Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-30
1T IS STILL IN DOUBT.
Various Opinions Regarding the
Famous Reed Farm Well.
GORDON, FOURTH Or FIFTH SAND
Is the Question frou5l;n- the Operators in
the Southwest.
ADVANCED GORDON WELLS SHOWING

Inc heeQ 1arm well, Iuree Hlits soUth
west of Mcdonald on a 900 line, is still a
question for dispute and discussion among
operators. Whenever group of oil men
was formed Yesterday nothing else was
talked about As general thing the state
ment of the owners, who agree in the one
particular, that it is in the NTH
sand is disbelieved. The owners,
however, disagree as to its capacity.
As stated Yesterday in THE DISPATCH, they
estimate il as sure to produce anywhere
from p to 200 barrels day. They are about
cGually divided as to whether 1t VIII make
n or 200. 1t is generally known that there
are several extraordinary clauses in the
Tease which part of the owners evidently
wish to get around, and consequently they
have been 'monkeying with the well, TO
fuse n popular oil country expression.
i One -: the old timers, and among the
. ga rliest pioneers in the business, said last
4 evening: II visited the well to-day and
found dark green oil. which L am positive
comes from the third or Gordon sand. 1t is
not f fth sand oil by any means. My opinion
i that they got the salt water, which they
had to case off in the 30-foot, and that tins
oil is from the Gordon sand, which they could
easily drill to in less than 4s hours from
the 30foot.' Another operator Just as e1-
Derienced as the first said: The OIL is
muddy and | believe il comes from the
stray above the Gordon. The sand is not
pure sand, but kind of mixture, the same
found in the stray above the Gordon IN
Guffev Jennings & Co.'S Nos. and
Matthews. The same kind OF oil was also
found in these wells in the stray above the
Gordon. The salt water was no doubt found
in one of the upper sands"
2,4oO Feet of Casing.
The owners OF the well state that it is o,463
feet deep, and that they put in e,4oO feet of
casing TO shut off the salt water. The man
M hos lnoro of COmDanVS
well, on the Moore farm, at Venice, has
decidedly different view of the matter. He
said: The oil in the Reed well must be
from the fourth sand. The Venice well is
considerably higher than the former, and
we did not go much over .. 400 feet. We got
scarcely any NTH sand. and l believe that
the oil which they are now getting IN the
Reed well comes from the fourth
In the good old days when the market was
on the Jump and trading lively, the present
uncertainty in regard 10 tne Wen eL ,.ouI,t moart
unEuarded condition at night. Only brace
ct loaded shotguns in the hands OF determ-
ined men would have kept tht daring scouts
from running 4 measuring line and getting
the exact depth of the hole by which the
oil-nToGucing sand would be known. Inc
contractor said last evening that 1t was
t"Tough thc fifth sand. Tubing has oeen
s"u, 10 the well and it will be pumping IN
faS days.
l!aTInaker. straub & Co.'S venture on the
NJ a
Reed. Is down 1900 feet. Greenlee & Forst's
No. l. cu the Wade, should be iii the Cor
don sand TO-DAY. No. is fishing tur the tools
in tine salt sand and No Is down S0O feet.
". Z. Rend mas started to drill No. on tins.
Wade farm. The Devonian Oil Company IS
STARTING No. on the W B. Moornead farm.
one ot the interesting wells IN the south
western cnd of the field is that OF Shay &
Co, on the DouGherty lot, located a quarter
OF 4 mile east OF the Laurel Hill station. 1t
tapped the Gordon yesterday and is show
- inf hut lOpQ
1t Is 1000 feet east of any other completed
well at that point. The Venture Oil Conn.,
pany's wei, on the Frank Woods farm, half
a mile south of the Reud, is in the top OF the
Gordon and also showing nicely.
More Gas in the E:fh.
Thompson. Haymaker & Co.'S No. 2 on the
Tourney lot. 900 feet southwest o. Hays &
Garrland's big wells on the Muller farm,
reached the fifth early yesterday morning,
bat ~ a late hour in the afternoon was not
srowinl. much improvement. 1t has little
more gaS. but little mere oil than it had in
the Gordon. which was 200 barrels day.
