Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-03
THEPRODUCERSPLANS
They May Soon Engage in the Refn-
ing and Transporting of Oil.
WORKS WILL BE AT CORAOPOLIS.
Three Fifth Sand Wells Completed Yester.
day at Mcdonald.
SOME GOOD WELLS IN BUTLER COUNTY


open attack upon its proclaimed enemy, the
Standard Oil Company. Since the resusci-
tation of the P. P A. q year ago the officers
of that organization have been work
ing steadily and earnestly to make
the association stronger than it has
ever been before. Secrecy has been the
watchword. One of the main objects seems
to have been to keep all knowledge of the
affairs of the association from everyone not
within the magic circle. With member
ship, however, of almost $500 this has been
a difficult undertaking, as there seems to
have been a few upon whom the leaders
could not impress the Importance Of
silence. At the beginning of the
reorganization, after the stampede of
1887, the work was delayed by several
of the prominent members selling out and
quitting the business or selling to what
the producers were pleased to term the op-
position. There was also another obstruc.
tion in the pathway. Several of the
heaviest producers had sold portions of
their property, in part payment for which
they had taken Standard Trust stock This
in itself was not considered sin, but to
prevent any double dealing the P. P. A.
decided that producer who held
any of the stock mentioned
could not sit in their councils.
The result was that number of influential
operators who were apparently heart and
and soul with the P. P. A. were barred out.
Last spring the Producers Company, Linn
tied, was chartered, with a capitalization of
$500, 200, and headquarters at Warren, Pa
For couple of months nothing was done
- ,hccr int fnr
the stock of the company. When suf-
ficient capital had been turned into the
treasury to warrant the leaders in
actively taking up the work, they
secured the services of engineers and field
men and began the work preliminary to
laying pipe lines and getting an outlet for
the oil which they expect to handle.
Coraopolis Was Chosen.
Coraopolis was decided upon as favorable
point for a refinery, and they are now build
ing small one at that place. Within the
last week they have had grades made for
two 81, 5,O00-barrel tanks, and possibly
third one will be built this
month. They have had men in the field for
many weeks securing the right of way
across farms for the lines they intend to
run from Mcdonald to Coraopolis, and also
securing ground for pump stations. For
some time it has been reported that much of
the private tankage which has been erected
in the Mcdonald field will be turned over
to the Producers Company, Limited, when
that company has its plans matured and is
ready to receive the tanks
A producer, while speaking of the new
company yesterday, said: 'It is about
question. 1t will not do anything before
all Of its plans are fully prepared. 1 heard
one of the leading members Of the new
organization tell producer to-day
to hold on to his Gil, and that
the Producers Company, Limited, would
take all of it within 60 days at a
better price than he could get for it at
present ] understand that the Producers
Company has made arrangements for the
shipment and sale of all the oil it can
handle. For the present the shipments will
have to be by rail. but before another year
rolls around they may have a seaboard line
constructed"
Three Fifth Sand Wells.
There were three new fifth sand wellsIcom-
pleted YESTERDAY in the McDonald-Mc-
Corkly field, but only two of them are good
producers. Patterson & Jones No. 2, on
the Shatfer farm, reached the fifth and
started off at 80 barrels an hour before the
bit had penetrated the sand more than
few inches The other producer
is Waterhouse & Co.'S No. Q, on
the Boyce heirs property. 1t was reported
The Boyce farm is south of the Kelso farm,
on which Patterson & Jones have been get
ting good wells. These two wells are not
over half mile apart Gufey, Murphy &
Galley finished their No on the Elliott
farm yesterday, and it will be little better
than . dry hole 1t is located 500 feet
northwest of Greenlee & Forst's Mevey
No. 4, which made as high as 300 barrels an
hour. w. P. Rend got the Gordon sand
Yesterday in his No. 2, located 700 feet east
of No. l. When two bits in the Gordon
the well had made two good flows and was
showing for 90 or 25 barrels an hour. Rus
sell. Kain, johnson & Co. 8 well, on the
southwest end of the Miller farm. got the
Gordon sand Yesterday afternoon and is
showing for big well in that formation
1t is surrounded by good Gordon sanders.
Heavy Gasser in the Fourth.
An unexpected find was made at Davis &
Browns No. on the brickyard lot yester-
day. The we'll has been making Is barrels
an hour in the third sand, but they decided
to drill it to the fifth The fourth was
reached yesterday morning when an ex-
traordinarily strong pressure of gas was
struck The flow from the Gordon sand be-
gan to decline Immediately, and in the
afternoon had fallen off one-half.
The gas was holding the oil
back in the rock. The Oakdale
Oil Company's No. Wallace was expected
to reach the fifth last evening. Guckert &
Steele's No 9 Mevey was also on top of the
fifth last evening, Greenlee & Forst's Nos.
8 and 16 Mevey are in the Gordon sand.
The Liberty Oil Company was moving back
the boiler yesterday from its No. on the
Johns lot, which is on top of the Gordon.
1t will be in that sand to-day. A. Welsh
& Co.'S we'll on the Gibbons-Miller
lease is down 1850 feet. 1t is located
$50 feet west of w. P. Rend's No. 2.
The sameparties on the Cunningham lot
at Willow Grove are down $50 feet They
have located we'll on the George Kelso
farm, one mile southwest of the Moorhead
well of the Venture Oil Company. The
Liberty OIL Company has put the last cas-
ing in its we'll on the George lot at Willow
Grove. The Oakdale Oil Companv's No. 8
on the Morgan heirs farm is on top of the
Gordon sand. In southwest McCurdy Hoff.
man & Co.'S No. on the Moore farm is
down ], 900 feet, and they have rig up for
No. 4. Guckert & LEAN have put the last
casing in their we'll on the Joseph Reed
farm. located mile east and south from the
ROYAL Gas Company's Moore farm well at
Venice.
Operations at Zelienople.
ZELIENoPLE-Dill & Thompson's No. 1
on the Herr farm is down and making 300
barrels day after being shot. Gibson &
Giles have struck 600-pound passer IN the