Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-17
GOING STILL HIGHER.
The Mcdonald Production Took An
other Jump Yesterday.
ITHAS INCREASED 1000 BARRELS.
Two Big Wells Tapped on the Western Edge
of Developments.
SOME SMALL BUTLER COUNTY WELLS

| There was another increase in the pro-
duction of the Mcdonald oil field yesterday.
People who have access to the figures claim
that it was $1,000 barrels, or 1000 barrels
more than the day before. This seems like
an enormous output for such limited
field, and doubtless it is, but there
are plenty of operators who now
| predict that it will reach 10000 barrels
within the next 20 days. There are many
skeptics who refuse to believe that the pro-
duction is over a. 900, and they calmly deny
that any well in the field has at any time
made over $50 barrels an hour. They assert
that every report has been bulled; that the
production of every well is magnitied, and
that before month is past
the field will be on the decline.
| 1t is noticeable fact, however, that the
| people who make these statements have
never taken a gauge of a well and in very
! few instances have they taken the trouble
to traverse the field. Possibly some of the
reports regarding the production of some
wells have been exaggerated, but if so, it
has invariably been the fault of the
owners or someone connected with
the lease on which the we'll or
wells were located. There can be no object
! in booming the production of well unless
it was about to be sold to tenderfeet. There
is no oil man who would buy an oil prop
erty without first inspecting it closely, and
getting personal gauge of the output of
the wells. The production as a whole, is
on the increase, as any novice would know
by visiting the old wells and the ones which
are being brought in daily.
Two More Big Wells.
There were two new wells developed in
the field yesterday and both of them belong
to the Deyonian Oil Company, the princi-
pal stockholders of which are Finegan,
Downing & Co., who have been operating
for years They formed the Devonian Oil
Company only few months ago. The
wells which they brought in yes
terday were their No. 1 Elliott and
their No. 3 on the Fayal farm.
The No. Elliott started off at the rate of
so barrels an hour as soon as it broke
/ through the sand, and the No. 3, on the
Fayall, did 40 barrels on hour from the top
OF the sand. Both of these wells may be
drilled in to-day. The latter well is located
$50 feet northeast of Fayall No. 2 which
is making so barrels an hour. The
Elliott well is located about
700 feet west ef north from the
Royal Gas Company's big well on the Mary
Robb farm. These two wells are on the
western side of the Mcdonald developments
and are possibly part of the pool which
extends north and east to the Sturgeon heirs
well. They open up an entirely new streak,
which was first struck by the Mary Robb
well several weeks ago. The field is found
to extend and more drilling will be the result
in the western limits. There was a report
out last night that the output from these
wells was from so to 100 barrels an hour
each, but it could not be confirmed The
Devonisn Oil Company's Elliott No. 2 and
No. Fayall are shut down on account OF a
shortage in the water supply. These wells
should be on top of the sand the last of next
week The Royal Gas Company has started
to drill No. 3, on the Mary Robb farm. The
McLain lot well of Rowland & Co. was re-
ported to be through the fifth sand last
night and dry. 1t will be shot in the fifth
sand.
They Run the Too!z.
The well on the Sturgeon heirs property,
belonging to Guffey, Murphy and the Oak
dale Gas Company, was agitated little
yesterday, and its production increased
from 80 to 80 barrels an hour. Guffey,
Murphy 6 Galey's No. 1, on the Sam Stur-
geon -tarm, east 1000 feet from the Elliott
No.3, was also stirred up, and it run its
output up to 300 barrels an hour
These Sturgeon wells are nearly half a
mile apart on an east and west
line, and show a scope of oil-bearing rock
of that width. There are likely to be
several dry streaks between these two ven
lures. but until more wells arc drilled this
will not be known for certainty.
The Elliott No. of Guffey, Murphy &
Galley was doing 275 barrels an hour yester-
day after considerable agitation 1t was
reported to have made 400 barrels an hour
but there seems to have been no gauge
taken of it when it was producing this
amount. 1t is one of the great wells of the
field, and may yet he made to produce as
much any of its neighbors. Green
lee & Forsts No. 1 on the Me-
vey farm was making 250 barrels
an hour Yesterday without agitation The
and allowed hundreds of barrels of oil to
escape had been repaired and no crude was
being lost. Their No T. on the Mevey
farm, was through the Gordon sand yester-
day afternoon and will be in the fifth to-
day or Monday. Their No 3 Mevey
is also drilling in the Gordon sand
Both of these wells are located on
almost direct line between
Guffey. Murphy & Co. S No. 1, on the Sam
Sturgeon farm, and their No. 3 on the FL
lott farm. They should be good wells, if
location counts for anything Guckert & |
Steele's No. 2, on the Mevey property. will |
be, in the Gordon sand this morning. The |
well of George A. Martin & Co., on the |
Druart four acres, located 400 feet south |
west of Hays & McGarland's No. Mil |
Ter, which is making 100 barrels an |
hour, was through the Gordon sand last |!
night, and showing small in that formation. |
The Royal Gas Companys No 4, on the !
Sauter's farm, is through the Gordon sand |
and may reach the fifth to-day. This well |
is located on couple of hundred feet west |
of their big Sauters No. g. They are still |
fishing in the sand at Bowman,
Dibert & Co.'S No. 1 on the Johns |
lot, southwest of the railroad station. |
Hays & Garland expected to be in the |
fifth sand last night at their No 4 on the |
Miller farm. 1t is located on direct line |
between Miller No. l, which is big WELL |
and Greenlee & Forst's well on the Mevey. |
Judging from the external surroundings it
will be as big as the Miller No. 1. The
Rend we'll was still making from 35 to 40
barrels an hour yesterday afternoon.
They Got the Lease.
Greenlee & Forst paid s., 500 Yesterday
for 20-acre lease which joins w. p Rend's
property on the east at Mcdonald.
Yesterdays Market Features.
twas quiet day and waiting market
traders holding off pending Developments
Mt Mcdonald. There was nothing done in