Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-22
Fifty -Barrel-an-Hour Well on the Nc.
Murray Farm, Near Oakdale.
WOODLAND OIL CO. THE GAMER.
Gordon Sander Struck on the Wallace, East
of Developments.
INDEPENDENCE AND WEST VIRGINIA

| the bottom OF OUU-DdrIel Ldnk. lulS is on
of the biggest wells ever struck on the Nc
Murray farm. They are only in the top o
the sand, and expect an increase when it j
drilled deeper.
The Peoples Gas Company has a we'll il
the top of the sand on the same farm.
was not in deep enough to strike the pa,
and the owners were still confident that j
would be a well.
Awell which created good deal of com
ment Yesterday was the Peoples Gas Com
pany's No 1870, on the Wallace farm, soutl
| of Laurel Hill. It is the tarthest we'll NJ
the hollow from the station at Laurel Hill
and is consequently farther east than any
we'll at that point and there is scarcely
well in the field which has a more importan
bearing on the territory as it will doubtless
cause the drilling of number of fresh we'll
in the undeveIoped territory to the east.
F! Drilling to the Eastward.
There are already number of wells drill
ing in, this region. but they are scattered
| and any one Of them might be almost dr.,
and still be within few feet of a rich
| streak.
The Forest Oil Company is putting in the
last casing at its test we'll on the Stirling
farm, located mile southeast Of Willow
Grove.
Friday, Keil & Co. have the rig up fol
their No. on.the Mrs. Robb farm. south
east of Willow Grove, and they are building
the rig for No. 9.
Unknown parties are building number
of other rigs in the same locality.
Three wells near Nobiestown are near
the Gordon sand.
The Jolly Oil Company expected to reach
the Gordon last night in its we'll on the
bridge lot, just across the railroad from the
station.
Greenlee & Forst were also expecting the
Gordon at every bit in their No. 2 on the
No. Marshall lease. This is the we'll in
which they found oil in the 100-toot sand.
Kennedy, Marshall & Co. s well, on the
James Roy lot. is within few feet of the
Gordon, and should be drilled into the pay
within the next two or three days.
Greenlee & Forst have six wells drilling
in the vicinity of Noblestown. Their No
1, on the McGrady lot, is down LOO feet;
No. 2, on the No. Marshall lease, is down
1.800 feet; No. 1, on the National Coal Com
pany's property, is in the 10O-foot sand, and
No. McMurray is down ], ZOO.
Wells to the Southwest.
The same parties No. 3, on the GLADDEN.
farm, southwest of Mcdonald, is down
about 500 feet. Their No. a. OH the Wade
farm, also southwest of Mcdonald, is 200
feet deep. They are rigging up at No. 5,
and building rig for No. 6.
In the McCurdy end Of the field Patterson
& Jones expect to bring in a couple of
wells this week. They are their No s
Kelso and No. on the Shaffer farm.
WilIison, Fried & CO., are down 1000
feet in their No. on the Henry Shaffer
farm, located between the McGarr and the
Wright farm wells They are in the salt
sand at their No. 9 on this farm.
The Forest Oil Company's No. 4 on the
Jane McGill farm is in the sand and show
ing only for 100 barrel we'll. Their No.
on this farm was in the fifth sand yester-
day, but not far enough to determine the
capacity of the well.
The Devonian Oil Co.'S No. on the
Boyce farm, in southwest McCurdy. was re-
ported yesterday to be showing for from 300
to 400 barrels day. The same company is
starting a rig on the Cubbage farm almost
three miles southeast of Mcdonald. Their
No. 2 on. the real estate property in south
McCurdy will be in the 100-foot within
day or two, and their No Elliot is drilling
at l 800 feet. They have just finished a rig
on the Mcdonald Bros. farm.
The Grover Cleveland Oil Company's
we'll on the Kelly farm, two miles south of
Mcdonald, was reported dry in the fifth
Yesterday, but the rumor could not be con-
frmed
The Forest Oil Company's No Jane
McGill struck pay in the sand at 13 feet
last night, and is making 20 barrels an
hour.
Work in West Virginia.
ARcHER's FoRKs-The production of
this field is only about 200 barrels day
from nearly dozen wells. There is only
one redeem1ng feature about them, and that
is they are all stayers. No well in the his
tory Of the field has started off big and then
declined. In this respect they take after
their neighbors at Sisterville, which usually
start off small and increase.
Barnsdall & Co. are starting we'll on the
Cummings farm. Vaudeville & Co. are also
starting we'll on the Davis, and BLY, & Co.
are rigging up on the Bredin property.
With better prices there is little doubt
but this field would be rapidly developed
AS it is at present it costs $1,000 to drill a
well and the operator lakes all the chances
Of wildcatter.
Bettman & Watson have purchased the
property of the Two Brothers Oil Company
on the island, and also the property of the
Brown Oil Company in West Virginia.
MARs-The Devonian Oil Company's
we'll, on the DR.. Irwin farm, south of this
sands 1t struck little oil in the 30-toot,
but not in a paving quantity.
ISDEPENDENCE-Dri has been re-
sumed at Mellon, Wilson 6 Co. s we'll, on
the Boles farm, which was shut down for
nearly six weeks. The tools are covered
under nearly 100 feet of cave. New casing
is to be put1into the well.
Carr Bros. have not been drilling at their
well for nearly two weeks. They still deny
that it is in the fifth sand, but at the same
time they refuse to let outsiders into the
derrick, and are mystifying it as much as
possible. They claim to be just at the top
of the fifth, which they say is coarse and
full of pebbles.
George Davis s. Co. were shut down at
their well on the Mcconnell farm; and
have been for the last two weeks.
The Stevens farm we'll, in Brooks county,
West Virginia, has developed into fair
gasser, which is being piped to Steuben-
Vile.
The we'll on the Wheeler farm has a press
ure of 300 pounds to the inch, and it will also
be attached to gas line. They intend to
shoot it this week.
The Columbus Oil Company is down 1000
feet on. the Smith farm, and Fritz s.
Samuels are starting rig on the Leggate
Bros. farm. -,
Butler County Developments.
Operations in the Butler field have
duieted down somewhat. Harmony and
Zelienople still remain thecenter of oper-
ations There is less activity in this quar-
ter, but the production is holding up with
marked tenacity. The southwest and north
west lines have been clearly defined, and
the most promising lead now seems to be
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