Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-19

the present, but it is liable to bob up again
| at any time. The razoo Just past was caused
| by the well of Captain Grace, on the
| Roseberry Colvin farm, located half
mile northeast of developments on
the Ohio side of the river. 1t was
reported for several DAYS to be doing
anywhere from 100 to 300 barrels day, but
on account of the out-of-the-way community
in which it was located no definite informa-
tion could be received from it. As conse-
quence, dozens of Pittsburg operators
rushed to the spot and the last of them came
struggling back yesterday. They stated
positively. yesterday that Grace's well is
not good for more than 20 barrels
a day at the outside. Half a mile
northeast of it on 22-degree line Myron
Watson is drilling we'll and is down to the
salt sand.
The most important we'll now drilling in
this locality belongs to John Shay, and is
in Sistersville, on the, West Virginia side
of the river. 1t is now being spudded
iu. The old polecat we'll, three
quarters of q mile up the river from Shay's
location has been put to pumping. They
are using three inch casing. This well was
drilled over a year ago and made several
| flows but the salt water soon drowned out
| the oil. Within the last few days they
have succeeded in pumping some oil out OF
the well, and hope to get out enough
water to eventually make it a
paying pumper. j. G.. Tenant
has just started to drill another well
on the Ohio side of the river. Apple & Co.
have 400 acres leased on the Virginia side
with the intent to operate soon, and Hanna
Bros. also have big block of Virginia ter
ritory which they also propose to develop.
Bonuses are now away up and land Is hard
to get in the vicinity.
Harmony and Zelienople.
The Harmony and Zelienople fields still
continue to loom up steadily day by day,
and are now attracting as much attention as
any Of the pools outside of Mcdonald.
There is great deal Of activity and many
wells are in contemplation. The daily pro-
duction is over 5000 barrels. There
are 21 strings of tools running
and eight new rigs are up. The
O'Donnell well, which is wildcat located
five miles to the southwest of Zelienople,
was tubed and is showing only little oil.
1t will bca small pumper. Beggs & Co. s
No. l, on the Knauff farm south of the
Mueller, is four feet in the sand and show
ing for a 50-barrel well. Cunningham well
on the Island is showing for IS or 100 barrels
day. Patterson & CO.. No. 1 on the
Horne farm has been tubed and is showing
little oil. 1t was shot with $50 quarts
not long ago, bnt has been ruined by salt
water.
The Mckinney Oil Company's No. 1,
Faulkner, is in the sand and showing for 15O
or 200 barrels day.
Cohen & Kahn have shot their we'll
on the Allen heirs farm and it
is showing for IS barrels day.
III a{f ~ .,
got q small show of oil in the hundred-foot,
and will be shot in day or two.
Golden & Co. are fishing for bailer in
their No. 4, on the Schiever farm. Their
No. 1 Schiever is flowing out; will soon
be rugged up for pumping Neice & Co. are
fishing at their No. PETER. The Hundred
Foot Oil Company started to pump its
No. Stauffer yesterday and is rigging No.
5 for pumping Cunningham & Co., drop
ped the casing in their No. Schieyer.
The casing has collapsed in Golden & Co.'S
No. 8 Schiever.
The following is daily guage of the
wells in the field: Kennedy & Co.'S No 1
EichoItz, 20; No. Q Eicholtz, 100; No 3
Eicholtz, IS. Lockwood & Co. g No. Etc
holtz, 70; No. ., 15O No. 3, 30 Mckinney
Oil Company's No. 1 McCurdy 16; No. 2.
40; No. g. 75; Evans City Oil Company's
No. Eicholtz 100; No. 2, $50; Nc. 3, IS;
Sutten s. Co. No. 1 Eicholtz, IS; No. 9,
90;- No. 3, 80; Hundred Foot Oil Company's
No. Stsuffer, Joe; No. 2, 2G0; No. 3, 100;
No. 4, 100; No.'5, rig; No. 6, rig; Golden
& Co. s No. 1 Shiever, 60; No. 2, 23o: No,
8, 800; Cunningham & Co. IS No. 1 Schiever,
500; No. 2, 40o No. 1, Holioman, so; Ham
dred Foot Oil Company's No 1,Schiever, 200;
Ne:ce & Co.'S No. Schiever, 200. Don
aghy &, Co. s No Holloman, 80; No. Q,
600 Brown & Co. 8 No. Holloman, 100.
Sutton & Co. S No. Hemphill, 16. Alex
ander & Co s No. Holloman, 30; No. /
Schiever $50.
@ Treacherous Gallery Sand.
CALLERY-This is the most treacherous
portion of the oil country in which to drill
There is scarcely well which has not had
two or more holes drilled to
the sand before the pay streak
was finally struck. If the tools are allowed
to stand few moments in the sand it caves
in upon them, and in the great majority of
cases the original hole has to be plugged
and the rig moved. The sand is constantly
caving, and no contractor is sure that
his job is ended until the we'll is
taken off his hands. Gearing &
Shaffer have the tools stuck in their
No. 1, which they started last summer, on
the Sam Staples farm. In the original
hole they were down 1000 feet when the
tools stuck and had to be abandoned. The
rig was then moved 100 feet north to its
present location, where they have been fish
ing for month. English & Grazier are
down 1 900 feet in their second hole on the
George Marburger farm. The first
hole had to be abandoned when
the tools stuck in the sand
Collins & Heasley are fishing for the tools
on the Waters farm back of Waters station
This is also their second hole. Craig Bros.
lost a bit at Is feet in the sand in their No.
8 Martin. They drilled partly past it, put
in shot, drove it into the wall, and at last
have succeeded in drilling past it entirely.
The Wildwood Wells.
WILDwooD-There are only two wells
now drilling in this field. They both be-
long to Guffey & Queen. No. 2, on the
Kolbar, should be in the sand to-day, and
No. 8 Runga, which'was started last sum-
mer, has a string of tools in the hole.