Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-27
OIL WELLSAB0UT DUE.
Wildwood, McCurdy and Noon Ready
With a New Crop Of Producers.
ACTI7EOPERATIONS EVERYWHERE
A Dry Hole Reported Last Night in the
MeCurdy Territory.
TIE VERONA WE'LL PRACTICALLY DRY

TIE VERONA WE'LL PRACTICALLY DRY
There were q number of wells reported on
top Of tho sand Inst night at wildwood, Nc
Curdy and Moon. With good luck they VIII
reach the pay to-day, and a big increase OF
the county's production is expected.
In the Moon Territory.
MooS-The Kanawha Oh Company's No. 2,
on the NeclSs, Will be in the last of this
week or the first of next Their No. i, on
the Hood, has been cased. They are build
ing the rig for their Hood No. 2. Their No. 5,
Meels, is down 200 feet, Meeks No. 4 is ready
to drill, and the rig is going up for their
Mceks No. 5. They are drilling their George
Springer No. 8 and are starting the rig for
their 0nstott No. .. Bradley & Murphy's well
on the p. A. Stevenson farm is about due.
Their No. on the William Springer farm,
IS showing for 30 or 10 barrel well. 1t will
be drilled deeper, and may be good for 70
barrels. IL is located in the extreme south
western part OF the field, and is about eight
miles from the river on the line of develop
ment Tho Forest City Oil Company is
taking down the rig of its No. Cor
don, and will locate it further to the
the Rouzer is down 500 feet. The Hervey
OIL Company is ready to drill in McCutcheon
No. in the southwestern corner of the
1lT1n- I0e11 McOuICneOn NO. Is nearing
the top of the sand. They have commenced
a well in the center of the same farm, and
their well on the Gross farm is on top of the
sand. Boggs & Mechlin's well on
TO reach the pay this week.
Albert Fergusons well, on his own farm,
will be in the first Of next week Broden &
GO; Co.; are re ready TO commence spGdd1i9}g ga at
Forst Greenlee's well, on the Hamburger,
is expected to get the sand this week. It is
located farther to the north than any other
well in the field. The Orion Oil Company is
building rig on the Harper heirs farm.
1t is the farthest to the southwest.
The Orion is also putting up rig on the
John Springer farm. The Bridgewater Gas
Company has commenced to drill their No.
on the Onstott farm. Mellon & Co. are rigging
up their No. Meeks, and have the rig built
for their No. on the same farm: A rig is
building for his No. Meeks. MELONS No.
on tho McFadden farm will be in next week.
His No. 2 on the Parry heirs is 400 feet deep,
and the rig IS up for the No. on the same
farm.
Wildwood and Vicinity.
wILpwooD-The South Farm Oil Company's
No. II should reach the sand Friday. Their
No. 10 got the second pay yesterday and is
doing eight barrels an hour. The No. well
Of Waterhouse Co. on the Whitesell will
get the sand early next week. Their No.
is doing $50 barrels a day. Bowman & Co.'S
No. 2 is doing 800 barrels q day. Their No
is down 200 feet and their No. is down 800
feet: Waterhouse & Co are down 1000 feet
the Bubb are down 800 feet. Griffith &
Co.'S No. on the Whitesell Is
1,400 feet, their No. Is is down 800 feet, and
their No. l6 down 900 feet Kennedy 4 Co.'S
The Diebert gasser on the Scott lot has been
drilled to the third sand and their pressure
greatly increased. Griffith and the Forest
Oil Company have moved the rig of the
No. Herr, which was dry, 20 location for
their No. 6 Spang & Chalfant are moving
their No. on the Clay to De Haven, where
they have 800 acres of land leased
Vaudeville have etools out of their No. 8
Marks. The Metropolitan Oil Company's
No. ?, on the kohlbar farm, is six feet in tho
pany's Smith farm well, in the southeast, is
due TO reach the sand this morning. Forst
& Greenlee have made a location 400 feet
south of their Hazlett No. l. They are also
reported to have made u location on the
Lindon next to the W. w. Mcintyre.
ADry Hole at McCurdy.
McCURDY-The Bear Creek Refining Com
pany's well on the Rutledge farm was re-
ported dry last night. The Orion Oil Com
pany's well on the Bell farm is due to-day.
Black & Co.'s well on the Andrews farm, in
the extreme northwest, Is through the
Hundred Foot. No oil or gas has been struck
so far. Hewitt, Bott & Co.'s well on the Nc
IS down 1000 feet.
The Fisher s Young well, on the Mcclosky,
IS Is feet in the Gordon sand and no oil.
The Mcdonald Field.
McDoNALD-There are l6 new wells being
drilled in this field at present. The deepest
IS the Royal Gas Company's No. 8 on the Kay
farm. 1t is located close to the Panhandle at
the Jumbo Coal Works. The report that
300 barrel well had been struck at Mcdonald
was without foundation.
The Day Well Again.
wksH1NGroN-The well of the Peoples
Heat and Light Company, on the Day farm,
five miles southwest of WASHINGTON, is at the
bottom of the GantZ sand. 1t is making
about IL barrels a day.
The Verona Wildcat.
VERoNA-The Equitable Gas Company's
well on the McGregor farm, 81 miles east of
this place, is through the fifth sand and dry,
1t is 2,5l1 feet deep, and will be drilled
deeper.
Another Wildcat.
HrrE SrATIoN-Fitzstmmon & Robb, of
Pittsburg. haye commenced q well on the
Bailey farm, IL miles northwest of Hite
station,
A Bunch of Test Wells.
TAEEETUN-Malarkey, Mcmillan and ]. W.
Crosby will drill half a dozen test wells be-
tween Tarentum and Shearsburg, Westmore-
ano county.
Personal.
L. E. Hamsher, of Bradford is in Pitts
burg. Mr.. Hamsher is one of the widely
known men of the oil country, and is busi-
ness associate of ex-senator Lewis Emery.
Captain Z. II. Barnum came down from the
Ambler field yesterday. he is operating
around Zelienople and Harmony at present,
but was in the upper country for several
years.
Frank Burt, a well-known operator in the
West Virginia territory, came up from Man
nington yesterday.
James Kennedy, of Tarentum, was shak-
ing hands with old friends at the Boyer la st
night. He was in Bradford for several
years, but is now Assistant Postmaster at
Tarentum.
NJ. /. lockwood, of Lockwood station, was
in Pittsburg last evening. He is member
of the firm of Lockwood & Patterson pro-
ducers, and is well known all over the oil
regions.
Butler County Deal.
PETERsvILE-Guckert & Steele have pur.
chased Wall, Bishop & Co. Is big gas well at
Petersville, with 10000 feet of line tJipe for
5000. They Will drill ten wells with the
fuel thus obtained on the Humphrey Nesbit
Duncan and Bolton farms.
Features Of Yesterdays Market.
The only market for oil yesterday was q
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