Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-21
0IL.OPERATI0NS ACTIVE.
THE MATHEWS WELL MAKING FORTY
BARRELS AN HOUR.

Good WeII-Fifth Sand Well at MELON
aId-seFeral Surprises Reported From
the Butler Pools Yesterday-other Oil
News.
| The only locality that is now receiving the
attention Of the oil men to any extent is
| the territory lying southwest of the Nc
within the last two months that this place
was even looked upon as at all likely to pro.
| duce oil. When the Mcdonald pool began
| to show a northeast and southwest bearing
it commenced to be whispered about that
possibly McCurdy and Mcdonald might be
connected. No one, of course, was sure OF
| this but there were a few venturesome oper-
| ators who had the temerity to go ahead and
| put down q few test wells. They had bad
| luck in the extreme southwestern part OF
| McCurdy, and although there was show
| ing of oil in some of the wells, they were
| delayed by fishing jobs, and the first well to
get tae san nnpa NTH Pay on was tSe me we
farm. which came in last Thursday.
1t started or at from 80 to 60 barrels an hour
and last night was still making 40 barrels an
! hour, and has not been agitated since it first
| got the oil. The Forest Oil Companys
venture on the Susan Heron farm, south
west OF the Mathews lead, reached the bot
| tom of the third sand last night. No oil was
was discovered. Guffey, Jennings & Co.
have rig up on the Heron farm, and the
same parties are building rig on the Bell,
southwest of tn G Mathews.
Another Mcdonald Well.
MCDoNALD-Ireland & Hughes well on the
Cedet lot was in the fifth sand last night and
showing for a IA ir producer Clark g. Ban
nister's well on the Butler lot will be shot
tomorrow. 1t was reported last night
that the well of the Royal Gas Company on
the Robb % acres was doing 25 barrels an
hour, but the rulnor could not be verified.
Nearing the Sand.
OAKDALE-The test well of Preston, Holmes
& Co., on J. P. Ewing's farm back of this
place, is expected to get the fifth sand to-
Gordon sand. 1t is on 45 degree line from
the Mathews well to McCurdy and is an i'm
portant well.
Getting More Crude.
MooN-The Hervey Oil Company's No4
well on the McCutcheon farm was shot yes
terday and will make good 10O-barrel we'll.
Their Goss No. may be completed the last
of this week.
Drilling at Wildwood.
WILDwooD-Guffey & Queens No. 8 Runga
is 600 feet deep. Their No. l on the Schwab
is down 1,2CO feet, and the No. 5 Kietzer of
the same parties is $50 feet deep.
Only a Small Well
GoLD-The Gufrey & Queen venture on the
town fields will be small. 1t was shot Satur-
day, and failed to respond with any vigor.
The Enterprise Oil Company's No. g. on the
Widow Hayes farm, which was located by
supernatural spirits, got the sand yesterday
and made several flows. 1t is showing for at
least a 40barrel well.
Starting a New Well.
CLIFF MINEs-The Fisher Oil Company is
spudding at its No. 1 on the Dixon farm.
Fr1,s
present.
Somewhat tNExaggerated.
ZELIENoPLE-The well of Latshaw, Dennis
ton & Co. on the Hurr farm, 1000 feet south
west of the Eicholtz, is not as big as reported
Saturday:night. 1t VIII make a good 125 barrel
well. There are l3 new rigs going up in the
vicinity of these two wells. The
Eicholtz is good for $50 or l75 bar
rels a day. The Nc Kinney Oil Company
is starting well on the McCurdy farm, adj
joining the EicholtZ on the east. Brown
YOunkins & Co. are starting a rig on the
Hurr six acres. The Zelienople Oil Com
pany is rebuilding a rig over the hole of its
old No. / West, and Will clean it out and give
it a shot, believing they will get well. This
well was drilled when little. was known as
to the nature of the territory. Captain
Marsh is building rig on the Getman farm.
The Kinzer Oil Company has made four To-
cations on the Muller farm. The Eicholtz
well was tubed yesterday.
Dry in the Hundred Foot.
BUTLER-The Gibson well on the McGinley
farm north of Butler is not coming up to the
expectations of its owners. 1t has stopped
producing in the one hundred foot and all
efforts to bring it back have proved futile
and it will now be drilled to the third sand
The Link Still Missing.
SAxoNBURG-The Webber Bros. well on the
Webber farm which has been reported on
several occasions as doing anywhere from
$50 to 200 barrels day is dry as the Sahara
and has been abandoned by the owners 1t
was drilled to find connecting link be-
tween SaXonburg and the Thorn Creek ex-
tension. The link is still missing. Hoffman
& Co. will start 4 test well to-day Ola the
Adderholt farm, one-half mile west of the
Webber dry hole.
Good Show in the Hundred Foot
PETERsvILLE-W. G. Patterson's No. on
the j. q. Brandon reached the third sand
yesterday, and wnen few inches in made a
nice tiow and is showing for good well.
Two Good Wells Showing.
CALLERY-The McCalmont Oil Company's
No. on the John Staples got the sand, and
is showing for good we'll. The Breakneck
Oil Company's well on the George Mar
burger is also showing for a fair well.