The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-08-12
NEW OIL DEVELOPMENTS.
Old-Time Activity Returning in the
Indiana Field.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WARREN, Ind, Aug. 11-This portion of
the Indiana oil field has assumed considera-
BILE activity of late. About three miles south
and about two miles west, an oil pool of
some significance has been developed by
James Mccormick, of Button the Ohio Oil
Company and Ludwig & Mcdonald, of To-
ledo, the three parties who seem to have the
bulk of this territory Mr.. Mccormick has
600 acres on which he has drilled about thir-
ty wells, all of which have proven profitable
and some have been exceptional payers.
Ludwig q Mcdonald have the Conwell farm
adjoining McCormick's leases on the north.
Ihey purchased the lease with two small
wells and have drilled one more. They drill
100 feet in the Trenton formation, regardless
OF water consequences. In the former or
early developments of the field in this region
the drill was generally suspended at from
thirty to thirty-iive feet in the Trenton. The
result attending this proceeding seem to be
quite satisfactory. The Conwell well has a
good supply of salt water. 1t is tubed with
three-inch tubing. 1t required the best part
of day to get it TO doing oil. 1t then made
twenty-five inches in a 25O-barrel tank in
twenty-four hours. The next day it made
twenty-seven inches and on the third day
in Section !, Van Buren, township, Grant
county, while Mr. McCormick's is in Section
Il, adjoining on the south Southeastward
four miles one comes to the center of the
Mount Zion pool which takes in a couple Of
sections in the northeast corner of Jackson
township, wells county, and couple more
sections in the southeast corner of Sala-
mon1a township, Huntington county. Here
there are some fresh operations by the Sun
III company, Waterhouse and Sherbundy.
the latter completed a small producer on
the western edge of the pool a few days ago
on the Elliott farm The Sun Oil Company
also obtained one that is only medium
producer Between these pools is stretch
or about four miles that has not been drilled
to any extent. Hundson and others have
rev leases in a group on the route, with
about a dozen fair producers.
Jumping from these southwark three
miles one reaches the original Developments
in Jackson township, Wells county-the old
Purdue and Cunningham wells, which are
in this particular locality after drilling to
depth OF about thirty feet in the Trenton.
Argue q McKisson secured the Byal farm,
Section To- jackson township. They COM
pieted well few days ago that started at
a gushing rate. and on the second day made
100 barrels. Ludwig & Mcdonald, on the
Leonard farm, to the southeast and in the
north edge of Washington township. Black
ford county, nine miles south of Warren,
and about two miles east, have completed
ten wells during the past four months. OF
these seven were pumping the latter part of
last week, from which they obtain 240 bar
rels day; The other three were started this
week. and have increased the output ma
terially On the Roberts farm three-quar-
ters of mile northwest OF Dundee, Cuda-
hy's Northern Indiana Company. completed
two wells last week, one of which started
off at a big pace, making 40 barrels in an
hour or such a matter. 1t went OFF color
however, and was being put in condition to
be saved Monday, The other well, which is
located on the eastern side of the farm. was
spraying seVenty-live barrels day after the