Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-29
DRILLING IN WELLS.
The Famous McCurdy Pool Produced
Another Remarkable GllSher. \
MORE PRODUCTION AT WILDWOOD.
The Jenny Farm. Venture Not Enhancing
Southwest Territory.
NEW FIELD OPENED AT MARS STATION

The daily production at Wildwood is still
holding up to nearly 5000 barrels, and the
operations in the southwestern end of tile
pool are active. In the northeast number
of wells are going down, and it is probable
that more than half of those which are now
drilling in all parts of the field will be in the
pay next week
The Field in Detail.
wuDwooD-The we'll of S. P. Boyer Co.,
on the Jenny falm in the extreme south
west, made a l5-barTel now yesterday morn
ing merely clearing itself out, and is now
standing full of oil. Yesterday afternoon
the bit was Is feet in the sand. There is no
gas and unless ;omething is reached much
better than it Aas so far struck, the well will
be small. The Roth Oil Company's wen on
the W. W. Mcintyre, three quarters of
mile southwest of the Jenny has
stopped flowing and is being rugged up for
The Hazlett No. 10, Fc-st & Greenlee,
was shot yesterday afternoon, and during
the first hour afterwar5 put 80 barrels of oil
in the tank. 1t had previously been show
ing for good we'll They had located rig
for No on the same farm 200 feet south, but
this was abandoned yesterday and the well
viii probably be drilled farther east.
Forst & Greenlee's No. 2, on the Aston, is 20
feet in the sand and putting out from l9 to Is
barrels an hour. 1t is being drilled deeper.
Their Nos. and ION the Aston, are through
the Hundred Foot and have just been cased.
Their Alston No. has just reached the
Hundred Foot. They are still fishing
at the Aston No. 8, and although
the well is in the sand aud flowing few
barrels day, il may have to be plugged.
The Roth Oil Company's No 4 on the Pee
bles is down about 1000 feet. Finnegan 6
powney have had to pull the casing at their
OF osHf the S0 Hundred Foot. The T Roth H''S'iI Oh
S0%pnnys T%9 Gy T TSlf on Ie the south of Niche t6e
:, IT,
cased, but is shut down temporarily while
waiting for cable. The Lydecl1er well, a
third of mile southwest of the Jenny, is
down 600 feet. The Roth Oil Comnpany's
Cor ten barrels a day. Their Campbell No. 3
is through the third sand and drilling a
15-foot pocket 1t has made about As barrels
since It was brought in week ago, ami
made its last flow Monday. 1t is standing
full of oil. McGinniss & Co.'S No. 2, on the
August Kyle, is down l,6OO feet. 1t is only
Hazlett No. / The Metropolitan Oil
is in the sBlue Monday and is expected to
edge well and is 200 feet west of their No.
which pumps from 10 to Is barrels day.
The Smith Farm Oil Company's No. II, in the
extreme northwest, is 25 feet in the sand and
showing very little oil. 1t has a strong
pressure of gas.
The same company's No. 10, on the Smith
farm, was shot yesterday and was making Is
teTson's No. !, on the Semple, was shot yes
terday afternoon and is being cleaned out.
Guffy & Queens No. ., on the kretzer is due
70 get the pay to-day. It is just north of the
Marks farm on which Evans & Vaudeville
expect to bring in their No well early next
week. The Metropolitan Oil Company has
shot its No. q on the kolbar farm, and yes
terday morning it was putting out 80 barrels
an hour.
A Big McCurdy Well.
McCURDY-The feature of the day in this
field was the well of the Orion OIL Company,
on the Bell farm, which came in late yester-
day afternoon, and in an hour and Is min
utes filed a 25O-barreI tank. This well is on
a northeast line between the Mink well
and, and til the field Hfl proper and tdr,,t will
which has been looked upon as rather doubt
full The Fisher. Young & Wilson well, on
the McCluskey farm, on the western edge of
the belt, is dry in the Gordon, and will be
drilled to the fifth sand. Black & Co, have
o rig up on the Aiken farm, south of the An
drcgs. The well on the Andrews farm is in
the SO-foot.
Reviving Old Westview.
WEsTvrEw-The Westview Oil Company's
No. :, on the Ivory, is in the sand and filed
up 400 feet with oil. 1t is showing lighs
Their No s on the Ivory is due in q few days. |
Heber & Co.'S No. on the Hike will be in
next week.
A Surprise at Mars.
MARS STATIoN-Bolard & Cummings are
eight feet in the Brush creek or Snee sand
in their well on the John Kennedy farm, and
it is making 10 barrels day.
A Dry Hole at Moon.
MooN-The well of Forst & Co. in the
northeast on Hamburger farm, is through |
all the sands and dry. 1t was nearly a mile |
from the other developments. The Hervey |
Oil Company is ten feet in the sand on the !
GOss farm with no showing. 1t is not as |
deep, however, as the pay in the wells near |
it. They have a fishing Job on hand at |
sand to-day in their well on the P. Il. Steven |
son farm