Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-06
DRILLING IN WILDWOOD.
The WEATHER HAS A TENDENCY TO
CURTAIL NEW WORK

A HeT1od OF Activity Is Expected to FolloW
at an Early Day-Disposition of the
Standard to CurtaiI Production in We
mango County.
! :sPEcIAL TEL EGRAN TO THE DIsPATcH.l
WILDWOOD, April 5.-There was moth
/ ing in the way of new developments in this
field yesterday. The inclemency of the
weather and exceedingly bad roads have
tended to make news very meager, as well as to
curtail new work, and the quiet that now
reigns must evidently be followed by some
activity in the near future, owing to the fact
that in the southwest end of the field there are
in various stages of completion upward of 80
! wells, the majority of which will be brought in
during the present month.
The field Is quoted to-day as producing $500
barrels, and no small amount OF this produc.
tiOn is brought about by the effectual use of
glycerine, generally by the use of small shots.
which seem to have the desired effect. The ad-
vance wells generally seem tn be holding up
very well ForSt g. Greerlees' No AlSton is
still doing six inches per hour. and J. M.
GUHay's kretzer No. is doing Il inches in the
same time. McGinnIS & Co.'S No. l August
Kyle well, which was shot Friday. and which
WIS reported as going wild and breaking her
casing head and rank connection. was yeSter
day doing $50 barrels. which would indicate
that it has tanned somewhat Finnegan
DownnG's No. Wallace well was drilled some
yesterday and is doing at the rate OF 200 barrels
per day. Gibson & Giles have fishing job in
their No. Scott well at Semple's station. 1t
Is not thought to be of serious nature. GIrif-
fth's and the Forest Oil Company's Whitesell
well No. Il will be due beginning of next week
and they will start spudding No. Il on same
farm at that time. Calhoun & Co. have started
spudding their No. we'll Oh Robert Semple's
farm, threc-fourthS miles northeast of Wild
wood station. This well it seems would effec-
any farther northeast or not. Barnsdale.
Gillespie & Co.'S No. IL Kress well was
Yesterday reported & as doing eight inches
John VI. Patterson's No. l Espey well one
mile west of the Wildwood developments is on
top of the l00-foot sand and Griffshs & Co.'s
No. Cole well is 800 feet deep, j. g. Rolls
house well on the Aston farm near Nedsky
pump station is reported through the 100 foot
and dry. He will, however, drill 10 the lower
sands.
The Outlook in venango.
The outlook in the Venango field for the
coming season points to prosperity and activ-
lty. While the low price of oil would not seem
to justify much drilling, the shallow territory
and staying qualities Of the wells will be the in
centire and basis upon which the volume of
operations in Venango county will be conducted.
Individuality will be apparent on every hand
and there Will be more outside capital invested
than for some time in the past The disposi-
tion Of the Standard toward the curtailment
of the drill and production is more marked in
Nenango than at any other point.
The Standard people. while holding large
average of the prolific territory in the county,
will not push the drill on account of the gem
erai outlook In the gray sand territory the
activity will be most marked. The individual
holdings here are varied and invested with
a monetary stringency. Up old Oil Creek
there will be the usual amount
whether the production can be maintained. In
this locality of the county the drill frequently
strikes backed up oil and brings forth 40 or 50
barrel wells. This same condition of affairs
ne
and PIeasantville fields Around Oil CITY lloal
capital will work the small territory they have
had under their thumbs Tor some time.
EmIenton an Important District.
The Emlenton district is perhaps the most
important in the county. The producers here
are possessed of progressive nature and had
made up their minds some time ago to build an
independent refinery and pipe line. Upon more
mature consideration they came to the conclu-
sion they had taken the wrong horl of the di-
lemma and have called a halt 1t
is not now definitely understood whether
project or not. The possibilities of fair pro-
duction in this district during the summer are
good. Mari&sville Is liable to bring forth a
rich pool of smaiI proportions while Richey |
Run and Squaw Valley annexes are liable to |
a retrospective view of the oper- |
ations and production for the past month
important factor in the trade. The report of |
March shows only 90 wells completed with an |
aggregate production of 100 barrels, making an |
average to the well of little more than three |
barrels.
Operations in Butler.
Muddy Creek sill claims the attention of a |
large portion of the operators. On the Snyder |
farm the Heating OIL Company are down 700 |
feet with their No. 2, and Alexander, on the
Ripper farm, are pegging away at $50 feet |
Couch Co.. on the Frank Double are drilling
at 200 feet, and the Alexander Nicholas & Co.
will soon bounce the drill 1nniS & Co. con-
Cluded to try their luck at No. 2 Hockeubury
At Anderson Root No. 4 on Wcis farm, is in
the sand and showing for good well in this
locality