour, but the owners say
they can increase this output by deeper
drilling. All available territory has been
picked up, and if the well shows staying
qualities considerable new work will fol-
low. Billy Graham & Co. IS we'll at Bridge
vile, on the Donaldson farm, done 20 inches
Saturday in a 250 tank, which indicates
that the we'll when settled will make 80
barrel producer. At Brush creek. on the
Jones farm, Ackerly & Samuel had the
good luck to score 100 barrel well. 1t was
reported Saturday that Painter Bros. had
sold their gas we'll in the Bakerstown field,
on the Hughes farm, for $4,000.
NO NEW FEATURE.
In the 100-fo foot field nothing of import has |
transpired within the past "a hours Guck- |
ert & Steele's Humphrey farm well is doing |
20 barrels an hour. Operations at Zeleinople |
continue about the same, and during the |
week one or two fair producers came in,
which are regarded as unimportant At |
Saxonburg the Jefferson Center Oil Com
rels.are hour. There will soon be two other
wells in this locality due, one belonging to
Imam & Mcbride, on the Webber farm, and
the other one on the Alexander Welsh. |
owned by Sheffline & Co.
Lenoria 81 Co., on the Obi farm, COM
pleted small well few days since. Hart
man is drilling two on the BireIey, and the
Jefferson Oil Company are drilling one on
the same farm, near their gusher. Christie &
Younker are drilling one we'll In the same
locality, and Warren McCleary & Co. have
a rig ready for business on the Joe Logan
farm. Manning & Montmorris have not
rnfo l. l.
and nothing but routine work and ordinary
wells can be reported.
The latest acquisition to the Belmont
field on the Ohio side of the river is Messrs.
Ackerly and Sammels strike on the Hender-
shot farm, located due north of the Brow
we'll about 500 feet. This we'll unuuestion-
ably opened up some new territory, and
begins TO make the theory of these practicIe
operators look good to the northeast from
he old Belmont Developments. The we'll
S flowing from 65 to Is barrels through the
,asing. The same party, half mile east of
he Henderson, are down 500 feet on the r.
Green. Smith & Allen, on the Hendershot.
200 feet north of the produce, have started
he drill. The we'll in advance to the north
ast of the Foresha farm should get the
and the last of the week. This is an i'm
,ortant well.
ManderVille & Nellie, in advance of
he above well N miles, will get in the
asst of this week or the first of next
THE CHARTERS FIELD.
During the last week the CHARTERS field
las not looked so encouraging so far as the |
outheast developments are concerned. The
ohm A. Mckee we'll on the Guthrie came ,
n dry. They were preparing to drill down
90 feet deeper. Also the Young we'll, on
be Torgcn, turned out duster and will be ,
bandoned. The Trimble, on the Hurry, {
ill report about Monday. Like the above S
wo wells McKee's Rocks, on the Gunker,
ropped the casing. Will drill in next +
Teek. Look for a duster. Snider, on the
Iardon. looks like a failure. All the !
bove wells are located on the southeast
me and will cause halt in that direction. :
ther new rigs are building in advance of
ne Fisher, on the Steinmiller. Fisher, on
lie Dixon, is In the sand. Will make a
'ur well. Humphries, on town lot, are :
rilling out bit. .
MeKee's Rocks, near Steinmiller, and
,obinson. on the McGunagle, have COM o
Poic0pod