Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-21
DOUBLED ITS OUTPUT.
The Matthews No. 3 Is Now Making
More Than 100 Barrels a Day.
THREE IMPORTANT WILDCATS.
Daily Production of the Harmony Pool
Almost 5000 Barrels.
REPORT OF MARIETTA WE'LL is A FAKE

was the Increase of the No. 8 Matthews, be
longing to Guffey, Jennings & Co., from 81
to 110 barrels an hour 1t is at least 1 ,20t
feet northwest from this company's No. 1 on
the J. ]. Matthews farm. and shows a wide
scope of oil-producing rock to the west. II
is not, however, as far to the west as the
same parties No. on the Matthews heirs
farm The latter well is. morever, at least
500 feet east of the Oakdale Oil Company's
No. l. on the Hutchinson farm, which is ex-
pected to recede the fifth early this week.
Northwest of this again is the we'll of the
0akdale Oil Company, on the Gormley
farm, which should be in the fifth sand be-
fore manv davs.
The greatest oil producing sand in the
whole field was under the Matthews and
the Susan Heron farms. The Bell farm
has also produced big lot of oil and Guffey,
Jennings & Co. s No. 6 on the Bell farm
should be in the fifth sand early this week
and then Nos. 4 and on this property are
also near the last stratum. Their No. ) on the
Heron is the next due on that property.
On the Wallace farm the Oakdale Oil Com
pany should get its No. 5 into the fifth sand
this week, and Guffey, Murphy & Galley s
No. 5, on the Elliott farm, is also near the
fifth. The Oakdale Oil Company has a
couple of wells on the Sturgeon heirs prop
erty, which should be in the Gordon before
Wednesday.
Operations at Mcdonald.
Down at Mcdonald the ROYAL Gas Com
pany's No. on the Sauters farm is on top
of the fifth sand. Their No. on the Mary
Robb property is Just above the Gordon
sand, and the ROYAL Gas Company and
Gibboney will get the Gordon within the
ne1tthree days on the Sauters property,
northeast of Mcdonald borough.
Schreffier & Russell's well on the
Moorhead property in Mcdonald borough
and only short distance from Robson &
Co.'S big Gordon sand well on the Pasher
lot, was three feet in the Gordon and show
ing only little oil, but as the best paw on
the Gerdon-is not struck before at least 12
feet no one has the temer1ty TO predict that
the well will be a failure. The fact is that
none of these wells we're sny good before
they reached a depth of at least II
feet IN the Gordon sand Some of
them were compelled to go deeper
than this before striking the paw
Greenlee & Forst's venture on the Glad
den farm near the Moorhead we'll, a mile
south of Mcdonald, did not get into the
Gordon Saturday, as expected. The above
well, together with A. J. Mercer & Co.'S
No. Reed, three miles southwest, and the
Venhue Oil Company's No. Woods, half
mile south of the Rend No. l, should all be
in the third sand to-day. They form line
across the theoretical Gordon sand belt
running from the west in northeast direc-
tion for nearly three miles. They are all
very important wells and are being
watched with a great deal of inter
est, as upon them rests the
value of thousands of acres of land
If they prove TO be good average Gordon
sanders there will be wells drilling on every
farm between them within two weeks.
Hartman & Co. S well on the J. r. Kelso
farm, not over a mile east of the McCarty
we'll of Mellon & Co., will not be better
than so barreler in the Gordon sand
The owners are very anxious to have line
laid 10 it. Dorman & Co. on the Wade
farm will get the Gordon today or to-mor-
row. 1t is not over 1000 feet sonth of
Mcdonald station.
They Are Not Holding Up.
Some of the late Gordon wells down
around Laurel Hill and between that point
and Noblestown, have fallen off very fast
in the last three or four davs. The owners
Of nearly all of them are making prepara-
ton to tube and pump them. The best
Gordon sander in that locality at present is
lee s. Forst should reach the fifth TODAY in |
their No. II, on the Mevey farm, which is
located on the southern part of the farm
near the Noblestown road. Bartlett & Co.,
On the Couch lot, will be in the third sand
some time to-day if they have no bad luck.
The Forest Oil Company's No. 1. on the
Margaret Mciregor farm, north of Oakdale,
is almost through the fifth sand aud prac-
tlcally dry. The same company is spud- |
ling in its No l, on the Sam Sturgeon
tarm, northeast of Oakdale and Just south |
Of the Kemp farm. The Matt Grouse well. |
1t Oakdale, belonging to Gardiner, Snyder |
& Co, is through the fifth and will not be |
better than four or fve-barrel well. |
Nearly COCO Barrels Production.
HARMONY-This section of Butler county |
s again rising in the estimation of oil pro- |
iucers. 1t is being thoroughly drilled, and |
I may yet have a production which will |
lval some of its jealous neighbors |
Already it is putting out about
,635 barrels a day, or nearly |
Iouble the present production of Wildwood. |
t is only within the last two or three
months that this field has come into general
lotice. For a while last spring and even
nto the summer it was scarcely deemed
7orthy of notice, but the opening of the
'ool to the northwest of Harmony and
northeast of Zelenople gave it decided
'oom. The following is list of the wells
n the field and their daily production:
Kennedy & Co. S No. Eicholtz: 60; No. 9
Iicholtz, 100. Mckinney & Co.'S No. /
fcCurdy, so. Lockwood & Patterson's No.
Eicholtz, $50; No. ., 200; and No. 3, 200.
he Evans City Oil Companv's No. l
licholtz, 90; No. ., 100; No. 3, 200. Sutton
! Co. s No. 1 Eicholtz, 60; No. ., 100; No.
200. Guckert & Steele's No ] Eicholtz.
so; No. i Stauffer, 200; No 3. 4so Golden &
%. IS No. Schiever, ITO; No. ], 1860; No. ., 4SO
alexander & Co.'S No. / Schiever, l75.
Ieice & Co.'S No. ] Schiever, 400; No.
'feiffer, 80. Guckert & Steele's No.
chiever, 200. Donaghy & Co.'S No.
Tallomsn, 150 Younkins & Co.'S No.
Ialloman, 200 Campbell & Co.'S No. l
frederick, $50; total, 5,635. Younkins &
o. Holloman farm well shows WIDEN
1g of the pool to the west.
The Marietta Well a Fake.
Last Thursday report was sent out from
rarietta to the effect that well on the Dye
rooks farm, Is miles from Marietta, near
rcher's Forks, was making II barrels an
our. Scouts were Immediately sent down
-om Pittsburg. They returned yesterday
nd reported that the story was fake, and
lat there is not the slightest indication of
il at the we'll.
Gauges and the Runs.
Wells which are not making 20 barrels an
our are not included in the following
luges. The production of the wells max
e 20 barrels an hour or more yesterday
as as follows:
Guffey, Jennings & Co.'s No. ] Mathews
I; No. 5, Matthews 80: No. ] Mathews
sirs, ITO: No. ] Heron. %: Nos and
Heron, 10; No. ., Bell 90: Guffey, Murphy &
alleys No. Elliott, 20; Nos. and Sam
urgeon, 40: Oakdale Oil Company's No. l
I'd Baldwin, 90; Nos. l and 2 Wallace,