Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-06

nsrEcrAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATCH.l
WILDWOOD, Jan. 5.-On with the dance,
is the watchword at Wildwood. The south
west end of the field is still whooping up
matters in the usual way. There were no
new accessions made to-day, and upon the
whole there is no material change in the
feld. Bainsdall Kress No. 2 was making
100 barrels an hour tonight Gufy &
Queene and the Forest Oil Company's No.
1, Governor Pattison. Rolsehouse, has de-
clined to IL inches an hour, and No. 2,
same farm, is only doing 2 inches an hour,
while No. is producing but little oil, but
will be rejuvinated tomorrow. The same COM
pany's No. l, Runga, is drilling at LOO teet.
but the present progress will be somewhat i'm
peded by pulling the casing.
Their Rolsehouse will most likely find the
pay by Wednesday, and No. S Rolsehouse has
Heidleberger well, the most advanced on the
southwest line, is down 500 feet. The McDev-
lit well was drilled a short time to-day, with no
particular Improvement
New Well at st. Marys.
ST. MARYs-George w. Boss & Co. completed
a well on the z. Riggs farm at depth of 1850
feet which is flowing 40 barrels a day. This
well is L 400 feet northeast of the Duncan we'll
They got their oil at 1,63o feet. The Little
Gulch well on NJ. Riggs farm got their oil at
1880 feet and is making 81 barrels per day.
This we'll is located 500 feet southwest of the
Duncan well. The well on the Scryocker tan
merry lot is 1850 feet and dry. George x.
and looks like dry hole Campbell & Heydrick
completed a well on the Cochrane farm at
Eureka which will be good for so barrels per
day.
BELMoNT-In the Old Belmont and Eureka
fields operations are limited. and the produc-
tion is gradually declining. The only matter of
interest here is the reported building of q re-
finery by Brockeimer Brothers, of Wheeling.
The new enterprise. it is said. will not be con-
structed on an extensive scale at present. but
will be large enough to manufacture their own
production.
No. 8 Wen at Mcdonald.
McDoNALD-THE DISPATCH scout visited
the Mcdonald pool to-day. but did not find
being worked at present. The reporter could
not get correct gauge on No. 8, but as near as
could be ascertained from what oil was in the
tanks the well has made about Is feet in l3
days or since it was shot. which is about 30
barrels day. The pine line people will con-
meet to the tank tomorrow.
A Duster of the First Water.
CHARTIERs-The Fisher Oil Company fn-
ished drilling the sand Saturday In No. /,
water. The same company evened up their
bad luck on the Myers by bringing in fair
producer on the Dixon. On the Duff they had
another well 40 feet in the 100 foot, while the
Elcho Oil Company, lust across the road, are
nearly through the l0O-foot. The Forest Oil
Company. on the Duff lot have rig completed,
and the Royal Gas Company. in the SAME local
Ity are drilling in the Big Injun.
VIII Wait Until Spring.
EMLENToN-Operations IN the Emlenton
district are very limited, and when the wells
now drilling are completed there will be no
more new work started until spring. In the
town of Mariasville, Emlenton parties COM
pleted dry hole which has given the field
black eve on the northeast end. and virtually
puts Qu1etus on further operations in this
quarter. The Hazlewood Oil Company are
drilling one well on the FIndley-Andersor farm,
located one mile east from Lisbon. Anderson
& Co. completed a dry hole last week on the
James Riddle farm, while O'Neil 4 Co, have a 4
rig upou the S. w. Phillips farm.
H. Stevens recently sold his six wells in the
Squaw Valley district having a daily pro-
ducuon of ten barrels and 80 acres of lease to
G. c. Cooper for 5000.
The promoters of the independent refinery
held another meeting Saturday in the Opera
House, which was attended by many producers.
The organization will be formed on the limited
plan, and full: two-thirds of the
stock has been subscribed. 1t has not been
finery will be built, but in ali
it will be located at the
northern end of the town. If the plan as now
mapped out is followed the company will not
interfere with the Standard in piping the OIL
but will purchase the crude from them. The
day, which is about equal to the production of
the pool H Nc