Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-12
A NEW FIELD AT MARS.
W. e. GRIFFITH HAS A WILDCAT
WHICH Is SHOWING GOOD.

lbdkerSUOWn-SeV'
eral Wells Due at Wildwood Thi,
Week-An Important Well at Nc
Curdy Suddenly Shut Down-A Moon
Rig Destroyed.
The indications are just at present that
the next new oil field will Nbe in the vicinity
of Mars station, on the Pittsburg and West
ern Railroad. w. E. Griffiths, who opened
up the famous Wildwood territory, has a
well on the J. S. Parks farm, four miles east
of Mars which is claimed to be good for GO
barrels per day from the 100-foot rock The
well was completed three or four months
ago, but not tested until last week 1t was
shot and cleaned ont, and started pumping
good stream. 1t has one 25O-barrel tank
full to its credit, and is shut down awaiting
the completion Of another tank There
is not a producing well within three
miles of it, and it was, therefore, a
wildcat venture. MIR. Griffith has also an
other experimental well drilling on the Hays
farm, at Hays Mills. 1t is in the hundred
foot, but the sand is close and hard, without
indications of oil.
The following new work has been COM
menced in the vicinity of Mars since the be-
ginning of the present month:
Reed & Co.. No. ], Marshall farm, drilling;
Elcho OIL Company's No. 8, Covert farm,
drilling; Barr & Co.'S No. ], Barr farm, rig;
Winger Fowler & Co. No. 9, Mrs. B. Garvln
farm, rig; South Penn Oil Company's No. i.
Mrs B. Garvin, rig. The Forest Oil Company
has located on the Wallace farm. Bolard &
Cummings have started their No. 2 on the
John Kennedy. Their No. l put out 1900
barrels of oil in Is days. Campbell & Murphy
are building rig on the Biddle farm. The
Producers Association are drilling their No.
!, on the Kennedy, deeper.
Other Butler Territory.
BAKERsTowN-The Butchers Oil Company's
No. ], on the Russ Clendenning farm, is due
to-day or tomorrow. Their No. 2, on the
Robert Clendenning, is making Is barrels
day. p. C. Frederick's No. 2, on the Garrow,
should get the sand the first of next week.
the loO-foot. The South Penn Oil Company
is building rig for its No. on the Ewalt.
Bad Luck at McCurdy.
MoCURDY-The cable broke at the well of
Black, Emerson and the Galley Bros. well
on the Andrews farm early yesterday morn
ing, and the tools are in the hole. 1t is
drilled in the bottom of the Gordon sand
This is the most important well drilling in the
field at present and would develop the value
of large amount of territory in the north
eastern part of the field. Hackett Shirley
and the Fisher Oil Company have the tools
out of their No. 2, on the w. Riddle, and ex-
have made a location on the McMichaei
farm in the southwest Patterson Jones
well, on the Finch, was drilled deeper yes
terday, but its production of 125 barrels a
day was not improved. They have made
two locations between this and the well on
the old HARRISON farm. The Fisher Oil
Company's w. E. Riddle No. is making
125, and their No. 8 17O barrels day. Mel
Ions No 4, on the Palmer, is due to-day.
Due at Wildwood.
wnDwooD-The Roth Oil Company's No. 4
on the PEBBLES farm should get the pay to-
day. Waterhouse & Blacks No. l on the
Hardy is in the sand. The Smith Farm Oil
Company's No. II is doing Is barrels an hour.
Whitney & Stephenson's gasser at Semple
station is being drilled through the fourth
sand in the hope of getting a producer.
Guffey & Queen have abandoned their Run
ga No. 5.
Fishing at Cliff Mines.
CLIFF MNEs-The Fisher Oil Company's
No. i, on the Cotton, which is drilled to the
Foot, has a fishing job on hand.
Andrews & Co. are casing their well on the
lot.
Ended in Disaster.
MooN-At MELONS No /, on the Meeks, a
heavy flow of gas was struck in the salt
sand. The rig took fire and was completely
destroyed. The tools, which belonged to
John McCarty, the contractor, are in the
hole. The Kanawha's No. ], on the Hood,
will make fair producer.
Pipe Line Statements.
The runs from wells for the month of May
into the lines of the National Transit the
Southwest Pennsylvania, the Macksburg
and the Eureka Pipe Line Companies were
!, ,O64, ,0l2, of which the National Transit re-
ceived l, ,l62, ION barrels. The gross stocks of
the above with the Southern Pipe Line Com
pany are II, ,575, 1853, the National Transit hay
ing 1859, 1872 of this. The regular deliveries
Of all were IA, ,649, and other deliveries l.
1896 049 The total Liabilities of all are 1866 446
The report of the lines as a whole is bearish.
W 18th the summer activity in the fields comes |
decrease in regular deliveries of l33, ,476 bar
rels over last month and a decrease of runs |
from wells of only g, ,939 barrels in the same |
period. This naturally increases stocks, |
which are 4O7, ,3l3 barrels more than in April |
There was an increase in shipments of Buck |
EYE oil from S36, ,S54 barrels in April to LOIS, |
tS9 in May.