Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-14
OIL PRODUCERS MEET
Operators Present From All of The
Pennsylvania Fields.
BRADFORD PREMIUM INCREASED.
The MeCurdy Again to the Front With a
Good Well, Also a Poor One.
A TRUE BILL IN THE CONSPIRACY CASE

The Pittsburg Assembly of the Producers
Protective Association held an important
meeting last evening. There was large at
tohdance Of the local producers and there
were also present producers from all over
the PENNSYLVANIA fields. The officials of the
assembly refused to say anything in regard
TO the meeting, but it was learned from
other sources that the object of the
meeting WIS for the purpose of taking some
definite action toward organizing the com
pany, which has been talked of for the past
year, to refine oil. None but independent
producers will be admitted TO hold any
stock 1t is proposed to built an independ-
ent refinery near Pittsburg, and lay pipe
lines TO all of the fields in Allegheny coun-
~. Among those present from other fields
were oS-State Senator j. W. Lee, %, ID. BLAKE
ley, ". J. Welsh and G. S Criswell; krankin;
w. ID. Rider, CambTidgeton, and j. IL. Golds-
borough, Of Bradford.
The National Transit Company yesterday
added cents to the present premium OF D
cents q barrel on Bradford oil. and also
placed a premium OF cents a barrel on the
oil of the Allegany county IN. " field.
From the Fields.
The McCurdy field led theattention of the
local operators yesterday and its record was
about the same as Tuesday-one good and
one light well From the present indications
the producers in this field believe that it will
extend through to Mcdonald on 45o line.
Gillespie Bros No. 3, on the Jane Riddle
farm, tapped the sand last night and started
on at 20 barrels an hour. 1t is located about
$40 feet north of the church. Fisher & Co.'S
McCloskey farm well, mile northwest of
the McCurey, was OF top OF the Gordon
Thc wate- has been cased off. The Bear
Creek Refining Company and Bradley No.
Adams came in yesterday and is doing about
eight barrels an hour. Black Il Guffys
living farm well, from which so much was
expected, was drilled into the sand yester-
dag afternoon and is showing light,
ds5 1t was shut IN until the Ra1E faakag
Emerson are still fishing in the
Mcnkc and have bad job on hand. If they
do no: get the tools out in day or two they
viii drill past them. Mellon Co Palmer
due. The Fisher Oil Compan4s Riddle No.
>, is down 1900 feet, and their No. 2 is
through the lOO-foot Guffy & Murphy's
Herr No. l is in the Gordon, and
their No. is through the 100
foot. Patterson & Jones' Lloyd farm
well did not increase its production yester-
20 reach the sand to-day. The Bear Creek
Company and Bradley's Adams No. is in
the Gordon. The Fisher well on the Stewart
IS dry in the third and Gordon sands and
will be drilled to the fifth sand The Fort
Pitt Gas Company is building rig for its
William Burns No ..
Operations at Wildwood.
WIDwooD-Ircland 6 Hughes well on the
hummer farm is 400 feet deep. 1t is on the
extreme western edge, and their well on the
BRYANT is on top Of the sand and will be
drilled in to-day vein or gas was struck
90 clear tie hole OF 900 feet Of salt water.
VIII BE Shot To-Day.
MooN-Captain Grace intended to shoot
his well on the Doty acre yesterday, but be-
fore the arrangements were complete it was
so late that he decided to postpone it until
this morning. The HeTvey OIL Company is
drilling in its McCutcheon No. D.
The Day Well Again.
Observation-Disclosures Caldwell, of the
Peoples Light and Heating Company, said
Yesterday tha1 the Day well was now in the
stray above the Gordon. He claims it is
bona fide 2O-barrel GantZ sand well, 1t is
an edge well in his opinion as it is only 75
feet from the Clark gasser. The Peoples
Company made three new locations on sep
prate farms yesterday in order to hold their
leases.
oBLEsTowN-Murphy & Jennings well
back OF NoblestOwn is good for 25 barrels,
pumping naturally.
Operations Down the River.
ST. MARYs-The well on Friendly Island,
i've miles above st. Marys and owned by
johnson, Storey & Duel, is making Is barrels
a day. 1t was under watec foe ten months.
ThcyarC preparing to pump il.
Considerable Activity at Mcdonald
McDoNALD-A large number of rigs are 60
ing up in this vicinity and the indications
are good for active operations all summer
The Robb well has been shot and is doing 25
barrels from the Gordon sand. The Sauters
well is making 100 barre!a.
Wildcats in Armstrong.
ARMsTRoNG-W. H. Mckee & Co. are drill
fnE wildcat well a mile and q half north of
Armstrong; Run. Moore & Thomas struck
some gas in their wildcat at upper Hillville.
two miles northeast of Armstrong; Run
They failed to get oil to any extent, but will
shoot it this week.
Well at HarmonviIle.
EARMoNvILLE-The tools have been gotten
out of the James McRoberts well. Oil was
struck in but the well is now being drilled
deeper
Tie Carson farm well of Smith & HAYDEN,
back OF Tempelancev1lle, is down !, 400 feet.
That Alleged Conspiracy.
MEADvILLE-The grand jury returned a
true bill yesterday in the case of j. C. Nc
kinney CT al VS. Barney Forst and c. ID.
Grecnlee. At the instance of the defendants
the ease was continued until the September
term OF court. The plaintiffs allege that the
defendants obtaincd money by false pre-
lenses by misrepresenting the value of oil
wells in the Wildwood field for which the
plaintiffs paid defendants, Forst and Green
lee, 4a,0O0 for q half interest. At the time of
the deal the plaintiffs owned the other half
OF tho wells in question.