Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-24
Activity in the ZelienopIe Field.

ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATCH.l
ZELIENoPLE. Pa. Jan. 23-Brown & Glib
sons No. 2 on the Allen farm, is showing for a
60-barrel we'll This extends the field some
what TO the northwest. Cohen & Kahn have
located their No 2, on the same farm. and will
commence operations ar once. Other parts of
the field are quiet, with the exception of the
neighborhood of the Muller well. where sew
eral wells have been located and some are under
way. The well on tho Dambach farm is re-
ported as doing go barrels per day. The we'll
on the limerick farm, owned by local pro-
ducers is ON top of the sand and should get the
pay this week.
The Dale and Thompson we'll at Swamp
doodle has been shot and will make fair pro-
ducer with pumping. as the gas is light.
Hovis & Co. are on top of the sand, and are 60
ing to case and drill in dry. Their location is a
good one. The Diamond Oil Company is on
top of the sand. This well is the furthest
northeast of any IN the field and, if a good
producer, will make the future of this field
bright.
Brackney & Co.'S No. 2, northeast of their
No. !, is through the sand and dry Sutton &
Co.'S No. 2 is doing Is barrels per hour, and is
the best well in the field. The United Pipe
Line Is making ample preparations for taking
care OF the oil. having pu: in two pumps, and
will lay other lines through the field. Yonkins
4 Co. have found a duster on the Harper lot
Several wells will not be drilled on account of
the Brackney & Co. being duster.
A peculiar feature of this field is the extreme
shallowness of the sand, and its open and por-
Gus nature. Old operators say it will not last
long, and this prophesy is showing itself to be
true in the rapid decline of the wells which
have already been struck. This field stands as
follows to-day: Four producing wells, with a
combined output of 675 barrels per day; seven
dry holes, four Of them hopelessly dry, and the
remainder SO light as to be practically SO; six
wells drilling, and one rig building.
A New Feature at Wildwood.
WILDwoo'1-The Kennedy well, on the P. &
flowing at the rate of 20 barrels an hour. The
Bowman gasser is flowing between Is and 20
barrels an hour. These two wells have demon
strated a new feature on the north line, and
just how important this feature may be re-
mains for the drill to determine.
At Griffith & Forest Oil Company's No. s
Whitesell they are still fishing for tools lost
when the rig burned down. No. 8 is in the
boulder and also fishing. They are rigging up
Nos. 10 and II, and building rigs for Nos 12
and l3 Drilling has commenced at No. 4 Herr
and No. rig is being built. They are spud-
ding AT No. 5 Smith.
The Mad Rush to Belmont Ended.
BELMoNT-Billy johnson came up from Bel
mont to-day, and says that the mad rush of
operations that once characterized the Bel
mont field is thing of the past. Mr.. johnson
intlmated to THE DISPATCH SCOUT that the
bottom had about dropped out of the old Bel.
mont field proper. There is but little new
work under way there. ana the recent batch of
dry holes is but little encouragement to a
majority of producers. Ackerly & Samuel.
however, across the river from the old Bel
mont developments. have some very fine prop.
erty which. so far as developed, shows the
territory 10 be good for very fair wells.
A Wildcat to Be Brought in To-Day.
SEwICKLEY-An important wildcat well will
be brought in tomorrow two miles from Se-
wIckley toward Duff station, on the Dairy
farm, by McKelvey, Locke & Co. In this well
the tools have been lost for some time.
But Little Doing at Shannopin.
SHANNoPIN-At Shannopin the Forest Oil
Company brought in 30barrel we'll to-day on
the Potts farm. There is but very little doing
in this field, and four or five wells drilling is
about the sum total of the work.
Dry Hole Finished at CHARTERS.
CHARTERS Brown & Morrison have
finished dry hole near Wind Gap School
house.
Two Wells Started at Hundred Foot
HUNDRED FooT Fred Liedecker has
started up his No. 2 on the Greer. Hazlett,
McJunkin 4 Co., have also started a well on
the Thomas Greer farm.
Two Coraopolis Producers.
CoRAoPoLIs-Finnigan & Co.'s last two wells
on the Kerr farm, according to to-day's gauges
are doing go and so barrels respectively.
MCC.