Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-20
SOME SMALL WELLS.
But Few Good Oil Producers Devel-
oped During the Past Week.
THE DRILL STILL BEING PUSHED.
The Saunders Farm, Mcdonald, Produced a
Good Well Yesterday.
NEWS FROM NEIGHBORING COUNTIES

Ihere have been number of wells drilled
TO the pay during the past week but the
paying wells were the exceptions. The
majority OF the wells drilled in were edge
wells and were not looked upon at any time
as promising producers of any extent.
Ihere IS feeling of depression throughout
the heId which might be relieved by
couple OF gushers Of the McCurdy stamp.
A large number of wells are drilling,
especially in the McCurdy field, and at
least dozen of them are due to get the
SANG ;as1 about the same time. They will be due
| WIhln the next two weeks.
Ine Moon territory is looked upon as
equal to any in the county. Its wells are
not not Dig ones, rarely going over 100 barrels q
put out as much petroleum as the gushers
winch spout for a couple of days and then
| drop out at the bottom.
| The Wildwood Pool
WrLDwooD-Guffey s. Queens No. Z, on the
Runga farm, which has been variously re-
ported as doing from 15 to 30 barrels an
hour, was reported last night to be making
only seven barrels an hour, The Metropoli-
tan Oil Company Nos. 2 and SON the Kolbar,
| Wnlcn nave been reported big, are only
DONG 25O barrels a day together The
! NO. l kolbar of the same company has
Kolbar, started No. 6 and are down 500 feet
in No. A. The Roth Oil Company has located
NO. on the Campbell farm. Forst Green
lee have started to drill at their No. on the
Hazlett farm. The well of the Smith Drill
ing Company on the James Mcintyre
In In the Southwest is dry. The Smith
were. shot yesterday, and the production
was increased considerably. McGinniss &
Co. have made a location for No. 8 on the
Kyle. The Metropolitan Oil Company's No.
j on the KOlbar a sfOrned flowing and ia
being cleaned out. Griffith and the Forest
Oil Company's No. 10 on the Whitesen Is on
top OF the sand, and fishing for bit Ire
has been having a streak of bad luck. They
have just been compelled by water to pull
the casing and ream down. Greenlee
sand, and will make very light we'll Ken
nedy Co.'S No. A, on the P. W. lot, is in
the sand.
Up in Butler.
WATER SrArIoN-The Forest Oil Company's
No. 4, on the Williams farm, is drilling near
the third sand. Burke & Ward, on the
Walters farm, have put in their second
string of casing. John Irwin Is down 800
feet in the well on his own farm. Russell
are arg f0r oras Ha Fhps
& Co. have located No. 8, on the Martin
farm. Their No. is at the bottom of the
gas sand. Wahl s Bishop are building rig
for their No. on the John Marburger farm.
Russell Bros. are building rigs for their Nos.
4 and on the John Martin farm. Their No.
3 Is in the Thirty-foot sand and fishing for a
lost bit.
The Gould Field.
GoULD-Emery & Co.'s well, on the Wesley
Monks farm, is due to get the sand to-day.
The Ranawha Oil Company has well on the
A. Monks which is due to get the rock to-day
OF Monday. Christie Cosby's No. on the
MOI Monks 3 farm is Just completed and good
& Co., on the Allison farm, are through
the sand. 1t is rank duster. Guffey &
Queens wildcat well on the Glasgow farm is
is located on line north with the Bakers
town field and the old Burton well. The
CHARTERS Oil Company's No. l, on the Nc
Nbben farm, is down 200 feet; and England
100 feet.
A Wildcat Dry.
CARBON CTY-The wildcat well of W.
Reed, on the Keck farm, is through the
fourth sand and dry. W. E. Griffith has
started well on the Bowers farm, one mile
east of his Parks farm well. George Stage
has commenced a well on the Hunter farm
near the old Nancy Adams well.
Another Duster.
BAKERsrowN-The No well of P. c. Fred
erick, on the Garrow farm, has been drilled
clear through the sand and is as dry as
powder house.
The McCurdy District.
MoCURDY-Guffey Murphy's No. l, on the
Kerr lot, has been shut down on top of the
sand on account of a stranded cable. It will
probably be drilled in this afternoon. The
new rig at its well on the Scott farm. R. G. |
Gillespie has seven wells drilling in this |
field at present, and the Orion Oil Company |
is drilling five in the northwest around its |
Bell well.
Small Well at Moon.
orr
the Harper farm was shot yesterday. 1t is |
very light.
A Good Well at Mcdonald.
McDoNALD-The Royal Gas Company's No. |
2well on the Saunters farm came in yester- |
day and made three flows over the derrick. |
1t will be good producer: The same COM
pany's No. on the Kay Mcdonald is in the |
Gordon sand. Mellon Sparks are building |
southwest on 45o line, from Mcdonald sta
ton. The No. on the Kay Mcdonald, be- |
longing to the Royal Gas Company is doing
a mile west of Mcdonald. The same COM
pany's Kay Mcdonald No. 8 is reported to be
Gutfey 6 Galley are down Loco feet
and a half northeast of Mcdonald. Shaffer |
& Co. have commenced building rig on the |
Fannie Johnston lot, near the station. A
the Butler lot w. j. Wixel has commenced |
spudding on the south lot |
Locating New Gassers.
MAPLE CREEK-The Philadelphia Company |
have contracted for five wells in this dis |
trict, and altogether in the Bellevernon |
field it located ii new wells this week. Two |
new rigs are being built at Nottingham, near |
Thomas station
Dusty at Shannopin.
SHANNoPIN-G. L. Dawson's well on the /
southwest extension Is dry in the Smiths
Ferry sand, only six feet of which was
found where there should have been 20. The
well will be drilled to the Coraopolis sand
Wells in Washington.
wAsH1NeToN-The Carnegie Gas Company,s
wells on the j. A. Moninger and Mccullough
farms in Amwell township are due next
week.
Wells have been located on the farms of j.
Paul and A. j. Knestrick in West Bethlehem |
township by the Carnegie Gas Company.
Oliver Bros. wildcat gas well on the Jacob
Myers farm Somerset township, is a good
one, getting gas in both the Gantz and so
foot sands. 1t has been shut in, but cannot
be utilized because there is no gas line yet
In the neighborhood The divers are sur
veying a line.
Claysville Territory.
CLAYsv1LLE-The J. D. Campsey gas well
has not been turned into the lines of the
Taylorstown Natural Gas Company yet
They report it not as good as first reported. | .
The Rising Sun Oil Companys Irwin No. |
will reach the sand next week. barring bad
uck in advance of the Carson and Mat
,hews. The Victor Oil Company's Carson
No. had to ream out, which will delay it