Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-02
GAS WELL In PITTSBURG.
IL WAS STRUCK KYESTERDAYON TWEEN
TY-FIRST STREET.

Big Sale OF Oil Property Is Denied by Inter-
ested Parties-Reports From the Drill
ing Wells at Mcdonald Gauges of the
Gushers.
There was a rumor on Fourth avenue
yesterday afternoon that oil had been struck
in the well which the Oil Well Supply
company is drilling on Twenty-frst street,
two squares west of Penn avenue. This
necessarily caused much excitement among
oil men and property owners in that vi
cinity.
The DISPATCH oil scout visited the we'll
and found that although no oil had been
the bottom of the lOOfoot. The latter sand
mad been struck at a little below l,600 feet,
and at l660 feet the gas was
reached. All of the sands above this
thickness, but they were hard and devoid of
any indications of oil. The Oil Well Supply
Company started to drill for gas to run their
shops, and will go on down to the fifth sand.
The well as it stands at present is much
better gasser than the well on the Exposition
grounds. An accurate record of all the sands
and formations which have been penetrated
has been kept, and specimens of each are on
exhibition in the company'S Ofiice on
Twenty-flrst street.
Au afternoon paper yesterday contained a
story about the Standard Oil Company nego-
tiating for the purchaee of Guffey, Murphy,
Jennings & Co.'S interest in the Mcdonald
field for a sum ranging from Sl5OO,OOO to
5000 600. When asked about the report yes
terday J. NJ. Guffey stated that no negotia-
tons were pending and that no mention OF
such a matter had been made by the
Standard to any member of his firm.
The Wells in Detail.
McDoNALr-Forst & Greenlee's No. on the
l.. As1T TAl,., IL oF oil .
has dropped off 80 barrels an hour from
Wednesday, but is still making 45O barrels an
hour. The interesting points around which
the magnet is drawing attention are
Guffey. Murphy, Jennings & Co.'S Bell No.
and Elliott No q Both of these wells are
near the sand, and should get the pay to-
day. Notwithstanding the protests of the
pipe line people they are going to drill
the wells in whether the oil can
or cannot be taken care of, and
Us an operator said yesterday they would
either increase the stock of the Standard
Oil Company or the flow of waste oil in Char
tiers creek. Garland & Hayes expect to get
the Gordon sand to-day in No on the
Miller. Nos. 4 and on the same farm
will be finished the first of next
week No. 6 has the tools stuck
in the hole at 1000 feet beside q cave of
hundred feet which they are now drilling
out. No. was cased with 81 casing yester
day. No. 8 is drilling at 975 feet. Galley,
George & Co. are building rig on the Sloan
lot located l50 feet east of the Royal Gas
Company's well on the sauters property.
n. Macl1in has rig ready to drill on the J.
ID. Sauters farm. George S. Martin & Co.'S
No. l, on the Heiser lot, and their No. ], on
the Druart, will get the Gordon by Satur-
day. The, Devonian OIL Company's No. !,
Elliott, and No. 2, Fayette, will be
through the Gordon this week. Guckert
400 feet: No. g. 100 feet; No. T. 600 feet; No.
S. l. 200 feet, and Nos. and are rigging up,
while rig is being built for No. s. The
Royal Gas Company's No. ], Mary Rolf, was
agitated yesterday and increased its produc-
tion from IS to l2O barrels an hour. The
CHARTERS Oil Company, on the Charter
farm, is on top of the sand
CHARTIERs-The rig of George Martin &
Co., on the Petrie farm, caught fire yester-
day and burned. The we'll is just on top of
the sand and the loss is estimated at 81 800
The following is an hourly guage of the
wells in the Mcdonald field: Mathews, 225
Bell No. l, l25: Baldwin No. /, 1885, Elliott No.
], 80: Gamble No. !, 45; Greenlee & Forst, 450;
Guckert & Steele's No. / Mevey, IS; Miller
No. !, 160; Miller No. 2 90; Mary Robb, 80;
Sauter 6 Co., QO Cook lot, 20: Patterson &
Co., 90.
Ireland & HugIer's well on the Cedet lot at
Mcdonald is down l,3O0 feet. W. p. Blacks
well on the Springer is doing "a barrels
day. Liggate & Haymaker's well on the
Ford lot will get the sand Saturday. 1t is
located in the eastern edge of the town. 1t
was reported last night that 100 barrels an
hour were going down the creek from the
Mcdonald field.
WIpwooD-The Metropolitan Oil Com
pany's No. G, Kolbar, is making 35 barrels an
hour, and the Strip Oil Company's well is
doing 200 barrels day.
on CITY-The clearances in this city
Thursday were 2494, 900 barrels, being the
biggest days clearanoes for the past two and
a half years. 1t shows O decided revival in
snecuiation