Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-24
srEc1AL rELEeRAx TO THE DISPATCH,

Feb. 23.-Reporfs from the
Wildwood field tonight indicate but little
change from the news published in this
mornings DISPATCH. The Greenlee &
Forst well on the Aston farm at 4 P. NJ.
was doing 80 inches an hour. The we'll was
agitated a short time to-day, but was not
drilled deeper. The Ireland & Hughes
venture on the Bryant has made 16 inches
or about 40 barrels a day since struck. The
same party on Saturday secured 80 acres more
of the Bryant farm arsslOO per acre, and will
soon commence another well. Ringheisen
No. . tapped the pay to day, and
made several flows. The caliber
of tho well in ITS present condition cannot be
determined. Tomorrow SDang, Chaltant d
Co. will start drilling No. 8, on the McClay
farm. Their No. . gasser, which came in a few
days ago, shows a minute pressure of 200
pounds. To-day the Roth OIL Company sue
ceeded i'll getting the tools in their Kyle farm
gasser, and drilling was again resumed. The
Evans, Vaudeville q Co. well on the Marks
was started to drill again to-day, and, to the
surprise of the owners, found they we're not
through the sand, as they supposed. They now
think there is a chance of finding another paw,
The well is doing about Us barrels day.
The same company started two more rigs to-
day on the Marks, located one on the Kretzer
and another on the Trumsdel farm. Roth &
Jennings will bounce the drill tomorrow in No.
3 Bryant. The Roth Oil Company have made
u locations on the Peoples heirs and Camp
bell farms and intend pushing the work as fast
as possible. The Bear Creek Oil COMPANY
have concluded to go back and drill their No. i
McClay gasser through the fourth sand.
Griffith Go. will case their No. l Kretzer to-
morrow IN the 100 foot. j. NJ. Gufty & Co. are
fishing for the tools in No. / Heidelberg.
There is no change at the other wells,
BUTLER-Butler county oil news is unim-
portant and without interest. The new wells
at Gallery and Harmony are coming in small.
While the Old wells are declining flsr Name 4
20. at Harmony are through the lO0-foot in No.
L on the NJ. Zeicler farm: the well will make
about five barrels a day from this sand. Sutton
q &c. expect the sand tonight or in the morn
ing in their No. 8. Latshaw & Co.'s No. / is
making 10 barrels a day; Stoughton Oil Com
pany Me-, 8 barrels; No. l Shontz. 5 barrels;
Hovis No. l, 60 barrels a day. The gauges OF
the wells at Gallery for the past "a hours is as
follows;
Geohring & Co. i. Deemer lot. 70 barrels;
Forst & Co., Staples, 10 barrels; the SAM par
ties. ON the Marburger. 20 barrels; Root & Boy
er, McNeal, 40 barrels; Webber & Co., Wallace,
Is barrels; Collins q Heasley, Miller, so barrels,
and IRWIN. Keeper & Co. 10 barrels. In a few
days several wells will be due at jefferson
Center. Hartman & Sons No. s, Byerley heirs,
are down l,65O feet. Frazier & Co. No. ], Hof-
man heirs, LOO feet. Lenora Oil Company No.
3, Weber farm, LOCO feet. On the kornrumpf
farm the jefferson Oil Company are 10 feet in
the sand with No. 3. with good indications for
a well: I. w; Phillips, as usual. is pushing the
drill for all that there is IN il, and has six or
eight wells drilling here ranging in depth from
to 300 $50 feet.
The Butchers Oil Company at Bull creek,
on the Richardson farm, struck a well Satur-
day which started of at a l15-barrel a day gait.
JACKS RUN-Saturday. Dimnick & Co., shot
their Mol. Jones farm. the Heine Oil Company
their No. 3, Helne farm, and Thayer & Co.
their No. l, +. Burger farm. but at this writing
they do not show a very large increase IN their
production. The Robella OIL Company afte-
working at their No. 2 Straw farm, for the
IA Sf fen 1QVS al aninp mt h. vQ a Last ~ IL
finished. Pettock & Co., are cleaning out
.Americus Club No. 9 Mclaughlin
which they collapsed when shooting three
weeks ago. They are drilling the Nellie Oil
Company No. ] well, MIN farm, deeper in the 10O
foot sand. and will go through to the 30 foot if
they get nothing above. Munhal l& Co. have
reached a depth of 2, 100 feet at their well on the
Rouser farm, the intention being to go 100 feet
deeper, and if they end nothing pull her out
and plug the hole. j. Fishel. the contractor OF
this well. has had very bad luck since he started
it nine months ago. He has had almost all
kinds of fishing jobs that any contractor would
have in putting down a well, even to plugging
4 new hole. The Westview Oil Company is
still fishing for a bit at their old No. Ivory.
The same parties have pulled the casing at
their No. 3 and plugged the hole. They have
started spudding al their No. ). same farm,
located up the hollow from their old No. J..
BAKERsTowN-The well on Sirs. Mahem's
Is luIOupul Dc Sduu Will ,OOU o VI OIL
in the hole. The Butchers well, on the Mrs.
Kennihan farm. caught fire this morning at 4
O'Clock by the gas from the boulder being ig-
nited, and burned the rig to the ground. Mar
win Goodrich. one of the drillers, was badly
burned about the face and hands.
MURRINsvILLE-There is but little going on
in the MurrInsvIlle pool. John Suee d Co. are
about the only parties doing any work here,
and their business is limited to one drilling
well on the Murrin farm. 1t is reported a trans
fer of producing property in This field will soon
take place. the purchasers being one of the
branches of the Standard. The total production
of the field is about 400 bari els a day.
HAYESyILLE-Gutfey & Hummell, who have
bought the Osborne Oil Company's interest in
this feld, are rigging up and will start drilling
at No. 2, Rhoads farm, the coming week. The
same parties have located No. 3 same farm.
R~EIBoLD-The Forest Oil Company are in
tie hes: shape to test their Hartman well that
they have been at any time yet. They are now
pumping l,600 barrels of salt water a day since
the casing was pulled, and the 4-inch barrel was
put on. This well is looked on as important, il
the water can only be exhausted. In advance
of the Hartman about 200 feet. Turner & Co.,
on the Michael Heckert farm, are in the '.op of
the sand and the well is showing some oil.
Bagcs d Curtis are rigging up on their new To-
cation on the Casper Nolsheim farm, while
Ed Rigney, of R~enfrew. is taking out rig tim
bers for a new rig on the same farm.
AMBERsoN-Producers and lease men have
been engaged the past few days in righting up
lines and steam boxes that were DELAYED dur
ing the recent flood. Nothing special presents
itself for the week just ended. Wahls, Bishop &
Co. within the past few days purchased of
Brown, AldInger & Co. four producing wells.
two of which are located on the McNair and
two on the Knauf. The daily production is
about 10 barrels and the consideration was re-
ported as being 81 600. TAFT kCo. shot their
No. 4 VIM. Dambauch tho latter part of this
week with a 100 quarts. The result thus far
is not favorable; the well shows little or no oil.
CAMPBELL d Whites No. 8 Marshall is settled
down to business as a 40 barrel pumper.
III. MfC.