Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-09
MCURDY EXTENDING.
It Has Commenced Branching Out
Recently West and South.
THE MEEKS DRY HOLE ISAGASSER.
The Production in the wildwood Field In
creased Yesterday.
FIELD NEwSFROM THE FAR SOUTHWEST

The McCurdy field is coming out with
moreg new territory recently than any of
the other Allegheny county pools 1t is ex-
tending to the west southwest and
southeast, and land which was consid-
cred practically worthless short
time ago is now looming up in an
entirely new light One of the
most important features of the field which
was developed recently is Patterson & Jones'
No. on the Finch farm. 1t is located about
5000 feet west of south from the McCurdy
No. /. Late Saturday evening the bit tapped
the sand and the hole filled up with oil. The
tools were withdrawn, ana the boiler
moved back preparatory to drilling It
in. Shortly after this was done the
we'll commenced to now and last evening
had filed a $50 barrel tank This is at the
rate of 125 barrels day. 1t is expected to
reach the pay to-day. The Patterson & Fall
well on the HARRISON farm, half mile west
Of the old McCurdy is doing about go barrels
a day. The oil is kept back by heavy flow
of gas from the Gordon sand, and 1t is the i'm
preston that when this is packed of the
well will be good for 100 barrels day at
least. The Orion Oil Company's well on the
Bell farm is good for about 1000 barrels q
day. 1t has large untapped reservoir TO
draw from, and will no doubt hold up well
until other holes are put down in the
vicinity.
Surprised by Gasser.
MooN-The No. well on the Weeks farm
belonging to the Kanawha Oil Company
which was dry in the third sand, was
drilled TO the fourth yesterday and struck
vein of gas which is estimated at 600 pounds
10 the square inch. 1t is one of the biggest
gassers in the county, and it is believed that
the other wells in the Moon district which
have been dry in the third will prove paying
gassers if drilled to the fourth sand.
The Henry Oil Company's No. ! on
the Linton farm is showing for l25
the McFadden No. l. The Dawson Oil Com
pany's No. l. on the Elliott, 500 feet north
west of the Jeffrey No. 2, is in the sand and
showing for 10 or 2O-barrel well.
Work at Coraopolis.
CoRAoPoLIs-Mellon's No. s, on the Kerr, is
due to reach the sand the last of this
week. His No. G. on the Cassiday farm,
is spudding Black a Emerson are down
900 feet in their No on the Ritter
In Wildwood Territory.
wILDwooD-Bowman and the Augusta OIL
Company's No. s. on the Whitesell, was max
ing 200 barrels a day yesterday. The Smith
Farm Oil Company's No. II is good for go
barrels a day. Forse & Greenlee's No. G. on
the Alston, was reported late last evening to
be doing 20 barrels an hour and their No.
about half that amount Beers & Mckee |
have located two wells on August Kyle's |
farm, 400 feet from the McGinnis & Co.'S |
well on the same property. The Metro |
No. on the Koifa: farm. Duva s
Beers No . on the August Kyle is |
in the sand and expects to get the |
pay to-day. 1t is gassing hard. Guffey y |
Queen's No. 8 Ringeheisen is in the sand and |
showing light. Black & Emerson have a rig
up for their No. 8, the Murray, in the |
northeast Guffey & Queen and the Forest
OIL Company's No. g. on the Kretzer is doing
q ho TrplG a n hOur Griffith nd Eorasf
Oil Company's No. 10, on the Whitesell farm,
is due this week.
Southern Ohio Work.
NEWPORT, 0.-Two wells are being drilled
by Ackerle & Samuels on the Jacob Hender-
shot farm. They are also putting down
their No. 4 on the Hervey farm. E. S. Rose
& Co. are down LOO feet on the Herlan farm
Barnsdall & Co. are in the sand on the John
ston farm to the west OF the Archers Forks |
Developments, and Billy Boyle is building /
rig on the Hendershot farm north of the |
Davis farm developments at Archers Forks. |
Vaudeville a Neely are down l,500 feet in |
their No, 2, on the Davis farm. They are |
building rig for No. 8.
West Virginia Wells.
BEBMoNT-Boshcrt & Boss well, on the |
Bartlett farm, up Robbins run, is due this
week, and Barnsdall Boyle & Moore are
drilling on the Cochran farm. Barnsdall & |
Co. are drilling on the James Hammett farm. |
That Huggins Wildcat.
THOMAS STATION - The Philadelphia Gas |
Company's well the Butler Higgins |
farm, which has several hundred feet of oil /
in the hole, will be drilled through the fifty |
foot to-day and be started to pumping 70 as |
certain its capacity if possible.
New Pump Stations.
A small pump station will be in operation
at Mcdonald this week, and q telegraph |
Office has been built by the National Transit
Company in the Moon field, which will be
connected up this week 4 pump station /
will soon be built at Beaver Roads, on tho |
Montour Railroad. TO assist in taking the oil /
from the McCurdy field.
Personal.
THOMAS W. PHILLIPS of New Castle, was in /
Pittsburg short time yesterday after
noon.
J. NJ. PATTERSON, the well-Bnown producer,
is in Cincinnati. He is expected home to-
day.
J. P. TAYLOR, one of the bestknown oil |
well machinists in the region, and who now |
has shop at Wheeling, passed through |
PlJtsburg last evening, on his way to PhiIa-
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