Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-22
THREE SMALL WELLS.
The Drills Failed to Find Much Oil
at McDonald Yesterday.
MEISE POOL WELLS ARE LIGHT.
sistersville Operators Are Starting Great
Deal of New Work.
SUMMARY OF INDIANA OPERATIONS

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The late crop of wells which is being fin
ished up in the Mcdonald field and its en-
virons, are not casting billets OF gold before
their owners eyes
Three new ones were reported yesterday,
and they are all light The production of
the field did not go up or down and there
was no change reported in the stocks.
Slagle, LEM & Fried's No. 2, on the
Noble farm. located Southwest of the Wal
ker well, in the western part of the field,
was reported last evening to be almost
through the fifth sand and good for only 60
barrels a day.
The No. i Noble, of Greenlee & Forst,
located in the same neighborhood, will get
in the sand some time to-day.
The New York Oil Company's No. 8, on
the Fife farm, may reach the fifth sand by
Monday.
over in the vicinity of the Meise pool the
showing made by the Gordon sanders was
even worse
The Forest Oil Company's No 2, on the
Robert Wallace farm, located 600 feet north
east of the Meise, was reported last evening
to be IS feet in the Gordon and showing for
q light we'll
The same company's No. 8, on the Camp
bell farm, was II feet in the Gordon, and
had made only a couple of small flows.
Their No. 8, on the Mrs Campbell, is in the
top of the sand, and the indications point to
fair well, but nothing big.
Ward, Canning, Jennings & Co.'S test
well, on the Oak Ridge Coal Company's
tract, northeast of Oakdale, is due to reach
the Gordon sand Monday afternoon.
May Open New Territory.
The Moore Oil Company is still fishing
for bit, in its we'll on the Oak Ridge Coal
tract, which is stuck about five feet above
the Gordon sand. Both Of the above wells
are In new territory, to the east of the old
line of drilling, and if they come in good a
new lot of land will be opened for the risky
operator.
The fourth sand we'll on the Mccoy farm,
located notheast of the old McCurdy pool,
and owned by the Lockhart Iron Company,
II. S, Stewart and S. d. Robson, was max
ing 10 barrels an hour, from the fourth sand
formation, yesterday morning. 1t is only
half mile southwest of the Spear farm
well, the owners of which claimed yester-
day, that at the start it made $50 barrels a
day.
Nhe daily production of the Sistersville
field is over 1000 barrels. No wells of any
importance have been brought in during
the week A number of new rigs are being
built, and nearly so strings of tools are
running.
The Eureka Pipe Line Company has
over 200 men at work building
35, 600 barrel tanks They will be located
on the Eple Wells farm below town. The
tame company has just placed another
boiler in its pump station owing to the
increase in the runs which have almost
gotten beyond the capacity of the old sta
tion. There are now five boilers in the
station.
New Work at sistersviIIe.
The Tyler Democrat says:
A new rig is being built on Boards lot by
the Diamond, known as the Pancoast
property, by Wallace s. Parker and will be
drilling by next week.
A new rig is also being put up on Miss
Maria Wells lot on Main street BY Nc
Cullough.
Another new rig was built on the lands of
the Wells girls in the bottom near the depot
by L. A. Brenneman, and will be drilling in
a day or two.
Dutton & Daily have started new we'll
on the lands of C. P. Mccoy near the grave
yard.
P. b. Gaffney mas started another new
well on the lands Of C. P. Mccoy near the
Presbyterian parsonage.
A new well of Tennett & Jones on the
Witten farm just across the river is a good
GOO barrel we'll
Another new well is drilling on the lands
of Mrs- S. I. Wells in the rock cut just
above town, and short distance below the
big gasser by Ludwig & Mooney.
Tennet & Jones are drilling another new
well on their farm just above town in the
rock cut.
Dutton & Daily's well in Brooklyn on
Mrs. Golfers lot is in and good producer.
Murphy's well on Dr. G. B. Vests lot on
Elizabeth street was reported last week to
be good for 200 barrels, but it is not max
ing over 25 barrels.
Wallace & Parker's well on G. Graham's
lot which was reported at 800 barrels is
making over 400.
Reports From Late Wells
A telegram last evening states that the
well of Gillespie Brothers, on the Stock
ing farm, three miles northeast of Sisters
vile, was drilled in deeper and the result
was Q surprise The well was reported
doing something like 400 barrels day, but
when drilled in the output increased to 600
barrels dav. This is one of the best wells
in the Sistersville field.
Valilee & LIE Counts well, recently
brought in on the Hubbard farm on the
Ohio side, is said to be showing up in good
shape and indications are that it will be
good producer.
Those who expected so much from the
well on the Moore farm, owned BY johnson
s. Deuel., are likely to be disappointed, as
it is said to be showing up poorly.
wndcatting Around New Martinsvine.
1t looks as though the district around
New Martinsville would undergo a pretty
investigation. New Msrtinsville
is about nine miles northeast of Sisters
willie. The land of that section it is said
is being leased rapidly.
Two or three wildcat wells are reported
drilling, and others have been located.
Among the firms who own leases in the
New Martinsville territory and who will
drill wells are Gillespie Brothers
A New Martinsville Company and Steven
son & Co., at Thomas Mills, are drilling a
well on the latter lease, which lies about
seven miles southeast of New Martinsville
Drilling has been interrupted by q fishing
job.
An Accident at Sistersville.
Tuesday, as William Netcher. of WASH
ington, Pa, tool dresser, was leaving the
oil well at which he was at work in the Sis
field to go to his boarding house
his foot slipped from under him and he fell,
breaking the small bones of his leg. His
injuries are of such q nature as to keep him
from being taken to his home
A special from Montpelier, Ind, concern
ing the operations in that State, says:
A large number of wells have been drilled
in this State, but by no means has the State
been thoroughly tested. Oil was found in
Randolph county in the vicinity of Win
chester, some four years ago, and no devel-