Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-31
THE EWING is SMALL.
IT WILL NOT MAKE MORE THAN A
THIRTY-BARREL WELL.

1T WILL NOT MAKE MORE THAN A
THIRTY-BARREL WELL.
A Disappointment to a Large Number OF
Operators Two New Producers Re.
ported From Coraopolis Yesterday
! Work Pushed in the Mcdonald Field.
The Ewing well is small Reports from il
yesterday afternoon and last night placed ii
| anywhere from to 10 barrels a day. This
| we'll is located three-quarters of a mile
northeast of the big Matthews well at
Noblestown and is owned by Preston,
Holmes 6 Co. For several days, or.
in fact, months, the Matthews
| loomcd up as q gusher. The operators in
lively watching its progress and relying
upon its being big, some fancy prices nave
been paid for leases in the vicinity, and
some land around it has been bought IN Zee.
There are many producers who are Dadly
| disappointed besides the owners OF the
Ewing, as it is now as much of an uncer-
tainty, whether the Mcdonald and
Matthews and the latter and MeCurdy
are connected as tney were before.
There is a possibility that they may yet pc
found to be Joined bv q rich but narrow belt
They were still drilling at the Ewing last
evening in the hope of finding pay. Ine
well of Forst & Greenlee, on the Miller farm
45 rods southeast of the Ewing. was in the
Gordon and had II good showing OF OH. Gu1-
fey, Jennings, Murphy 4 Co. s MattneWs
farm well is doing from 35 to 40 barrels an
hour.
Several Due Next Week.
MCCURDY-R. G. Gillespie s. Co. got the bit
out of their No. Jane Riddle, for which
they have been fishing three weeks, and ex-
pect to have it in the sand bynext Thurs
day. 1t is located 800 feet southwest of the
Orion Oil Company's big well on the Beli
farm. The Jane Riddle No. and Hall No. .,
of the same firm, should be finished ABOUT
the middle of next week. Their Jane kldule
No. is down about 1000 feet. Black, Emer-
son & Guffey's Nos and 2. on the Aiken
farm, west OF the Annie Adams, were ex-
pected TO reach the sand late last night
Patterson & Jones No. ], on the ADAMS
farm is down about 100 feet, and their No
/, HARRISON, is l,26O feet deep. Their No. Z,
on the McCurdy farm, which came IN at ~
barrels an hour, Is making 800 barrels day.
W. L. Melons Scott No. was due last
night.
CoRAoPoLIs-w. L. Melons No. on the
Kerr farm Is in, and good for so barrels a
day, and his No. 6 on the Chess will make
30-barrel well.
starting.New Work.
ZELIENoPLE-Guckert & Steele are building
a rig on the Eicholtz farm, and have started
to drill on the Stauffer. Kennedy & Co.'S
Eicholtz well is reported to be making eight
barrels an hour
The Redpath Venture.
P PERRYsv1LLE-Patterson, Calhoun & Com
pany's well on the Redpath farm, west of
this place. which was reported to be big
well in the one hundred foot, is being drilled
to the lower sands, and is now in the stray
above the third There is l,4OO feet of oil in
the hole, which comes from the Brush creek
sand. Griffith & Co. are drilling on the
Bryant farm, about half a mile east of north
east from the Redpath.
Nearing the Good Sand.
McDoNALD-La Count 6 Valalee, on the
Short lot 200 feet southwest of the big
Sauters No. 3, expect to get the fifth sand
this afternoon or tonight. As stated yester
day in THE DISPATCH this well is no good in
the Gordon SAND. Garland & Hayes on the
Miller, half a mile northeast OF the
Sauters, were in the stray above the
Gordon last night and expect to get
the latter to-day. Hartman & Co.
in the sauters three acres, 1875 feet east OF
the Sauters No. 5, are down 400 feet. The
Royal Gas Company's No. Sauters is max
ing from 40 to 90 barrels an hour. The Royal
Gas Company has pulled the tubing from its
for some time, and are preparing to drill it
deeper. Whether it is now in the fifth or
only in the Gordon is matter of conjecture.
Guckert and Steele on the Mevey farm are
down about l, 700 feet.
Drilling in the Sand.
Hardy farm, in the northeast part of the
field, was l6 feet in the sand last night with
a fair showing of oil. They expect to get
first pay at about 10 feet. Forst 4 Greenlee's
No. on the Good farm is in the sand and
made couple of nice flows yesterday.
West Virginia Drilling.
WHEELINa-On operators have once more
become imbued with the belief that there is
oil near Wellsburg, and the drill is to be
started soon again in that locality. A sale
of ten acres of the John Lewis property, just
below the mouth of Buffalo creek, for oil pur-
poses, was made this week, $3.50 cash paid,
the balance of the purchase money some
what dependent upon luck. The parties
purchasing have O theory that makes them
pretty confident that oil will be found on
their purchase, which is not far from and
south of the spot of the original Barclay gas
well.
Personal.
John NJ. Patterson, the well-known opera
tor, is in Buffalo.
Daniel O'Day, of Buffalo, the General
Manager of the National Transit Company,
was in Pittsburg yesterday.