Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-26
WALKING BEAM CHAT.
AND THIS SCHEME WILL BE TRIED IN
THE COOK WE'LL FIRE.

Several Wells AgItated and Their Produc-
tion Greatly Increased-Two Rather
Small Wells Finished in the McCurdy
Field-Wells in the Sand at Wildwood.
There were only few slight changes in
the Oil fields yesterday in comparison to the
excitement of the last two weeks. No big
wells came in, but the production of some Of
the old ones was increased. The fire at the
Wheeling Gas Company's Cook lot well, at
Mcdonald, is still burning, and the we'll is
flowing so strongly that it may be many days
before it will be extinguished. Yesterday
the parties who have been trying to put out
the fire decided on a new plan to get the oil
away from the immediate vicinity of the
hole. They got chain around the end OF
the lead pipe and by pulling the pipe around
they expect TO unscrew the casing head. If
this proves successful, they Will drop the
bell-shaped end of the pipe, which they
have been trying to put over the end OF the
lead pipe, over the mouth of the hole, and
to tt<eep it there with weights until
the.hames can be smothered out. 1t has
proven one of the most difficult burning
wells to handle in the history of the oil
country. Like O baking horse, every man
who looks ut it has some plan to suggest
which he is positive would prove remedy:
the majority are Quixotic. A question that
nearly everyone unacquainted with the oil
business asks is, "Why don't they tunnel
into the pipe below the fiames3" 1t is an
fail to take into consideration the fact that
the man who would have the temerity to cut
through the casing in tunnel would be
taken out corpse. The rush OF oil would
drown him, even if the flames failed to fol-
low down the casing and burn him to a
crisp.
The Wells in General.
MoDoNALD-Boscher & Co.'s well on the U.
P. Church lot was drilled q little yesterday
and increased from 80 to As barrels an
hour. The reports from the well of
Mellon & Co. on the McCurdy farm at
Primrose seem to have been exaggerated.
producer who visited the well yesterday
said that the only sign OF oil he could see
derrick floor by the overturning of the der
rick lamp. There was another report last
night that it was filed up l,sO0 feet with oil.
Jennings, MoyertS Co.'s well on the Sauter's
lot, near the railroad station, is in the Cor
don sand and showing for leo barrels day
from from that stratum. Garland
Hays No. 2, on the Miller, was
making 90 barrels an hour yesterday.
The Peoples Gas Companys No. l on the
Mcdonald heirs property at Jumbo is dry
in the Gordon. DiDert & Co. are rigging up
on the S. II. Johns lot near the burning Cook
well. Garland u Co. expect to get the Cor
don sand to-day on the .DeRoy lot near the
railroad station. An injunction has been
served on Shaffer & Co. al the instance of d.
i. Sauters to prevent them from drilling
their well on the Fanny johnson property
to the fifth sand. Sauters claims that If the
danger his life and property on account of
its proximity to his store.
Drilled and Increased.
NoBLEsTowN-Murphy and the Fisher Oil |
Company drilled their well, on the Baldwin |
farm, few minutes yesterday, when its |
production increased from 30 to 80 barrels |
an hour. Guffey & Co.'S well, on the Mat |
thews, is making lS5 barrels an hour. |
The Northeast End.
MCCURDY-The Orion Oil Company's No 6, |
on the Bell farm, is finished. 1t is good for |
200 barrels a day. Their No. g. Bell, is due |
to-day. r. G. Gillespie & Co.'S No. 8, on the |
June Riddle, is doing 80 barrels a day. The |
Fisher Oil Company has started TO drill No. |
?, on the McMichael farm. Their Mol is MAX
ing As barrels an hour. Hoffman & Co. s well |
on the Moore farm is in the one hundred |
foot, and flowing salt water over the der
rick. Waterhouse & Bott are casing their
No. l on the Moore They have commenced |
to drive at their No. Moore, and No. on
the Boyce.
Wells in the Sand.
WILDwooD-Black & Emerson's No. 5 Muir
ray is in the sand and showing for fair
well.' Black & Co.'s No. Whitsell; Water
house & Blacks No. 8 Whitesell; McGinniss
Z Co.'s No. A. Kyle, and Evans & Mande-
Tille's No. Wright are drilling in the sand.
". p. Black & Co. have put in the last string