The sand i sScelen!. the Peoples Gas
Companys NJ. Miller should be in the
tior,!on tN-iay.
The Royal Gas Compauy's No. 4, Mary
Rohb. was drilling in the tifth yesterday and
showing vary light. The DuQuesne Oil
Co1apany'S well on the college lot. near
Laurel liiu. snoC!d get the Gordon to-day.
Hogan Co.'S well or the Walker farm,
back a. Cakdale. i> reported dry. The oak
dale Oil Com;any's No 4. on the Sturgeon
hclrs farm. is ON top of the sand.
Thc Forest Oil Conpany's Nc 2 Jane Nc
GilI. and Ne. James Sturgeon, north and
northeast, respectively, from Oakdele were
in the top OF the fifth Yesterday, and show
iu- for fair wells Mellon 4 Cam 3bell's No.
. EwiRg is also in the top OF the fifth and
showing fer "A 2g-barrel well. Mechlin,
Shatfer & Co.'S well on the Mckee
the fifth last evening and was
shut down. 1t made several good flows
FUrst X Greenlee's No. 4 Mervey stopped
flowing, but was shot and again resumed
operations. Gut1ey, Murpey & Gaiey's No. l
Elliott. which has Stopped flowing, and
tHe;r No sam Sturgeon; Gucl>ert Steeles
No. Ncvey: Forst & Greenlee's No. Miller,
and Bartlett 4 Co. : No. Crouch were snot
Yesterday. Gardiner, snyder 4 Co. have
abandoned their well on the malt house lot
Oakdale.
Production Considered Too High.
The estimated production of the field was
given out yesterday $1,000 barrels. Nine
producers out of ten believe this is 10, 900 bar
re- too high. The aggregate of the follow
ing wells, each making over 20 barrels an
nour. l. only p $50 barrels per day leaving
l9. 42o for the wells doing less than 20 barrels
per hour. As there are only 263 COM
pieted wells in the Mcdonald field, and
% IN the following list. 1t would leave 10 400
harrcls Tor 240 wells, or an average of 73 bar
rels 10 the well, which is considered eN-
tremely high.
nt HOuliA gauges lOr Une larger wells
YESTERDAY were follows:
Mathews No l. Guffey, Jennings & Co., 40;
Matthews Nc. J. GutTey, Jennings & Co., 75:
Heron No l, Gutfey, Jennings & Co.. 20;
Heron Nos. and 4, Guffey. Jennings & Co.
1885, Baldwin No. and >, Oakdale Oil Co. IS:
Mathews heirs No. l. Guffey, Jennings &
Co, %: Bell Nc. :, Guffey. Jennings & Co. 50:
Wallace Mes. l and . Oakdale Oil Co. 100:
Wallace No. 3. Oakdale Oil Co, 20:
Morgan heirs No. >, Oakdale Oil Co, S.:
Morgan heirs No. ;. oakdale Oil Co 25:
Morgan heirs No. {, Oakdale Oil Co 50
Sturgeon No. , Guffey, Murphy & Gailev IS:
Etta Glenn No. l. Forest Oil Co.. 81: j. NJ
Glenn, No /, Forest oil Co., -: Mevey No. l. |
Greenlee & Forst, 35; Mevey No. T. Greeniee
& Forst. 35 helso No. > Patterson & Jones |
10; kelso No ), 20: HERON No. T. Forest Oil |
Co, 20: Gamble No. l, Greenlee & Forst 20: |
Boyce Nos. ] ana >. Devouian Oil Co. IS:
Woodland OIL Co.'S No. Gamble, go Stock
in the ted. 100000 barrels. The runs of the
Southwest PENNSYLVANIA Pipe Line Com
pany from Mcdonald Monday were 43, 4635s
barrels.
Yesterdays Market Features
There was very little trading and the tone