Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-04
SP0UTING PETROLEUM.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST WELLS EVER
STRUCK AT M'DoNALD

Brought in Yesterday-It IL on the sauters
Property Near the Railroad Station
The Gamble Farm Well at Oakdaie
Showing Up Strong.
There were some fresh developments In
the southwest district yesterday, and more
new oil was added to- the already heavy
production. Early yesterday morning the
well of Sauters Co. on the Sauters properly
hack of the hardware store, near MCDONALD
station, tapped the fifth sand ana
started of at $50 barrels an hour.
1t kept this gait for several hours and then
dropped to I25 barrels an hour, which it was
maintaining last evening. This well is tine
biggest Gordon sand producer in the neld.
1t is located about 800 feet southwest OF the
well on the hotel lot, and on a line between
the latter and Shaffer Co.'S well on the
Fanny johnson. 1t is east of A.
degree line from the johnson
we'll to the northeast, and is just west of a
$50 line northwest from the Cook lot well. le
well of Garland & Co. on the DeRoy prop
erty reached the Gordon SAND yesterday
morning and is good for l25 barrels day
from that rock. It is one location soutnwest
of the Fanny johnson well. Boviard sey-
faug's well is on top of the Gordon sand. The
small wells to the southwest and east, the
Butler and Short lot wells and the Fanny
johnson, on the east, seem TO oenne tne
Taking them as the edge wells, and the COOK
and the Sauters wells as on the streak, IL
appears that the belt is extremely narrow;
Operators are going on ahead. however, ana
wells are being drilled which will indicate
whether the pool has an opening to the
Oil on the Gamble.
OAKpAIE-The Woodland Oil Company's
well on the Gamble farm, mile west of this
village, reached the pay in the fifth
sand yesterday and is doing, at the
least calculation, Is barrels an hour.
in the first two hours it had put so barrels
into the tank. Although not unexpected,
there were many who were sceptlcal IN re.
gard to this venture. and believe tnaT le
was too far to the east. It makes q Dig
bundle of territory look much more valuable
than it has since the Miller well of Greenlee
& FROST and the well on the Albert Wet
tengel were drilled.
Drilling in the Sand.
McCuRpY-Gordnier, Fitzgibbons & Co.'S
well on the Mertz farm was three bits in the
sand yesterday afternoon with no oil. The
sand was hard and fine, but was improving
at every Bit This well is 700 feet southwest
Of the Fisher Oil Company's big well
on the McMichael farm. Patterson & Jones
venture on the HARRISON farm ], 500 feet west
of the old McCurdy farm, will max 3o-bar-
rel well. The Peoples Natural Gas Com
pany's No. ], on the Parsonage lot, was
drilled through the sand yesterday, and will
make a small well Hoffman & Co. on the
Moore farm are fishing for a bailer on top of
the Gordon sand. r. G. Gillespie & Co.'S
Jane Riddle No. 5 is drilling in the fourth
sand. Their No. 8 on the Hall is drilling be-
tween the Gordon and fourth sands and is
big gasser.
One Well Drilling.
WILDWOOD -Finegan, Downing & Co.'s No.
Q on the Wallace heirs. has been given its
last casing.
Two New Ventures.
TURKETFooT-Finegan, Downing & Co. are
down 600 in their No. l, on the Lee farm, and
about the same depth In their No. on the
Warwick property.
Gas Well Reported.
BENNETT-A telephone message was re-
ceived from Bennett late last evening in
which it was stated that at the depth of 20
feet gas was struck on the Maeder farm,
which had a pressure of II pounds to the
inch.