Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-05
THE MERIT WELL BIG.
Reported as Making Seventy-Five
Barrels an Hour Last Night
THE MDONALD FIELDS SHOWING.
One New Well noing Thirty Barrels an
Hour, Others in the Gordon.
WELLS DUE AT CORAOPoLIS AND MOON

The work in the oil fields of the southwest
was as active yesterday as it has been any
day during the past month. Two big wells
reached the pay streak, but they occasioned
little surprise Big wells have become so
common recently that they create but little
comment. Their production, too, is now
rated at so much an hour. To rate it by.
the day would take too many
figures, and be too hard to remember In
this respect an oil operator is curious
creature. He is always figuring to gain his
point.by the easiest possible means, and if
necessary will figure for days to accomplish
his object BY less work than it would take
five hours to accomplish by hard work.
They are nevertheless hard workers and
without exception every man who has made
lucky strikes has been hard worker.
- One of the Big Wells.
The biggest well repofted yesterday was
that of Gardiner, Fitzgibbons & Co.. on the
Mertz farm, In southwest McCurdy. 1t was
in the sand Thursday afternoon, but the
rock was hard and close and but little head
rg at bs snd the eooe
started of r at the rate Of 9 bar
reis an hour, and was keegihng Ping
well is located from 700 to 1000 feet south.
west of the Fisher Oil Company's 40barrel
an hour well on the McMichael farm. Gutey
farm, in the eastern limits of the Mccurdy
field. In southwest McCurdy,' Kennedy,
Fitzgibbons & Bolts No. !, .o6 on tn. the
It It's is located 1000 feet southwest Of
the Forest Oil Company's well, on the
Wright farm. Their No. o on the Moore. is
spuddins, and they have just commenced to
n de,AN 70
Davis & Bott are spuddipg in their No. !, on
the Boyce farm Finegan, Downing Co.
have located two wells on the Boyce farm.
The Forest Oil Company has rig up on the
Isaac Ewing farm, to the southeast of these
wells. Willison & Co. are starting IA well on the
Henry Shaffer located 1000 feet northeast
OF the wright Nn on we'll the he sSsep Is down M
feet, and their No. 2, Shaffer, is 500 feet deep.
They are rigging up ut NO q. Their NO. >
on the Wright, is down 400 feet. Patterson
& Jones' No. ], on the Shaffer. is down l,2O0
feet, and they have finished spudding at
their No.2, on the same farm. They are
spudding at shaffer No. 3; Patterson \
be completed next week. 1t is a mile
and half north of west from the McCurdy
farm. The Forest on Compauy's No. on
building rig for No Ewing and No. on
the James Walker farm.
-- The Next in Importance.
MISUNDERSTANDING up the Mertz well
in McCurdy the Peoples Natural Gas
Company's well on the Johns lot
at Mcdonald is on the list.
1t reached the fifth sand yesterday morning
and was making 80 barrels an hour accord
ns W snrnTse pD of its
ton. 1t is on direct line between We1xel
Co.'s dry hole on the Smith, to the north
east. and Shaffer & Co.'S dry hole on the
Smith, to the southwest. 1t is 200 feet east
of the Butler lot we'll, and Kelly & Co.'s
small well on the Davis lot is not
over $50 west of it. 1t was no
lack of gas. christy s Co.'S well on the
Richards property, located 1000 feet west of
the Cook well, is dry in the fifth. 1t is good
for 20 barrels day from the Gordon sand.
back of the hardware store, is still doing 100
barrels an hour. Clark Bannis-
ter's well on the Sauters property,
on a 45-degree line got the Gordon sand last
night and is showing for good producer
from that rock. Shaffer & Co. are down 900
feet on the Sauters property. between thea
Clark & Bannister and the Sauters wells.
Smith & Co. are spudding one location
northeast of the Clark & Bannister well on
the Sauters. The well belonging to WASH
lot we'll, reached the Gordon sand yesterday
and is showing for a good Gordon sand well,
The Augusta Oil Company's well on the Ru-
lick lot, soo feet northeast OF the Gosel lot
Garland & Co.'S we'll on the De Roy lot is
doing $50 barrels day from the Gordon
sand. W; p. Blacks No. on the Crooks
lot and his No. on the George lot will get
the Gordon sand next Tuesday. His
No. Il McNall and No. l Jamison are
each 400 feet deep, and his Springer No; is
down LOO feet. Guffy, Murphy & Gailey's
No /, ON the Elliott rarm, is making 40 bar
refs an hour. Their No. Q, on the same farm,
is down 800 feet: No. 8, l,2oe feet, and they
have rig up for No, 4: Gudffey, Murphy, i6n ply,
in their No. on the Morgan farm, and they
are starting to drill at No. 2. Guffey.
Murphy & Galley have started to drill
their No. on the James Wallace farm and
are building a rig for No. O. George S.
Martin & Co. on the Druart are down J, l0J
feet, and their Heser lot well is / $50 feet
farm is down 1,2oO feet; their No. ., 1000: No.
5, 9C0; No. 4, 700; No. 5, 400, and their Mevey
No. 8 is spudding. Mellon & Co. on the Nc.
Carly farm at Pm should get the fifth
sand today.
The Gamble Well.
OAKpALR.-The Woodland Oil Company's
well ON the Gamle farm west of W orth farm,
this place, is reported this evening as MAX
ing 50 barrelsan hour.
Nearing the Sand.
CoRAoPoLIs.-W. P. Blacks well on the T.
+. Watson property will get the sand to-
day..
Operations at Moon.
MooN-The Hervey Oil Company's No. 2 on
the Linton and No 2 on the McFadden farms
are expected to reach the sand early next
week. They shot their Nos. and on the
Goss farm yesterday.
On Little Pine Run.
DE HAVEN "A report was received last
night from d i1on 6 Co.'S well on the Kline
farm, stating that 1t was in the 10O-foot sand
and filled up 1000 feet with water and OIL
1t is located about three and one-half miles
north of east from De Haven, and q half q
mile east of the old Hassinger well. It is in
Indiana township.
Southeastern Ohio.
ST. MARYs, o-Field operations for the
past month show some interesting features
During the past month there were alarger |
number of wells abandoned than in any |
month in the history of the field. The aver /
age new production for each well completed |
during the month is 651z barrels which is the |
highest average per well during the year. In |
drilling wells there is an increase
of three, and in rigs up and
building q decrease of seven, making |
the total decrease in new work IA, which in I
dicates less WORK doing september. Au- |
glaze county has for the past four months |
led in new productions, but Wood county, the
old stand by portion of the Ohio field, once
more comes to the front with an increase of |
1852 barrels. Auglaize county naturally ex- |
pected to show up a heavy output with |
the reservoir. But the increase in |
Wood county is one of the surprises !
OF the business. This territory is old, but |
has already proven vert rich. and il will |