Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-08
THE M'D0NALD FIELD.
Garland & Hays Get Another Good
Well on the Miller Farm.
THE ELLIOTT FARM WELL SHOT,
But Failed to Respond to the Action of
49,. the Nitro-Glycerine.
TWO WILDCAT WELLS REPORTED DRY

| TWO WILDCAT WELLS REPORTED DRY
There were several interesting occur
rences iu the Mcdonald field yesterday
The No. we'll of Garland & Hays, on the
Miller farm, was agitated and increased its
production from so to 100 barrels an hour
Their No. 3, on the same farm, reached
the fifth sand early yesterday morning,
and is putting out IS barrels
an hour. Greenlee & Forst's big well on
the Mevey farm has increased to 400 bar
rels an honr from $50. Guffey, Murphy s.
Co. put 120-quart shot into their No. on
the Elliott farm, but failed to improve it.
1t will be a small producer. w. P. Rend's
we'll at the Laurel Hill coal mines, about
which there have been so many conflicting
reports, is making by actual guage barrels
an hour.
Records of the Wells.
|, McDoNALD-The drill is on top of the
fifth sand in w. P. Black 4 Co. IS No. 1 on
the McNall lot 1t is showing for a fair
well. Their well on the Crooks lot is max
ing Is barrels an hour, and their George lot
well 200 barrels a day. The we'll on the
Springer lot is doing 100 barrels day from
the Gordon sand. On the Sauters lot, which
is situated near the Nickel Plate coal dump,
they are down ], 400 feet. Their we'll on the
Jamison lot is pumping $50 barrels day.
They are drilling at ], 200 feet on the Char
tier lot, and at 700 feet on the Thomasy four
acres
The Devonian Oil Company's No. ., on
the Fayall farm, at Mcdonald. is drilling
in the Gordon sand, and will be in fifth
sand early next week. Their No. Fayall
is drilling at 200 feet, and No. 4 is in the
salt sand. They are still fishing at their
No. on the J. H. Rolf farm. This well is
located only 200 feet south of the big Mary
Robb well. They are also fishing in their
No. on the Elliott farm, northeast of the
Mary Robb, 1t is down to the Gordon
sand. Their No 2 Elliott is drilling at
1,3OO feet
Llggett K Haymaker were in the Gordon
sand on the Toward lot yesterday and had
shut down to make connections. 1t is ], 500
feet north east of the Cook lot we'll Thomp-
son, Haymaker & Co on the Tourney prop
erty are down 1000 feet. Liggett & Hay
maker are !, $50 feet deep on the Banpree
lot. Their well on the Hoffman lot is 1,6O0
feet deep. 1t is in the eastern limits of Nc
Donald borough. Their Bess lot well is
200 feet deep.
One Year Old Yesterday.
MCCURDY-It was a year age yesterday
that John NJ. Patterson struck the pay in
his wildcat well on the old McCurdv farm,
and gave to the oil producing world the
field which bears the name of the property
on which his venture was located. With
in the year thousands of acres
have been punctured by the drill and
hundreds of thousands of barrels of oil have
been brought to the surface. The pioneer
well of the field. the old N1cCurdy No. 1, is
yet making ITO barrels day and altogether
has produced in the neighborhood of 100, 900
barrels and Patterson & Jones producing
wells in this field are their Nos /,
2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and Z, McCurdy, Nos and on
the Lloyd farm; No. 1 on the Finch;
No on the Adams heirs, and No. 1 OH the
HARRISON. They are drilling five wells at
present. NJ. on the Shaffer is 1,75O feet
deep and in the 100-foot. No. Shaffer
will be cased through the salt sand
to-day. No. l, Kelso. is down ! 100 feet;
No. ., 1900 feet, and No. 3, 1000 feet.
w. L. Mellon & Co. are down l, 800 feet in
their No. /, on the Mertz farm. Their
No. 2, on the same farm, is down l, 100 feet |
and in the salt sand. No 8, Mertz, was
cased at LOO feet yesterday No 4 is
down 1 900 feet, and they are rigging up at
No. 5 on the Mertz Mellon & |
Co.'S No. ., on the Neeley farm, is
], 800 feet deep. No l, owing to bad luck, |
is down only 500 feet They have a rig |
building for No. 8, and No. has been |
cased through the salt sand at 1, 100 feet |
No. Neeley is on top of the salt sand, and
Carver & Co.'S No. 1, on the Hughes lot, |
will be cased through the salt |
sand to-day, and their well on the
McHenry lot is down 1000 feet The lat |
ter is on the southwest corner of the John |
Moore farm, and the former on the south
west corner of the same property. The
Devonian Oil Company is drilling two
wells on the Boice farm. No 1 is down |
900 feet and No. . 800 feet.
The Forest Oil Company is doing an i'm
mense amount of work in the field They
are down 1,s00 feet in their No. on the
J. w. Neeley farm. No. Shaffer is / 900
feet deep, No. 800 feet, No. 100 feet,
No. 5 LOO feet, No. 6 !, $50 feet, No 900
feet, No. s 400 feet, No. has fishing job
and they are spudding in their Nos 10 and
II on the Neeley. Their No 2, on the
E. Wright has reached a depth of
l 200 feet. They have abandoned their No.
L, on the J. n. Ewing, while No is still
fishing on top of the fifth sand. No. is
down 1000 feet They are 1850 feet
deep in their No. 1, on the James Walker
farm. No. James McGregor is down ], 900
feet; No. 1 Margaret McGregor is drilling
L 1,lU
feet deep, and rigs were building for Nos. 2
md 3. The same is building rig for No.
| on the William McGill, and for No 1 on
he Camp farm; also on the Joseph Stur-
,eon and the Robert McClelland farms.
Back of Noblestown.
The Forest Oil Company reached the
Gordon sand in their No 2 Heron yester
Law. 1t is half a mile southwest of the
Mathews. Their No. 8 Heron is down
|, 500 feet; No 4, 1000 feet, and No, 5, 200
eet. Their No. P. w. Glenn is drilling
It /, 45O feet and rig is building for No. 2.
No. 1, on the Eta Glenn, is l, 800 feet deem
md No. j. NJ. Glenn is down 1, 100 feet.
They Found a Dust Pile
MANSFIELD-The wildcat venture of
Calhoun. Patterson & Co. is drv. 1t is
ocated on the Holmes FARMS on Camp-
,ell's run, one mile west of Mansfield. At
o'clock yesterday afternoon it was 16 feet
n the last sand and had not showing of
i'll
What the Wells Are Doing.
The production of the Mcdonald field
las dropped off at least 1000 barrels in the
asst "a hours. The following is a correct
lourly guage of the big wells: Forst &
ireenlee's No Mevey, $50; Guffey, Jen-
lings, Murphy & Cos. No i Mathews, 225;
heir Bell No. l. 95: Heron No Al. |