Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-18

Company will shoot their No. well on the
KonIbar to-day. Waterhouse & Hooker No. 2,
on the Whitesell farm, and Black & Co.'S No.
| l. on the Hardy, were shot yesterday, but the
production was not improved. The Metro
| politan Oil Company's No. 8, on the kohlbar,
| is ten feet in the sand, and showing very
| light. Parks Bros. shot their No. on the
Eichenlaub farm at atHerbertstationy yesterday
| afternoon, but the result could not be
| learned. The Metropolitan Oil Company's
| No on the Kyle will make a 2S-barrel well.
| The Roth Oil Company's No. on the /. p.
PEBBLES will not make over 80 barrels day.
McGinniss & Co.'s No. 2 on the Kyle is doing
800 barrels. Guffey & Queen have rig up
on the northwest corner of the Kretzer
farm and have timbers on the ground to
build rig on the northeast corner of tho
Schwab fam. Evans 4 Mandeville's No. 3
on the Wright farm was deep in the sand
last night and is rated as a 30-barrel well.
The Roth Oil Company is building a rig on
the northwest corner of the John PEBBLES
farm.
Two Dry Holes at Moon.
MooN-Mechlin & Co.'s we'll on the
William Springer farm is through the sand
and dry. The Tri-State Oil Company's well
on the William Springer farm is also dry. 1t
is 300 feet northeast of the George Springer
farm. J. A. Ferguson's well on his own
farm, which was struck Monday evening, is
pany's No. l well on the Harper farm will
get the sand to-day. peculiar accident
happened at this well yesterday. The sand
reel was pulleQ from ITS mOOr1ngS, 1erkeQ TO
the top of the derrick and fell down inside
the derrick. Fortunately no one was in
jured.
The Scott Still Burning.
McCURDY-The Bear Creek Refining Com
pany's we'll on the Scott farm on the west
ern edge of the pool. which was fired by
lightning night before last, is still burning.
1t flows oil occasionally, and the strong
flow of gas feeds the flames. Thesowners
tn have morning
have taken down a rig on the Rutledge farm
and will be put up at the Scott as soon as
the flames are extinguished. Guffey Muir
phys No. 2, on the Kerr farm, is due TO get 4
the sand to-day.
Around Bakerstown.
BAKERsrowN-TheB Butchers Oil Company's |
No. /, on the Clendenning farm, has filed up |
200 feet with oil from the 30-foot sand. They |
are drilling deeper. The same company's |
No 2 on the Robert Clendenning is doing 80 |
barrels day, and their No. l on the same |
farm, where they have been fishing for six |
months, has been abandoned.
An Abandoned Gas Well.
ELLwooD-Snce this new town has been |
laid out people have been specializing as to |
the probability of gas being struck in the
vicinity. A company has been formed for |
the purpose of supplying the town with gas, |
and it is reported to have about completed |
arrangements to bring the fuel from the Big |
Slippery Rock township, Lawrence county. |
An Old-time operator who formerly resided |
in the vicinity of Ellwood said last evening in
speaking of the place: cit is not generally |
in two miles of Ellwood. It was early in the |
that well was put down at Aliens
Mills, near the mouth of Duck run, on the
At the depth of 800 feet a
vein of gas was struck which literally threw
the tools out of the hole. Tools then were
not SO heavy as they are now, but still you
We did not know how to handle gas wells
then as we do now, and before long it took
fire. Later the fire was put out and the gas
piped to limestone Quarries in the vicinity,
stone for commercial purposes, and the gas
was cut off, The well was still flowing off
gas a few years ago, and am
gas can be found from there to the
Beaver river.
More New Locations.
The Manufacturers Company has located
1--WE wells in the McGalrey pool since their
Linn No. came in. Two of these are on
the Linn, one on the A. G. Pollock one on
Jhe Robert Heron and one on the j. NJ |
Pollock farm. The rig for the Linn No. is
completed The jefferson Gas Company has
ocated No. on the Martin farm.
Oil Instead of Salt.
AKRoN-On was struck at a depth of 700
eet yesterday in the well at Wadsworth
WHICH, was poins urAlou 4or Salt. Ats pres |
mt capacity is only a few barrels day. The |
trike has caused considerable excitement
n this locality.
Personal !
FRANK FERTIe, the big, good-natured, all
round producer, who is known all over the
and Ohio fields, was shaking |
lands with old friends at the Hotel Boyer
asst night.
w. o. SMITH, formerly editor of the Punk
Spirit and member of the last
legislature, has been engaged as editorial
writer ON the Bradford Era he is well |
lnown throughout the oil regions.