Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-13
DRILLING FOR CRUDE.
A Fair Producer and a Good Gasser
Brought in at Neon Saturday.
THE GORDON SAND LOOKS DUSTY.
Excitement in Butler Over Some Ventures
Which Promise Well.
ZELIENOPIE REACHING N0RFHWARD

The reports from the Allegheny county
oil field Saturday were few and far between.
About the only place from which anything
was expected was at Moon. There were
several wells known to be on top of the
sand. The Kanawhs Oil Company's No.
on the Hood farm got their pay and will
make a 40 or so barrel we'll.
Their No. on the Meeks, and No. on the
Onstott will likely get the sand Wednesday.
Mellon got q 4OO-pound gasser at the west
ern Onstott farm. His No. on the Meeks
is light 1t is located 700 feet west of his
Parry No. /. His No. + on the Meeks
will settle down TO SO or IS barrels
a day 1t is located 800 feet west
on the same farm. The Forest Oil Com
pany's well on the Rouser is good for As
barrels day The Orion Oil Company s
No. on the Doty farm made go barrels in
the "a hours ending Saturday evening.
Dusty Gordon Sand.
MCDoNALD-The CHARTERS Oil Com
panvs well on the Jules Charlier lot was
reported to be through the sand, and
dry Saturday afternoon. There was no
change in the other wells. The National
Transit Company is prepared to handle all
the crude brought up. 1t has completed a
pump station on the Sturgeon farm between
Willow Grove and Mcdonald. and Foreman
Beesoa has Just finished laying a four-inch
gravity, and 3 three-inch discharge line.
There are half dozen wells. in this field
which should get their pay this week.
Showing Some Oil.
MCCURDY-W. /. MELONS No. +, on the
Palmer, was drilling in the sand Saturday
night and showing oil. His Jane Riddle
No. l will be in this week Guffey &
Gailey's well on the Adams, in the north
west, will be due tomorrow.
Butler County.
Interest at several points in this county
has been somewhat revived for the past two
or three davs. The Webber Bros well, on
the Webber farm, located between the
Thorn creek extension and the SsNonburg
field, has been the subject of discussion, and
the reports as to the status of the well have
been plentiful. The well at present is shut
down, for want of water on top of The sand
and as yet they have neither gas nor oil.
The location of the well is important, and
for that reason has been closely watched.
The Kennedy well on the Shultz farm, near
Zelienople, has also attracted attention far
and near, as 1t opens up new held, or, more
properly speaking, an extension to the
northeast of the Zelienople development.
The first indication would warrant the be-
lief that they have 50-barrel pumper, al
though it was Yesterday rated much higher.
Deeper drilling has not shown any improve
ment. This will, however, cause an ami
mated search for the connectingsbelt be-
tween the Fanker farm and Zelienople fields.
The talk of the town Saturday was the
Gibson s. Co. well on the Mckinley farm,
one mile northwest of town. At 26 feet in
the 1OO-foot they got showing of oil, and
the news soon spread to all quarters and
caused considerable excitement. Drilling
was continued, and at depth of 90 feet in
the sand there has been no improvement.
The Hite well, drilled some time ago in the
same locality, made about the same show
ing, but there was not sufficient oil to pay
TO operate the we'll and it was abandoned.
Gibson & Co. will go on down to the lower
sand, and if nothing is found they will play
below the 100-foot and make testfrom that
strata.
Win Make a Producer.
JEFFERSON CENTER-Reed & Goa in
the sand with No. l, on the Tillie Logan
farm, and have show fer a 15-barrel pro-
ducer.
Snee & Co.'s No S, on the Seibert farm,
is eight feet in the sand and showing for a.
small well.
Some Fair Wells.
CALLERY-The Osborne Bros well, on
the Coolkson farm, is making 25 barrels a
day. The Break-Neck Oil Company are Is
feet in the sand, on the George hamburger
farm, with their No. 8, and have q good
show for u we'll
The Forest Oil Company's we'll, on the.
johnson farm, was started to pumping Sat-.
urdav, but had made no oil.
Getting Rather Quiet.
BIG CREEK-This part of the Hundred
Foot find is rather quiet. Slagle & Co.'S
No. ., on the Mcdonald farm, is making 25
barrels day.
Not Showing Good.
MIILFRsTowN-Vensel Bros. well on
the Vensel farm viii make a five barrel
pumper. They are through the sand.
Rodgers &; Co. on the John Rodgers farm
is also through the sand and will make
small well.
A West Virginia Duster.
The well drilled by Doran & Co., Is
miles south of Hinton at Gumper's Bot
toms. is a rank failure The well was
drilled to a depth of 3, 700 feet, but no Gil or
gas was discovered.
Pipe Line Statement.
The statement for the month of June
shows the runs from wells into the National
Transit, the Southwest Pennsylvania, the
Macksburg, the Eureka, and the Southern
Pipe Lines to have been 2,092, 276 barrels.
The regular deliveries were 1,S25, 164 bar
rels, and the other deliveries 1,230, $40 bar
rels. Gross stocks are 1901, ,901, of which
s, s37, ,927 barrels should be credited to the
National Transit The total liabilities of
the latter are 400, POS. The stocks have
been increased $50, 900 barrels, and the de-
liveries are less than for any month except
May.
Lubricating Oil Struck.
PARKERsBURG, w. VA, July 12-It is
here that the oil company in
which the Camdens, General Spilman and
others of this city are interested, struck
well of heavy oil yesterday not
far from Mason City. This is in new
field the company has been prospecting,
and if the oil is of the quality stated for
lubricating purposes, it will prove paying
venture.
Saturdays Oil Markets.
Oil advanced q cent or two during the
week, but shere was no local business to.
back it Gp, the only sale being that of a