Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-08
MORE DUST At MOON.
The NeIl-knoWn MeekS Farm Shows
Up Another Of lis Dry Holes.
C0NTIYUEDBAD LUCK AT M'CURDY.
The Celebrated Armstrong Well-a at Thorn
Greek. Changes Owners.
STILL POUNDING AWAY AT M'DONAIDt

There WIS another well drilled into a dust
sack at Moon yesterday. 1t was W. L. Mel
Ions Eo . on the Neels farm. 1t is the sec
und light we'll which he has gotten in that
locality, and the property, considering the
light wells which the hapawha Oil Company
has been getting near it. is looked upon as
too far to the north. The Kanawha
oil Compgny's No. 4 on the Meeks
has fIled ND 7G0 feet with oil. and may make
20 or 25barTel well. Murphy and the
Kanawha Oil COmpany'S well, on the j.
Springer farm. has struck n heavy pressure
OF gas in the Ir0-foot sand. The Kanawha' s
Ncel-s Nc. , should get the sand this week,
bat rs ii lies north Of what j. now supposed
20 u" on the belt, not much is expected OF 1T.
Guc3zrrt 4 Lerued have completed a rig on
the LCapor farm.
sill Pounding Away.
NGcpoyArD-There was little change yes
tertIay in the 30 odd wells which are being
drilled in this field. Mosier & Co.'s well on
the Valantour lot. and the Ed Mcdonald No.
g Of the Royal Gas Company, were shot and
are being cleaned ont. The Butler lot well
Of Clark & BanniSter i making about p
barrels en- hOur.
VIII Get the sand Soon.
McCrRpY-The woodland Oil Company ex-
pect the sand tomorrow in their No. i well,
on tine Adams farm. The tools are still
stuck in Black & Guffey's Andrews farm
well. and i may have to be plugged. They
are almost past the tools in their well on the
Mink farm, and are half way through the
sand. II has almost stopped flowing. Pat
terson & Jones' No Z, McCurdy, is making
aLoCt 200 barrels a day.
Drilling az the Conner.
wI1DwcoD--At Ireland & Hughes well on
the Conner faru drilling was continued yes
tcrday AID tho well was spraying consider
a0lc oil. Griffith and the Forest Oil Com
Nauv's No. &c on the Whiteseil is making
a.,.7-,- ~ io1,.-a9S a f',r,St lCa'S
No. 4 Good IS down 1880 feet, and their No. ,
liazlctt 1000 feet. Bowman and the Augusta
oil Company's No. ;, on the Whitesell prop
crtv, has been shot and is making Is barrels
an nuuT. They are rigging up their y o.
NhiteSell 20 p"nlD. Beers q Mckee finished
casing 5Eoir No. ). On the August
Kyle yesterday. and they are down 800
feet in their No. ( on the same farm.
Evans i Vaudeville are rigging up as their
No. > on the Marks. Spank. Claltant 4 Co.
srrdck a ncavy pressure OF gas in The hun
NreQ-lCos, ~ tEelr NI'il on u uqge H'GfIltt
s&r1n At De Haven They Will drill II on down
IN the hope of finding oil. Tho Roth O5l Com
pany's No I o.. t3e D1nlGp, north of the
Adzlett farm Is in the salt sand.
Dry in the Gordon.
CLAYsv1L-E-The Victor Oil Company's No.
6 on tine Carson farm is 2 duster III the Cor
don sand. J. p. Aiken & Co.'S No. l on the
Matthews farm is due dis morning.
Historical Property So!a.
sold their two wells on the Marshall farm
with a production OF II barrels a day, for
$500. TO Miller & Sailor. One of these is the
old, original Armstrong well. which was
drilled by Sim, Armstrong and Others and
was 5hS largest well ever struck in the
Gni-el States. 1t was estimated that it put
ont lU,@0J barrels the first day, and for want
OF ttaEaEe half of that flowed down Thorn
Run. Il was completed III october, 1885, and
since then has produced over l25,OG0 barrels
Of oil.
In the Hundred-Foot.
PETEEsvILLE-CIuckert& & steele shot their
No. :. on she Bolton, and No. s.. on the
Humphrey, yesterday. They will clean out
their No. L on the Humphrey, and No 4. on
The Nesbit, and drill to the black sand. They
viii case their No. 9, Humphrey, this week,
and are building a rig Tor No. 10.
Close 10 Pittsburg.
TENPERA y NCEvIILE-Late last night it was
reported that the wei OF Smith 4 Hayden,
on The Carson farm, back OF this place,
would be producer.
MARs-Barney Fosr's No. 8 on the Ander-
son farm, was due 10 get the l0O-foot sand
Work Near sunbury.
SUNrURv-Ziecler 4 Co. are getting ready
20 dry on the NcClynan farm. Little & Co.
have started a well on the Glenn farm. The
sandy Lake Oil Company is starting well
on TIE George Meals, one on the Shirry and
one on tho Miller. Unknown parties are
Ftarti-Ea wcll mile and "A half northeast,
Calico Churchs
Exchange Business Duli.
Oh CITT-A meeting OF the members of the
Oil City Exchange VIII he held this morning
TO take action or a proposed amendment to
the bylaws requiring The Clearing House
expenses to he paid out of the sinking fund
until the fund i exhausted. The limit of
the sinking fund which started in 1882.
when the Clearing House was established,
was to be S5O0O. L was raised by pro rata
assessment on active members. The 5000
limit has been reached. and active members
who are doing scarcely any business want
the assessments discontinued