Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-28
THE COOK WELL FIRE OUT.
NOVEL METHOD EMPLOYED TO EX.
TINGUISH THE FLAMES.

TlNGUlSH THE FLAmESs
Large Number of Wells Now in the Gordon
Sand at McDonald-Sman Well on the
Ed Mcdonald Farm-Big Well Re-
ported at wildwood.
The fire in the Cook lot well of the
Wheeling Gas Company at Mcdonald was
extinguished early yesterday morning. The
credit for the work is due mainly to Glenn
T. Braden, General Superintendent of the
National Transit Company. The flow from
the we'll had been slowly decreasing, and
for the last two days the flames were not
nearly SO fierce as when the well
first took fire. One suggestion
lhad been tried and proved
failure 1t was IN effort to drop bell
shaped elbow attached to lead pipe over
to be defective Mr.. Braden went to OIL City
and had a cross-shaped joint made Gates
were attached to the horizontal pipes, and
also to the upper ena OF ene from To-
inches at the mouth. When everything
was ready the casing head was twisted
off and the tapering joint was was
gates on the arms were closed but the gate
at the top of the vertical pipe was left open.
Through this the oil and flames rushed. The
Then the arms of the cross were connected
with pipes leading to the receiving tanks;
The flames were now under control ana
single twist closed fhe ,bs gate re az was ,e
The well had been burning just ABOUT l46
hours or two hours over six days. Averag-
barrels an hour and the price of oil at 65
cents barrel the loss to the owners IN tnat
time has been about $500 the rig, 1our
tanks and 7C0 barrels OF oil, wnicn were
1,,,v T,.;1 tnrr
this amount 81 OO0 and besides this loss the
cost of putting out the fire has been heavy:
When the flames were extinguisheo the well
made 20 barrels an hour but kept increasing
rels an hour.
The Wells in Detail.
MoDoNALD-Ireland & Hughes well on the |
Harris lot, 500 feet north of the Butler lot |
well reached the fifth sand yesterday and is
showing for 400 or 500 barrel well. The |
Royal Gas Company's No. Ed. Mcdonald, |
700 feet south of their No. on the same |
farm, has got the fifth sand. 1t will make |
small pumper. 1t is about half mile due
pany has started No. O. on the Ed Mcdonald !
farm. 1t is across the railroad from the |
Cook lot well. Their No. Mary Robb is
at No. on the same farm.
They have just started to drill their Nos. 8,
Z and on the Sauters farm. One of the
which W. P. Rend is drilling at the Laurel
Hill mines just east of the railroad, and
half mile northeast of Mcdonald station.
1t is IL 500 feet east OF any other drilling well
in the field. Brady Co. are on top Of the
Gordon sand on the Scott lot. Christy & Co.
are in the Gordon on the Richards. Wallace
Co. on the Smith lot are in the Gordon
with a fair showing and Kelly & Co. on
the Davis lot are in the Gordon sand.
The Peoples Natural Gas Company on
the Johns lot are in the Gordon sand.
KnlI 10 Df
fifth sand on the Davis lot. Brown 4 Davis
are on top of the Gordon on the Lindsay lot
Shatfer & Co. started to drill to the fifth
sand in their well on the Fanny johnson lot,
expected to reach the pay late last night +
The Royal Gas Companys well on the Mary
RoSo farm is doing 30 bar barrels ar an pIT3ut hour
farm is making 200 barrels from the Gordon
sand. Jennings, Meyer & Co. will get the
fifth this week in their well on the Sauters
just reached the Gordon have shut down,
and the boilers are being moved back.
That Primrose Well.
PR1MRosK-Mellon, Wilson & Sparks well
on the McCarty farm is reliably reported as
a good we'll presumably from the Gordon
sand. 1t made 20 barrels yesterday after
noon, but does not flow regularly. The
owners are in doubt as to exactly what sand
they are in, and are not positive whether
the oil comes from the Gordon or khfth
sands.
Good Well Reported.
wLpwooD-There was a report in circula-
lion last night that Lydeczer & Co. had an
we'll on the Perner farm in the
southwest portion of this field. The rumor
could not be substantiated, and IL was gen.
orally discredited on account of the light
wells which have been drilled III that vi
Unity.
Down the Ohio River.
ARcHKR's FoRKs-The Victor Oil Com
,any's well on the Hurlin farm is good for
It least 80 barrels q day. 1t is located in
county, O., mile and o half
southwest of the wells at Archer's Forks.