Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-22
BUSTERS INCREASING.
Two More Dry Holes Down at Neon
Added to the Weeks List.
A BEAVER COUNTY WILDCAT DRY.
Interesting Budget of News From Alle-
gheny and Other Counties.
NEW OIL POOL OPENED NEAR MARIETTA


which confronted the oil operators last
week was increased Saturday night by re.
ports from the Moon territory. The Forest
Oil Company's well on the William Rouser
farm is reported to be through the sand and
dry. w. L. MELONS we'll on the McFad-
den farm is also given as. through the sand
and dusty. Both of these wells, however,
are located on the southern edge of the
field, and were not looked upon at any time
as promising. They are valuable as defn-
ing the southern limits of the pool.
A Wildcat Dry.
GREEN GARDEN-The well which has
been drilled near this place on the James
Todd farm is down 300 feet, and dry so far
1t is being put down by the Consolidated
Oil Company. The Shannopin sand was
struck at 1,51O feet, and is the only sand
which has yet been tapped. The well will
be drilled 1900 feet. 1t is II miles west
of south from Shannopin, in Raccoon town.
ship, Beaver county. The Forest Oil Com
pany has commenced a well on the Ingell
farm, two and q half miles southwest of the
James Todd farm well.
Several Fishing Jobs.
WILDwooD-Kennedy & Co. are still
fishing for the tools at their No. well on
the Pittsburg and Western Railroad lot.
The tools are stuck at the bottom of the 100
foot in the Whitesell No. 8 of Bowman and
the Augusta Oil Company. Griffith and the
Forest Oil Company are still fishing for the
tools in their No. Is on the Whitesell farm
They have put the last string of casing in
their No. 16 on the Whitesell. Black &
Co.. S No. on the Bubb is ten feet in the
sand, with showing of oil. Bowman and
the Augusta Oil Company's Whitesell No.
was given two-quart shot Friday even
ing, and Saturday afternoon it was doing
% barrels an hour. The Dunlap
well on the Nancy Gibson farm has
been thoroughly cleaned out, and is con-
sidered to be good for five or eight barrels
day. Gufey & Queens No. 4, on the
Runga farm, is doing ten barrels an hour.
Their No. 1, on the Schwab, will be spud-
ding this week, and they will commence
building rig for their No. s, on the Runga,
in a few days.
Big Well at CHARTERS.
CHARTIERS-The Bear Creek Refining
Company's No. well, on the Mckee heirs,
came in late Friday night, and is doing 24O
barrels day.
Not a Surprise.
McCURDY-Gufey & Murphy's No 1, ,
on the Kerr farm, came in Saturday and
during the first few hours put from 25 to 80
barrels an hour in the tank. 1t then settled
down to about 10 barrels an hour. The
Orion Oil Company is building five rigs on
the west line Of the Bell farm. Mellon &
Wilson'S No. 1, on the Jane Riddle, is 500
feet southeast of the Bell well. Their No.
2 is down 200 feet.
Nearing the Sand.
BRIDGEvILLE-Mellon & Wilson's well
on the Forsythe farm is down ], 400 feet and
cased 1t is one and one-half miles from
developments on 45o line, and in the
center of 800 acre block of territory which
is held by Mellon & Wilson. Their well
on the Hopper farm is down about 1900
feet.
The Mcdonald Pool.
MCDONALD 1t was the Finegan 8
well on the Mangot lot that |
made three flows over the derrick Friday |
night instead of the Royal Gas Company's |
well on the Saunders farm. The Saunders |
farm well is in the bottom of the Gordon |
sand. The Royal Gas Company's No. on
The Ed Mcdonald still has the tools stuck |
1t the bottom of the fifth sand 1t has
made several flows recently. There are
fumber OF wells in this pool which are due |
20 get the pay this week.
Drilling 1t Deeper.
VERoNA-The Equitable Gas Company's |
we'll on the McGregor farm is down 1900 |
'eet and is being drilled still deeper. 1t is |
5wo miles and half south of east from |
Verona.
Due at CIaysvilIe.
CLAYSvILLE-The Rising Sun Oil Com
oany's Irwin No. 1 will reach the sand next |
week, barring no bad luck, in advance of |
he Carson and Mathews. The Victor Oil |
Jompany's Carson No 6 had to ream out,
which will delay it about ten days. Aiken
& Co. IS Mathews No is through the big
mum and is making good progress.
Work at Canonsburg.
CANoNSBURG-The Manufacturer we'll |
IN the Samuel Linn farm, in North Stra-
pane, is doing 90 barrels day. The COM
oany is building three more rigs on the
arm. The well on the McOlelland farm, in |
North Strabane, has been completed and is
/ duster. Two more wells will be sunk on
he farm. The Fishers will put down twod
wells on the Samuel Wilson farm, south.
last of the borough. The well which came
n recently on the farm of William Martin,
n North Strabane, is doing 80 barrels
lay. The Washington Light and Heat
well on the farm of the Mccoy
leirs, in CHARTERS township, is down about
100 feet. The rig has been completed for
he Washington Light and Heat Company's
veil on the Mccoy farm, near McConnell's
Mills.
From Little to Big.
WAsHINGToN-B. B. Tanners No. 2, on
he Wade farm, just East of Washington,
vas doing only seven barrels day short
ime ago. 1t was shot three weeks ago, and
N June the tubing was put in and the
lump started. During the succeeding "a
lours it put out 60 barrels and since then it
las been gradually increasing until at the
present time it is doing 105 barrels a day.
From Greene County.
WAYNEsBURG-The third string of cas-,
ng has been put in the Milliken we'll This
veil is very near the Harvey producer and
S expected to be good. The Throckmorton
No. is nearly completed Considerable
interest is manifested in this well, lying as
Wolf failures and the Harvey gusher The
Jook well has now the fourth string of cas-
ng in, and is nearing completion. 1t is
ear the old Cook we'll which was aban-
oned after strike of oil because of fast
ools The Jacobs well is down about 1000
eet and the third string of casing was put
n this week. This is the third effort to drill |
well at that place, the two previous ones
eing abandoned at about 200 feet The
Harvey well has been completed and drill
ng has been suspended. 1t has produced
considerable oil, and made big flow last
friday.
A New Ohio Field.
MARIETTA-The well on Indian run,
lille northwest of this place, drilled by the
indian Run Oil and Gas Company, is COM
ba al-nIY |
epth of 800 feet, with good flow of gas IS
nd q nrndnctiun oil sand Il uill rnnl-o q |