Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-18
OIL AND THE WEATHER
The Operators Are Hoping for a Con-
tinuation of Frost.
BRACE OF GtSHERS DRILLED IN.
Southwest McCurdy Is Holding Up Its End
Magnifcently.
TANKAGE FOR THE LOWER COUNTRY

uuction OF the McD0nalu nelQ is down t(
the $4,000 barrels day mark. If the pres
ent activity keeps up, and the old wells dc
not drop through to the Mikads's kingdom
the output is just as liable to &C
up as to go down. Wet weather
will effect the production more
than anything else. With rain would
come bad roads, and bad roads-that is,
of course, bad roads as they are known in
the oil country-would put stop to opera
tions. No rig timbers, no lumber no
boilers, no engines, no cables or tools
could be hauled through the muddy
mass of clay which would soon be formed
on all of the highways Such weather would
be boon to men who already have wells
completed in good territory, while to those
who anticipated drilling it would mean the
loss of probably hundreds of barrels every
day it continued. Speaking of bad roads,
the teamster always bobs up in mind. A
teamster is a teamster the world over, but
the oil company teamster scorns and de-
spises teamster from any other section of
difficulty presented in delivering his load to
the spot agreed upon.
Tactics of the Teamster.
Frequently in the mountainous
regions of Mexican county they have
been known to jerk boiler up
hill by means of a pulley attached
to tree on the summit, and afope running
from the boiler through the pulley to several
span of horses. 1t is not score of wears
ago that boards marked with the significant
word danger" were placed over deep mud
holes in the streets of Bradford where horses
were said to have been drowned Then,
sloppy mud ran into wagon beds
almost daily, owing to some careless
driver plunging into one of the deceptive
looking pools The heavy loads to be car
ried cannot tail to damage the roads. Nc
Donald had taste of ii last week when the
little rain which fell covered the roads of
the region with few inches of Tenacious
mud. The operators all over the
held were praying last night
for continuation of the cold weather of
yesterday. 1t will harden the roads and
make business lively for the greater part of
the winter at least. Operations could be
hurried along and hundreds of wells be put
down between now and the 1st of Febru-
arv.
Every day the interest in the territory to
the southwest is growing, and also the be-
lief that there is large Gordon sand
pool east Of the borough of Mcdonald, and
that it extends north and east far enough to
take in Noblestown. How far to the south
1t may go, or, in fact, how far it may 20 in
any direction, has yet to be determined.
The foundation of this belief in Gordon
sand pool is the result shown in the wells
drilled In the eastern part of Mcdonald
borough and also in the Rend we'll
They We're All Good.
All of these have so far been fair pro-
ducers In the third sand. The impression
seems to be gaining ground that the oil in
the Royal Gas Company's we'll at Venice,
three miles south of Mcdonald, comes from
the Gordon instead cf from the fourth sand
as the owners were inclined to believe.
that the Gordon sand pool is
of more than ordinary dimensions, and that
it extends to the south. 1t is claimed that
none of the wells in the Hickory gas field,
mile and a half southwest of Venice, have
been drilled to the lower sand. They were
stopped in the Gantz sand, it is alleged,
which is the same as the 5O-foot further
north.
If this is the case it leaves a much larger
territory to be developed than has hereto
fore been considered There is another line
which number of operators and spectators
are running. 1t extends through the Bell
farm at. McCurdy, the old McCurdy farm,
the Moore farm, the kelso, the Boyce and
down past Gregg station to Venice. They
contend that belt will yet be found all
along this line which will make untold
millions for somebody. Nearly every
operator in the field is busy drawing lines
Of imaginary oil belts at present, while a
few of them are saying nothing but showing
.he bit.
Two Good Wells Showing.
There were two wells reported in the
fifth sand yesterday and producing more
than enough to offset the decline through
put the field. The result was that the pro-
luction went up to about 72. 600 barrels and
The stocks in the field increased from 19o,-
300 to 204, 700 barrels.
A number of the old wells were agitated |
and increased. The first of these
No. /, on the Boyce
1eirs property in southwest McCurdy. It |
IS located just south of the Kelso farm and |
only few hundred feet south of Patterson
& Jones big No. 2 Kelso. The Devonin's
we'll only tapped the pay when it broke
oose and started off at $50 barrels an hour.
It is undoubtedly in the same pool as the
helso wells and may do as much as they
lid, when it is drilled into the pay. The
econd well is also in south
rest McCurdy: 1t is the Forest
Dill Company's No. 2 on the Wright farm.
md when just on top of the sand started
If at 35 barrels an hour. It is located 600
eet west of their No. 1 on the same farm,
which was completed several mpnths ago,
md proved a fair producer. The Forest
Dill Company's No. 8 on the Shaffer farm.
vas expected to reach the sand
asst night. Their No on the Shaffer
arm, is making about so barrels day, but
las not yet been drilled in. They have
spudding at their No. 2 on the
Stta Glenn farm between Noblestown and
Mcdonald. Their No. on the r. W.
ilenn is $50 feet deep. They have rig
'uilding for No. on the John Mcdonald
slenn, and also rig going up for No on
he Heron farm.
Will BE Cased To-Day.
The Devonian Oil Compasy's No! 2, on
trough the salt sand to-day. The same
ompany's No. 4, on the Faysll farm. down
n the Mcdonald region, was due to get the
fifth sand late last night The Oakdale Oil
No. 2, on the Warren farm.
hould get the pay in the fifth sand to-day.
nd No. 8, on the same farm, is not far
rom the fifth. No 4Wallace will be finished
p the first of next week. Ne. .. which
hey expect in to-day is almost on direct
inc between the Mathews well and Green
ee & Forst's No. Mevey, and about an
quail distance from each of them. The we'll
n the Walker farm, back of Oakdale, be-
,nging to the Oakdale OIL Company. and
artlett was on top Of the fifth sand at a
tie hour last night. Guffey, Jennings g.
o. s No. 1, on the Mathews. lower farm.
,cated north and west OF the old Mathews
70. 1, was drilling in the Gordon sand yes
,rday.
1t Increased Values
The we'll of McNall & Co nm the ,