Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-04
TWO MORE BIG GusHERs.
NEW DEVELOPMENT IN THE NrDoN.
'V AID OIL FIELD.

Good Territory Opened Up by the Drill Yes.
| terday-The Result viii Greatly In.
| crease the Activity-wells Which Ars
About Completed In the NIcCurdy Pool
The great features of the Mcdonald oil
field yesterday were the Forest Oil Com
pany's No. / on the Eta Glenn and Guck'
ert & Steele's No. on the Mevey farm.
The former we'll was reported as doing 11C
barrels an hour from the fifth sand
and the Mevey we'll about 100 bar
rels an hour. The Glenn well is
| one of the mosr important in the field, rs 1t
| is east Of a line from the Mathews to tne
Mevey No. l of Forst & Greenlee. 1t Is
probably three-quarters of mile from l
Mathews we'll is on the northeast and
the Mevey well to the southwest. The Oak
| dale Oil Company's No. l on the wallace
Glenn we'll. The No. l on the r. W;
Glenn of the same company IS through
the Gordon sand and should >, be
II Tbe the so fifth msSsy sessy OF or GsePers
| Steele is located southwest of Forst & Green
lees big No. l Mevey about 100 feet. It is
the fourth well which these parties
have completed on this farm, ,,tn and ID
has now stopped flowing, they were
all small. 1t was believed for while tnat
their Nos. 2 and we're light owing to the the
drainage, but as No. is nearer to the big
Greenlee & Forst well than any St
the others, this theory will hardly hold good'
Another Gusher Expected.
The No. Bell, of Guffey, Jennings, Muir
phy & Co., is in the bottom of the Gordon
sand, and should reach the fifth this week.
1t is located about 1000 feet northeast OF the
Mathews No /, and should make good we'll.
The rig of the Forest Oil Company's No. on
the Joe Sturgeon farm took fire yesterday,
drilling No 2 in the Cedet lot. They have
been fishing for three months in the
No. n three on foe. the same she ftRR RRr0psrsdy ppsnd
Their ee No. !, cormege, is making 90 barrels a
day from the Gordon sand. The Wheeling
Gas Company has made location on the
John Georgeflot. Its No on the Mckay IS IS
down 500 feet, and they expect to get the
Gordon sand to-day on the Moore
head farm, southeast OF Mcdonald.
house lot. should have reached the fifth
sand late last night, but no report had oeen
received from it at a late hour. 1t is one OF
the most important wells in the field, as IL Is
located far to the east of the present de-
velopments. ~
In the McCurdy Field.
Up in the McCurdy end of the field Patter-
son & Jones' No. on the kelso farm will
ging up for Kelso No. 4. A rig is being built
for No. and No. is making 2l0 barrels an
hour. They are also building a rig
for Shaffer No. 8. w. L. Mellon has the
tools out of his well on the Taylor farm and
expects to get the pay tomorrow. HIS NOS;
2 and on the Mertz farm, and Nos. ], and
on the Neeley should be completed the
first of next week. The Fisher Oil Company's s
well on the Kansas schoolhouse property in
Northeast MeCurdy is drilling in the
the McMichael property will get the fifth
sand next week. The Forest Oil Company's
No. Shaffer was expected to reach the sand
late last night. Their No. 2 Wright is also
the James McGregor is due next week
Their No. r. w. Glenn, No. John Med.
Glenn and No. Heron are all drilling IN
the Gordon sand. Their No. Heron struck
same company may get the sand the last Of
this week. Jane McGill No. l was in the
Gordon yesterday with showing Of oil.
Gauges of the Wells.
The production of big wells yesterday per
hour was as follows: GuIfey, Murphy, Jen-
ninqs & Co.'S No. Mathews, 225; Heron No.
], 140; Heron No. 9, l4O; Heron No. 4, 275;
Bell No. ], 80; Bell No. 2, 80; the
oakdale Oil Company's No, l Bald
Sn So lsS %osSe Ss sd s0Fsan So hesfs 1s9
heirs: 90; No. ! Sturgeon heirs; 50; Gut
fey. Murphy & Galey's No. l Elliott, 80:
No Elliott ITO; No Sam Sturgeon. so; No.
9 Sam Sturgeon, 1sO Forst 6 Greenlee's, No.
Mevey, lao: No. 3 80; No. I: 13o: Hays &
AGartland's No. Miller, 40; No. 8. 60; No.
1, 30: Royal Gas Company's No. 1 Mary
Robb. 20 Devonian Oil Company's Nc. !
Elliott. lso: Woodland Oil Company's No.
Gamble, 35: Bowman & Co.'S No. Johns. Is;
W. P. Rend's No. i, 15; ConkIin & Co.'S No. l,
| 10; Black & Co.'S No. ], e5; Miller, Meyer &
| Co.'S No. /, 30 No. 2, 35: Patterson Jones
No. 1Kelso, 2l0: Forest Oil Company's No.
Eta Glenn, 100: Wheeling Gas Company's
| No. !, Cook lot. 30 barrels. The Southwest
Pipe Line Company's runs from the Nc.
Donald field Saturday were 60,545 barrels,
| and for Sunday, 81. .059 barrels.
The Southwest Pipe Line runs from Nc
| Donald Yesterday were 81, AT barrels.
W. S. Guffey and Emmett Queens we'll on
| the a. H. Wetmore farm was reported late
| last night to be drilling in the fifth sand. 1t
is a most important well as it is located
| considerably west of 45 degree line through
the Mathews farm, and west three-quarters
of a mile from the Ewing and Miller farpl
wells. 1t is q mile north of the Mathews
| The production YESTERDAY was about T3, O0(