Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-29
REED WELL DOUBTFUL
Many Widely Different Accounts
Given of 1t by the Owners.
DOING FROM % TO 2GO BARRELS.
GLADDEN. Well Dry in the Gordon Sand,
others in the Fifth.
PRODUCTION is DROPPING RAPIDLY

The Reed farm we'll of Mercer and the
Pittsburg Oil Company, three miles south
west of Mcdonald, is still the topic of con-
versation among the southwestern operators.
The different stories being told by the
owners are puzzling outsiders Since the
well reached depth of 9, 900 feet there has
been an evident attempt to shroud it
in mystery. Reports were circulated
by interested parties when it reached the
Gordon sand that vein of salt water had
been struck which would have to be cased
of. After a reasonable delay the same par
water had NOT been cased off because a
load of casing had disappeared. No
one seemed to know whether the
casing had been side tracked on the
railroad or dumped into convenient mud
hole by an irresponsible teamster. 1t was
onlg short time fter this statement until
it vas reported to be within a few feet of the
q Id sand.
When the well was said to be filled up with
69h-sand oil last Thursday the statement
Hs generally discredited, as many believed
WAS only in the Gordon and Saturday one
=, the owners stated that the well was flow
irg every l5 or 20 minutes from the top of
the fifth, ard that it WAS good for from go to
40 barrels day as it then stood. The latest
-eport from 1t, however, rather takes the
-lamour OF this last statement. Yesterday
another man who is interested in the
we'll made the assertion that it was
a feet in the fifth sand, and would not make
more than 25 or 80 barrel well. There is only
one 250-Dalrel tank at the well, and as only
one more small tank has been ordered, the
p or 3Gbarrel estimate appears the more
credible.
From Disinterested Parties.
Disinterested persons who were at the well
yesterday say that 1T will not do more than 40
barrels day. Notwithstanding this another
%ho&
it was at least 2OO-barrel well, and that it
was only three or four feet in the sand.
Greenlee 4 Forst's No. L on the GLADDEN.
farm. near the Moorhead, is through the
Gordon and almost dry. 1t will be drilled
to the fifth this week. The Oakdale Oil
COmpany's Nos. 3 and on the Sturgeon
heirs farm are both dry in the fifth sand.
The Peoples Gas Companys No on
the Miller farm is or top of the Gordon
sand. Their Miller No. 8 has been shot, but
was not improved The same company is
fishing for the tools at 900 feet on the John
McMurray farm. The Woodland Oil Com
pany well on the McMurray, one mile north
of Oakdale, is due this week. They have a
fishing job in No. at 1000 The
also reported as being dry in the fifth.
Brown & Co., on the McMurray farm, east of
NobleStown, was through the 50-foot sand
last night. The Little Oil Company's well
on The Little property in Noblestown is "a
feet in the Gordon sand, and good for only
~ barrels a day.
Production Going Down.
The estimated production was lower yes
terday than it has been since october IA.
On that date it was $500, and
yesterday it was down to 42,O00
The hourly gauges for the larger wells |
yesterday were as follows:
Mathews No. l. Guffey, Jennings & Co., 45
Mathews No. 3, Guffey, Jennings & Co., 20; |
Heron No. !, Guffey, Jennings & Co., 20; |
Heron Nos. ? and (, Guffey. Jennings & Co, |
lSr Baldwin No. l and ., Oakdale Oil Co., 80: |
Matthews heirs No. l. Guffey, Jennings & |
Co, 30; Bell No. 2, Guffey, Jennings Co., 25; |
Wallace Nos. and 2, Oalldale Oil Co., 95; |
Wallace No. 8, 0akdale Oil Co., 20; |
Morgan heirs No. . Oakdale Oil Co., go;
Morgan heirs No. 3, Oakdale Oil Co., IS: |
Morgan heirs No. 4, Oakdale Oil Co., 60;
Sturgeon No ,, Guffey, Murphy & Galley, IS; !
Eta Glenn No l. Forest Oil Co., %; J. NJ. |
Glenn, No. !, Forest Oil Co, p: Mevey No. !,
g rrenlee & Forst, S5; Mevey No. 4, Greenlee
h Forst. 30; kelso No. 3 Patterson & Jones' |
20: Heron No. 1. Forest Oil Co., 80: Gamble
No. ], Greenlee & Forst so; Boyce Nos. i and |
. Devonian Oil Co. 75; Devonian Oil Co. No
], Elliott 25 Stock in the field l00. 500 bar
relN. The runs of the Southwest Pernsyl-
vania Pipe Line Company from Mcdonald
SATURDAY were a, GAL IS barrels, and on Sun
laN & flfq