Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-16
ACTIVITY IN BUTLER.
The Oil Operators Are Hard at Work,
but Making Little Noise.
GOOD INCENTIVE FOR DRILLING.
Small Showing in the Wells of the North
east Wildwood Field.
SCOTT FARM WE'LL AT MCURDY GOOD

There is very little noise attached to de-
velopments In the Butler district but fair
wells continue to be completed with a fair
degree of regularity. w. E. Grif1ith's ven
ture four miles east of Mars, is something
new and will be an incentive for drilling on
that line between the Gold field on the south
and the Nancy Adamsswell on the north.
The Hundred Foot.
PErERsv1LLE-Black & Co.'s No. 8, Barnhart
farm, started pumping yesterday and is
making 25 barrels. Dale and Thompson's
No. ., Q. G. Shannon farm, is doing seven
barrels from the black sand. Steele & Longs
No. 4, NJ. Shannon farm, has been drilled
through the third sand. They found the
boulder or black sand, and got little gas
and oil in the third sand, but not in paying
quantities. Greenlee & Co.'S No. /, NJ Shan
non, drilled through black sand only and
got very little oil. In the Young Bros well
about ten feet of black sand was found, but
they have been unable to keep cups on to
give it a fair test. W. C. Patterson will drill
No. 8, j. Z. Brandon farm, to the third sand
next week. II. w. Christie & Co.'s No 8,
lift farm, which has been making about
three barrels per day, was drilled deeper
rels His No. 2 has also been improved by
deeper drilling. The Hundred Foot Oil
Company's No. s, Bolton farm, has started
the drill: From the above it will be seen
that drilling wells from the hundred foot
rock to the third sand has proven O failure
and will be discontinued.
One Water Station Well.
WATER STATToN-Russell Brothers No. !,
John Martin farm, made 100 barrels in the
last "a hours.
The Zelienople Pool.
ZELIENoPLE-Perrin Oil Company's No. /,
ON the Kocher farm, made four flows last
night, and the indications insure 75-barrel
well. McNally & Co.'S No. T. Fauker farm, is
down 600 feet. Carnahan & Patterson's No.
], Allen heirs farm, is down 200 feet. TAFT
Bros, Allen heirs farm, is on top of sand.
Around Muddy Creek.
MUDDY CREEK-Phinnessy & Co.'s No. !,
Hocl1enberry farm, was shot yesterday and
shows up for 10 barrels Matson & Co., on
the Kitchener farm, in the sand and getting
barrels. The total production of field is 15O
barrels per diem.
Allegheny County.
WILDWOOD -waterhouse & Hooker's No 2,
on the Whitesell farm, got showing Of oil |
at 81 feet in the sand, and at SO feet in the |
rock had filled up 1000 feet with OIL The |
capacity of the well cannot be estimated |
with any degree of accuracy. Some of the |
operators who visited it claim that it will |
not be good for more than 25 barrels while |
others believe that it will make at least 100 |
Black Co.'s well on the Hardy farm is 10 |
feet in the sand with light showing of Oil. |
1t has considerable gas from the thirty-foot |
sand, which it is thought may be holding
back the OIL The Augusta Oil Company, and |
Bowman No. 9 on the Whitesen farm, is /
doing IL barrels an hour. They got their |
tools out of their No. yesterday, but failed |
to get the casing out.
Due at West View.
WEST VIEw-Smith & Kleyman's "Coon" |
No. 3 on the Ivory farm was cased Saturday /
and is due to get the sand tomorrow.
On Top OF the Sand.
MooN-The Kanawha Oil Company,s No.
on the Meeks and their Nos on the Springer
will reach the sand this week. The Orion OIL
Company's No. l, on the Harper farm, is due
to-day. The Kanawha has rig completed
on the James Springer and is building rig
for their No. . ON the Hood. Boden & Co are
building rig for their No. 2 on the Steven
son. Bradley & Murphy are building rig
for their No. 2 on the P. H. Stevenson. Al
Ferguson's well on the Ferguson farm is in
and rated as 50-barrel we'll
The Scott Farm Well.
McCURDY-The Bear Creek Refining Com.
pany and Bradley's well on the Scott farm
was putting out four barrels an hour at noon
yesterday. 1t is being drilled deeper and is
looked upon as good well. THIS is an i'm
portant well, as it is located half a mile due |
west of the old McCurdy.