Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-03
THE OIL FIELDS,
NO WILDWOOD WELLS ARE DUE FOR
SEVERAL DAYS YET

The Fictitious Boom in the Butler County
Field-Jefferson Center Has No Staying
Oualities-The Operations at Harmony
and Glenshaw-Progress at Mt. Nebo.
SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH,
WILDWOOD, April 2.-The field is ut
terly ieatureless to-day, SO far as new
developments are concerned, nothing new
having come in within the las: "a hours,
and there are no wells of any Importance
due for some days to come. The Grifiths
and Forest Oil Company's No. II well on
the Whitesell farm, was to-day agitated and
is doing IL inches per hour, and the same
company's No. well on the Smith farm is
doing $50 barrels per day. They are drill
ing pin on a bit in No. Whitesell well
to-day, thereby expecting to end very
protracted fishing job. Their Nos. s and rigs
are being built on the Ringeisen farm.
Finnegan & Downing to-day drilled their No.
4 Wallace farm well. which is this evening
flowing at the rate of l75 barrels per day. This
will stimulate considerable drilling on the
southwest end of the pool. Grifhths & Miller
are down $50 feet in their Cole well, one mile
west of the Ringheisen farm, and 5000 feet
northwest of the Heldelburg well. John M.
Patterson's Espey well has got its first casing
in, and is drilling at depth OF L. 200 feet.
This we'll is located on the Perrysviile plank
road and is 5000 feet southwest of the Cole
well. J. NJ. Guffey's Kretzer well No. ! is max
ing7 inches per kour today.
Forst & Greenlee's Alston well No. is to-day
making nine inches per hour. Deeper drilling
has not benefited the Sunshine Oil Company's
well on the Hardy farm, and competent judges
place it among the busters. This would seem
to be pointer to the northern limit of the
Wildwood pool.
Butler Doomed Too High.
BUTLER-The activity noticeable in Butler
county for some time past shows no diminu-
ton. The Muddy creek craze, as usual, will in
fuence large amount of work. Just what
Muddy creek will amount to would be hazard
Gus to venture an opinion now. AS matters
stand, indications do not point to a Thorn
creek or Wildwood field. There has been
great deal of talk, and the field has been
doomed out of all proportion 10 its Importance.
This has mainly been the result of the lease
speculator, who, on all occasions, utilities the
press to promote his interests.
One fact is apparent-better wells must be
obtained than have marked its past history Oh
l fail TO See where there is any money in this
neck O. the woods. Some lucky person may
hit something rich here. and Butler county
again step to the front; but everything points
to different conclusion. The total product of
Muddy creek to-day is from 80 to 100 barrels
which may be distributed as follows: The
Shanes well No. is good for % barrels; 1nnis
No. is doing about the same amount. and the
A conservative estimate of Shanes Nos. and
2 make their production 80 barrels day. Sny-
der \ o. is good for barrels, and the 1nnis
well, shot Monday, is flowing lightly.
The Operations at Harmony.
HARMONY AT Harmony, Yaunkins &
Dale's well is good for 16O barrels, while
the Fanker No. is doing rs barrels,
and No. i 80 barrels day. No. Marsh
is casing and Thomran No. l is produc-
ing ten barrels The Kirk Oil Company is
away in the third sand, and have
some indication of grease The Fromm well |
has fishing job on hand at 500 feet. while the |
Seinboch is 500 feet deep. On the Wilson farm |
the Enterprise OIL Company is pegglng away in |
the caloric sand Patterson Lockwood, on |
the Allen farm, about ], 100 feet southeast of |
sutton No. 4 Zeigler, has found depth of |
!, 900 feet.
Jefferson Center Not a Slayer.
JEFFERSON CENTER-The territory atJeffer- |
son Center is not showing staying qualities, |
md the Oildorado which was expected to be |
opened in this quarter some time ago has not
oda fountain order, and Notwithstanding the
lrill is active the production is declining.
Awen at GIenshaw.
GLENsHAw-Wittmer & Co. have got con-
iderable gas in the l00-foot and are drilling on
o the third sand in the Hossinger well, 26
niles northeast of this place, This well was
tarted last September and has experienced
Tery bad luck all the way down.
Mt. NEBo-Patterson and the Forest Oil Com
1any's Morrison well is to-day reported as do ,
nc II barrels day, and Calhoun & Co. are |
lown 900 feet in their English well on Low
les run. MCC.