Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-25
A DAY OF DRY HOLES.
SOME SMALL WELLS STRUCK IN THE
ALLEGHENY FIELDS.

South American Oil Territory "A Daily Pro-
duction of 800 Barrels in Northern Peru
Late Reports From Local FieIds-A
Big Contract.
The news from oil fields Saturday and
yesterday was rather discouraging for GER
tain districts. This was particularly the
case in the Moon field, where two dry
wells were reported. Both of these, how
ever, were in the new territory and could
not be classed much above test wells.
Wildwood was not prolific Of new wells of
any capacity. The reverse was the case.
There are three wells in that territory which
reached the sand late last week and failed
to make much of show. AT MeCurdy the
production is still kept pretty well up in
the thousands. The field has been given
somewhat of a set back by the failure of the
Kerr Nc. to come to the front, as was con-
idently expected both by the owners and
the operators in the pool 1t has a
showing of oil, but not enough to
warrant any more drilling in the
immediate vicinity. 1t is supposed by some
of the McCurdy operators that it may have
struck a small shallow pocket. The Fisher
Oil Company's No. 2, on the W. E. Riddle,
only a couple of hundred feet west of north
from it; Mellon g. Co.'s Riddle Nc. 2,
which is rated at 100 barrels, is 200 feet
northeast; the Bear Creek Refining Com
pany, and Bradley's Adams No 2, good for
l50 barrelsa day. as 500 feet southeast, and the
Parsonage lot 800 feet southwest. This leads
to the general belief which has been
demonstrated before, that the pool within a
very small radius is largely "spotted1'
The Adams Farm Spouter.
McCURDY-The Bear Creek Refining Com
pany and Bradley's No. l on the Adams
farm, which came in Friday at So barrels an
hour, was still putting out that amount at a
late hour Saturday evening. Mellon & Co.'s
Jane Riddle No. /, which is located 400 feet
northeast of Gillespie & Co.'s big well on the
same farm, will be rugged up to-day 1t is
the farthest well in the north in that part of
the field. The Fisher Oil Company's No. 2
on the W. E. Riddle was doing SO barrels an
die No. has fallen off to 400 barrels day.
Black & Guffey's Ewing farm well in the eX-
treme northeast is putting out from 20 to 25
barrels day. There have been no runs
from the well on the Mink farm, and Satur-
day there were l25 barrels of oil in the tank.
The tools have not yet been gotten out. The
HARRISON farm well, in the southwest, is at
tracing good deal of attention from lease
holders in the vicinity.
Light Wildwood Wells.
on tn , c. o. Smith farm, is two bits in the
sand and showing no oil. BaTnsdan & Gil
lespie's No. Z, on the Zingenheim is ten feet
in the sand, and showing small. The tools
have been fished out of Boyer & Co.'s Jenny
No. 2. The Roth Oil Co.'S W. W. McIntyfe
and ms the 6 Nd Gn tRe RnTen
heisen is still doing 40 barrels an hour A
mud vein has been struck in Griffith & Pat
terson's Cole farm wen and it will not reach
hafa se
and a half of inch pipe in the Espy well of
Patterson & Company. 1t came loose from
the boiler.
Dry Holes at Moon.
MooN-The Orion Oh Company's well on
the Gordon farm. mile northeast of Nc
Fadden, is reported dry. The Forest OH
Company's No. 2, on the Meek's farm, was
also reported dry yesterday. The Kanawha
Oh Company's No. 2, on the George Springer,
800 feet west of their No. !, was reported dr-y,
but later report was to the effect that it
was good for l5 or 90 barrels a day The
Orion Oil Company's No 2, on the Beggs, is
good for 20 or 25-barrel pumper. The Bear
Creek Refining Company and Bradley's No.
!, on the William Springer, is due to-day.
In the Gallery Field.
CALIEEY-The No. l of Phillips, Craig &
Co., on the Martin farm, which has been
pumping on an average l5 barrels a day for
the past year, has started to flowing. The
pumping apparatus broke down Friday and
in the following "a hours the well flowed 20oo
barrels of water and 60 barrels of oil. The
same firm has started to drill their No. on
the Martin farm.
Operations at Mars.
MARS STATIoN-Forst Il Co. have started to
drill their No. 9, on the Anderson farm in
the "Coonskin" district. Miller 6 Boyd have
a fishing job on hands at their No. 2, Ander-
son. Forst & Co. are ], 200 feet deep in their
Anderson No. 2 Boyd 4 Co; are moving
rig to open up an old well. which was drilled
four years ago, on the Basselnecker farm
II will be rugged up for pumping. Reed &
Marshall are building a rig just west of the
old Belford farm.
Activity at HendersonviHe.
HENDERsoNvILLE-There is considerable
work being done in this vicinity at present
and the outlook is good for an active
summer. There are about a dozen rigs
going up altogether. Six of these are To-
Gated on the Crawford farm, The Forest
Oil Company has four wells drilling.
In the Gold field Calhoun & Co. are drill
ing ing a couple of wells on the Stirling farm;
The Kanawha Oil Company is down 1900
feet in the MtInk farm well ahead of the
pool proper.
Reported From Mcdonald.
McDoNALD-There was a report last night
that the Logan Bros. had struck 3eO-barrel
well at Mcdonald but it could not be con-
firmed.
A Big Contract.
Ritter & Connolly, of Pittsburg, have closed
a contract to build five SO, 600 barrel tanks for
the standard Oil Company at the Whiting
refinery, in the suburbs of Chicago They
will be used for receiving and storage tanks
The same firm is also building 20 6Oo-barrei
stills for the same refinery, which will make
it by far the biggest refinery in the world.
South American Operations.
J. E. Kennedy. q driller, WHO'S well known
all over the oil country, has Just returned
from Negretus, Peru, where he has been drill
ing for the London and Pacific Petroleum
Company, of London, England. Negretus is on
the northern coast of Peru, and is six miles
south OF Tulara bay, where the company has
a refinery of l5o barrels capacity. There are |
ali drilled within radius of few hundred |