Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-27
DANGER FROM OIL FIRES.
THE SITUATION AT MDoNALD INVITES
A CONFLAGRATION.

General Activity All Along the Line in the
Southwest Pools-The Wildwood Pools
Show Up With Two Small wells-Other
Field Reports.
The Cook lot well at Mcdonald is still on
fire, and the possibility of general confia-
grafton in that village becomes more evil
dent every day. For weeks the oil men who
have followed the business for the last two
decades have been expecting fire at almost
any moment. There are 20 wells drilling
in the heart of the borough, and
when these are all completed, and
the derricks covered with crude petroleum
the danger will be increased ten-foad. Ex-
peTience has shown that when the atmos-
phere is humid and heavy fire in an Oil
town always works the greatest damage.
At such time the gas from the wells and
tanks has accumulated just on top of the
ground. With the speed OF star the
flames shoot through the banks of gas from
well to well and tank to tank, and
the adjacent houses then become lgnlteo,
and it would take Pittsburg fire depart
ment to cope with the flames which spring
up in a dozen different places. This has
been the history of every town in the oil
country where wells have been drilled
more wells in its borough limits than any
other town in the oil regions, and conse-
quently the danger from fire is much
greater.
McDoNALp-Boschler & Co.'S well on the
q. P. Church lot, has increased its produc-
tion and yesterday was flowing at the rate
of 1900 barrels day. The Peoples Natural
Gas Company on the johnson lot was in the
Gordon yesterday and showing light. This
well is Just east of the Butler lot well of
Clark & BanniSter. Finegan, Downing
Co.'S well on the Elliott farm, north OF the
Mary Robb, reached the Gordon sand yes
terday afternoon, and is showing for l50 bar
rels a day from that rock. Their No. 2
on the same farm is down 400 feet. Their
their Mongot No. 2, 1,sOO; No Robb, 500, and
and they are spudding at No. on the Fay
all, and are rigging up at No, Fayall;
W. P. Black & Co. are drilling at the fol
feet; No. /, McNall lot, l,2O0 feet; No: i,
Crooks lot, l,4OO feet; No. l. DR.. Jen-
nison lot, LOO feet; and No. 1
Sprineer lot, is down i,Oo9 feet land
on the Sauters three acres just east of the
Royal Gas Company's No. 8 Sauters. Pew &
Emerson are down 15O0 feet on the David
son lot.
The Old Pool Active.
McCURDy-Patterson & Jones No. on the
Adams and their No. on the HARRISON farm
will be completed the last of this week or
the first OF next. Fitzgibbons & Co.
on the Mertz are down 1900 feet.
This well is located just 700 feet
southwest of the Fisher Oil Company's well
on the McMichael farm. which is doing 80
barrels an hour. Fitzgibbons & Co. have
located two more wells on the Mertz. The
farm is doing about % barrels an hour. The
Somers Company's No. Shatfer is down 800
feet, No. will be spudding to-day, and No. 8
Shaffer has been located. Patterson & Jones
have two rigs up on the Shaffer. This farm
Is east of the Wright. The Forest Oil Com
pany is still fishing in No Ewing. Its No. 2
Ewing is 800 feet deep, and the same COM
pany has located No on the James Walker
arm.
New Work Being Pushed.
NoBLEsTowN-The Forest Oil Company's
No. on the Heron is down 900 feet, and
lave made two more locations on the Her
ON. They have started No. on the Robert
Ilenn, No. Margaret Glenn and No. l J. D.
1lenn. Guffey, Murphy, Jennings 6 Com
,any's No. on the Heron is down 900 feet;
10. same farm 800 feet. Their No. l Bell is
iown 500 feet No. Bell ], 200, and they are
pudding at No. on the same farm. Guffey,
Iailey & Co.'S well on the Elliott, a mile |
outhwest on the Baldwin will get the Cor
Ion sand this week. |
On Halfway Territory.
OAkDALE-The Forest Oil Company is 900 |
eet deep on the McGregor farm. The rig at !
his well was burned several weeks ago just |
vhen they were about to start to spud. The |
anne company is spudding on the Campbell !
arm. Gladshaw & Freel are building a rig |
IN the Henry Shaffer farm, and Backus & |
20. have started a rig on the same farm. |
Mellon & Co. have started a rig on the Riddle |,
arm east of south from the Wright farm.
Two Wildwood Wells.
WILDwooD-Black & Emerson's No. on |
he Murray is doing 70 barrels a day. The |
mith Farm Oil Company's No. II Smith |
arm is in the sand. w. P. Black & Co.'s No. |
Whitesell will get the sand Monday. |
& Co.'S No. Whitesell is in the |
and and showing for a 25-barrel well.
In the German Settlement.
ZEL1ENoPLE-The Mckenzie Oil Company's
To- 5 on the Muller farm came in Saturday |
fternoon and is making 100 barrels a day. |
they have another well drilling in the sand |
N the same farm. The farm belongs to G. |
;. Muller, of the East End Bulletin
Near the Famous Depp Well.
GRovEToN-W. P. Black will drill his No. |
N the Byrne farm into the sand to-day. Il