Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-14
OIL WELLS GALORE.
The Coming in Of Another Wildwood
GuSher Is Looked For.
FIRES AT TWO PLACES REPORTED.
The Defeat of Law and Order People Will
Cause Sunday Working.
NEWS FROM THE OUTLYING FIELDS.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. f,

ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DrsPArcH.l
WILDWOOD, Jan. 13.-Guffy s. Queens
No. is expected to reach the sand by the
aatter part of the week. The same parties
No. 1, on the Runga farm, which is about
500 feet in advance of the Ringheisen,
should also reach the sand the last of the
week
Finnegan & Downing are fishing for a
broken set of jars in their No. 2, on the
Wallace heirs tarm They are down 800
feet with this WELL and yesterday made two
more locations, one between their Nos. l ano 2,
on the Wallace heirs land, and another about
900 feet south of their No !, on the John Wal
lace.
Calhoun d Co. are preparing to drill we'll
on the Semples farm, northeast of Wildwood.
While the chances are that they will not get
any oil thev are compelled to do this to hold
lease OF 100 acres J. NJ. Guty & Co.'S No !,
,Rolsehouse, is making eight inches an hour,
No. two inches an hour, and No. 90 inches
per hour.
Grifiths and Forest Oil Company's No. 6,
Whitesen, which was shot yesterday, is still
holding at 10 barrels per hour. The same COM
pany's Herr No. is through the hrst pay and
expect to get the second pay by tomorrow some
time. They are detained by insufficient gas sup
ply, and the well standing full OF oil, neces-
sitating slow drilling.
The Forest Oh Company and Guffy & Queens
No. well, on the Roleshouse lot, has fallen off
considerably to-day from Yesterdays produc-
zion, aud is doing about l25 barrels per hour.
The same parties did not shoot their No.
RoleShouse, to-day as anticipated, owing to
repairs being made at the pump station.
Forst & Co. failed to get their No. !, McGeagh
lot, In to-day, as expected, owing TO the stray
sand being mistaken for the third sand.
Grifith's and Forest Oil Company shot their
No. l, Ringheisen, to-day. This well has been
DOING 200 barrels per day and responded by
starting of IS barrels an hour.
Flnnegan Downing this evening abandoned
their No. well on the Wallace heirs farm,
having gone through the fourth sand, and 40 to
50 feet In the slate underneath. This well is
marker for the southeastern side of the belt,
defined by the hretZer No. l and the Price
lot well No. l, which were drilled previously.
A Rig Burns Down.
CALLERY-Guckert & Co.'S No Q, on the
Davidson is in the sand. and is showing up
well. Ttley Bruner had the rig of their well
on the Sam Kaufman farm burned down two
hours after they had commenced pumping.
The Patterson & Co. well on the same fam was
packed Monday, and shows for good well.
A $4,000 Oil Lease Sold.
MILLERsToWN-JamesG Goldsboro sold a 49,
acre lease with four producing wells, on the
Thorn farm, east of Millerstown, to G. A.
Needle and F. Ottinger, of Parker for $4,000.
Needle & Ottnger are building rig, and pro-
pose putting down another well at once. Two
wells are being drilled on the kimmerer farm
by Little d Co.
Big Wen Looked For.
MCCURDY-The Kanawha Oil Company's
well on the Linton farm which is drilling in the
Gordon, and expects to reach the fifth saud
this week. is being watched by oil men with
interest as it is expected TO be an important
well.
The Bad Luck of a Firm.
MoNToUR-The Fort Pitt Gas Company, No.
J. on the Stembler farm, is down and will make
q fair gasser. The same company have pulled
out and abandoned their No. l Thompson.
Gill, O'Den & Co, No 2 Phillips farm. caught
IRE from a leak in the gas line and burned
20 the ground, They have had any amount of
bad luck on this well. The same company shot
their No. 2 on the ]. Young farm, with 60
quarts, without making any Improvement.
They are also rigging up their Beacon well,
and intend drilling TO the Hickory sand for
more gas. knott Co. have abandoned their
Scheller No. l.
The Law and Order people lost their suit with
The Homewood Oil Company, and as a result
ihe well will in the future be kept running on
sunday. A great many of the people in this
vicinity are opposed TO Sunday work, and it is
reported that some prominent citizens intend
moving If the wells are pumped on Sunday.
Two Harmony Producers.
HARMoNY-The Niece & Co.'S well on the
Heiffer lot is in and good for about 50 barrels
Cunningham & Co., on the Kreuzer lot,
brought in their well to-day, which is showing
5oU 80 barrels.
Showing for Well.
BAKERsTowN-The Frederick WELL on the
Garrow farm, Is reported tonight for an aver
age producer.
A New Gasser at Coraopolis.
CORAoPoLIs-Unknown parties brought in a
Passer to-day near Galley Brothers machine
shop lot well. Colonel Gilmore, manager of
the Orion Oil Company, also brought in their
No. Logan to-day, which Is good for 80 barrels.
The Ash well, on the Watson farm, put in the
Irst string of casing to-day. H. MCC.