Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-25

operators have become imbued with the
idea that there Is rich streak lying
| east of the Sturgeon, Elliott,
Mevey and Wallace farms, which
goes through Willow Grove, and as
| a consequence q score of rigs have been put
up within the last few days. The Mans
field Oi! and Gas Company is spudding on
the Davis lot F. NJ Aiken & Co. are down
1000 feet on the Patterson property. Phil
lips 3 Go. have completed rig on the Far
aday lot. A rig has just been finished on
the Mankadick lot bv the Willow Grove Oil
Company. Crowley Bros & Co. also have
rig on the Mankadick lot. The Toronto
Oil and Gas Company has a rig up on the
Thomas Bowles farm. On the George
McLain lot rig has been put up by the
Liberty Oil Company. The Mohawk Oil
Company is drilling at 1000 feet on the
Mitchella lot. Bailey & Co. are down 500
feet on the Perandal property, and Forst 81
Greenlee are drilling at the same depth on
the Joe Gilland farm. and they have rig
completed on the P. Scholar lot. The fol-
lowing is resume of Forst s. Greenlee's
operations on the Mevey farm: AT No. z
is down 1,5OO feet; Nos. 10 and IL
will be cased to-day No. IL is drilling at
1,200 feet. No 13 is is only 600 feet deep,
and is being delayed by bad hole. Nos.
IA and 15 are each about 1,600 feet deep,
and No. 16, which is down 1000 feet, should
get the fifth sand by Sunday.
In Mcdonald Borough.
There is we'll in the borough of Nc
Donald upon which great deal of interest
in centered at present. 1t belongs to Wolfe,
McManus & Co., and is on the Mathew
Wilson lot, which is located west of the
track leading from the Nickelplate coal
mine 1t was about barrel well in the
Gordon sand, but the fifth was reached Sat-
urday, and since that time it has been max
ing 700 barrels day. One of the owners
who drilled the we'll stated yesterday that
it was not more than eight or ten inches in
the fifth sand. 1t will be drilled deeper into
the sand to-day, providing the pipe line
people are ready to take care of
any increase in production of the well.
The tanks at it are all full at present. The
Northfeld Oil Company, which is the pro-
drilling two wells on the Sauters seven
acres, located 400 feet southwest of the
Miller No. of Hays & Garland. No. 1 is
down about 200 feet, and No. is drilling
at 600 feet. Bettman & Watson's we'll on
the Thomas lot, location south of the
Mathew Wilson we'll, is between the Gordon
and fourth sands. Ewing & Co. expect to
get the Gordon sand to-day on the Vincent
lot in the northeastern part of the borough.
Emerson & Frink's we'll on the Thomasy
lot is drilling in the bottom of the Gordon
sand and producing about 60 barrels day.
Hays & Garland are drilling past the tools
in their No on the Miller farm. Their
No. 10 is down about 800 feet. Shay s.
Hogues we'll, on the Dougherty property,
located half mile east Of the Rend well. is
in fbo colt oil X N "a
on the Verschuren lot, was reported to be
doing 35 barrels an hour last night.
The Royal Gas Companies No 5, on the
Sauters farm, is on top OF the fifth and may
be drilled in to-day.
Gordiner & Co.'S venture on the Malt
house lot at Oakdale will be in the Gordon
to-day The connections were not completed
yesterday in time to drill the well in.
Guffey, Jennings & Co. intend to
drill their we'll on the Mathews heirs prop
ertv deeper into the sand this morning and
they expect it Will go to 25O or 800 barrels
an hour.
Gauges Of the Wells.
The gauges of the big wells yesterday
showed the following to be their average
per hour: Guffey, Jennings s. Co. s No
Mathews, 40; their No. Heron, 80; Nos.
2 and I Heron, 300; Bell No. 2, 60;
Bell No. 4, 20; Oakdale Oil Company's No.
Baldwin, so; Mathews heirs, 56; No. 1 Wal
lace, log; No. Wallace, 100; No. Morgan
heirs, 46; Sturgeon heirs No. 2, 20; Guffey,
Murphy & Galey's No. Elliott, 20; No.
8 Elliott, 49, No. Sam Sturgeon, IA; No. 2
Sam Sturgeon, 1854; Forest Oil Company's
No. Eta Glenn, 116; No. j. M. Glenn,
~; Robert Glenn, %; No. Shaffer, 1S; No.
Shaffer, 10; No. Shaffer, 9; No. Heron,
40; No. Heron, 100; Forst & Greenlee's
No. 1 Mevey, IS; No. 4 Mevev, 65; No. 1
Gamble, 3S; Royal Gas Company's No l M.
Robb, 16; Devonian Oil Company's No. 1
Elliott, Is; Hofman& Co. s No., Moore, ,18;
Woodland Oil Company's No. 1, Gamble.
80; w. P. Rend's No 1, Rend, IA: Black &
Co s No. 1. Sauters, %; Miller & Co. s No.
1, Mcdonald, 20; Patterson & Co.'S No. l,
Sauters, %; Wheeling Gas Company's No.
1, Cook lot, 10; Guckert & Steele's No. 3,
Mevey, 80; Patterson and Jones' No. 2,
Kelso, go; No. 8 Kelso, 126; Gordiner &
Co. s No. Mertz, Is; Guffey & Queens No
1, Wetmore, 10; Devonian Oil Company's
No. 1, Boyce, no: Forest Oil Company No
2, Wright, So; Davis & Browns No. 1, IA;
Thompson & Co. S No. 1 Mormlongrig, 30;
Brenneman & Co.'S No. Tilmont, %;
Brown & Co. s No Montgomery, 30; For
est Oil Company's No. 8 Ewing, 90. The
production of the field yesterday was esti-
mated at $4,000. 1t was brought up by
the new wells and agitating the old
ones The stock in the field was reduced to
Las, 600 barrels.
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