Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-09
The Gordon Sand Wells Captured the
Pennant Yesterday.
FIFTH SANDERS WERE ALL SMALL.
Stray Wildcats Which Are Now Going Down
in Various Places.
WORK IN THE SISTERSVILLE FIELD

| are not failures by any means
Two of them were making 20 barrels
an hour last evening and the other is goot
for at least 100 barrels day. The first be
longs to Robson, Brown & Co. 1t is 10
Gated on the Pasher lot in the extreme
northeastern part of the borough, and only
a few feet feet from the Allegheny county
line. The production of this we'll yesterday
afternoon was 20 barrels an hour. North
and south of it are big Gordon sanders, and
when it is drilled deeper into the rock the
output may go to 80 barrels an hous The
owners do not intend to drill it past the
Gordon for some time.
Gettman, Wanky & Co.'S well, on the
Thomasy lot, which was reported in THE
DISPATCH yesterday morning to be showidg
for good well, fulfilled the prophesy, and
yesterday it was also making 20 barrels an
hour from the Gordon. 1t is located about
COO COO feet east Of Robson, son prov Brown "a 4
is just inside the Allegheny county
boundary. East of this well 200 feet is
Russell, Kahn, johnson Co.'s good Gordon
producer on the Southerly lot. The other
third-sander belongs to the Peoples Gas
Company and is known as their No. on the
Miller farm. 1t was flowing at the rate OF
over 100 barrels day yesterday: Several
before the end of the week, and it is conf
IDENTIFY expected that they will materially
increase the Gordon sand production.
Fifth Sanders Were Small.
In comparison to these wells the fifth
sanders were almost failures. So much has
been expected from this rock that unless a
a well comes in at 150 or 200 barrels an hour
it is looked upon as being next door to dry
hole. w. P. Rend's No. ., on his own prop
fifth sand yesterday, but no oil
was found, and the production which
the well had from the Gordon sand was en-
tirely dried up by the gas from the fourth,
II is probable that the well will be shot in
the Gordon to open it up once more and
then be plugged between the Gordon and
fourth to keen back the gas from the latter
formation. The Devonian Oil Company's
No. ., on the Boyce heirs farm in southwest
McCurdy. got the fifth sand yesterday morn
ing, but is good for only ten barrels an hour
located more to the northeast. started off
several weeks ago at over 15o barrels an
hour.
One report from the Royal Gas Company's
No. 9, on the Mary Robb farm, west of Nc
Donald, was that it was ten feet in the fifth
sand without u showing of oil,while another
report was to the effect that instead of
being in the fifth the bit had been drilling in
q stray above the actual oil rock. The
owners say they expect to reach the fifth
sand to-day. The Devonian Oil Company's
No. g. on the J. H. Robb farm, may be drilled
into the fifth sand some time to-day. Ewing
& Co. are still drilling above the fifth sand
in their well on the Vincent lot located just
northeast of Mcdonald borough.
The Belmont Oil Company should be in
the Gordon. on the Lockart lot, by Friday.
Gallagher Bros. are near the Gordon in their
well on the More lot at Laurel Hill. Mercer
q Co., on the McMurray, are down l,200 feet.
casing into their well on the brickyard lot
at Noblestown. The Forest Oil Company's
No. McGill at Oakdale is through the fifth
sand, and dry.
Better Than Its Neighbors.
The school house lot well of Hawley &
Co. at Noblestown, is reported to be showing
better in the Gordon sand than any of the
wells in that locality. 1t is shut down at
present while some repairs are being made
at Noblestown has been drilled through
the Gordon sand. and is small
in that rock. Greenlee Forst
expect to reach the fifth sand to-day on the
fourth and only 80 feet above the fifth last
evening. A heavy vein of salt water was
struck in the hundred-foot sand at the For
est Oil CoInpany's No on the Heron farm.
The water will be cased off. Patterson &
Jones Nos. 4. 5, 6 and on the Kelso farm, in
McCurdy, are drilling at depths
ranging from 200 to 900 feet.
There are two wells due in the fifth sand
to-day which should both be gushers of the
old time caliber. judging from their loca-
tions Both of them belong to the Oakda1e
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win and the other as No. 2 on the Morgan
farm. Guffey. Jennings, Murphy & Co. e2-
pect to complete their Nos. 2and on the
famous J. j. Matthews farm this week. This
firms No. l J. J. Matthews, which was
struck July 16. has produced over 500 600
barrels of oil, and is still putting out 100 bar
rels an hour.
In advanced territory a great deal of new |
work is being done. W. P. Rend is starting |
a well on the Sauters farm, south of the |
Venture Oil Company's test well on the |
fifth sand to-day. Smith & Jones are rigging |
mp on the Taylor farm at Midway. The |
Royal Gas Company's venture on the Moore |
farm has been abandoned. They got % feet |
)f very poor fifth sand and no oil. |
A Cluster Of Wildcats.
Drake & Co. have made q loca ton on the |
Joseph Ralston farm, and one on the S. L. |
Moore farm, near Wellsburg, just over the
inc in West Virginia. Lentz, Slagle & Co. |
miles northeast of Wellsburg. These make |
, total of two drilling wells and four rigs |
which are located in semi-circle about |
This place.
In the Other Fields.
MARTINS FERRY-The Glenn Run Oil and |
Gas Company has decided to drill its well,
which is located three miles back of this |
place. to. depth of $500 feet 1t is now
down 1915 feet and is in the Berea grit, with |
\ very small showing of oil.
POTOMAC, w. VA.-This little village, which |
is located about three miles northwest of |
West Alexander, may soon become an oil |
center. Unknown parties are now drilling |
wildcat well northeast of the village. an
other a mile and half to the north, is
down several hundred feet: and a third well |
has been located almost in the village.
Over in Cecil township, Washington county, |
the Manufacturers Gas Company has de- |
cided to drill its No. on the Hickman farm
TO the fifth sand. The Jefferson Gas Com
pany's Nos and on the Washabaugh are |
about completed. The Morganza No is |
also being drilled to the fifth sand forma-
lion. |
Forst & Greenlee have started to drill |
another wildcat in the northwestern part Of |
Butler county. 1t is located one mile north |
ago ut Elliott's Mills. The latter has been |
shut in. They are nine miles east of New
Castle.
cat on the Robert White farm, at Frew's
Mills, five miles east of New Castle, in Law
renee county. Edie Co. have finished and /
abandoned a wildcat on the Reichel farm,
If oil in what is known as the
sand. which is found at a depth OF
100 feet. The formations below that stratum
we're very irregular. 1t was drilled to q
lepth OF 1000 feet, and where the third sand
should have. been, only few shells we're
'ound: Nine miles north of New Castle, near
New Wilmington, well has just been put
Town 500 feet. No regular sand except, the
was found.
The Mahoningtown Oil and Gas ComDauy
IS starting well on the Harvey Leonard
arm. at Mahoningtown, three miles south
If New Castle. The gas wells at the RIG
Mead ows, six miles east of New Castle. have
,een shut in. 1t is claimed that they get
he gas in the Berea grit
Reports From Sistersville yarv
Several operators returned last evening
rom Sistersville, which is now attracting
considerable attention. The reports of the
,ilgrims varied to wonderful degree. One
,ld-time operator claimed that tine six wells