Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-29
THEY ARE BIG ONES YET.
THE M'DONALD AND NOBLESTOWN
WELLS STILL HOLDING UP.

| The McCurdy Field Is Not Yet Thing of
the Past-Moon Also Coming to the
Front With New work-Some Butler
County Property.
There was nothing yesterday to cause any
/ excitement among the oil men. The big
| wells still kept up and there were no little
ones which came in with capacity enough
| to alarm anybody. There is not the slight
est doubt, however, but that some of the
wells which are brought in now will be
! stayers and will make paving wells. They
/ are small in comparison with the big wells
which are being drilled at present The big
well on the Mathews farm of Guffey, Jen-
nings & Co., which was doing 40 barrels an
hour yesterday, was doing the same last
night, and is undoubtedly one of the great
est wells ever drilled into any sand.
The well of Preston, Holmes & Co. on the
j. z. Ewing farm had not reached the Cor
don sand at a late hour last night, but was
three-quarters of II mile northeast of the
Mathews well.
Still Keeping Up.
McDuNALD-The big well of the Royal Gas
Company on the Sanders farm No. 8, was
reported yesterday as still producing so bar
rels an hour. 1t was making 80 barrels an
hour Sunday, but has decreased very little.
The well of Mellon q Co., on the McCarty
farm,at Primrose, southwest of Mcdonald, is
down, about 1000 feet. They are still fishing
in Ireland, Hughes &~Rodgers' well on the
Cedet lot.
Aroundath the Church Lot
MCCURDU-W. c. Mellon & Co.'S No. 5 on
the Scott farm is-due to get the sand to-day
His No. 3 James Riddle ought to reach the
sand about Friday, and his No. on the
Dougherty farm is 20 feet in the l00-foot sand.
His No. 9 Jane Riddle is 100 feet deep.
The well of Hoffman & Co. on
the Moore farm in the extreme south
western part of the field is down to the gas
sand. They struck the gas sand last Satur-
day and lot of water was thrown out, but
they got it under control and were drilling
again yesterday. Patterson & Jones' No. z.
on the McCurdy far1n,-ls still doing about SOC
barrels day.
Out in the Country.
MooN-Mrs. Taylor and the Forest Oil Co.
are drilling well on the King farm, about
three miles southwest of the Moon field
proper. They commenced spudding yester-
day. Another well is being drilled by Kemp
& Donnell two miles west of the King farm
well.
Some Drilling Yet.
WmDwooD-Forest & Greenlee are between
the 3O-foot and the Blue Monday in their No.
on the Hazlett farm. Their No. 4 is in the
boulder above the sand. Their No. l Schwab
and Guffey and Queen and their No. 8
Runga and No.-5 Kretzer are going'down
rapidly.
That Gas Well Fake.
CRABTREE-The Oil fraternity was sjuss a
little agitated yesterday by report which
appeared in one ofthe morning papers and
purporting to be from era btree on the Penn
sylvania Railroad. The truth is that the
Westmoreland and Cambria Gas Company
has built rig for wildcat gasser on the
Leach farm, but they will not commence
drilling before Thursday.
Another Gas Well.
RMERsBURG-Th quiet little ttown is all
stirred up over the drilling of a well right in
the center of the village. 1T is on the
Abrams lot, and is owned by the Citizens
Oil and Gas Company. There is;a gas well
about one-eighth of a mile west of this one
which supplies the town of Rimersburg with
gas Philip Caster is the President of the
Citizens Oil and Gas Company.
In Butler County.
GALLERY - Vandegroft & Burke have
started to drill their No. Q on the Thilman
farm. Boyd and the McCalmont Oil Com
pany will be spudding in their No. on the |
Walters farm to-morroW Their No; Wal |
Boyd and the McCalmont Oil Com |
pany have had hard job in |
pulling the casing from their No. 2 on the |
John Staples farm. They have started a rig |
for No on the same farm. Dean Marshall |
and Conductor Burke have located a well |
on the old Thicker farm, 80 rods east of the |
old Tilman well and 20 rods south of the
Waters we'll
Around Coraoplis.
CoRAoPoLIs-W. L. Mellon & Co.'S No. on |
the Chess farm and their No, on the Kerr
should get the sand not later than to-mor-
row.
That Beaver Wildcat.
Crooks FERRY-The well of Watson and
the Augusta Oil Company on the kennedy
farm is down about 800 feet. 1t will be fin
ished next week.
Was Plugged Yesterday. /
BRIDGEvILLB-The well of Mellon, Wilson
& Co., which was dry in the fifth sand, was
plugged yesterday.