Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-24
NO CHANGE IN WILDWOOD.
MANY DEALERS WHO SAY THAT ITS
PALMY DAYS HAVE GONE.
Producers Making a Great Big Protest
Against the Salt Water Bill at Harris
burg-The Reports From the Other
Fields and What They Show.
ESPECIAL TRLEGRAM TO THE DIsPArcH,I

-srKCIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPArcHy
| WILDWOOD, March 23.-Matters on the
southwest line are quiet and no change is to
be reported tonight. The advance wells are
being treated to glvcerine, and the average
| operator has commenced to realize that the
| palmy days of Wildwood are departing. The
| Bells & Co.'S WELL which has been reported as
| finding second pay and making big oil. is not
| doing more than $50 barrels day. The well is
! through the sand and no second pay was
| found. Finegan & Dowing will most likely hit
the sand tomorrow in No. Wallacer.
GLADE RUN-A storm Of indignation is at
present sweeping over this entire field, the re-
suit of the attempted passage of the bill relat-
| ing to salt water and its being allowed to run
into streams. Operators, producers, bumpers,
workmen and farmers are equally and Justly
indignant over the attempt of any sensible leg
islative body trying to pass such meas
ure. In the event OF passage of such bill the
result could hardly be foretold. But calm
reasoning could only tend to one conclusion,
and that is that it would be the entire
strangulation of the oil-producing industry.
RemODstrances are being freely circulated, and
are being signed by everyone having the least
knowledge or interest in the production of oil.
Not much new work is being done in the field.
partly owing to the unfavorable condition of
the weather.and roads.
Coe & Co., on the Drushell, are In the gas
sand and waiting on casing.
Klngensmith & Co., on the Joe Ash, reached
a pocket of gas, which caused them to shut
down and move the boiler. Both these ven-
lures should be tested by the middle of the
week.
The Anderson field is, practically speaking.
about petered out and not much doing and
little remaining to be done. The territory that
amounted 10 anything is all about drilled in.
unless some new land is discovered opening up
something new.
Root & Co. No. 4, Wehr farm, have been fish
ing for string of TOOLS which they succeeded
in getting out. Since then they have lost a bit
Is e.
tion being about 40 feet in the sand.
CALLERY-Blue Bird No. 2, Staples, was COM
pleted yesterday having finished drilling at
depth of IA feet in sand. The well is now tubed
and is only an ordinary affair, but will still
make a fair pumpe:. Caller & Co. No. l, II. d.
Cashdollar after being drilled IS feet in sand
was tubed to-day and is not showing up very
encouraging. Will make but a small pumper
Osburne No, 2, Crawford farm, has fell away
from 46 barrels to 70, at which gait she seems to
hold.
PETERsv1LLE-Black, Hazlett & Co. have
had long and tedious fishing job on their Nc.
T. Hiram Graham, and were In the end obliged
TO abandon the prospect of getting the tools
out. The tools were lost while drilling the
well in. and at the time the venture was looked
on good for Is barrels. She has since been
tubed on top of the string and started to pump,
learned. Black Reiper brought in good
well the Markle the middle of
the week. All sorts of reports are rife
as to its capacity. BY using two as common
divisor and dividing the 200. it is thought tina.
an actual gauge is pretty nearly got al.
Hartman, Harris & Co. are in the sand on the
Dambauch, and the indications are very favor
able for nice well. Colestock q Co., on the
Spitheler, have abandoned their well; reason,
too much salt water and not enough of oil,
This portion of the lU0-foot bids fair to present
lively appearance with the arrival of good
roads and favorable weather.
HARMoNY-Thompson & Dale, on the Har-
per lot, are down about 800 feet. Sutton & Co.'s
No. 4, on the NJ. ZeIgler, are between 800 and
700 feet The Hundred-Foot OIL Company are
rigGed up on the Adam Zeigier. Lutzhaw 4
Stamm's No. !. on the GruntZer lot, after fish
ing three weeks. got tired and are now attempt
ing TO drill past the tools. Beighley & Co., on
the Zeigler lot, got frst-class duster, and in
ali cases tits about an even break between a
small well and dry hole, with the chances
slightly in favor OF the latter. What little oil
there is in this pool is being sought after by
too many and the natural result will be that
the field will be very short lived