Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-14
TWISTING THE SCREW.
The McCurdy Field Again Showing
Up With Many Drilling Wells.
ABANDONING WELLS AT M'DONALD.
Several Wells That Are Now in the Sand
in the wildwood Field
SOME WELLS READY TO TAP THE FIFTH

The wells which were expected to get the
| sand Yesterday were somewhat tardy, and
consequently few of them showed up to ad-
vantage. On account of the failure of the
shaffer Oil Company's well on the Smith
lot at Mcdonald it was reported that IL
| wells had been shut down, temporarily at
| least They all claim that it is on account
of the shortage of the water supply. These
| wells are all in the central and eastern part
of the borough, and are believed to be too
far to the east. They are now waiting
patiently for the Wheeling Gas Company's
well on the Smith lot to get the fifth which
it is expected to do to-day. Eastland &
Hays' No. 2, on the Miller farm, and Guck-
ert & Steele's No. 1, in the Mervey, should
both reach tine fifth sand this afternoon.
The Drill Still Going.
McCURpY-The Forest Oil Company's
well on the Wright farm was making less
than 80 barrels an hour yesterday. The
same company has located two wells on the
Joins the Moore and the Wright farms on
the southwest Waterhouse & Bott are
down 400 feet with their No. 1, on the Moore
farm, and have located four others on the
same farm Hoffman & Co., on the Moore
six acres, are down about !, 800 feet. r. G.
Gillespie & Co.'S No. 8, on the Jane Rid
die farm, is fishing at 200 feet. Their No.
is fishing for a broken stem at the
same depth. Their No. 7, same farm,
will make 60-barrel well. No. has been
cased at 1000 feet. Their No. l on the Hall
farm is doing about AZ barrels day and No.
2 is good for 70 barrels day. No. 8, Hall,
was shut down at 1900 feet, but has been
started to drilling again. Their No. 4, Hall,
has been shut down indefinitely. The Peo-
ple's Natural Gas Company's well on the
parsonage lot, 200 feet east of MELONS
Jane Riddle No. 2, is in the 100-foot and
has small showing of oil. Mellon, Galley
s. Co. will move their No. on the An
drews farm, in the northeast, 600 feet east
on the same farm. The Fisher Oil Com
pany's we'll on the schoolhouse lot in the
far northeast is down 200 feet. W. A. Sy-
bert & Co, on the Jonathan Phillips farm
in the northwest part of the field, are down
1,5OO feet The Fisher Oil Company's well
on the McNIichael farm is due to get the
sand about the middle of next week.
The Mathews Producer.
NoBLEsTowN-Guffey, Jennings, Muir
phy & Co. s well on the Mathews farm is
putting out about II barrels of oil an hour.
Guffey, Murphy & Co.'s well on the Bald
win farm, one-half mile southwest from the
Mathews, will get the fifth sand to-day.
Guffey, Jennings & Co. No. on the Her.
rou is down 900 feet. Their No / Bell is
down 1000 feet No. 2 Bell is 250 feet
deep. No Heron is spudding at 80 feet
They have rig up for No. 8 on the Bell,
and also rig up for No. on the Heron,
located 600 feet northeast of the Baldwin
well.
Where They Are Drilling.
w1LDwooD-The Roth Oil Company's
well on the John PEBBLES six acres will get
the sand this morning. Their No. 4, on the
Campbell farm, is Is feet in the sand and
showing for a good we'll The same COM
pany's No. 8, on the Bryant, at DeHaven,
is in the sand, but is not showing for much
of a we'll The Metropolitan Oil Company's
No. o, kolbar, is in the sand and showing |
light.
In the Old CHARTERS.
CHARTIERs-The Fisher Oil Company's |
No. Oh the Duff farm is in the 100-foot |
sand The Bear Creek Refining Company has |
started a well on the Mckee heirs property. |
Will Be Fair Well
CoRAoPoLIs-The Coraopolis Oil Com |
pany has completed its well on the Watson |
farm 1t will be 75 or S0-barrel welE
1t Is Failure,
'MooN-The Kanawha Oil Company's we'll |
No. 2, on the James Springer farm, is prac-
tically dry. Their No. 3, on the Hood farm, |
will be in the first of next week.
Wells Coming In.
BOWER HILL-Kennedy & Co. g WE'LL on
the Fryar farm, has tapped the sand and has
made several good flows. The Southside
Dill Company's we'll has good showing of
yas, but little oil