Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-20

on the S. K. Potter is down about 900 feet
and next week they expect to start No.
| on the II. III. Wetmore and Nos. and D on
the Samuel Wetmore.
The Wheeling Gas Company has the
| bailer out of its No on the w. B. Moor
head farm, southwest of Mcdonald, and are
drilling past the tools in No. 8.
| Patterson & Jones are starting to build a
rig on the Stonecipher farm. They did not
| drill in the McGarr well yesterday.
Mellon & Co. were due to reach the sand
last evening in their No. 2 on the Isaac
! Ewing farm.
New Wells Expected Soon.
Gardiner, Fitzgibbons & Co. expect to
| get the fifth to-day in their No. 6 on the
| Mertz farm in southwest McCurdy.
The DevOnian Oil Company's No. on
the Boyce farm, in the same locality, was
only few feet from the fifth yesterday, and
should be IL the top of it some time this
| afternoon. Their No. is drilling in the
100-foot sand
Mllllson 81 Co. are starting to drill at
their No. 2 on the Henry Shaffer farm.
Jennings, Guffey & Co. IS No. 3, on the
Matthews heirs property, is down 1000
feet and should be finished up next week.
They have started to drill No. 4, on the
Matthews heirs, and are fishing at No. on
the Bell farm
The gas well on the Hess farm, three
miles back of Hutton in Plum Creek town
shlp, Allegheny county, was drilled into
the third sand and started off at the rate of
nearly 400 pounds a minute. 1t is owned
by James A. Deeds 81 Co. and is said to be
the first gasser struck in the Gordon sand
north of Pittsburg
Greenlee q Forst have struck another big
gasser In the northwestern part of Butler
county. 1t is their No. on the Elliott
farm and is located ], 800 feet northeast of
No. 3, and within short distance OF
Elliott's mills. The gas from these wells
will be piped to New Castle to be used in
the mills of that city.
SistersviIle Is Booming.
SIsTERsvILLE-Shay & Smiths well on
the Stocking property just above Sisters
vile is showing for well in most en-
couraging manner. Yesterday afternoon
the tools entered softer streak in the sand
than they had been drilling in and the own
ers were hopeful that it would prove to be
third pay.
Leasers are focking into Sistersville on
every train, and are gobbling up all Of the
loose territory in the vicinity.
IL Odinty IdS ledScu 10 acres DelO0g-
ing to j. B. Mccoy, below and back of the
ing to the Rev. George Stewart has
been leased by the same party
for S25 month. The Joseph
Lightner farm. lying along the river below
the town, has also been leased recently for
5000 month.
Apple & Mercer have rig completed on
the Ephraim Wells farm below the town.
The Diest well, which came in last week,
is making only 40 barrels day.
Tennent's No. 3 is due to get the sand
some time next week His No will be
drilled deeper to-day or Monday.
johnson & Duel have started to drill at
their well on the Tom Moore farm.
The Corbitt well will be drilled to the
Gordon sand next week The Polecat well
is making about ten barrels of oil a day. A
three-inch casing is being used, and if the
water does not decrease within the next
three weeks they will put in four-inch
casing.
West Elizabeth Gas Field.
WEST ELIzABEfH-Snee & Owens
Wylie No. 2 has been drilled deeper into
the sand, and has developed into a first
class gasser. The Tepe well has been shot
and made nice flow of oil. The following
is synopsis of the work now being
n.
& Co.'S No. 2 Large, drilling at
?, 800 feet; No. 8 Wyiie, rig building;
No. S. Stilley drilling at /, 800 feet; Forks |
of Road well down 9, 100 feet; Pierce No. 1 |
fishing at 700 feet; Gilmore No L drilling |
at 700 feet; Dean No. 1, rig building; Dean |
No. 2, rig building. This firms gassers are |
their No. 1 Bckerton, down 2, ,569 feet; No. |
2 Bickerton, down 2, $50 feet; No. Wray, |
down 2,66S feet; No. 2 Wray, down
!, $50 feet; No. L Peterson, down
1850 feet; No 1 Morgan, down
2, $50 feet; No. 1 Large, down 2,425 feet;
No. 1 Wylie, down 2,518; No. 2 Wylie,
down $3.50, and the big Connolly |
yasser, which is 1880 feet deep. The |
Bckerton wells are the biggest gassers out
side of the Connolly
The Campbell Glass Company is drilling
1t 2, $50 feet in its No. 1, on the Campbell
arm.
Joseph Walton & Co. are down 1 $50 feet
IN the Walton. The Philadelphia Gas Com
,any is not drilling anv wells at present
,ut have made several locations. They got
ome oil in their Parkinson farm well, but
we're compelled to abandon it at 2, ,632 feet
There is oil in their No Stevens, which is
hut in at 2, 800; and in their No. 1 Jones,
lso shut in. They have six gas wells in
his field.
Production and the Gauges.
The estimated production of the field
Wednesday morning compiled from gauges :
ras 5000 barrels, the same as the
ay before. The hourly gauges were as
pillows: Jennings, Gutfey s Co.'S Nc. Mat
hews, 25 HERON No. 2. 20: Heron No. T. 40;
IufTey q Queens Nos. l and Wetmore, |
}; No. /, Samuel Wetmore, 60; Devonian Oil
ompany's Nos. / and Boyce, 45; Oakdale
Ill Company's No. Morgan heirs, 25; Nos. 2 ]
nd Baldwin, 65 Nos. and Wallace, 30; I
crest Oil Company's No. l NJ. Wright 100;
10. 3 E. Wright, 90; Guffey, Murphy & Co.'S ]
os. and 2 Sam Sturgeon, %; production, I
900; stock in the field, 81, 900. I
The runs of the Southwest Pennsylvania I
ipe Line Company from Mcdonald Thurs
ay were 80, ,5S2: outside of Mcdonald, 1902; q
ational Transit, runs, "a COL; Shipments 49, 8
z: Buckeye runs, 4l,20i; shipments, 81, ,465 !
[acksburg runs liza southern Pipe !
inc shipments, 1850. New York Transit c
shipments, 37,703 barrels. Eureka G
ms, 6O65; shipments, 2,5l9.