Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-21
IN VENANG0 COUNTY.
The Oil Men Think That Little Will
Reward Their Efforts.
THE DRILL WILL NOT BRING MUCH
Pine View Prospects After All May Re.
suit in Good Wells.
WILDWOOD HAs NOTHING NEW TO TELL

tions there is nothing in the situation to
lead one to infer that there will be any great
amount of operations this summer. Opera
tors claim that the drill in light territory
at present prices is losing game and as
there is no likelihood of any great apprecia-
tion in values this fact alone will restrict
the volume of operations in this county.
While this conclusion is apparent on all
sides there are some operators with more
cash than policy who are making pretentions
to push the drill as soon as the transporta-
tion of machinery and material can be ac-
complished at reasonable cost.
The activity which characterized the gray
sand district last season, will this summer
be conspicuous for the absence Of those ami
mated scenes. In fact, :he prolific section
of this valuable territory has been cornered.
and the cream has long since been gathered,
and the localities in which drilling Will be
done will only bring forth small wells.
The Prospects of Pine View.
From a retrospective view, it now looks
as if Pine Grove township, in the vicinity
of Linesville, will be the most active point.
In this locality the Duke of President, E. e.
Clapp. is monarch of all he surveys, and his
territory is considered good for paying wells.
little operating himself, while the Kohl Bros.
Co., who were fortunate in securing good
big lease from Mr.. Clapp, will also push the drill
with considerable vim soon. The North hun
people, too, possess some prospective territory
here, which they will in all probability, operate
when the ball is rightly opened. There are
other individual operators III this locality who
will also start in the race as soon as the ROADS
get in better condition. Jacob Sheasley; per-
haps the heaviest individual operator in the
nOuntv n 1arrp OF TERRITORY
In the Mt. Hope district. and unless the pioneer
producer should break his previous record, viii
do considerable work before the return OF JACK
Frost. He has also territory in the vicinity OF
the old Bradensburg pool. which Will claim his
attention to some extent
In the vicinity of Nickelville Hon. j. w. Lee
& Co. are now drilling well on the Criswel
farm which has reached depth OF 2l0 feet.
Their last well completed on this farm is pro-
ducing about 5 barrels day. In this same
neighborhood Mcdowell q Crawford are drill
ing we'll on the Jones farm TO Specify sand,
and are down 300 feet on the way. Clapp q
Co., on the Levier farm. are drilling Tor the
third sand at $50 feet. Near Linesville. Kohl
Bros, & Gray, on the Edward Clapp farm. have
one well nearly down and have another rig
about ready to start drilling. Taylor Tory,
in this vicinity, are also starting well, while
Cadwallader is getting ready to do some work
In the gray sand district, near Salem. Galley
on his own property, a well nearing the sand,
and Kell & Smulen and Wolfe q Kugler each
are drilling well in this territory. The North
Penn OIL Company has Just started well on
the Echols farm, while Leopold d Co. are drill
ing another on their own property. water,
house 90. have recently completed well
on the Waits farm, which is doing
l5 barrels q day. Just aEove Oil City
on the outskirts of Palace sHIll, or
more properly known as Joe ManingtOn, there
is some activity and also manifest spirit OF
rivalry among some of the operators. The
speck of war that appeared upon the horizon
few days ago here has vanished and everything
Is now apparently serene. The bellgerents
were Joe Manning of the first part, and Mr..
Krosskop, the noted druggist of the second
part. Their leases join, and they are now push:
Ing the drill for all that is out to see who will
get there first. Hon. William Hasson, in this
same locality is drilling well on his own land.
What Is Doing IN Wildwood
The southwest line of the Wildwood field has
been interesting study to-day. The. Roth Oil
Company struck the sand this morning in No.
8Peepbles and at four feet in tapped the first
pay. The well commenced flowing et the rate
of Is barrels an hour. at which figure it was
holding up this evening, This well is located
400 feet west of Alston No. 1. ]. NJ. Guffy &
Co. found the first pay in their Kohlbar farm
we'll located about $40 feet north Of KretZer
No. ]. The hole is full of oil and flows when
the tolls are drawn, there not being gas
enough to make the we'll flow. The
met with another setback. and it will be day
or two before drilling will be resumed. This
time the cause Of delay is stranded cable.
The well is about Is feet in the sand with
slight showing of green oil Evans, Mande-
vile & Co.'s well on the Marks farm tonight Is
four bits in and drilling in good sand. With
ordinary luck they should hit the pay by morn
ing. The production of No. 2 Peoples has
fallen OFF to one inch an hour. There seems a
big demand toward Perrysville, and number
of practical operators are strong in their faith
that there is some good territory in this direc-
In some time this week. The production of the
Wildwood field is about 1000 barrels day.
ZelienopIe an d Other Points.
Captain Barnum is drilling his Orphan Home
well down to the Brush creek sand. The Cap
tain is sanguine'he will find something rich, and
bases his conclusions from the other wells
drilled in this locality for that horizon. The
well is down $50 feet and in few days it will
be deep enough for the Brush creek level The
Ellen well, near harmony depot, was drilled
down to the sand, of which they found II feet
hard and close. The Frederick well.
on the Enders farm, was deepened
to this sand and found eight feet,
with strong flow of gas. but no oil.
The Patterson Loc kwood well, on the
Passavant farm. west of y Zelienople, was also
put down to the sand. They only found few
feet, which was close, but obtained a little oil,
which was the first discovery in the Brush
creek rock. As Mr.. Barnum is located still
south of the Passavant well, he thinks his
chance of finding Brush creek oil good if there
is any IN this locality.
MCCURDY-There is nothing new at McCurdy
to-day. The Vandergrift well, on the Adams
farm is officially reported as dong 25 barrels
hour tonight. The rig at the Preston &
Swartz welh on the Shatfer farm, located l. 500
feet east of scott No. !, caught oire from a
cinder which dropped through the derrick floor
Sunday morning about o'clock, and burned
to the ground. The loss is estimated at 81 000
They have been working this well an even
100 days and have reached depth of 200 feet.
EMLENToN-The Emlenton refinery remains
in statu quo. The new projected enterprise
seems to hang fire since the defeat of the Bur-
dick bill. For some accountable reason the
independent producers in this locality are not
so enthusiastic as they were last fall. A gen.
tleman from Enlenton said to THE DISPATCH
representative to-day it was question
whether it ever would be built He said he
had taken stock in the concern, ard he be-
lieved there had been about $50 900 subscribed
but they wanted to raise 100000 at least to
start with
BLACKsvILLE-A special to THE DISPATCH
tonight from Mt Morris states that there is
no change at Mello's wildcat well, which is not
deep enough yet to find the oil bearing hori-
zon.
MCDoNALD-The Robb well made 5-inch
flow this morning. The Sauters well is offici-
ally reported as doing lgO barrels bay.
CoRAoPoLIS-The Forest Oil Company No
s., Neely is in the sand and showing for an
average Thorn Run well. The Heryey well is
making 100 barrels day. Galley Bros well on
the Chess farm is drilling at l,300 feet; they
will start a new well tomorrow on the Watson
lot.
Made Its First Flow.
The Gandel Oil Company's well on the