Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-07
THE PRODUCTION DOWN.
DECLINE AT THE OLD WELLS AND NO
NEW ONES THE CAUSE.

! NEW ONES THE CAUSE.
Coal Miners Plug Hole With Old Iron
Two Fifth Sanders, Located Near Good
Territory, Are Showing for Mediocre
Producers-Gorden sand Development.
The general production of the Mcdonald
| McCurdy field showed n heavy decline for
the "a hours ending at o'clock Saturday
morning. 1t dropped from 60 O01 barrels, the
! estimated amount for the day before. to &c.
500. a reduction OF $500. Not sim
| gle well in the whole field was agf-
1 tated, and the production of none of them
voluntarily increased. On the contrary many
OF them declined. There was one notable
exception. The Forest Oil Company's No.
T. on the Heron farm, which had been
| drilled q little deeper into the sand WedneS-
day was still producing ut an enormous rate,
I and for the 81 hours ending saturday morn
! ing it put out over 40G0 barrels. The Devon
i ian Oil Company's No. ., on the Boyce
| heirs farm, i'm southwest McCurdy,
| reached the fifth sand late saturday
evening. 1t was reported yesterday to be
| just in the sand and flowing at a rate which
| indicated n big well when it is drilled in
/ short distance. The Oakdale Oil Company's
! No. 4, on the Wallace farm, was in the fifth
| sand Sa aturtlav afternoon and showing for a
n smaller well than the others on the same
| farm, all of which started off st not less than
| 100 barrels an hour. No. 4 was good quality
of sand. Gu1fey, Murphy & Galey's No. 5, on
the Elliott farm. was also reported to be
| show inT rather light.
An Estimate Cut Down.
/ Laughmer Eros, and Co.'S Gordon sand
| well. near laurel HILL which some unrelia-
/ bic reports gnve good for 500 barrels day
| from the third sand formation will not make
more than 20O-bnrrel a day well. Davis &
! Browns No. on the brickyard lot, located
! 200 feet northeast from W. p. Rends No. l.
W. in hn Hvfth in
crease in production. Kemp & Co.'S No. 2
on the Head farm, LOCO feet south of the Nc
Donald railroad station, is through the Cor
don, and will make 20 barrels a day from
that sand 1t will reach the fifth about
Wednesday.
Brown, Robson & Co., on the Pasher lot,
ere on top OF the Gordon sand. 1t is located
between two good Gordon wells Greenlee
& Forst's No. l. on the Wade farm. is down
l,lGO feet. The Woodland Oil Company ex-
Dcct TO reach the Gordon sand this morning
ON the GLADDEN. farm, southwest of McDon-
aid w. L. Mellon and A. W. Campbell are
down 800 feet with their No. . on the Isaac
4. w. Campbell & Co have rig completed
on the Mrs. McMasters farm.
Rigging Gushers With Pumps.
The q. p. Church lot No at Mcdonald,
belonging to Meyer & Co., is through the
salt sand. The Peoples Gas Company's No.
on the Miller farm is on top OF the Gordon.
Hays & Gartlands Nos. and on the Miller
farm. which were big producers for many
weeks, have been rigged mp for pumping,
barrels day each by the aid of
the artificial process. Gu1fey, Mu--
phy, Russell & Co; have started
to drill their No. on the A. wettengell
farm and are building rigs for three other
wells. Gallagher Bros. & Co. are in the top
of the Gordon, near Laurel Hill. McGinniss
& Co. are in the Big 1njun sand on the Whit
ney lot, back of NobleStOwn McNall & Co.
are nearly through the Gordon sand, and
the well is showing light. Hawley & Co. have
some oil in the Gordon the school |
house lot, at Soblcstown. Mercer & Co. |
are down 400 feet on their I2-acre lease south |
of the railroad station at Noblestown. Tho |
Jolly Oil Company has started to drill on |
the Marshall lot. Anderson Bros & Carroll |
have commenced to spud on the Mevev lot
at Noblestown. Hervey Bros on the Cath
olic church lot, are down 1000 feet. Burson
4 Learn are drilling on the Patterson lot, at
Willow Grove. WeiXel & Co. have located
on the Cubbage farm, one mile and q half
northeast of Venice.
