Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-02
THE FIFTH SAND OIL.
1t Is Showing Up Strong in the Butler
Lot Well at Mcdonald.
DOING THIRTY BARRELS AN HOUR.
The Northern Well on the Whitesell Farm
atWildwoOd Is Dry.
WEST VIRGINIA AND BUCKEYE NEWS

The talk of the day yesterday among oil
men was the well of Clarke & Bannister on
the Butler lot, at Mcdonald. 1t struck a
pay in the Fifth sand Tuesday afternoon
and started of at 40 barrels an hour. Last
evening it was reported to be making 30
barrels an hour. This well explodes the
theory that there is no oil in the fifth sand
at Mcdonald, but it clinches the reputation
of the field as a spotted one.
Near the Church.
MCCURDT-There is now only one string of
tools in the Mink farm well of Black, Guffey
& Co. They are drilling past the tools in the
Andrews farm. 1t is only 20 feet from the
sand. The Orion Oil Company's No. 1 well,
on the Bell farm,is making 500 barrels day.
R. G. Gillespie & Co.'S No. j, on the Hall, is
is down la00 feet; No. Q, same farm, is down
1000 feet; No. !, 100 feet, No. GOO feet. The
same firms No. Z, Jane Riddle, is down $50
feet, and No. s. on the same farm.
will be spudding so-day. Their No. g.
on the James Riddle, which was started two
days after the Bell farm well was struck has
been rushed by Gillespie's foreman, G. A.
Simpson, and is now down l,6oo feet: 1t is
being drilled faster than any well in the
field All of these wells are within radius
of 1000 feet of the Bell farm well.
On the Plank Road.
PERRYsv1LLE-The well of Patterson, Cal
houn, Jennings & Co. on the Redpath farm
is rigged up for pumping and be tested from
the 100-foot.
Work at Coraopolis.
CoRAoPoL1s-w. P. Black is building a rig
for his No on the T. +. Watson farm in
Coraopolis borough. His No. on the Riber
is due this week; his No. 4 is down 500 feet,
and No 6, 400 feet. Galley Bros well on
the Cooper, Just south of the borough, is due
this week. 1t is an eastern edge well.
Washington County.
CLAYsv1LLE-The Claysville Oil Company's
No. !, on the Daniel Irwin farm, is completed
and will make a 10 barrel pumper. Aiken &
Co are down 25C0 feet on the Hale-Mat-
thews farm. The Victor Oil Company are
down $500 feet at their No. 3 on the John
Carson farm.
In the Buckeye State.
NEwPoRT-Ackerly & Samuel are rigging
Up their No. ., on the J. B. Green farm. Their
No. 8, Jacob Henderson,, is completed and
good for 80 barrels. Their No. Z, on the
Charles Green, is down l,400 feet, and they
are rigging up No on the same farm.
No Longer a Mystery.
SIsrERsv1LLE-The well of the Miller's Run
Oil Company, on the Stewart farm, which
was worked as a mystery, has been opened
up. 1t is good for 25 barrels day.
West Virginia Work.
ARcHERs FoRKs-BarnsdalI & Co. are down
900 feet on the Braiden farm. They are
building a rig for No. 2. Billy Boyle is rig
ging up his No. l John Hendershot. Mande-
vile & Co have rig down for No. 8, on the
Davis. His No. ], on the same farm, the first
well in the field, is making 25 barrels day.
He is building rig on the Ward. Rose
Co. are building rig on the Patterson, and
are down l,5O0 feet on the Harlan.
No Showing of Oil.
w1LDwooD-Bowman and the Augusta Oil
Company's No. 5, on the Whitesen, is dus-
ter. Their No. is good for about % barrels.
The tools are out Of Whitesell l6, of Griffith
and the Forest Oil Company.
Two Gassers Sold.
ELrzABETH-Gucbert,S Snee & Co. have just
sold their two gas wells at this place to the
Gas Company for $4,000.