Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-19
SEVERAL LIGHT WELLS.
THE ALLEGHENY FIELDS WERE NOT
PROLIFIC YESTERDAY.

THE ALLEGHENY FIELDS WERE NOT
PROLIFIC YESTERDAY.
Two Dry Holes at WILDWOOD and O Light
Well at Moon-New Work Reported in
Every Direction-A Grist of Interesting
Reports From Butler.
There were no producers reported In the
Allegheny county fields yesterday. A dry
hole in Southwest Wildwood, on the James
Mcintyre farm, and very light well on
the Harper at Moon were about the only
features which attracted any attention.
The Hardy farm we'll in Northeast Wild
/ wood was declared irretrievably dry, and
the casing is being pulled. Otherwise there
is little change throughout the pools.
In Allegheny County.
MooN-The Orion Oil Company's well on
the Harper farm is in the sand and showing
very light Bradley & Murphy have COM
pleted a rig. for No. ON the p. H. Stevenson
farm. The Kanawha Oil Conlpany's No. on
| the William Springer will be in Saturday,
| and their No. on the Meel0s is due Monday.
| The Hervey OIL Company has cased on the
McCutcheon lot.
Discouraging From Wildwood.
| WnDwooD-The Smith Drilling Company's
| well on the James Mcintyre farm is reported
through the sand, and a duster. This well is
in the southwestern part Of the field and
about half mile northeast from the Roth
Oil Company's well on the W. w. Mcintyre.
Evans & Vaudeville shot their Wright No.
yesterday but did not improve it.
Waterhouse & Black No. on the Hardy is
through the sand and dry. The casing Is
being pulled. Black & Co. on the Bubb is
due Saturday morning. Waterhouse & Co.
have made location for No. 8 on the White
sell.
Drilling at Noblestown.
NoBLEsTowN-Guffey, Murphy & Galley are
drilling a we'll on the Baldwin farm and are
on the Sturgeon, and have rigs up on the
Whitengale farm. Guffey, Jennings Co. are
| building rig on the Heron farm.
The Oakdale Region.
OAKDALE-Preston, Holmes & Co., on the
j. r. Ewing, are down 800 feet. It is one
| mile northeast of the Matthews farm devel-
| to drill on the Miller farm. The Woodland
| Oil Company Is building a rig on the Thomas
Gamble farm.
Shooting Old Wells.
McCuRDy-The Fisher Oil Company shot
their W. E. Riddle No. 8 yesterday, and last
| evening IL was making IS barrels an hour.
| The fire at the Scott No. l of the Bear Creek
| Refining Company has been put out. Guffey
& Murphy's Kerr No. 2 is on top OF the sand.
Due at Mcdonald.
McDoNALD-The Royal Gas 'Company's No.
| on the Kay Mcdonald farm is due to get the
| sand this morning. Finegan & Downey on
the Margot will get the Gordon to-day,
Another Light Well.
MuRpocKsvILLE-Finegan Downey on the
Stevenson heirs Is in the sand and showing
Butler County Work.
MARs-The Forest Oil Company has new
rig on George Wallace farm, about 600 feet
| northeast of Bolard. Cummings & Co.'s well
| on the Kennedy farm. This well is doing
about 60 barrels a day yet. Reed & Co.'S well
on the Marshall farm should reach the sand
| about Saturday evening. A. steelsmith &
Co.'S No 2 we'll was drilled dry. 1t is situated
about 800 feet southeast of Burton, Bradley
Oil Company's Nos. and 2, on the George
Marburger farm.
Drilling Around Gallery.
CALLERY-Wahl, Bishop & Co.'S "Snow
Biru'' No. T. on the George Marburger, got
the second pay yesterday morning at 81 feet
in the sand They have since drilled it go
graf grained and full of pebbles. L has made
several very fair flows and is showing for
Phillips New York.
JEFFERSON CENrER-Thomas W. Phillips
No. on the Bennewitz will get the sand the
first of the week. His No. Berclzner is
800 feet, No. 9 Joseph Eichenlaub is spudding
He is also building a rig for No.
l. ortel. one-half mile northwest
farm he has commenced to spud. They are
hue farm, Clearfleld township. Shaffer 8
SCOTT are moving the rig from their No. l. on
the Tillie Logan, one location west on the
same farm.
ADry Hole at Euclid.
EUCLID srATIoN-The well drilled by Lint
Co, near this place, is through the sand
and dry.
MUDDY CREEK-Watson & Co. have COM
pleted their No. on the Kichner. 1t is
showing for good we'll. Hazlett & Co have
q well in the sand on the st. Clair farm.
In the Black Sand.
PETERsvILLE Campbell & Westerman
Bros No. Q on the James Welsh farm is
down 800 feet The Thompson & Co. well on
the shannon farm, which was drilled from
the One Hundred foot to the Black Sand, is
making seven barrels a day. Griesbaugh &
Co. drilled their No. 10 on the James Welsh
farm to the Black Sand and 1t is making ten
barrels day. Several other wells which
were drilled to the same sand have proven
failures.
New Work at Sarvis.
sARv1s SrAroN-Unknown parties are
drilling well on the Jacob Ehrman farm.
The Work at Frazer's.
FRAzIER's MILLs-Webber Brothers are
down ], 100 feet ON the Webber farm.
The Drill at Mcbride.
MCBRIDE associated producers are
drilling a well on the Kennedy farm. The
Farmers Oil Company is down 1000 feet on
the Mushbrush farm.
Fishing for the Jars.
CRANBERRY-Patterson& & Co., on the Albert
Graham, are in the Hundred Foot, with a set
of broken jars in the hole.
Yesterdays Local Features.
There was no trading in pipe line certif.
Gates yesterday. The market was. weaker
under the pressure of q few selling orders in
New York. The only bid here was 6734c.
There were no offers. Quotations on refined
were unchanged Average daily runs were
7S,520; average daily shipments, 81, ITO; aver
age daily charters, 81, ,66S.
CLEVELAND June 1S.-Petroleum quiet: S.
W., 61sc; "A gasoline, SC; 81 gasoline, loc; 6S
naphtha, exc.
New YoRK, June ls-The petroleum market
opened steady, but gave way under pressure
to sell by tired holders, and the price of July
option declined l1sc in the early trading;
later the market rallied and closed steady.
Penna oil, SPOT, ODeninC 66c: highest, 663Sc: