Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-01


duction amounted to but 16 barrels. There
is an increase in the number of drilling
wells in Butler and Armstrong. This is
due to the Harmony and Zelienople fields
which nave been opened principally within
the last go days, and are now being rapidly
developed
Mcdonald Still the Center.
In the recapitulation at the foot of this
column will be found the. detailed work in
the various districts. Mcdonald is not
given separately but is classed in the South
west along with Warrington, Wildwood,
Grafton, Greene County, Montour, Brush
Creek, Hookstown, Turkeyfoot, West Vir-
ginia Macksburg and Marietta.
In the Mcdonald field alone there were
95 wells completed. Seven of these were
dry holes The new production of these 95
wells amounted to 8,119 barrels, or two
thirds the total production of all the fields
combined. The average size of the McDon-
aid wells, including the dry holes, was S5ll
barrels or bigger average by 1877 barrels
than the general average throughout all OF
tie fields
OF the dry holes at Mcdonald three were
on the Mcdonald farm, one on the Bell, one
one on the Miller farms.
about which the operating moths fiuttered
only year ago, two wells were completed.
Dixon & Co.'S Fo. / Sepky was dry and
Guffey & Queens No. 8 Kolbar was light
There are at present ZIG drilling wells
and rigs in the Southwest, and 158 of these
are located in the Mcdonald and McCurdy
fields
There are only three wells drilling, with
one rig at Wildwood; at Eureka, rigs; at
Mt. Morris, IL drilling wells; at Brush
Creek, drilling wells; at Westview, 2wells
drilling; at Murdocksville, and one each
at Nineveh, Washington and Hookstown.
The report shows the completion of eight
gas wells throughout the various fields.
Work in the Southwest.
The Southwest shows an increase in the
the number of completed wells. In De-
cember only 121 succeeded in reaching the
sand, while in January the bit punctured
the rock in 131 places, but the new pro-
duction declined from -, 469 barrels in De-
cember to 10,754 in January. or decrease
of 1.715 barrels. The dry holes increased
from 19 in December to % in January.
There was also decline in the number of
drilling wells. In January there were only
1877 started, against PIG in December, diff
ference 90, while there is an increase of ten
are that the results for February in Nc
Donald and the Southwest will not fall far
short of that for January. There are a
number of wells at Mcdonald which should
be in the sand to-day or tomorrow.
Patterson & Jones' No. 3, on the Shaffer,
is drilling between the fourth and fifth
sands and should be in the fifth to-day.
Gadey Bros No. 2, on the Widow Walker
farm, southwest of the Wetmore we'll,
should be on top of the fifth tonight. and
Guffey & Queens No. 1, on the Mark Robb
farm, is expected in to-day.
The Willow Grove Oil Company's No. 1,
on the Mankedick farm is due this week.
1t had showing of oil in the 5O-foot sand.
Patterson & Jones' No. 1, on the McGarr
farm, located mile west of the Kelso, is
down 9, 200 feet, and their No. Kelso is
nearing the fifth sand The Forest Oil
Company's No. 1 on the Martha Wright,
No 4 Shaffer and No. 2 Ewing are all ex-
pected in to- day.
Lower Ohio Operations
Down at Sistersville there are only seven
wells drilling and two rigs up. johnson &
Co.'S No. l Pfte is down 1,S0O feet;
Kanawha Oil Company's No. l Whitney
No. / Elliott is 800 feet; Miller's Run Oil
Company's No. 1 Disk is 1,4OO feet;
Twitchell & Co.'S No. 1 Stewart is down
500 feet; Emery Oil Company's No 1
Hisson is LOO feet, and Smith & Co. s
No. 1 Stocking is 400 feet Deep The
Kanawha Oil Company has rig up for No.
H. Rudolph; and j. G. Tenant has
finished rig on the Talbot farm. There
are II rigs up around Marietta, but no drill
ling wells. At Macksburg there are eight
wells drilling at depths varying from 400 to
1900 feet, and five rigs have just been COM
pleted.
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