Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-12
NEW WELLS DRILLING.
There Is Great Activity All Along
the Big Southwest Pool.
PRODUCERS ARE BUILDING TANKS.
Many Wells Should Reach the Gordon
T. Sand Level Next Week.
BIG GASSER IN INDIANA TOWNSHIP

Outside of the Mcdonald field there is
practically shutdown and work has about
ceased at Wildwood, Moon, Coraopolis and
Northeast McCurdy. With the ex-
ception of one or two spots
in Butler county that field has been laid
on the shelf. In the Mcdonald, Nobles-
town, oakdale and Southwest McCurdy
pools, however, a large number of new wells
were started this last week, and the pro-
duction of several of the old ones
was increased to enormous pro-
portions The oil that escaped
for a few days would have made nice ad-
dition to the bank accounts of the owners
if it had been corralled. Contracts have
been let for the erection of couple of
80, ,000- barrel tanks. One of these will be
located on the Elliott farm and will be
owned by Guffey, Murphy & Co: Other
operators are talking of combining and
putting up tanks
Reports From the Well.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS & Hays No. 1,
on the Miller farm, which was increased to
over 200 barrels an hour by deeper drilling,
was doing 12O barrels an hour yesterday.
Their Nos. 3, 4, and 8, on the same farm are
on the Miller are each down
about 300 feet Andy Garland & Co.'S
eastern edge we'll, on the DeRoy property,
is drilling in the fifth sand without improv-
ing It is good well from the Gordon
sand. The Devonian Oil Company's well,
on the Rogers lot is through the Gordon
sand, and light in that level. w. P. Black
& Co., on the George and the Crooks lots,
will get the Gordon to-day. Their well on
the McNall property is down 1900 feet; on
the Jamison they are down 1,700, and on
Al 1 r. H,,@3s. hx-P Py
Co.'S No. 2, on the Elliott, is drill
on the same farm is 1,400, and they are
spudding at No. 4. Guffey, Murphy and
the Fisher Oil Company are down about
800 feet in their No. on the Morgan farm,
and have started to drill No. 2. They are
about 500 feet deep In James Wallace
No. l, and have commenced to spud
at No. 2 on the same farm.
Greenlee s. Forst will get the Gordon sand
in their No. l on the Miller farm next
week. Their No. 2 is down about 1000
feet; No. 8, 700 feet; No. 4, 800 feet; No. 8,
Jennings s. Co. expect to get the Gordon to-
day In their No. 1 on the Heron farm
back of Noblestown. Their No. 1, on the
Bell farm, is on top of the Gordon and Bell
No 2 is down about ], 900 feet. The De-
vonian Oil Companys No. 2 Fayall, No 2
]. H. Robb and No. g. on the Elliott, will
get the Gordon early next week. These wells
are all in the immediate vicinity of the
ROYAL Gas Company's No. on the Mary
Robb farm, which has been producing from
80 to 40 barrels an hour for several weeks.
Farther in the Northeast
MCCURDY-In the southwestern part of
this field there is almost as much activity as
at Mcdonald. Hoffman & Co. on the Moore
farm will get the fifth probably this after
noon.
Kennedy, Fitzgibbons & Bolts No. l, on
the Moore farm, is drilling in the Gordon
Wright well. Their No. 2 Moore is 400
feet, and they have just finished spudding at
No. 5. Mellon & Co. are commencing
to drill eight wells on the Neeley and
Mertz farms. Hassler, Davis & Bott are
down 500 feet in their No. ON the Boyce
farm. Patterson & Jones are down 1,500
feet in their No. l on the Kelso, and 700
feet in No. 2. The Fisher Oil Company is
down 900 feet in their No on the Nc
Michael, and have finished spudding at
No. 3.
New Gas Field.
DEHAvEN-The we'll of Dixon s. Co., on
the Klien farm, 81 miles east of this place,
is one of the biggest gas wells in the coun-
evening that it had a pressure of 1000
pounds to the inch. 1t is located half
mile northeast of the old Hassinger well in
Indiana township. The well has been
worked as a mystery. A little oil was found
in the 1O0-foot sand. which was passed last
week. The owner of the farm does not
know in what sand the gas was found.
Fayette County Well.
MASoNTowN-The Masontown Oil and
Gas Company's well on the Sterling farm is
reported in and doing about ten barrels an
hour This is practically new territory,
and Masontown people instead of talking
politics have shifted their conversation to |
that of OIL Every property owner is alive,
and listening with anxious ear and indiffer- |
ent countenance to the offers of land leasers.
Masontown is about seven miles south of
Uniontown.
The Monthly Statement.
The statement of the various pipe lines
for the month of August show net increase |
in stocks of 205, $40 barrels over the month |
of July, and an increase in certificates of |
954, 900 barrels. There is an increase in the |
runs, with daily average of 80 251 barrels |
against Il, ,221 barrels for July. There is a |
gain of 10000 barrels in shipments over |
July.
Rob Roy, of Bradford, who is interested |
in the southwest, arrived in Pittsburg last |
night.
w. -Urquhart, who is one of the old |
timers in the oil business, came down from |
the upper country yesterday morning.
G.. 81. A. Hunt, formerly well-known
Bradford resident, is visiting his oil coun-
try friends who are now in Pittsburg.