Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-05
MORE NEW TERRITORY.
Gufey & Queens Well on the Wet
more Farm Is a Big Producer.
ITCARRIES THE BELTTO THE WEST.
Forest Oil Company Completed Good Well
on the Shaffer Farm.
THE GENERAL PRODUCTION AWAY UP

Inc greatest surprise Cue IucDondlu nelu
has had for some time was developed yester-
day. This small but prolific territory has
had in its brief existence many remarkable
features, but one of the most astonishing is
w. S.Guffey and Emmet Queens well on the
H. H. Wetmore farm. i reached the pay
streak early yesterday morning, and is do.
ing about 35 barrels an hour. Most of the oil
is going to waste, as sufficient tankage had
not been provided to take care of such
an amount of oil as is being pro-
duced. The well is located about
a mile northeast of the big Mathews well
on 300 line. A 45o line through the
Mathews well would probably be 1900 feet
east of the Wetmore we'll. Less than a
mile almost directly north of it are
three fair gas wells. They are To-
Gated on the John d. Robb
the John Scott, and the Samuel Wetmore
farms. The H. H. Wetmore we'll is just
about two miles northwest of Oakdale on an
air line. Southwest of it half a mile is g
small producer on the Gormley farm, and
southeast is the we'll on the John P. Ewing
farm and little north of west probably a
Gormley property.
Has No Outlet Yet.
Judging from the wells surrounding it
this well is over an isolated pool, as there
is scarcely any room for an outlet OF a belt,
except on strong 45o line In the
southwest. The well is one of the biggest
surprises in the field and even the owners
had no idea that it would be much of pro-
I,oor oriIonool Nv fbo foot that fhnv
failed to provide much tankage.
Another well that came in yesterday and
added materially to the general production
was the Forest Oil Company's No. 8 on the
Shaffer farm. 1t was reported last night to
be making from 60 to 75 barrels an hour.
This well is located in the southwest Nc
Curdy field and is just east of the Moore
farm. Sparks & Co.'S No on the Hughes
lot which is from a part of the Moore
farm, was shot with 60 quarts of nitro
glycerine Yesterday, and was reported last
night TO be making about 200 barrels day.
1t is west of the Shaffer No. 6.
Not Yet Completed.
Thd slaughterhouse we'll of S. j. Fisher &
Co. at Oakdale did not reach the pay in the
fifth sand last night as expected. There is
no well in the field being more closely
watched than is this venture. 1t is half q
mile east of anything else, and it has a
fair showing in the Gordon sand.
Should it prove good in the fifth it will add
of dollars to the land in the i'm
mediate vicinity of Oakdale, and triple the
amount of drilling. The H. H. Wetmore
we'll of Guffey q Queen will increase the
activity to the west, as number of lease
holders In that locality stated yes
terday that they would com
mence to operate without delay.
Down below Mcdonald the Peoples Ma
sand to-day in their No. on the Mcdonald
heirs property. Their No 2, on the same
ground, is drilling in the fourth sand. w.
P Rend's No. 2, on his own territory, near
the Laurel Hill coal mines, is down about 900
feet His No. 3 is 700 feet deep, and No.
is about 800. Davis & Browns No. 1, on
the brickyard lot, is drilling at 1000 feet,
and their No. 2 is down 600 feet. The Lib
erty Oil Company's No. I is due to get the
fifth sand this week. 1t is located in the
eastern edge of Mcdonald borough.
Their No. well is also drilling few feet
below the Gordon sand. The Wallace No.
2, of the Oskdale Oil Company, located 700
feet southwest of Wallace No. 1, is between
the fourth and fifth sands. Guckert &
Steele's No. 6 Mevey has just been
cased and is down 1900 feet. Their
No. Z, on the same farm, is
100 feet; No. at 800 feet; and a rig has just
been completed for No. 9 on the Mervey.
plete its No. on the Elliott farm this
week, and No on the Fayall property is
getting near the pay streak. Hays & Cart
and should complete we'll on the Miller
arm before Monday.
The Great Production.
The production of the field yesterday was
estimated at $4,000 barrels. This is the
argest production which has yet been an
he output at more than this on
several occasions By taking the
,auges below and multiplying them
,y "a it will be found that the aggregate
production is running high in the seventies.
Il the developments in the Mcdonald field
leep on at the present rate the production
If this small but wealthy territory may
ival any field which has been discovered.
In the Southwest.
There is probably no part of the south
Ittention as that which lies from four to six
niles ahead of Mcdonald on 45o line.
Within this scope of land there are now
everal wells drilling, and upon the result
# these wells depend several fortunes.
some of them are almost completed, and
hey are being watched with more anxiety
han any other ventures between Pittsburg
nd Belmont
Gauges of the Wells.
The gauges of the big wells yesterday per
Murphy & Co IS No. 1 Matthews, 23O; No.
Heron, 125; No. 2, Heron, 125; No.
Heron, 25O; No. 1 Bell, 80; No. Bell,
so; Guffey, Murphy & Galey's No. 1 Ell
lott, IS; No. Elliott, 120; No. Sam Stur-
.eon, go; No. Sam Sturgeon, $50; Oakdale |
Dill Companv's No. Baldwin, 125: No. 1 |
sturgeon heirs, 20: No. Sturgeon heirs, IS;
70. 1 Wallace, 225. Forst & Greenlees |
10. Mevey, 125; No. Mevev, 30; No. 4 |
devey, 145. Hays & Gartland's No.. 1 |
Miller, 40; No. 4 Miller, 25; No. Miller,
TO- ROYAL Gas Company's No. 1 Mary |
aobb, %; Devonians Oil Company's No. I |
elliott. 200; Woodland Oil Company's No.
Gamble, 35. Bowman, Dibert & Co. s No.
Johns, - Conklin, Fertig 4 Co.'S
70. 1 chTisty, 10. W, P Rend's
5. Miller, Meyer & Co.'S No. i, Maggie
IcDonald, 30. Forest Oil Company's Sha8er
70. 1, 30; No. 3, Shafer 20; No 5, Shaffer,
). Patterson & Co. s No. 1, 65. Wheel |
ng Gas Compapy's No. 1, Cook, 20. Forest |
)il Company's No. 1, Eta Glenn, 95. |
iuckert & Steele's No. 8, Mevey, $50.
Pipe Line Runs.
The runs of the Southwest Pipe Line |
company from the Mcdonald field yester-
ay amounted to 62,s21.93 barrels. Out
ide of Mcdonald their runs were 17,O9284
Highest of all in Leavening Powt