Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-07
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. I

ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPArcHi
WILDWOOD, Feb. 6.-The southwest end
ofthe Wildwood pool presented a rather
gloomy aspect to-day. Runga No. tonight
is 25 feet in the sand and only 600 feet of oil
in the hole, and has made no flows. This
well is drilled below where the other wells
in this locality found their oil, and unless there
should be radical change in the geological for
nation it looks little doubtful as producer.
This well is the farthest in advance on the west
line. and 800 feet little south of west
from No. Runga, and about the same distance
west of No. Ringheisen.
Ringheisen No. is also IA feet in the sand
and showing no oil. 1t is located 300 feet east
OF 45o line, and 800 feet in advance of Ring
heisen No. Added to this unfavorable out
look, the big wells are de Ginning while three or
four of the largest have ceased to flow and are
being tuDed. Griffith Co.'s No. Rngheisen.
according to the gauge to-day, is making 900
barrels a day. apd No. Runga IS doing IN
inches an hour. The same party will bring in
Nos. 4, and7 Rlngheisen the latter part of
next week. and Vaudeville Il Evans No. l
Marks. and the Roth Oil Company well on the
Henry Kyle. will also be due about the same
time.
Whitesell No. 9 found second pay to-day and
is making 40 barrels a day. The Kennedy
well. on the Railroad lot, after being drilled
awhile to-day. took another erratic turn, and
an hour. Greenlee & Forst No. l is doing 2S
inches an hour; No. Rolsehous, 10 inches an
hour, and Kress No. s is spouting at the rate of
40 barrels an hour. Harbush No. IL is l5 feet in
the sand with no improvement.
The much-talked-of Bowman gasser on the
Whitesell, and the Kennedy well on the Pitts
burg and Western Railroad lot, have stimu-
lated some new work north of Developments.
North of these wells and in the same vicinity
six or eight weHs are drilling. while still farther
in the same direction the producer is seeking
for an outlet or another pool. On the Mrs. Nc
Cav farm Christie & Co. are spudding, and are
building another rig on the r. and NJ. McCaw
farm. They have n well on top of the sand on
the Shaw farm, which is making a small show
ing. 1t will be remembered that the same well
some time ago made 10 or IL barrels day from
the centennial rock. but was drilled into the
lower sand in the hope of finding something
bigger. = The well is shut down on account of
repairing machinery.
On the Nancy Gibson, II. Christie, is down
1000 feet. Black & Emerson have located
well on the same farm, and Dunlap & Co. are
rebuilding their rig destroyed by fire some time
ago.
The Good Record of Coraopolis.
CoRAoPoLIs-So far as developed the Cora
opois field has to its credit the first if not the
best, record of the many Southwest pools.
While big gushers is not the order of things
here the wells are uniformly good and possess
wonderful staying qualities. For the number
of wells drilled in this field the list of dry holes
COInD1rlllVely
velopments, it may safely be said that Cora
opolis is still in an embryotic state. Beside
being an oil field of the first class, the fact has
also been developed that there is large scope
of good gas territory, and located in the enter
prising town is one the largest gassers in ALLIE
gheny county.
The Forest Oil Company contemplate doing
large amount of wcrk in the Coraopolis field
and in a short time will have Is or 20 strings of
tools running. They are starting one we'll on
the Clinton. one on the Getty and another on
the Cooper farm. The Coraopolis OIL Com
pany has just completed its we'll on the Watson
lot, which will make 80 or 60-barrel pumper,
and have made several more locations on the
same property. Black & Emerson. of Titus
ville are preparing for seige of operations
and have already started one well on the
RICHTER farm and another on the Jolly prop
erty Mellon Co. are also doing big stroke
of business, which will be increased as time
wears on. To-day they are bringing in their
No. Kerr, while No. . Kerr and No. Cassi.
day are on top the sand. On the Duff farm
they have a well drilling at 1900 feet; one on
the Logan at 600 feet, and are building rig No.
10 on the Logan, and rig No. 8 on the Kerr On
the Chess heirs farm Galley Bros. will soon
finish drilling the 100 foot.
On Seven-Mile Island, Galley Bros. &, Mellon
have brace of rigs up and will bounce the
drill as soon as the high water will permit. On
the Gass farm, a considerable distance in ad-
vance of Developments Hervey Bros. are in
the sand with their experimental venture
This we'll is attracting some attention and will
bear close inspection.
Operations Active at Grafton.
CRAFToN-Operations in the vicinity of the
Scully farm are becoming rather active. In
this locality there have recently been some good
wells obtained, and when spring opens consid-
erable territory will be developed. The Elcho
Oil Company, on the Sculy farm, has Just
started drilling another well. Frampton e. 90.
have made location on the Peirie farm south
east of Scully Springs, which looks like haz-
ardous venture, as it is nearly encIrced by dry
holes Bowman & Co., ut Wind Gap school
house. have drilled their we'll through the fifth
sand. and the result is duster. Bennett & Co.,
on the Thornburg farm, are in the sand, but it
will require deeper drilling to tell what the
venture will amount to.
The Harmony Field Disappointing.
HARMoNY-The staying qualities of the
wells at Harmony have proven a sad disap-
pointment to those who have invested in the
pool The Hovis & Co. we'll which came in a
week ago Wednesday at 300 barrels has SIM
mered down to l50 barrels day. The Latshaw
we'll shows even greater decline. 1t is only Is
DAYS old and has dropped from $50 barrels to 40
barrels day. The venture on the NJ. Zeger
farm owned by the Stoughton Oil Company has
finished drilling in the sand, and it will only
make a light producer. The Bracney well,