Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-25
and Brady's Bend rolls-between and parallel
TO which 1t stretches for long distance.
1t Extends Through Five Counties.

to which it stretches for long distance.
1t Extends Through Five Counties.
Considering the fact that this rock-wavt
traverses and lifts up portions of tlve coun
ties in its course, it seems a misuomer te
call the new gas field-great as it is and is
| destined to be the "Pinhook field" That
carries with it the idea> that the field is CO.
extensive with the an (linal that bears the
| newly found gas areta on it's arched bach
n limited portion of the Pinhook uplift that
carries this great fifth sand gas deposit
From Plum creek on the southwest, in Ale
gheny county, to Walkers Mills on the
| northeast, orserooked creek in Armstrong
county, the distance along the backbone oi
The Pinhook is 81 miles. It is safe to assume
that gas will be found in the fifth sand
along the trend of that anticlinal, for dis.
tance of four miles southwest of Plum creek.
From that point to Crooked creek
is 25 miles. Allowing two miles for the
width of the belt would give us 81, 0o0 square
miles of gas-rock from which to drnw future
supplies.
This is assuming that the transverse Sec
tion or the Ptnhook axis, between the two
called fifth sand Il believe it should be tab
uated as the sixth sandy, is underlaid for
the whole distance by this recently discov-
cred sand stratum. We do not know that
such is not the fact Time and the drill OF
the fndefatigable gas hunter will alone de-
termfne the presence or the absence OF the
fifth sand at intermediate points between
the southern and northern termini OF what
now looks to be one continuous gas district.
The staying qualities of this and of all gas
deposits depend upon three things, VIZ:
first, the persistence of the gas-produclng
stratum and the area that it covers; second,
its thickness; third, its character as to por-
osity. Capacity of sand for holding gas
can be determined when its extent, thick
ness and character are known.
Now, what do We know of this deep SAND
on Crooked creek and Plum, creek?
First-We know that it is one and the
same sand. How do we know it? We know
it by careful instrumental and barometrlc
dwellings, from one field to the other, basing
our calculations upon we'll records kept
with care in both fields.
pressure itself. The maximum pressure of
gas is uniform throughout the length and
breadth OF the stratum conflning it. Hence,
knowing beyond question that the sand is
the same in both fields, we assume its per-
sfstence from one TO the other.
What do we know about its thickness
On Crooked creek it has been drilled into
upward of so feet in a well on the edge of
the deposit-where the volume was not so
great as to prevent drilling-with the indi-
cations of a greater thickness to the south
west.
All the Properties OF a Great Field.
What do we know of the character of the
sand, its quality as to f1neness or coarseness?
Weanswer, it is conglomeratic; pure, coarse
sand and pebble. II We had not seen the
sand, the volume of gas itself is the evil
dence of the coarse granulations of which
have evidence of the three-fold properties
of that gas-producing sand, viz: persistence
over an extensive area, unusual thickness
for lower sand and its open porous char
acter, thus making a capacious gas reser-
yoir. Upon this evidence we base the
opinion that there is stored away in the
rock-girt confines of that sand q supply of
gas for many years to come for the twin
cities at the mouth of the Allegheny and for
the numerous towns along its banks.
A. W. MCCULLOUGH.
1t was stated yesterday that new gas
field of immense proportions had been DIS
covered near Mt Nebo by the Philadelphia
Company. The rumor was that the Phila-
delphia Company had struck a we'll on the
Wright farm back of Mt Nebo that was as
good as any of the Pinhook wells, and that
opened up new gas territory five miles in
length. A month or more ago the
Philadelphia Company had bought
two wells near Mt. Nebo. The
we'll on the Wright farm was said to have
been three miles away from any other well,
and that this opened up a new field. 1t
was considered rich find, as it lay within
half mile of one Of the Philadelphia
Company's mains, and was only eight miles
from Pittsburg.
field. The new well is on the
Robert C. Wright farm, is within
sight of half dozen derricks,
some of which cover dry holes.
1t is only mile and a quarter from the
Mt Nebo oil wells While the oil is found
in the third sand there at the Wright we'll
not trace of the third sand was found
The gas was struck last Saturday at a depth
of 1000 feet 1t was closed in and when
tested yesterday it showed minute pres
sure of $50 pounds and rock pressure of
500 pounds though it is claimed it will run
500. The sand is heavy close one with no
good indications There is an
absence of loose pebbles, although some are
found imbedded in the sand-like
rock. History has never shown the fourth
sand as good sand producer.
Very Poor Promises of Richness.
The Philadelphia Company does not even
,wn the we'll According to the statements
Of Robert C. Wright the well is owned by
Crawford and Others They
nave lease on 40 acres of the Wright
arm. There are 35 acres of his tract un-
eased. The other farms in the neignbor-
hood are leased by man named Darling
on. 1eSteTuay sOue fHllauelplla COm-
oany men visited the we'll
Within mile from this we'll are two
wells on the Robert B Wright farm that
Ire dry. There are dozen other wells in
he neighborhood, some of which are dry
md some that were brought in several years
lgo, and are worn out The only claim Mr..
Wright makes is that there is a strip half a
nile wide running from Mt Nebo to
he Wildwood oil field that has never
been drilled over. His strip, however,
must follow the zigzag course of rail fence
20 escape the numerous derricks that are
,nly useful for the shadows they cast over
he proposed new Ferrysville field. One of
he wells on this belt is the John Homann,
which has only minute pressure of 40
John Sammels, the well-known oil we'll
contractor, has drilled all over the Mt Nebo
ield. In speaking of the territory last even
ng he said: ''It is one of the most spotted
'egions in the Southwest A couple of
Years ago wells were drilled there which
lad gas pressure as high as
100 pounds minute, but they failed to
lold up. Next to these wells others were
lrilled, in which neither gas nor oil was
ound. The sand is apparently broken up
nto narrow streaks of productive and bar
en- sand, and no one is sure of a WE'LL"