Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-16
THE ALLEGHENY FIELDS.
ACTIVE DRILLING FOR GAS AND OIL
NOW GOING STEADILY ON.

Mcdonald the Mecca to Which All Are
FIocking The Philadelphia Company
Going for Gas in Several Places-A Light
Well in the Gordon Sand.
IOutside of the Mcdonald field there were
not many wells started this week. The
Philadelphia Gas Company is preparing to
| drill number of new ones and has already
| contracted for half a dozen. They seem
| bound to get gas for next winter, and unless
an unusually bad streak of luck follows they
will undoubtedly get it. The Mcdonald
field is now the Mecca for all who are inter-
ested in the business. Every train which
passes into that village which only few
weeks ago was as quiet as mute, now car
ries hundreds Of people. The hotels are all
crowded ahd new restaurants are springIng
up, while dozens of residences in the
place have been converted into private
boarding houses. Up the valley, back
of the Hotel Ferguson, it closely resembles
the times on Oil creek when oil was in the
ollars and easy to get. On every lot up the
run a rig is being built, and on some of them
there is scarcely room enough for more than
one rig 1t is the most natural place in the
world for man who has lived even few
years in the oil country. Under the trees in
the lawn fronting the hotel dozens OF men
can be seen every afternoon who have been
identified with the business for years. One
day this week, when THE DISPATCH re pre-
sentative was there, men were seen who In
their time could have commanded fortunes,
but were not satisfied with what they had
and were eager for more.
Drilling for Gas.
HICKonY-The Philadelphia Gas Company
has located a rig for a gas well on the W. NJ.
Harrott farm, No. 572; on the James Miller
farm, No. 573; on the James Mcdowell, No. 574;
on the James Taggart, No. 276; on the Andrew
Miller No. 57l and on the D. G. Campbell,
No. 40S.
More Philadelphia Wells.
vERoNA-The Philadelphia Gas Company
has located well No. ia on the Mary NJ.
Houghton farm. They will drill for gas
Down at Mcdonald.
MCDoNALD-The we'll of Finnegan, Down.
ing & Co., on the Fayall lot, is in the Gordon
and showing for from 10 to Is barrels
day from that stratum. Pew Il
Emerson got the Gordon in their well on
the Sherry, and it is showing light. Jennings
& Ferguson will reach the sand the last of
the week The Royal Gas Company expect
to get the sand In their No. 8 on the Sauters
today. The same company is still fishing in
the Ed Mcdonald No. g. The CHARTERS Oil
Company's well on the Charter lot is
through the sand and flowing every six
hours W. P. Black has commenced a rig on
the McNall lot, $50 feet southwest of the But
Ter lot well. Ireland, Hughes & Rodgers ex-
pected to get the sand in their well on the
Cedet last night.
Around the Church.
MooN-The well Of Grace & Murphy, on
the william Springer farm, is in the sand
and will probably make 10 or 10 barrels a
day. 1t is considered as being too far to the
southwest.
Down at Primrose.
PRIMRosE-The well of Mellon, Wilson &
Sparks, on the McCarty farm, is drilling at
600 feet.
Due Saturday.
BRIDeEvILLE-The well of Mellon & Wilson,
on the Forsythe farm, is due to get the sand
Saturday.
1t VIII Be Light.
GoLD-Guffy & Queens well, on the Glas-
coe farm, which has been reported as good
from nothing to ten barrels an hour will be
small. 1t is at present filed up with salt
water and is making no oil whatever.