Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-01
WORK IN THE FIELDS.
The Oil Report for the Month Leans
Toward the Bull Pen,
SMALL DECLINE AT EVERY POINT.
More Doing at Mcdonald Than in All the
Other Pools Combined.
DRY HOLES IN THE LITTLE FIELDS

| URI HULES In The LITTLE FIELDS
The work in the various oil fields during
| the month just ended shows decrease in
every feature of the business There is one
exception. The average size of the wells
has increased from 55H barrels to So
Outside of the Southwest district, of
| which Mcdonald is the leading pool, there
| is almost a shutdown. In Butler county a
| few energetic operators are still at work,
but in the territory to the northeast of But
| Ter the new work is so scattered that it is
almost imperceptible.
The increase in the average size of the
wells is due principally to the opening of a
bigger fifth sand production at Mcdonald
In February the great majority of the wells
struck were Gordon sanders, with usually
a small output, while in March some good
fifth sand rock has been tapped, with a con-
sequent improvement in the capacity Of the
wells
The decline during March has been so
small, however, that the report can be said
to be only bordering on the bullish. 1t has
not gone so far in that direction that the
gay tauri will be justified in giving vent to
more than ordinary exultation.
March Work in Mcdonald.
There were only 81 wells completed in the
Mcdonald field in March, as against 80 in
February. The new production was 7,087
barrels, decline of 719 barrels since the
previous month. There are now III wells
drilling and 30 rigs up, while at the end of
February there were ll6 wells drilling, and
80 rigs up and building.
While three dry holes were reported in
February only one is recorded during
March. 1t was Jennings, Guffey & Co.'S No.
on the McMasters farm ON the north west
ern edge OF Developments north of the Wet
more wells.
This field has been spreading out rapidly
during the last three months but a no time
has it developed in one direction quicker
than within the past ten days. The indica-
tions now point to a nice fifth sand pool east
and south from Noblestown. A couple of
wells NEAR the top of the fifth sand will give
some idea of its dimensions before the mid
die of the week.
OF Noblestown, which was finished up this
direction.
In the region southwest of Mcdonald a big
lot of territory is being held until the roads
prove hard enough to move machinery,
when an attempt will be made to get an out
let In that direction.
Throughout the Southwest.
In the whole southwest field there was
decline OF Is in the number of completed
wells during March, as compared with Feb
ruary, and decrease OF ], l46 barrels in the
new production. There is n decline of one
in the number of drilling wells, five in the
number OF rigs.
The pools in the southwestern Pennsyl-
vania field outside of Mcdonald have proven
almost worthless during the past month. In
Murdocksville, Brush Creek, Grafton, Wild
wood, Mt. Morris, Warrington and Wash
all but four of them were dry. The
lucky ones were the Raccoon Oil
Company's No. s, on the W. S. Armor
farm at Murdocksville. IS barrels: the Hood
Oil Company's No. Hood, same field, bar
rels; Wiley & Co.'s No. Vance at Mt. Morris,
Is barrels, and the South Penn Oil Companys
No. 2. on the James Yost at Warrington, 10
barrels.
There were u wells completed in the
harrisburg. Marietta and Sistersville pools.
Four of them were dry and the other eight
Tenants No. Talbot. at Sistersville, is re-
ported to be good for 150 barrels; Twitchell
Hersbeirger's No: Stewart is good for lso,
and the Emery Oil Company's No. l j. Il.
Hisson is only l5-barrel well.
One Producer in Four Wells.
Only one producer was found out of four
wells drilled at Marietta. 1t was Mccullough
& Co.'s No. Reese, and is doing ten barrels
n day.. Mosley & Sons No. 2 Mosley at
Macksburg is doing only two barrels a day;
Roesser's No. Il Marshall is making only
three barrels: the Hall Oil Companys No.
Driscoll is doing eight barrels a day. and
Wickens & Crossley's No. Wickens Is putt
ing out 25 barrels q day.
Plenty of new Work has been started in the
three pools. There are II wells drilling, and
started around Marietta. Barnsdall & Co.,
and Ackerly & Samuels are the heaviest
operators.
The Parkerstown Oil Company's No. l,
Milers Run Oil Company's No. 4, J. Rowles,
is !. 100 feet deep: Brennerman & Co.'S No. /,
J. Rowles is down 100 feet and the Kama wha
Oil Company's No.. H. Rudolph, is drilling
at 700 feet
The Victor Oil Company's No Carpenter,
at MARIETTA, is down 300 feet; Ackorly s
Barnsdall & Co.'S No. l Bate is 1900 feet
deep. Three wells are spudding-Barnsdall
4 Co.'s No. Cummings, BLY, & Co.'S No. 3
Braeden and Vaudeville & Co.'s No. Davis.
Williams & Co.'S No. l Lund, at Macks-
burg, is down 765 feet.
McCurdy and Loc1l Pools
In the NlcCurdy end of the Mcdonald field
there are II wells drilling and four rigs up
Patterson & Jones are drilling eight of the IL
wells. There are four wells drilling at
Westview and one rig up. At Montour there
are five drilling and three rigs. There are
four drilling wells and one rig at Murdocks-
vile.
Brush Creek has two drilling wells and
two rigs. There are two rigs up, but no
SG,s IN the at
Mt. Morris there are ten drilling wells and
six rigs. Warrington has eleven wells drill
ing and five rigs up. The Washington Oil
Company's Logan farm well at Washington
is down 200 feet; and the South Penn Oil
Company's No. Millignn at Nineveh is $500
feet deep.
The wells brought in at Mcdonald last
month which are reported rs doing over lOO
Bell heirs. 700: Forest Oil Company's
Guffey, Rus Russell, s McMullen tD'0' & o. Co.'S rs
No. 8 Wettengel. 75o; Woodland Oil Com
pany's No. McMurray, 400: Venture Oil
100; Kemp & Co.'S No. Wade, 20: Mansfield
Oil Company's No. Davis, 100; Forest Oil
Company's No. Jane McGili, 25C: No. 3
Eta Glenn, zoo: Forst & Greenlee's No.
Wade, 100; No. National Coal Company,
/ 1000; j. NJ Gufrey & Co.'s No. Mary stur-
geon, l25; No. same farm, 120; Jennings,
Guffey & Co.'S No. 3 Matthews heirs, loo;
Pew & Emerson's No. $50 Miller. 100; Porter
Oil Company's No.. Miller, 15o: Cutler &
Aniscough, loo.
Bradford and Allegheny Dead.
In the whole Bradford and Allegheny
field there is only one new well drilling and
four rigs up. Seven wells were completed.
two were dry and the new production is
only q barrels. In the Middle field 35 bar
reis of new production was gotten
out Of IL wells; and in Venango and Clar-
ion seven completed wells yielded 80 barrels
of new production. Thirty-three wells in
Butler and Armstrong gave 1Ol9 barrels of
new production, the greater part OF which
was taken from the Harmony and Zelienople
POOLS The above figures are only little
less than those for the previous month.
The following recapitulation shows the
comparison between March and February:
REHABILITATION.
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