Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-15
WAS LIKE OLD TIMES.
Six Fifth Sand Wells Completed at
Mcdonald Yesterday.
ONEADUsTER, ANOTHER A DWARF.
Tho Territory Beginning to Show the
Effects of Drainage.
GAssER STRUCK IN CLARION COUNTY


old-time phases yesterday. Several good
wells were developed which had been show
ing rather light Saturday. Some Of them
had been given up as almost worthless when
their owners left the field 1ate last week
| but deeper drilling found the pay and
brought forth the coveted OIL There was
no new territory opened up as all of the
wells which have recently risen to the rank
of producers of the first class are in paying
territory, or more properly wha: has been
looked upon as such since the first wells
were drilled. -.
The first wells were all big ones, and they
have undoubtedly taken the bulk of the oil
from immense areas of sand. Some rnathe-
matical genius has figured out that 64S bar
rels of oil will cover an acre an inch deep.
Allowing 20 feet as the average depth of the
NTH sand. an acre of solid oil covered to the
height Of 20 feet would contain only l55, $40
barrels The sand, however, must be figured
in this. and allowing for II only
sevcn-eighths Of the space from which the
a well which, has produced from 300 900 to
100000 barrels has drained from 15 to 20 acres
of territory, This Is based on the supposi-
tion that the sand all around the well Is
equally productive.
The -Four Big Wells.
The Oakdale Oil Company was decidedly
ahead by the developments yesterday. Its
Nos. and on the Morgan heirs farm both
tapped the pay in the fifth. No. 2, which is
located about 400 feet east of Guffey,
Murphy & Galey's No. 1 Elliott, was the
first to get in and started of ut lao
barrels an hour. Their No. 8 Morgan, which
the and aso ssared
an hour. 1t was reported to have been
drilled deeper and increased to 225 barrels
an hour. The No. . on the Baldwin farm.
about halt . mile northeast of the
Mess Msss"n of lasa ana Bsawin S iees sGnh shioh
Peg q hs Il sss
ing and is making about so barrels an hour.
For several weeks No. made as high as l50
barrels an hour.
The Forest Oil Company's No 5, on the W.
c. Heron farm, and located without 500 or 500
feet of No. Baldwin, is almost through the
sand and will not be better than 100
barrel day we'll. With the exception
have been drilled on the W. c. Heron prop
erty. have been small wells, Notwithstanding
best producing property in the entire field.
Guffey. Jennings & Co. have another nice
well on the j. j. Matthews farm. Their first
is the best well in the field and has pro-
America. This firm believes in letting
we'll enough alone. and when their
first showed mp so big, they were in
menced to exhaust itself. No. 2, which is
located about 900 feet northeast OF No.
!. is making so barrels an hour from the
fifth. This is very light Tor new wen IN
zoo feet northwest Of No. 2, will be
in the fifth within two or three days:
Hutchinson. Hut % ShioH is one Of the farthest
wells to the west in the Matthews hollow,
is also nearing the fifth sand.
One Dry Well Reported.
Gufrey, Murphy & Galey's No. 4, on the
Sam Sturgeon farm, just west of Willow
Grove, was reported to be in the fifth sand
Yesterday and dry. 1t had been making
about 40 barrels day from the Gordon, but
this was completely shut of by gas from the
GreenIce & Forst's No IS on the Mevey
farm is on top of the fifth sand and will
probably be drilled into that formation to-
day Their No & on shs a,s same Iarm shSu,d
Aiken & Co.'S we'll on the Patterson lot, just
below Willow Grove station, got pay in
the bottom Of the s,,sG Gordon 70 SAND inc yes yes;
for from $50 to 200 barrels day.
Hawley Co.'S well, on the school house lot
at Noblestown, will not be drilled to the
fifth sand. It is making about 70 barrels q
day from the Gordon.
The malt house we'll of Gardiner, Snyder
4 Co. at Oakdale, which has been attracting
considerable attention for several days,
made several small flows from the fifth yes
terday. There is not enough gas. however,
to clean the well out and drilling is slow.
It was measured up yesterday and found to
be only three feet in the fifth instead OF
eight as was reported Saturday night. There
is still plenty of room for it to be fifth sand
producer, as it is test WELL and there is
nothing to indicate the depth of the sand in
this Immediate locality.
The Peoples Gas Company's No. on the
Miller farm has stopped flowing. The Forest
Oil Company may get the fifth sand to-day
in its No. Martin McGregor. The No.
Wallace, of the Oakdale Oil Company, has
been shot but not cleaned out, and the effect
of the shot is not known. 1t was reported
Yesterday that the Venture Oil Company's
No. Moorhead was improving in the Cor
don, and was making over 800 barrels q day.
The Oakdale Oil Company's No 8, on tho
wallace farm should get the fifth sand this
week.
Gas in Clarion County.
LAwsoSHAM-This section of Clarion county
may yet prove to contain oil or gas territory
OF no small Dimensions. The best well
which the Lawsonham Oil and Gas Company
started couple of months ago, has struck a
big gas yein The pressure is estimated at
400 pounds to the square inch. The well
il located q mile and q quarter west
OF LMwsonham, q mile and half