Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-24
A STUNNER AT M'DONALD.
THE BIGGEST WELL IN THE FIELD
BROUGHT IN YESTERDAY.

been so much excitement among the oil fra
ternity as there was last night. 1t was all
caused by the Royal Gas Company's No. on
the Sauters farm at Mcdonald Everybody
was talking about it who was in any way
identified with the oil business. Although it
was expected that a paving well would
be brought in no one for a moment
imagined that it would be such gusher as
ii proved to be. As an Illustration OF this 1t
might be mentioned that the tank was filed
with water to within foot of the top. The
connections had been made, but the gate
was not on. At $3.50 yesterday afternoon the
bit entered the pay and in an instant the
crude was squirting into the derrick
and some into the tank. Two Inch
holes were Immediately bored through
the bottom of the tank to let the water
out, but in half an hour even with the room
thus given the tank had been filled, and the
oil was running down the hill into the val
ley around the famous Butler lot well OF
Clark 4 Bannister. Spectators looked on in
silent wonder as the time passed and the
solid stream of petroleum continued to
force its way to the surface. Nothing like 1t
has been seen recently, and it was a
revelation to many who had come to
the conclusion lately that such wells were
only memory of the good old days. A tele-
gram from Mcdonald last night placed it at
from 1000 to 5000 barrels a day, but opera
tors who were ut the well when it came in
say that 1t is good for from 20 to 100 barrels
an hour. The well is located about half
mile northwest of Mcdonald station, and
about 200 feet east of north from
the Butler well. 1t sits on the
brow of the hill above the Butler. The Sau-
tiers No. / of the Royal Gas Company is about
1000 feet west of it. Jennings, Ferg uson &
Beeson's well on the Boison and Henri lease
is about through the fifth sand, and good for
$50 barrels q day. The outlook now is that
the limits of one of the best oil pools ever
opened up have been defined. 1t will eX-
tend from McCurdy on the northeast to Mo-
Donald, eight miles away, on the south
west.
Some Other Good Wells.
MCCURDY-This field added two good wells
to its already long list yesterday. The well
of Guffey & Galley on the Annie Adams
property northeast of the Bell farm, which
was reported as dry in THE DISPATCH yester-
day morning, was gauged and found to be
doing 20 barrels an hour at the start. 1t
settled down to 40 barrels an hour about
noon yesterday and did that until 5 o'clock
last evening The other well was the Wood
land Oil Company's No. on the Adams
farm. 1t reached the sand late Wednesday
night and was making ten barrels an hour yes
terday afternoon. 1t is east of their No. on
the same farm and southeast of the Church.
The No. Hall of r. G. Gillespie & Co. is
through the sand and can be rated at q 35 or
40-barrel well. 1t is standing almost full of
oil, but is without gas. 1t will be shetland if
not improved will be rugged up for pumping
They have stopped work on their Nos. and
until No. 2, which is between them and the
o.. /, n
deep at the present, but is fishing for the
tools. If it gives any encouragement Nos. 8
and will be continued. Hussler, Davis &
Warehouses; well on the Cowan farm is
being rugged up for pumping 1t is without
gas, but is standing full of Oil, and is consid-
cred good for 100 barrels a day. The next
one due is the Il. q. Gillespie & Co.'S Jane
Riddle No. g. which is nearer the Bell well
than the Hall No. l.
Troubled With Water.
the Goss farm, is on top of the sand, but is
full of water, which will have to be pumped
out, the casing pulled and the well trimmed
down before it can be drilled in. F. E.
Boden & Co.'s Nos. l and on the Hood farm,
are due to get the sand Saturday. In addi-
ton to these, their No Ion the P. II. Steven
son home farm: their No. , on the P. Fl.
Stevenson Newell farm, and their No. ?, on
the Joe Stevenson, are due early next week.
The Tri-State Oil Company will commence
to drill its No. 2, on the George Springer
On the p. II. Stevenson farm, was due to get |
the sand last night.
The Heron Well Light
NoBLEsTowN-The event of the day in this
vicinity was the drilling in of the Forest Oil |
No. on tn w. Heron farm. 1t |
Is located 500 feet southeast of the Guffey, |
Jennings & Co. s big well on the Mathews |
farm, and was destined to map out the east |
srn limits of the streak, or be a gusher 1t 1
lid the first At four bits in the sand yester- |
day il had flowed little and was put down at |
rom 40 to 80 barrels a day. 1t is too far to |
he east, but shows an extraordinarily wide 1
lelt. The Forest Oil Company has already /
made several other locations in that VI /
cinity. 1t has located No. on the Heron |
northeast of No. !, No. l on the Robert and |
No. / on the Eta Glenn farms. Guffey Jen-
nings & Co.'s well on the Mathews is still |
1oing 40 barrels an hour.
Extending to the Northwest.
W1LDwooD-It looks as though there will |
De another dry hole to be added to Wild
woods list. The Roth Oil Company's well |
)n the Dunlap farm, about 800 feet due east |
)f the Hazlett, is ten feet in the sand and /
has not yet made a showing of either Oil or
yas. 1t was reported last night that the well |
IF j. NJ. Patterson & Co., on the Poff |
arm, north of Wildwood station about one |
nile, was showing oil and spraying strongly. |
One of the owners rated it at 200 barrels |
day. 1t was already a strong gasser, and |
was shut down last April on account of the |
gas in the thirty foot.
Sale of Moon Property.
Joseph and Robert Henry have sold their
interest in the Henry Oil Com |
pany's property to C. G. Dixon, and J. A.
who also held fourth interest !
previously. This property is comprised of |
seven producing wells, three drilling wells, |
two complete rigs, and about 600 acres of ter |
ritory with an average daily production of
400 barrels consideration private.