Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-24

reach the Gordon sand to-day. The Oak
dale Oil Company's No. 2, on the Wallac
farm, is not. yet IN the fifth sand. 1t
! flowing every two hours from tn
Gordon sand and the drilling i
slow. Their No. 3, on tn
Wallace farm is in the Gordon sand an
filled up several hundred feet with oil Th
No., on the Morgan heirs, belonging to tn
same company. is in the bottom of tn
Gordon sand. Guffey, Murphy & Galley ex
pect to reach the Gordon to-day in their N o
Elliott, and the same sand tomorrow il
their No. on the same farm.
The Malt House Venture.
Down at Oakdale Gordiner & Co. meas
ured up last night at their we'll on the NAL
house lot, and found they were only 80 fee
above the Gordon sand. They expect to ge
into that stratum to-day. One of the own
ers stated last evening that if they got {
Gordon sand well they would not drill it te
the fifth, as it spoils third sander
to 60 below that formation. The WOODLAND
Oil Company's No. on the Gamble farm,
back of Oakdale, should have been in the
fifth sand yesterday afternoon, but up to q
late hour last evening no report from
it had been brought in. The same
and 5 on the Gamble farm.
Gufey, Jennings 8, Co. IS Nos 2 and 3 on
the J. j. Mathews farm are each about
], 400 feet deep. The Kyle Oil Company is
starting No. on the Wettengel farm.
Phillips, Shaffer & Co. expect to get the
Gordon sand tomorrow on the Collins
property, back of Oakdale. Shaffer, Kyle
& Mechlin's we'll, on the Mckee property,
near the Gamble farm, is down 600 feet and
The Royal Gas Company's No. on the
Mary Robb farm northwest of Mcdonald is
1000 feet deep. Nos. 5 and on the Sauters
farm are Just on top of the fifth sand, and
they are spudding in their No. 8 on the
Sauters property. The Dovonian Oil Com
pany is ready to case up No. on
the J. H. Robb farm. The same
Company's No. 3 on the Elliott farm is
down 600 feet, and No 4, same farm, is 300
feet deep.
That Moorhead Well.
The reports from the Wheeling Gas Com
pany's we'll on the Moorhead farm, mile
south of Mcdonald, we're very conflicting
last night. 1t is pure wildcat, and con-
sequently is being watched with
great deal of interest. There was
in the Gordon and dry, but late last even
ing a report that seemed reliable was that it
was making from two to three barrels an
hour from the Gordon sand.
Work in an Old Field.
HARMoNY-Guckert & Steele's No. 4, on
the G. S. Staufer farm, is drilling at
700 feet, and they have rigs building
for Nos. 3 and on the same farm.
Their No. 1 on the Schriever is down 800
feet. They have started to drill the second
hole for their No. 1 on the Humphrey
farm, near Petersville. Three strings
of tools were lost in the first
hole and it had to be plugged.
Officials in the Field.
A party of pipe line officials arrived in
Pittsburg Sunday night, and yesterday Wis
tied the Mcdonald field on atour of inspec-
ton. They visited the different pump sta
tions, and the localities where iron tanks
are now being built, but
owing to the inclemency of the
weather they were not able to make
a satisfactory tour of the field. The party
which went to the field consisted of D.
O'Day, of Buffalo, General Manager of the
National Transit Company; H. H. Rodgers,
of New York, President of the National
Transit Company; John D. Archbold, of
New York, President of the Acme Refining
w. 1OuuS, VI IltlSDuTS,
President of the Forest Oil Company;
n. F. Clark, of Pittsburg, President
Of the South Penn Oil Company;
c. n. Payne, of Titusville, President
of the Executive Committee; G. T. Bredin,
IF Oil City, General Superintendent of the
National Transit Company, and E. G.
Wright, of Washington, Pa, Superintend-
mt of the Southwest Pipe Line Company.
C.nDa. opS7 the Ru-.
The gauges of the big wells yesterday
howed the following to be their average
Der hour: Guffey, Jennings & Co.'S No. 1
and 4 Heron, 3O3; Bell No. 2, 70;
Bell No. 4, IA; Oakdale Oil Company's No /
Baldwin, Mathews heirs IS; No. Wallace,
16; No. 1 Morgan heirs. II; Sturgeon
leirs' No. 2, 1s; Guffey, Murphy
/ Galey's No 1 Elliott, IS; No.
Elliott, 40; No. 1 Sam Sturgeon, 18; No
sam Sturgeon, 159; Forest Oil Company's
80. Eta Glenn, 1876; No. 1 J. NJ Glenn,
%; No. Shafer, 16; No. 8 Shaffer, 10: No
,haffer, g. No. Heron, 4S; No. Heron,
16; Forst & Greenlee's No. 1 Mevey, 65;
70. Mevey,S2; No. Gamble, 3S; Hays
/ Gartland's No 8, 25; Royal Gas Com
'any's No. NJ. Robb, 16; Devonian Oil
No. 1 Elliott, 20;
Hoffman & Co.'S No. 2, Moore, 18;
Woodland Oil Company's No. 1, Gamble,
2; w. P. Rend's No. 1, Rend, IA; Black &
20. S No. 1, Sauters, %; Miller & Co. s No.
Mcdonald, 1S; Patterson & Co. S No. l,
'auters, %; Wheeling Gas Company's No.
=, Cook lot, 10; Guckert & Steeles No. 3,
dewey, 80; Patterson and Jones' No. 2,
Ielso, 126; No. Kelso, 126; Gordiner &
20. s No. 3 Mertz, 10; Guffey & Queens No.
Wetmore, 10; Devonian Oil Company's
70. 1, Boyce, 60: Forest Oil Company's No.
, Wright, SO: Davis & Browns No. 1, IA;
thompson & &c. s No. 1 Mormlongrig, 30;
}renneman & Co.'S No. 1 Tilmont, 80;
Brown & Co. No. Montgomery, 40; For
st Oil Company's No. 3 Ewing, 90. The |
of the field yesterday was esti-
lated at $500. 1t was brought up by
he new wells and agitating the old |
nes The stock in the field was reduced to
5S, GOO barrels. The runs of the Southwest |
'ipe Line from Mcdonald Saturday were
:, 800. 72; outside of Mcdonald, Il, $50 81;
otal, "a, $3.50. Sunday the runs were ST.
O3. So barrels: outside of Mcdonald, 69S 50; |
otal, 81 ,902. 81 barrels
Down tho Ohio River.
T. N. Barnsdall is reported to have pur-
hased the gas well at Alum Cave back of |
t. Marys for Sc, 900. He will pipe the gas
} Marietta. This is supposed to be the |
iggest gasser in Ohio.
The Millers Run Oil Company's we'll on