Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-10-18
Oh Notes.

Greenwood & Co.'S No. ), on the Duugan,
at Coyiesviile. started off at 100 bbls.
Stewart & Dart have located on the Nc
Ciymonds heirs near Greece City.
Christie & Co. have "a rig up on the
Rowe, near Gallery.
The Rochester Tumbler Go. are drilling
o tue steel, near Harm uny.
Dry Hole Frederick is drilling on the
Ellen Nixon farm near Browasdale-
Colestock d Co. sold their gas well On
tns AcGgatn farm IN Centre twp. To u
AiIiersjowu company.
Stewart g. Go. dave rig up u,. tue JoIn
Ferguson, and COuneEs Il tIsnei one on
The Thomas Parks
IN Aiddlesex township the Natural OIL
COS No >, on Inc Douglass, aas Increased
It. so barrels; aud thelr No. D. "a ths
W u'teaIdrs. Is showing good.
Has ett d Cos ~'eii on The A4ItIn, uear
" Eltesto~n, Is pumping some "I.
Elslcr mas made Il location "n tue Martin,
aud oinitn On tue hlrGef
CLARK, FauoIe q 90. sold lheir leases ou
the Buxton am other farms below Coup
erstJwm, Monday, 10 Collins & Heasley
Tor $25, 900
Leidecker d Co.'S we'll ON the Mangel is
showing Tor 100 bDls; Christie d Cos well
un the alters lot Is making 100 bbis; Dr..
McCandieSs 80 b6is. and Schatfner Bros ou
the Moore is rated at 60 UDls
Furquer d Co.'S we'll un The Eshelnan in
n. ", coruer of Aiddiesex Is doing about
100 bbis from what seems To be fourth
sand. A dozen rigs are gcing up i'll tnat
vicinity. q
The wells drilling to the Dorth-Ast aud
southwest of the North Washington fi-ld
have revived interest IN that field Per
rInn 6 Co.'S well near Six Points is the
iarthest To the northeast, aud Bartlett y
Cos we'll on the II. Gallagher, near West
Sunbury, Is the furthesc t. the southwest. .
fnis we'll was drilled il last week; vas
shot On Wednesday, and is thought 10 be
good for 30 barrels.
The iubricating oil field of French Creek
is one If the mast curious spIts in all oil
dom. The lubricating oil business had its
start in Blacksmith Evans we'll, aud since
then Sl2 000 600 worth uf oil has beeh
| taken from the few miles square of terri
tory where the oil is found. Around It's
prescribed limits wells that yield largely of
the regular illuminating oil have been
drilled, but none of that kind of oil has
ever been found within the lubrIcatlng oil
limits. This small but rich oil district ex
teuds into the village of Franklin, the
county seat of Venango county, aud there
are wells in many private yards in that
place. The production has fallen off great
ly, though, and the price also. The
monthly yield row Is not more than 1000
barrels, and the price is below 81 a barrel.
The Gil is refined at Oil City, aud eighty
different commercial products result, be-
sides the oil ITSELF
Wakenight, of the Derrick tells of a
couple Of cute dril.erS as follows; The
Willow Island well wilt probably remain
III state of uncertainty for some time,
owing To the duplicity of the crew til 4t
worked un The we'll. About the time the
well Was nearing the sand, Pilney Parker,
the owner, was called hons, and no left
instructions with the drilers 10 drill it To
the top of the sand and shut down till he
returned. The driIlers We're curious to
kno@ if there was any thing below and
drilled bit into the sand when the we'll
began to fill up Then they shut dogn
aud began hustling for leases aud picked
up $50 acres. When Parker returned and
found his instructions had been disobeyed,
he grew indignant and decided not To drill
his well deeper and says if the fellows who
played him false want to test their terri
tory they will lave to drill He is getting
ready to test the Willow Island we'll from
| the top Of the sInd. As previously stated
the o | was developed in the Big Iujun at
| depth OF ,450 fee;
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