Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-21
TWO MORE GUSHERS.
They are Drilled in Between the
McCurdy and Mcdonald Pools.
THE STREAK Is NINE MILES LONG,
The Bears are Predicting Fifty Cent Oil
Before September.
BUTLER OPERATORS FEELING BLUE

The bears in the oil market, that is tn
few of them who are left, were eating hone,
last night. Every time they swallowed
mouthful of the busy bees product the,
predicted 50-cent oil. The bulls wer
glum. They were in no mood to disput,
the cultural statements of their arch enemies
The reports from the field have not been 81
far over on the bears side of the fence fo
many day. Producers were sulky, except
/ ing of course those who owned the big wells
| Those who were not in it could look int
the near and adjacent future and in thei
minds eye see the market go out of sight.
Eleven Big Oil Wells.
From the northeast end of the McCurdy
| field to Mcdonald there are II wells which
| are making from % to 100 barrels an hour
They form a string nine miles long, and il
has only vet commenced to be developed
| These IL wells are: Fisher Oil Company,
| on the McMichael; Forest Oil Company, on
the Wright; Russell, Gu1ey & Galley, on
the Albert Wettengel; Guffey, Jennings,
Murphy & Co., on the Matthews; Gufey,
Murphy & Co. on the Baldwin; Guckert,
Steel & Egbert on the Mevey; Gartland &
Hays on the Miller, two wells; Royal Gas
Company on the Mary Robb; La Combe &
ing Gas Company on the Cook lot. Besides
this there are a dozen small ones in the Nc
Donald district which are making from 40
to $50 barrels day.
The Southwest McCurdy Well.
The beatish talk of last night was created
bv the Fisher Oil Company's well on the
McMIchael farm. 1t is located 1900 feet
northeast of the Forest Oil Company's big
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southwestern part of the McCurdy field. 1t
had been placed in the no good category by
every operator who was enough interested
to even talk about it. They all said it was
too far to the east, and even one of the own
ers wanted to sell his quarter interest in it
for cost as late as yesterday morning. He
found no takers, and in the afternoon his
well was drilled into the sand and in the
first two hours put five feet of oil or $50
barrels into 25O-barrel tank. Late last
evening it was reported as down to
20 barrels an hour. The well is practically
a wildcat and opens up and makes
valuable larger block of territory:
The only well near it is Fitzgibbons & Co.,
on the Mertz The latter is southwest of
the McMichael and about 700 feet east of
line from the McMichael to the Wright.
1t is down about l, 400 feet, and Hoffman &
Co, on the Moore, next to the Wright
farm, are down about 1,500 feet, and have
rig up for No. on the same farm.
The Wettengel Well.
NoBLBsTowN-Another report. which
filled the bears with fiendish glee, was from
the well of Russell. Guffey & Galley, on
the Albert Wettengel farm. 1t reached the
fifth sand yesterday, and in the first 30
minutes put Is barrels of oil in the tank
This would be at the rate of 80 barrels an
hour, and, as it had only broken the she'll
and was liable to increase if al
lowed to flow, it was shut in until
more tankage could be secured and pipe
line connections made with it. This well
was dry in the Gordon sand. 1t is located
about 1000 feet northeast of Guffey, Jen-
nings, Murphy & Co.'S big well on the
Matthews farm The we'll on the Baldwin
farm of Gufey, Murphy & Co, located
putting out from % to 80 barrels an hour
yesterday.
Miller 2 a Gusher.
MCDoNALD-Therc was only one well
reached the fifth sand in this vicinity yes
terday, but it was gusher. 1t is Garland
81 Hays No. 2 on the Miller farm, and was
making 120 barrels an hour last night. 1t lis
located about 1000 feet north of their
No. 1, on the same farm, which
started off at the same rate,
and is about 700 feet west of Guckert, Steel
& Egbert's 80 barrel an hour well, on the
Mevey farm. 1t is on line between the
latter and the Mary Robb we'll. Garland s.
Hays are spudding at their No. 3, on the
Miller, and are building the rig for No. 4.
Shaffer & Co. s well. on the Fanny johnson
property, near the railroad station, is max
ing over 100 barrels day from the Gordon
sand. Andy Garland is down 1 ,45O feet on
DeRoy property, which joins the
johnson on the southwest. The
Wheeling Gas Companys we'll, on
the Cook lot, is running nearly 100 barrels
an hour. w. p. Rend is ready to drill his
own property quarter of a mile east of
near the railroad track, The
Royal Gas Company has started to drill
Nos. 2 and on the Mary Robb farm. The
same company is also drilling Nos. 3, 6 and
ON the Sauters farm, and are building the
rigs for Nos. 4 and 3 on the Mcdonald
4 will get the Gordon to-day. Sauters,
& Co., on the Sauters property,
200 feet northeast of the railroad
station, are down 1850 feet. The
Royal Gas Company's No on
the Sauters is down ], 400 feet Miller,
Mover & Co. are building rig on the
Maggie Mcdonald property, Just across the
railroad from the Wheeling Gas Company's
Cook lot well. Pew & Emerson are loo
feet deep on the Davidson lot, 200 feet west
of the old Sauters No. 3. George S. Mar
tin & Co. are 800 feet deep on the Heiser
lot, 100 feet south of No. Sauters. The
same parties are down 400 feet on the Druart
The U. p Church well of Bosch
er & Co. did not get the fifth sand yester-
day as expected. They are still short of
water, and facetious people say that water
at Mcdonald is worth more than OIL
Little Better Than Dry.
CoRAoPoLIs-The Forest Oil Company
drilled its No. 8, on the Getty farm, into
the sand to-day. 1t will not make more
than five-barrel we'll.
The Only Well Drilling.
CHARTIERs-The Fisher Oil Companv's
well on the Duff farm, the only one now
drilling in the whole CHARTERS field, is ex-
pected to reach the sand to-day.
From Butler County.
BUTLER-The producers in this pioneer
district are as blue as heavens own sky.
There is nothing to cheer them up and hope
has died in every breast. The report for
the month of August will show an increase
in production over that of July, all of
which will be furnished by the Slagle, Lenz
& Co. S well, on the Newton Garvin farm,
three miles west of Gallery. 1t is still doing |
% barrels an hour The Forest Oil Company's |
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