Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-13
THE OIL FIELD REPORTS
A NUMBER OF WELLS WHICH ARE NOW
ON TOP OF THE SAND.

There was nothing in the Allegheny
county pools yesterday to excite more than
passing interest. The two wells at Wild.
wood, one on the Hardy in the northeast,
and the other on the PEBBLES in the south
west, did not tap the pay. There are also
two wells at McCurdy which should get the
pay to-day. The we'll of j. W.
E. Griffith, on the Parks farm,
near Mars station, was subject
for discussion, and many inquiries
were made regarding it. The well started
to flow Friday of last week, and until last
evening had been shut in about 48 hours.
| During the week one tank had been filled
and another nearly So 1t is looked upon
as good 50-barrel well.
The McCurdy Pool.
MCCURDY-Guffey & Murphy's No. 2 on
the Kerr farm is in the fourth sand. 1t will
| get the pay the middle of next week. 1t
| flows every ten minutes from the 30-foot
sand. The Fisher Oil Company's No. on
the W. E. Liddle is drilling again. 1t was
delayed by a crooked hole and fishing job.
1t is due early next week. The Orion Oil
Company's well on the Bell farm is still
the well on the Andrews farm fell from
the top of the hole, and the
jars were broken. The owners are inclined
to believe'that the well may have to be
plugged. MELONS No 4, on the Palmer
farm, was drilling in the sand last night
The tools in the we'll, on the Minke farm,
cannot be gotten out, and the contractor has
decided to drill past them. Galley Bros. &
Smith are down 25O feet il their well, on
the Mccormick farm, in the northeast.
Mellon has rig completed for his No. 2,
on the Jane Riddle. The Bear Creek Re
fining Company's No. 1, on the Scott, is due
to get.the pay this morning
The Wildwood Wells.
WILDwooD-The Roth Oil Company's
No. 4, on the j. N. PEBBLES farm, was
drilling in the sand last evening. Water
house & Hooker's No. well, on the-White-
sell farm, was drilling in the sand last night.
Bowman and the Augusta Oil Company's No.
8, on the Whitesell, which is doing II bar
rels an hour, is being drilled through the
fifth sand. Forst & Greenlee's Alston No.
5was due to get the sand last night. Their
No. 8, on the Good, is due next Tuesday;
their No. good is down 300 feet, and they
have completed a rig for their No. 8, on the
Hazlett farm. McGinniss & Co. s No. 2, on
the Kyle, is drilling in the sand, with
no showing of oil. Black & Water
houses No. 1, on the Bubb farm, is down
1000 feet. They have rig up for No. 2,
Black & Folger have rig completed on the
Foy farm, north of the Bubb. Bowman
and the Augusta Oil Company's No. 4, on
the Whitesell, is on top ofthe sand, but has
been making so much salt water lately that
the owners decided to pull the casing and
shut off the water before going into the
sand. They commenced to pull the casing
yesterday.
Fishing at Mars.
MARS 'STATIoN-Bolard & Cummings
well on the John Kennedy farm is holding
up to nearly 80 barrels day. Barney
Forst's No. well, on the Anderson farm,
which was expected to be completed to-day,
is still fishing for the tools in the bottom of
the Hundred-foot. His No. 8, on the same
farm, is down 300 feet.
On Top Of the Sand.
Observation-Disclosures & Co. g well on
the Graham farm has been shut down on top
of the sand. The owners are after more
territory Beers q McKee's well on the
Jacob. Emels farm is through the sand and
has light show of oil and gas. William
Osborn & Bros well OH the Andrew Cooper
farm, three-quarters of mile north of the
Dutill well, is in and light.
Mcdonald Active.
MCDoNALD-Steele & Co. are ready to
spud at their we'll on the McVay lot. A rig
has been commenced on the Presbyterian
graveyard lot by unknown parties. Van
Kirk s. Co. are ready to rig up on the
Ferguson Hotel lot. The Wheeling Gas Com
pany has started to drill on the Cook lot.
Mosier & Co., on the Valentour farm, are in
the Big Injun sand. Meyer & Ferguson's
well, ON the Henry lot, is 300 feet deep.
Unknown parties have rig up on the Short |
lot Shafer & Co. are rigging up on the |
Samuel Smith farm. Clarke & Bannister
are down 1000 feet on the Butler lot.
Hayes Il Co. have started to drill their No. !
1 on the Miller farm, and are building rig
for No. 2. Unknown parties have COM
pleted a rig on the Sturgeon property.
The Huggins Well Again.
THOMAS STATIoN-An oil man from |
Washington county was in Pittsburg last |
evening, and stated that he was in the der |
rick of the Philadelphia Gas Company's |
we'll, on the Butler Higgins farm, when it |
made flow yesterday The owners are |
leasing all of the territory in sight, and
yesterday paid 81 900 bonus for farm Just |
west of the Higgins farm. There have |
been no wells drilled to the south and west |
of this hole, and there are plenty of opera
tors who believe that paying pool will be
opened up in that locality. 1t is being
drilled through the sand.
A Small Producer.
CLIFF MINEs-The Jeffreys Oil Com
pany's well, on the Elliott farm, is through |
the sand and is good for only ten barrels
day.
No Oil Found.
Mt. NEBo-The McGrew Bros gasser,
on the Riley farm, two miles northeast of
this place, has been drilled through the
sand without getting any OIL 1t is still a
good gasser.
A Small Well at Moon.
MooN-The Kanawha Oil Company's
well, on the Hood farm, was reported last
evening to be through the sand and showing
for light well.
West Virginia Work.
ST. MARY 'S-Smith & Wise are down 900
feet in their well on the Smith farm, five
miles above ST. Mary's. They are fishing
for the tools at present. The Gusky Oil
Company has started we'll two miles
above ST. Mary's. A home company has
been organized at the latter place, where it
will drill couple of test wells.
Greene County Oil.
WAYNEsBURG-Th Harvey well is re-
ported, on good authority, to be doing 125
barrels day. 1t is being drilled deeper,
and is now down $3.50 feet The Throck-
morton No. is within 25O feet of the sand,
No. 2 is down 2,1O0 feet, and
he Tanninoa vaI1 10 ,,,al-;nrx ,,ooJ rrooras, |