Another Hole Plugged.
Forst & Greelee are having their full share
of trouble with coal operators and miners
Several weeks ago miners dug through the
coal to the well they were drilling on the
GLADDEN. farm, and on Sunday, while the
drilIcrs were away, they filled the hole full
of old iron and junk. When the drillers
came to work they found the hole prsc-
tically ruined. for the time being, and were
unable to clean 1T out, as the miners kept
throwing in iron TO take the place OF that
which the drillers were able to bring uD
When the difficulty between the oil opera
tors and the mine owners was finally ad-
luSted the miners assisted i'll cleaning out
the well. Last Friday Forst n Greenlee,s
No. 2 on the Wade farm, was plugged in
lnuchthe same way. In the latter case the
bIg pipe which reached eight feet below
the coal had been put in. The miners dug
below the end OF the pipe. and from that
point filled she hole with old track iron
broken wheels and unused Ike
Work on the well had to be stopped The
mine where this work was done is owned bv
j. ID. SauterS, and it was reported yesterday
that Mr.. Sauters wants damages from Forst
Greenlee for drilling through his COAL
and took this means of making them come
TO terms
Gauges of the Wells.
The gauges OF tine big wells Saturday
showed the following to be theiR average
per hour Guffey, Jennings & Co.'S No l
Mathews, no. Matthews heirs, l25: their No.
J Heron, 15: Nos. > and Heron, 232: Bell
No. .. 80; Bell No. 4, 10: Oakdale Oil Conn.,
psny's No. Raldwin,2j; Nos. and 2 Wallace
lS5; No. Wallace, 50: No. Morgan heirs, 81:
Galey's No. Elliott, IL; No. Elliott, 3D.
No. Sam Sturgeon, 10: No. sam
sturgeon, 30: Forest OH Companv's No
shafTer, I5 No. , Heron, 50: No Her.
ron. lsG; Forst & Greenlee's No. l Mevey,
~" NO , MeNey. ~: NO. yam ulDlc,0S;DeNOnla |
Oil Company's No ! Elliott, %; Hoff- |
man Co.'S No. 2 Moore, II: Wood !
land Oil Company's No. i Gamble, |
b: W: /; Rend's No. l Rend, 10; Pagett |
Co.'S No. !. SauterS, Is; Gucl5ert & Steele's No.
3McVey 32: Patterson and Jones No. Kelso, |
50 No Kelso, So Gordnier & Co.'S No. 8 |
Mcrtz, 10: Devonian Oil Company's No. l |
Boyce 100; Forest Oil Conpany's Nos. and |
Wright s3: Davis & Browns No. /, IA: |
No. =, IS: Thompson Il Co.'S No. Mormiom- |
grig, Is: Brenncman & Co.'S No. l Til |
mont, Is Brown & Co.'S No. l Montgom- /
cry, Is: Forest Oil Company's No. 5 Ewing, |
IS: Forest Oil Compnny's No. James Nc |
Gregor. ls Hussler, Davis Co.'S No. l |
Boyce 50; Patterson & Jones' No. 2 Shaffer, |
30: Liberty Oil Co. S No. Descamp. Is; Ven- |
ture Oil Co. $ No, i Moorhead, Z. The pro- |
ductlon OF the field yesterday was estimated |
at $1,000 barrels. a decrease of $500 barrels |
over the day before. The stock in the field |
was reduced from $4,000 barrels 10 I50 600. |
The runs from Mcdonald were G6 3S7. - bar
rels. Outside of Mcdonald the Southwest |
Pennsylvania Pipe Line runs were l4065 l6 |
barrels, atotal OF 80, ,452 49, National Transit |
runs were 3S, S,6l7 81 barrels