Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-17

BRIDGEvILLE-Followin is brief review of
old and new operations in the Bridgeviile held
The pipeline people are constructing tele-
graph line from BrIdgeville to their pump sta
tion, which, when completed. Will greatly facll-
irate their business. William Graham has
rig completed on the Gilmore farm and will
start start the drill .do tomorrow fsat The Morgan
No. is in the fifth sand. with but little pros
poets Of being paying well.
THE Forest Oil Company have ten-barrel
producer on the John Hickman farm, and Gra-
ham, Collins Co. have two wells on the John
Harper. making about i've barrels each, while
the well on the DR.. Donaldson farm is doing
from Is tn 20 barrels from the Gordon sand
Graham & Co. have well down 2,250 feet on
the Thomas Alexander, which had good
showing in the so foot and little oil In the
Gordon. The same'parties have a we'll on thi
farm producing 10 barrels a day from the 80
foot, while the Colten well has production of
three barrels from the 50-foot. The well on
the Mary Hanna farm has been drilled through
the Gordon and dry. On the Sam Alexander,
Graham & Co.'s well is producing 15 barrels a
day from the 60-foot and Gordon sands. The
Patton farm venture, south of the Hickman,
was dry, and the well on the Harriet is drilling
at 2, 200 feet
CoRAoPoLIs-The Forest Oil Company's last
well on the Getty farm was an important ven
ture and Is still holding up at the 1O0-barrel
mark. w. p. Black & Emerson are meeting
with good success here, and are doing quite
stroke of work. The No. Ritter is doing go
barrels day, No. Curry 80 barrels day, and
No. Snowhite 20 barrels day. Their.No. 5
Jolly has just started to drill, and No. Jolly is
down 800 feet. No. 8 Curry has rig building
A DRY WILDCAT-Tbe Nockamixon well. on
the ]. II. Stein farm, Bucks county, drilled by
the Eastern Oil Company, has been finished and
is duster. The well was wildcat, and was
sunk to a depth of 2, 100 feet, finding nothing re-
sembing a SAINT rock.
old Canonsburg field. The Curry No. 8, owned
by the McKeown estate. Is drilling at ], $50
feet, and Weaver No. 2 Garrell Oil Company,
will start the drill some time during the week.
Borchers Il Co. will also commence drilling No.
l on the McClelland farm, about the middle of
the present week.
MoNToUR-Tbe Home wood Oil Company are
building rig for No. Douglass. Yandergrift d
Co.'s No. ] Ewing is through the fifth sand and
dry; they got small show of gas, but no oil.
The boiler-house at Ft. Pitt Gas Company's
Nos and Ewing took fire. and burned to the
ground. Sill O'Dell & Co. got their No. 2 Phil
lips to pumping Saturday; IL Is showing for
a small pumper. Galley & Guffy have a rig
up on the Ming farm, about half mile south
east Of the Montour field and about mile
north Of the McCurdy field. This well will be
q very important test TO determine whether
there is an extension OF the McCurdy pool to
the north. Fisher Co. have pulled their
casing and abandoned their Schuller No. l.
The Elcho OIL Company have pulled the
packer at their McEibaru No. ], and put 1t to
pumping; the well is showing for fair pro-
ducer. The Fl. Pitt Gas Company are laying
q
to the McCurdy field.
MURDoCKsvILLE-Int this old pool the CON-
ing summer will witness considerable activity.
The Forest Oil Company, Kelly & Cooper, own
about 1000 acres OF territory. which prospect
lively looks good. The wells here average from
80 to 100 barrels day on the start of. The
Forest, Kelly Cooper, at present. are drilling
one well on ihe Purdy farm at / 800 feet. and
another on the Dunlap farm at 400 feet Kelly
G. Cooper are also drilling well on the Armor,
which has reached depth Of ]. $50 feet. P. NJ.
Sbannon'S last venture on The Purdy was dry.
A contract has been awarded TO Hays & Trees
by the Poterie Gas Company for building a
8, and l0-inch natural gas line from Schenley
station to Leechburg, Pa. The line will be
about six miles long.
CLAYsvILLE-Tbe latest acquisition to the
Claysville held is 3D-barrel well which came
in Friday on the Goury farm, and owned by
the Claysville Oil Company.
Attention of producers is directed to Butler
county fourth sand production advertised as
for sale in for sale columns Of to-day's DIS
PATCH. II. MCC.