Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-03
M'CURDY ONCE MORE.
PATTERSON s. JONES NO. DOING
SEVENTY BARRELS AN HOUR.

The Butler Lot Well at Mcdonald Holding
Up-Chanses In Northeast Wildwood
Property-Awen Brought In at Shan
nopin-Cliff Mines and Vicinity.
1t seemed like the good old times yester-
day when the report was circulated that a
well doing 20 barrels an hour had been
brought in 1t was the Patterson Jones
No. q on the McCurdy farm, at McCurdy. 1t
had been doing 80 barrels a day from
the SO-foot sand, and reached the
McCurdy sand early yesterday morning.
The bit was six feet in the rock when a
steady stream of the greasy began Co now
into the tank and for five hours the gauge
20 barrels every 60 minutes. The weu ls
located about 1000 feet northeast OF the OLD
McCurdy No. ]. The Fisher Oil Company,s
No. 8, on the w. T. Riddle, in the same field.
was expected to get the sand last night Pat
terson and Jones' No ], on the Adams, is
down $50 feet, and they will rig up on the
HARRISON ten acres the first of next week.
The French Settlement.
McDoNALD-Clark & Bannister's well on
the Butler lot was doing p barrels an hour
yesterday. The Royal Gas Company In the
L. Mcdonald No. 2 are through the Gordon
with small showing of oil and light gas
pressure. Pew & Emerson on the Mcdonald
heirs have reached the Gordon sand. Mosier
& Co. on the Valansour lot are through the
Gordon. The well made several light fows
from the Gordon. 1t is being drilled TO the
fifth sand.
The Montour' Run.
CLIFF MINRs-The Fisher Oil Company's'
No. 2 on the Stewart farm will make a % or
80 barrel well. Andrews & Co.'s well on the
terday and is showing1for 80 or 30 barrek
pumper.
Out.the- Plank.
PERRYsvILLR-The Crown Oflr Company's
we'll on the Redpath has been started to
pumping. 1t WAS filed up with water and
last evening the water had not been ex.
hausted. The esamecompany has commenced
building rig onthe John Mcdonald farm
Believers In More Oil.
wILDwooD-w. P. Black has purchased tho
two-thirds interest of ]. A. Waterhouse in
the Hardy farm and also his sone-halfinterest
in the Bubb farm for $1,000. Both of these
farms are in the extreme northwestern part
of the field, and Mr.. Black is confident thats
there is more oil in that locality than the
wells of the past week have shown. His No.
well on the Hardy, which he is drilling on
and 2, which are good for. only
about five barrels EACH is down 500 feet.
He has also secured one-half interest in.
the lease Of Bowman and the Augusta OIL
will commence their No. 6 on that lease to-
morrow. The Buff well is showing up bet.
ter than it has heretofore and yesterday
made q a0-barrel flow,
BridgevilIe Oil.
BR-DGEvILLE-Thew well of W. L. Mellon on
the Hopper farm is in the 50-foot and max
ing 20 barrels q day from that sand. The
we'll of Mellon, Wilson and Sparks, on the
Forsythe farm is LOO feet deep.
Turned Out Greasy.
MURDooKsvLLE-The well of the Forest
Oil Company, Kelly Bros. & Cooper, ION the
Bailey farm, which was at first supposed to
be dry, has been shot and is good for an
eight or ten barrel well.
Down the River.
SHANNoPIN-The Forest Oil Company has
completed a well on the William Morrow
farm which will make IS barrels day.
The Farmers Oil Company's well ON the
Robinson farm, at Robinson, on the Nom
tour road, is down 2,l00 feet, and will be-
drilled 90 feet deeper.
Another Refinery.
A telegram from Butler last night stated
that refinery with capacity of 500 barrels
is soon to be built at that place.