Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-06
THE ELLIOTT OIL WELL.
1T Is BELIEVED TO BE VERY SMALL IN
THE FIFTH SAND.

Wildcat Ventures Which Are Now Drilling
Southwest of McDonald-No Change in
the Production Yesterday-A Hoodoo ut
Mansfield on Top of the Last Sand.
The feature of the Mcdonald oil field
yesterday was Gufey, Murphy & Co. s No.
on the Elliott farm. 1t is located just
north 400 feet from Greenlee & Forst's
big well on the Mevey farm. At late hour
last evening it was reported to be 1S feet
in the sand and making only 10 barrels an
hour. This is at the rate of 800 barrels a
day, and as it was making 200 barrels day
from the Gordon sand, it would leave only
100 barrels a day from the fifth sand.
1t was thought that mistake might
possibly have been made in measuring up.
No. 1 on the same farm, which has been pro
ducing for several weeks, is still doing %
barrels an hour and has made rs high rs 100
barrels in the same length of time No .
makes the result at q number of wells which
are now drilling just south and southwest of
it look rather doubtful.
The Great Mevey Well.
The big well of Greenlee & Forst on the
Mevey farm was doing 450 barrels an hour
yesterday afternoon. They have ten tanks
of 500 barrels capacity each, and one of
1000 barrels capacity at the well. 1t was
making nine feet an hour in an SCO-barrel
tank, or at so barrels to the foot, 45O barrels
an hour. There are % or po@tnsbnIs 30 bar
run Guffey, Murphy and the Oaktale
Oil ComDany's No. 1, on the sturgeon farm,
is down ., 100 feet and may get the fifth SAND
this week. Guffey, Murphy, Jennings cos
No. l, on the Heron, their No. Bell, and
their ConneI farm we'll did not reach the
fifth sand as expected, but should be in the
pay to-day.
Some Important Field Notes.
McDoHALD-The CHARTERS Oil Company's
No. 2 on the Charter property is two bits IN
the sand and making 20 barrels an hour. 1t
is located 300 feet due south of the Royal
Gas Company's big well on the Mary Robb
farm Pew & Emerson are i'll the fifth
sand in the Davidson lot, without showing
fora well. The well is located about $50
feet west of the Royal Company's SauterS
No. g. W. p. Rend was i'll the spray above
the Gordon in his well on his own property
at the laurel Hill coal mines last evening
He had 4 light showing of gas i'll this lorna
ton.
In wildcat Territory.
There is good deal of activity to the
southwest ahead of the Mcdonald field, and
within short time number of wells will
be completed which may show an outlet
toward West Virginia. The Royal Gas Com
panys well on the McGoogin farm, nine
miles southwest of Mcdonald on 45o line,
is almost completed. There was report
yesterday that it was shut down on top OF
the Gordon sand. A party interested in it
stated that on account of the formations
being irregular they did not know Just
where they were drilling. He denied that
the well was shut down: Guckert & Learn
have started to drill on the Reed
farm,s four and one-half miles due
south of Mcdonald. The Wheeling
Gas Company is drilling two wells at
Venice, three miles south OF Mcdonald.
Each of them is down 1000 feet. One is on
the Moore farm and the other on the Patter-
son. They are only three-fourths Of mile
apart. Mercer & Co. are down LOCO feet on
the Reed farm, which is located four and
one-half miles southwest of Mcdonald on a 40
degree line. Mellon & Co. have started to drill
a well one mile east of MiddleSeX. 1t
is % miles ahead of Mcdonald on As degree
line and is on the line between pennsylvania
and West Virginia
VIII BE Finished at Last.
MANSFIELD - Calhoun, Patterson & Jen-
nings' wildcat well on the Holmes farm was
on top of the fifth sand last night and will
be drilled in to-day. 1t is located on
Campbell's run, one mile west of Mans
field. This has been an unlucky well
from the time it was commenced, last FEB
ruary. There have been u fishing jobs, and
five times the well was declared plugged,
but Contractor Crrver has in every instance
decided to go ahead and finish the we'll or
blow up the bull wheels.
Gauges of the Wells.
The following is an hourly gauge of the
big wells, taken yesterday: Forst & Green
lees Mevey Mol, 45O barrels: Mathews, ,225 bar
rels; Miller No l. 16O barrels; No. 2, 10 barrels;
Baldwin, 125 barrels; Bell, 100 barrels; NJ.
Robb, ITO barrels; Gamble 45 barrels: Guck
ert & Steeles Mevey No. l, 65 barrels: Sauters
& Co., 81 barrels; Cook lot, 20 barrels; Elliott
No. l, SO barrels; Elliott No. ., 10 barrels;
Short lot IS barrels. The estimated daily
production is about 81 900 barrels