Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-20
But Few Leases Left.

SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATcH.l
,ZEL1ENoPLE, March 19.-Muller farm, two
miles west of Zelienople is now the center Of
excitement Captain Marsh's No. 1 is increas-
ing its production. His No. 2 will reach the
pay the last of the week. Thompson's No.
on same farm southwest, is tubing, and it will
make q good we'll Levine Is spudding on his
No. L, Steinbach farm. Thompson IS starting
three new rigs on his 50-acre lease. DR.. Gun
ningham, as usual, Is in the ring, anu IS rush
ing his rig on his lease west of the Muller. Nc
Annually & Co. have started the drill on the
Schom farm northwest.
Patterson & Lockwood were little late get
ting in the field but after considerable hustl1ng
secured lease of Is acres on the Peter Goett-
man, southeast of developments; also lease of
25 acres on the northwest on the Schom farm.
Stoughton & Co, are building q rig on the
Steinbach near the church. Some persons have
paid large bonuses IN this field. and for what
little land IS left Unbiased the owners ask the
lessee TO almost cover it with greenbacks.
A New Refinery in Prospect.
WAsHINGToN-A prominent member Of
the Washington Assembly of the Producers
Protective Association to-day said TO THE
DISPATCH scout that, from the way matters
were now looking, the producers of the Wash
ington field would soon build refinery. The
new scheme has been talked of for some time
and there Is every reason to believe that re-
OF bepe The
progressing slowly and no doubt it will be
success. There will. most likely, be a meeting
of the heaviest producers called soon, and the
initiative step will be taken: continuing. my
informant said that the Washington county
producers, as a general rule, were in good
shape and anything they 60 into there would
be no boys play.
The Forest Company at Coraopolis.
CoRAoPoLIs--The Forest Oil Company's Getty
well No. 2, which has been reported as doing
100 barrels a cay, is only good for 20-barrel
pumper. No. Neely was q surprise to many.
1t is only 400 feet west of MELONS dry hole on
the THOMPSON farm, and after being shot, is
making Is barrels day. This company has its
No. Cooper In the sand to-day, which is show
ing for ten-barrel well. No. McClinton is
being drilled at l. 100 feet, and No. rig is being
built. 1t is also building 4 rig on the Brown,
and will start the drill in new well tomorrow
on the Sam Nicely farm. At present it is drill
ing four wells here, and is building four rigs.
All Quiet at Wildwood.
wILDwooD-There was nothing of import
ance at Wildwood to-day. The Kress No. is
not showing staying qualities, and has declined
to less than 25 barrels an hour. Griffith, Miller
& Co.'S No. 10 is in the sand and doing four
inches an hour. No. IA Kress found the sand
this morning, and shut down to move out the
boiler Greenlee & Forst put in the 61S-inch
casing IN their No. 8 Aston to-day, and started
the drill on the ID. Good farm. The Roth Oil
Company have fishing job at their Kretzer and
Bryant farm wells.
Mt. Nebo Has Freak Well.
MT.NEBo-The Forest Oil Company has well
in the sand to-day, on the Morrison heirs farm.
THE DISPATCH scout could gain but little in.
formation about this well, as his informant
said there was nothing for publication. He ad-
United. however. that it was good enough
well, and added that, being located as it is, the
well might very appropriately be denominated
a "freak."
The Operations at Oakdale.
OAKpALE-On the Wright farm the Forest
Oil Company has 4 well drilling in the lOO-foot;
and is fishing for parts of a string of casing in
its well on the John p. Ewing farm. Calhoun
& Patterson are drilling well OF the Holmes
farm, and has made location on the Mansfield
Coal aud Coke Company's land.
A Wildcat Duster at Hinton.
HINTON, W. VA.-A company has
lust completed well near this place,
which is a wildcat, pure and simple. The
venture was drilled below the level of the
lower sands, but no sands whatever were found.
1t is said that the same company is not salts
fed with its first experiment, and will drill
another well in the same locality soon.
Fishing job Ended.
BRIDGEvILLE-After long fishing job the
Forest OIL Company has succeeded in getting
the tools out of the Patterson WELL Every
thing is working all right again, and if no
further bad luck occurs the sand should be
tapped Saturday or Monday.
A Grafton Well Found Dry.
CRAFToN-The well on the Porter farm is
through the Gordon sand and dry, notwith-
standing reports to the contrary. The Forest
Oil Company has two wells on the Hartley
farm and another on the Phipps, and have a
fishing job in all three.
The Victor Company's Good Territory.
CLAYsvILLE-The Victor Oil Company has
some good territory in this field Its No. Car