Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-04
SEVERAL DRY HOLES.
Rather a Blue Day for Producers in
All the Fields Yesterday.
FORTY-FIVE BARRELS AN HOUR
Is What the Butler Lot Well at Mcdonald
Is Doing at Present.
GRIST OF WE'LL NEWS FROM BUTLER

their location that surprised the trade. The
first reported was the old No. 2 of the Fisher
Oil Company, Hackett & Shirley, on
the Riddle farm, in the McCurdy
field 1t has been over 100 days
in drilling and when it did finally enter the
sand not enough oil was found to start a
fire. Everything was as dry as around a
powder house. The we'll is located in the
100 feet south Of it is a good we'll belonging
to Guffey & Murphy on the Kerr farm, and
800 feet northeast are the two
big wells belonging to the Fisher
Oil Company and R. G. Gillespie & Co.
Late last evening the Royal Gas Company's s
No on the Ed Med farm at McDon-
aid was reported to be three bits in the
fifth sand and dry. From the present indi-
cations no well is sure thing for pro-
ducer in either field. Cochran & McAfee's
test well on the Sterling farm at Montgom-
cry, in the Butler district, was drilled in
yesterday and is dry.
Coming Out Fast.
MCCURDY-The McCurdy No. of Pat
terson & Jones was reported yesterday to
be still holding up to so barrels an hour.
Mellon & Wilson's No. 1, on the Jane
Riddle, will be due the first of the week.
Their No. 2, on the same farm, is down
about 700 feet. Their No. 3, on the Scott
farm, is down about 1000 feet; and their
Dougherty No. 8 about 800 feet. Huot &
Richards well on the Cowan farm in the
southeast is down 1900 feet and will be in
wells in that part of the field. The Fisher
Oil Company has rig up on the
Neeley farm in the lower part of the field.
In the northeast there will be several wells
in next week provided they have no more
troublesome fishing Jobs. At Black q
Gufeys well, on the Mink, they are down
35 feet alongside of the stranded tools
which they are drilling past, and
should reach the sand Tuesday.
They are ready to drill past the tools in
their Andrews farm well, and will commence
the job Monday. The old Ewing farm well
of Black & Guffey is making % barrels
day. The Aiken No. of the same parties,
also in the northeast, is down /, 400 feet, and
has the last string of casing in. Their
Aiken No. 2 is down 1900 feet.
the first string of casing in their well on
the Moore farm. 1t is located between the
wells of the Forest Oil Company on the
Wright and the Ewing farms in the south
west. The Forest Oil Company has not yet
succeeded in pulling the collapsed casing
from its Ewing farm we'll. Guffey &
Gailey's No. l, on the Adams farm, is down
1,500 feet.
The Big Butler Lot Well.
MCDoNALD-The well of Clarke & Ban
mister, on the Butler lot, which had dropped
to 90 barrels an hour yesterday morning,
was drilled one bit and increased to 45 bar
rels an hour. An offer of $4,000 for six
teenth interest in it was refused yesterday.
This would be at the rate of 1920 for
the well, and is more than the
well is likely to produce. Thus far it has
put out between 1,400 and 1900 barrels.
Mosier & Co. S well on the Valantour lot
was due to get the fifth sand last night.
Finegan, Downing & Co. have located
another rig on their Mongot lot. Pew &
Emerson, on the Steinheiser, will get the
fifth sand early in the week. The Royal
Gas Company's No. g. on the Ed Mcdonald,
should be in the fifth sand next week.
Howling Wildcat.
SHIPPENsPoRT-The Forest Oil Company
has commenced spudding at its wildcat ON
the John Ingell farm, 214 miles northeast
of this place. 1t is also 2113 miles southeast
of the dry hole on the John Todd farm,
which has just been completed by the Con-
solidated Oil Company.
The Pioneer Pool
WILDwooD-The No 16 we'll of Griffith /
and the Forest Oil Company, on the White
sell farm, was reported to be flowing at the
rate of 700 barrels day last evening, but
the report could not be confirmed At 10
o'clock yesterday morning it was flowing at
the rate of four barrels an hour, and
had a very strong pressure of gas
Finegan, Downing & Co.'S No. on the
ID g., oaf in, %hoe or,I Il
standing full of oil 1t was nearly double
the amount of sand that was found in the
other wells on the same farm. McGinnis &
Co. s No. on the August Kyle was shot
Thursday afternoon, and for several hours
afterward put out the crude at the
rate of 40 barrels an hour. 1t was doing 80
barrels an hour yesterday. Their No. 1,
on the same farm, is doing 20 barrels day. |
Originally it was a 200-barrel well. The |
Roth Oil Company has started No. 3, on the
Campbell farm, and is building a rig for No. |
T. Ireland x Hughes well, ON the Hummer |
farm, is on top of the sand and due to-day. |
j. NJ. Patterson has bought the Oil |
Well Supply Company's interest in the |
Puff farm for $1,000. The we'll on this |
farm, which is a mile northeast of the |
Hardy on 52-degree line, was gasser in |
the Thirty-foot sand. 1t will now be |
drilled to the third or Wildwood rock.
New Work Commenced.
NoBLEsTowN-Gu1fey Galley & Murphy
are down 1000 feet in their well on the |
Sturgeon farm. On the George Wittengale
farm they are DOWN 800 feet and have Just
started well on the Albert Wittengale
farm. They have also commenced rig on
The Elliot Bros. property. Jennings & Co.
nave rig up on the Susan Herman
farm and have commenced one on the Abra-
nam Bell farm. The Fisher Oil Company,
With Guffey and Mcfarland, are down /, 400
eet on the Baldwin.
Wells Due at Moon.
MooN-The Kanawha Oil Compahy's No.
on the Meeks will get the sand to-day,
md w. L. Melons Nos. and on the
Meeks farm will be due the first of the
week.
Still Hoping for Oil
ELIzABETH-The people of Lincoln
ownship still believe that oil in paying
Quantities can be found there. The Ed
nundson we'll remains just as it was left,
md nothing has been taken away from it
ret. The company still holds the leases
aiken in the vicinity, and the outside peo-
lie who were attracted by the reports and
,athered up some territory are holding it
nd keeping the. rents paid up. One
operator has secured lease from Prosper
5hillips on what was thought to be the line
or a strike, and continues to pay $50 a
month to keep it alive. All of these things
cad many people to believe that there may
,e some developments there yet.
From Greene County.
WAYNEsBURG-The well on the James
,hrockmorton farm was drilled in few
avs ago and proved to be a duster. This
reI is located about half a mile west of tho |