Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-23
FORTUNATE M'CURDY.
A GUSHER STARTS AT THE RATE OF
1900 BARRELS DAILY,

Wildwood's Report Purely Routine-A
Rank Wildcat Among the Ventures-An
Important Experiment at Moon Due
Figures of the Moon Field Productions.
SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATcHI
WILDWOOD, April 22.-No particular
innovation marks the progress at Wildwood
to-day. The Kohlbar well is doing about
% barrels an hour, while there is no partic-
ular change in the production OF the other
wells. Finnegan & Downing, on the Wal
lace heirs, have moved their No. rig to a
new location, 500 feet southeast OF their
No. 4, and viii soon be ready to start the
drill. The kanawha Oil Company, on the
Forel are down / go feet with their No 2. and
ireland d Hughes No, 2 Bryant. is drilling at
200 feet
Spang Chalfant have just completed hight
Ea>ser on the Whitney lot Gies-& Gibson are
eight feet in the sand with their No. 3 Scott.
bur as yet have no show of oil. The Smith Oh
Company No 10 is down 1000 feet. and M. ii is
in the neighbOrhoOd of 200 feet. Bowman & CO.
have completed No. rig, and have made an
other location Tor a No. j, Kennedy X Co., on
the p & W. lot. will most likely find the sand
in their No the last of the week, and have
their No. rig completed Black & Emerson,
on the Murray heirs, are down $50 feet with
their No. 4. and the Sunline Oil Company shot
its well yesterday. which failed to respond.
This company has made location for its No.
20 Waterhouse No. l is doing 800 barrels a
'lay, and its owners are building another rig.
W. E. Griffith Go. have started to urill their
Wmtesen No. Il, and are building their NO.
Is rig
Mcclure 4 Co. are still fishing at their Simp-
son farm well. and Ireland & hughes have a
rig up on the Frank Kumerer farm west and in
advance OF developments. 1t Is rank Wild
cat BaTnsdSil & Co. are ready to bounce the
drill in their No. Z Zeigenhein. Barnsdall e.
Gillespie shot their No. Is Kress yesterday.
which increased It's production TO 60 barrels an
hour. The Roth Oil Company's No. l. l. d.
Peoples, is on top OF the sand and by this time
tomorrow thev should know what the well Is
good for The Aston well was shot yesterday
and its production was increased from six to
eight inches an hour Sibert 4 Go. are drilling
out a piece of steel at the well on the Jenny
farm. Drilling has not been assumed yet at the
Heidelberg well.
MCCurdy Gets a Gusher.
MCCURDY-The McCurdy field to-day revived
its reputation by coming to the front with an
other big well. John N. Patterson & Co. are
again blessed with good luck. Their No. Nc
Curdy tapped prolific pay at high noon and
started OFF at IS barrels an hour. This gusher
l. located bUO feet due north from No. i, which
at frs. was considered no good but will most
likely make paying well. It's also 800 feet due
south of No. and due east OF No. l McCurdy
No MGCurdy is doing 800 barrels day. and
Is Just one month old. The old McCurdy No
g is still pannng out 24O barrels day. This well
was six months old the Eth of this month, and
has produced over so. coo barrels of OIL which is
an average of a little over 444 barrels day No.
McCurdy has production Of 400 barrels a
day, and No. ! Lloyd Is making about ten bar
Tels an hour. No. 2Lloyd will find the pay some
time next week. No. Finch is drilling at 500
feet and No. Lloyd is rig being built The
Fisher OIL Company's well Oh the Riddle shows
a gauge for the past "a hours of 500 barrels and
Palmer No. of 400 barrels.
MOoN-A very important well is expected to
he due tomorrow in the Noon pool 1t be-
longs to the kanawha Oil COMPANY, and is
located on the Onstott farm. about one mile
north and east of the Moon Developments
This venture is being closely watched.
b. FUrSt 4 Co. are starting a well on the
Hamberger farm three-quarters of a mile
north Of the BOden well on the Sam Stevenson
farm. Boden & Co. are building rig on the P
II. Stevenson, 800 feet west of their other we'll
JSe following Is the production of the Moon
fed: