Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-15
OIL In THE BEALL WELL.
The REED FARM VENTURE SOUTH
EAST OF VENICE Is DRY.

Tools Run in on Top of Shot on the GIadd en-
Farm-old Wells Being Touched Up ut
Harmouy-G Grace's Well at sistersvIlle
Reported Big.
There were no wells of the Kelso stripe
completed yesterday in the Mcdonald field.
There was report current last evening
that it had increased from 100 to 125 barrels
an hour.
The well of Carr Bros. on the Beall farm, at
Independence, Washington comfy, was re-
ported to be showing little oil in
the Gantz sand but not enough to
warrant the venture being classed as well.
The report came from reliable source, and
there is little reason to doubt but that some
The venture of Captain Grace on the Rose
berry Calvin farm: at Sist-rville. which was
reported in THE DISPATCH yester-
n NJ" subject of general inquiry yesterday.
One telegram received stated that the well
WAS making 100 barrels q day, and that no
salt water accompanied the oil. This figure
was considered high, but up to a late
hour last evening no other information
hal been received. Several Pittsbur. oper-
ators left last evening for Sistersville and
Indecnndence. Kennedy, Fitz~iobons 6
Bot. 5, IN the Moore farm, in ST u Invest Nc
Curdy. Is through inc Gordon sand. No oil
was found. They have put the last casing
in their No. s Moore. Hussler, Davis &
Bolts No !, on the Boyce farm, which has
stopped flowing. has been cleaned out, and
will soon be ready for pumping. Their No.
Q Boyce is in the 10O-foot sand and No. 8 is
down 800 feet.
Guckert & Steele's No. 8, on the Mevey
farm, had stopped drilling and the owners
had decided to rig it up for pumping. While
they were putting in the tubing 1t started to
flow again, and yesterday afternoon was
still producing voluntarily.
The Tools Struck the Shot.
Greenlee & Forst's well on the GLADDEN.
farm, o mile southwest of Mcdonald, has
been almost destroyed. A shot was put in
1t Wednesday afternoon, and after it was
supposed that the shot had exploded the
tools were run. The glycerine had not
gone of, however, and when the tools were
dropped into the hole an explosion occurred
that tore the cable into shreds and twisted
the tools into a corkscrew shape.
1t is thought that the well will have to be
plugged, as the tools can scarcely he taken
out. Hays & Gartiands No. 10 on the Miller
SHOULD be in the Gordon sand to-day
Guckert, Learn and the Jennings Bros
well on the Reed farm. southeast of Venice,
which has been attracting great deal OF
attention, has been drilled through all
sands and is dry. 1t was stepped at 2,6C0
feet.
HARMoNY-Guckert & Steele's No. stauf
fer, which was reported dry. has been shot
and is aking lG0 barrels n day. Their No.
6 Stauffer was shot Saturday and is also
ma king 100 barrels a day. No. Z, on the same
rigging up No. s. The same parties No. l,
on the Schiever, which reached the sand
month ago, has been drilled deeper and is
now putting out 20 barrels all hour. No. .
Schiever is down $50 feet. They have started
to rill No. 8 and rig is mp for No.4 A rig
is being built for No. l Schela.
In Wildcat Territory.
INDEPESDENCE-The Kanawha Oil Com
nany is building a rig on the Raston fa rm
Greenlee & Forst- are building a rig on the
Beall farn half a mile northeast OF the Caw
Bros we'll on the same farm. Mellon. VIII
SOD & Co. are fishing for n bailer on the
Boes farm. The Davis No. l is almost
through the Big Injun sand. Whitnal &
Gray have loca ted n WELL one mile north
east of town on the r. b. Vance farm. 1t has
been stated that the test wells which
have been put down i'll this vicinity
did not get the regular sand formations.
Such is not tile case. The McCa1mont Oil
Company drilled a we'll on the Buckley
farm couple of years ago, located one mile
northwest of Independence, to depth OF
2670 feet They got A. 1eet OF Gordon sand
and good fourth and I'll eth sands. The well
south of Bethany drilled by the Natural GAS
Company, of West Virr mia, also got all of
the sands, as did the Hatterson well.
The production of the Mcdonald field. ac-
cortting to close estimates, went up to 80, $50
barrels Yesterday. The stock in the field IS
rs 0cO barrels. Guffev, Jennings & Co.'S No.