Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-20
In THE OIL FIELDS.
Drillers at Fairview Agreeably Sur
prised at an Old Well.
1T WAS ABANDONED AS DRY HOLE
Bad Roads and the Low Market Knock Out
Wildwood Business.
BUTLER COUNTY FIELD is VERY DULL
SPECIAL rrLEeRAM TO THE DISPATCH,

FAIRvIEw, April 19-The Fairview
field has again loomed into prominence by
the striking of another good well, and the
errstlc and unaccountable conduct of an old
producer and an abandoned dry hole. The
South Penn Oil Company are in the sand
with No. Sutton, which is showing for a good
producer. Mcleod d Davis No. Burns is in,
and has the ear marks of q frstclass well.
The Morgan well, drilled some time ago by Nc
Leod & Davis and pronounced dry, is now the
wonder Of the field. The. casing was pulled, the
rig taken down and all hope of 1t ever beeominga
producer abandoned. Last night about 10 o clock
some workmen discovered a stream of oil fow-
ing down the rav1ne, and quickly hunted up
the gauger and told him that the pipe line had
bursted. An investigation was at once lnStl-
tuted and not until this morning was it found
that the oil was coming from the supposed
dry hole. The well, of its own volitI0n, had
broken loose and commenced flowing. 1t is
now turned into 600-barrel tank. The
action of this venture is great sur
prise to many, aud makes some terri
tory that was condemned now look good.
The eccentricity of this duster is no less strange
than the South Penn Oil Company's well No. l,
on the James Yost farm. For some time this
well has been declining until its production
had got down to go barrels day. Butduring
the past week, without anything being done TO
the WELL it commenced gaining in production,
and is now making 400 barrels a day-the figure
at which it started of when first struck. 1t Is
reported tonight that the South Penn Oil Com
pany have struck we'll seven miles in advance
of the Mt Morris field, doing 20 barrels an
hour. but THE DISPATCH was unable to con-
firm the report.
No Change at Wildwood.
WILDwooD-The situation at Wildwood
practically remains unchanged from Satur-
days report The advance wells on the south.
west line, which are now attracting much at
tention, have not yet found the pay, although
drilling in the sand. The Heidelberg well Sat
urday afternoon was from to 10 feet in the
sand, with a little show of black oil. The
Kohibar well is about 10 feet in the sand. which
is inferior and no show of oil Peoples No.
is drilling near the bottom OF the sand and
making about eight barrels an hour. NOS
Peoples and Marks No. 2 expect to hit
the sand this week. The bits which were
lost in Herr No. and Whitesell No. s, have
been removed and drilling has again been re-
sumed at both wells. Drilling has been com-
menced in Ringheisen No. 8 while the drill has
reached depth of 700 feet in the Linton ven-
ture. The Alstoh is making six inches an hour.
Dibert & Co., on the two-acre lot about zoo feet
south of No. l Kretser, Roth Oil Company.
which came in gasser are drilling @ In the Dot 5
West Of Wildwood, Rolsehouse Co. are down
1000 feet with their wildcat well. They found
a little gas in the third sand. The well will be
drilled TO 0eptn OF o. 1e6L. ITlLltn q Co.
Cole farm we'll is drilling at 200 feet, and John
NJ. Patterson's well, on the Espy farm, west Of
the plank road, is through the 3efoot
The Butler County Field.
The Butler district is simply lifeless The
impossible roads and q low market are in part
responsible for the situation. but, however, the
want of the ''stufr' to operate on is making
itself more apporent each day. The boom given
to Butler county by the advent Of the l00-foot
producing rock has spent ITSELF The numerous
attempts to discover oil in this rock in other
portions of the county have hitherto proven
disastrous, and from the present outlook that
strip of country from Mars on the southwest to
Little Creek on the northeast will stand out in
the oleaginous history sui generis as producing
oil in sufficient quantities to make it profitable
MUDDY CREEK-McFarland & Co. No. ], on
klugler farm, rig up and will commence drill
ing shortly This field is in an embryotic shape
as yet. The drill will thoroughly explore It's
rocks during the coming summer with what
result remains to be seen. There has been
very little gilt about it so far
At Glade Run A. X. Khngensmith is drilling
his well on the Ash farm to the third sand. 1t
produced awhile from the loO-foot, but soon ex-
hausted itself
HARMoNY-Lockwood d Co. well, Shrum
farm, is showing from 25 to 80 barrels per day.
indicated by the quality Of the sand. Not
tuoed yet.
Mcbride q Kennedy have started drilling an
experimental well on the Graham farm, six
miles southwest OF Gallery, in Cranberry town |
ship, and w. E. Griffith will start spudding in
a wildcat well at Hays Mills. Middlesex town. |
ship, Monday or Tuesday, on the Sam Hays |
farm.
CALLERY-This point shows the most new
work, though nothing like its previous activ- |
ity is observable. Collins 4 Hearty No /, on
Sarah Kaufman farm, are through sand and |
it was shot to-day. The indications are not |
but may show better after the hole |
is cleaned out. Their No. 2, same farm, through |
sand with prospects for a fair pumper Wahl,
Bishop & Co. began drilling their No. on |
Cashdollar farm this morning.
JEFFERSON CENTER-J. W. Phillips COM |
pleted good well on the Swaney farm Friday
which made $50 barrels the first "A hours 1t |
has declined nearly one-half from these fig
ures. Jefferson OIL Co.'s No. l. karnrumpf |
farm, started OFF after being shot at so barrels
per houi, but has settled down to l60 barrels |
per day. This territory is of The fizz bang |
order, but soon decline to ordinary bumpers.
AReport From Forest County.
HENRYs MILLs-A report gained some cir
culation last night that big well had been |
struck in Forest county, south of Henrys |
Mills, on the Fox estate, which was doing so |
barrels an hour. The most diigent inquiry |
failed to confirm the rumor, and the chances |
are that it is fake.
MCCURDY-The McCurdy field has again |
been livened by Vandergrifth & Co. finding |
good well on the Adams farm. The sand was |
tapped Saturday forenoon and started of at
the rate of 600 barrels day,
MCDoNALD-The Royal Gas Co. shot their |
No. l Robb Friday evening. The well made |
one nice flow and Immediately brldgeg over.
b. MCC.
Saturdays Oil Market.
The market Saturday was firm at the open
ing There we're sales of 5000 barrels of May
oil at 7Oc On little buying pressure in the