Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-24
DEVEL0PMENTSIN OIL.
The Work of the Past Week the Most
Important of the Summer.
ANOTHER GOOD M'DONALD WELL.
The Wheeling Gas Company's Well on the
Cook Lot Still Burning.
SCIENTISTS AND THE WHEELING WE'LL


Just closed Every day has been replete with
surprises to the trade and something new
has occurred. The drill is continually
bringing to light some fresh discovery, and
none predict what may happen in the next
seven davs. The production has been largely
increased, and in consequence the market
has dropping front. Prices have not
dropped with 4 thud since they went TO 90
cents, but the gradual tendency is down.
ward.
The wells which have been drilled during
the week in the McCurdy-McDonaid field
were big ones. There was one exception
and that was Mosier & Co.'S dry hole at
Mcdonald, a couple of hundred fee: south
west of the Butler lot well. Little, if
anv, attention is being paid to the
pools outside of the two named
above. They are still the loadstone,
and will continue as such for at least so
days longer By thet time it is estimated,
Judging from the active work being done
now, that the territory will be pretty well
drilled over and the limits defined. 1t is
believed that the southwestern end of the
streak has now been found, but this is the
verdict from only one well, Mellon & Co.'S
on the McCarty at Primrose, mile
below Mcdonald. Saturday they
were below the level where
they should have reached the fifth
sand, but they failed TO get even showing
for it. Instead of the Gordon sand they
found only shale or stray. In the Jumbo
well of the Royal Gas Company at the
slaughter house below Mcdonald it is
claimed that no fifth sand was found, but
this is a fair well in the Gordon sand. The
daily production of the field now is consid-
erably over 10 900 barrels, and nearly every
operator is confident that before the end OF
September it will reach at least $1,000, or
possibly 5000 barrels. The maximum
at Wildwood was only a little better than
$4,000 barrels a day, and at present 1t is
scarcely better than f,G00. Mcdonald will,
without doubt, prove the biggest white sand
pool ever opened.
The Long Rich Streak.
The wells which were completed last
week nave either opened rich streak six
miles long, or else their owners were lucky
enough to locate them just over nice little
tanks in the sand. The Fisher Oil Com
panys well on the McMichael
in southwest McCurdy. which has big
tract of undrilled land around it, reached
the streak. and Saturday was making %
barrels an hour and is partially shut in.
The Forest Oil Company's we'll, on the
Wright, 1900 feet southwest of the Nc
Michael, is two weeks old and is making 80
barrels an hour. Three miles southwest of
the Wright the Matthews well, which is
over a month old, is putting out 75 barrels
an hour. Half a mile southwest of
the Matthews is the Baldwin well
of Guffey, Murphy & Co. which is putting
- barrels an hour into the tanks. Contin-
uing in the same direction about mile,
the Miller and the Mevey wells are struck.
The Miller No. =, of Garland & Hays,
which reached the pay in the fifth last
Thursday night, is producing more oil than
any well in the field. 1t is doing at least
125 barrels an hour, and Guckert, Steel &
Egbert's No. l on the Mevey farm 200 feet
Eouth of it, is a week old and is good for 80
barrels an hour.
What They Rely Upon.
These are the wells upon which operators
base their hopes OF big field A hundred
more wells will be drilled within the next |
three months, and it is thought hardly |
probable that the pools which these wells |
show to exist will fail to connect. The
Guffev, Galley & Russell well, on
the Albert Wettengel farm, half a
mile northeast OF the Mathews we'll of Cuff
few, Jennings & Co., came in last week and
is also showing for al least 30 barrels an
hour, and still more firmly clinches the be-
lief in a long pool Several wells, notably
Greenlee 81 Frost on the Miller at Oakdale,
and the Forest Oil Company, on the Her
ron at Nobles5own, have defined the east
vein limits of the belt, but the
distance to the western edge
is as vet an uncertainty. Considering
all of these circumstances the outlook for
better prices is not rosy. There will be no |
let up in drilling. however, for as an OBJ |
server of the creature has said: '1f an oil |
operator knew that by drilling big well he |
would send the market to 20 cents barrel, |
l. lr,ll Tbo of.i
the leases are taken in such a way that a |
well must be put down or the lease forfeited. |
The Cook Well Still Burning.
The fire was still burning at the Cook lot !
well yesterday. The preparations for !
smothering it out by steam arc about COM
plete. and it is believed that this will be ac-
complished to-day. They have the pipes for |
carrying off the oil almost to the lead pipe |
from which the oil is now flowing. The |
work of getting it into the !
flames was done Saturday by men
sheltered behind doors covered with ashes |
tos The well never ceases entirely to flow. |
The loss to the owners, the Wheeling Gas |
Company, will amount TO about ST., 900 if |
the fire is put out to-day. a large crowd OF |
visitors from Pittsburg were among the |
spectators around the well to-day, and many |
exclamations were heard from those who |
had never witnessed such sight.
Another Good Well
Nc noSALD-The well of Boscher & Co. |
on the {. p Church lot, which was shut |
down for a couple of days on account of the
shortage of water, was started up Friday |
night, and early Saturday morning the |
fiji h sand was reached, wheE the we'll |
started 10 flow at the rate of 80 !
barrels an hour. il is located 1
about 800 feet southwest of the
Butler lot well and is alnos; or line be-
tween the latter and the burning Cook lot
well. FiDnegan, Downing s Co. are down
1 900 feet in their well on the Rodgers lot.
They are l, ,1C0 feet in their Mongot No. .,
200 feet in Elliott No /, 800 feet al their
Robb No 3. They have rig up for No >
on the Elliott and Nc. 3 on the Fayall. and
are building a rig fox No. on the latter
farm. The Royal Gas Company's No. OH
the Mary Robb farm is making about 30
barrels an hour.
The Warrington Field.
MANNINGroN, W. VA-Snoderly No. 2
received the 81 casing Thursday. Strait
No was plugged and casing pulled this
week. Hamilton No. g. Flaggy Meadow
Oil Company, will put in last casing next
week. Two more rigs have been erected by
the Flacgy Meadow Oil Company on the |
Fleming farm. South Penn Compauy's
Morgan No. will make rs good producer
as vet found on Flaggy Meadow run. South
PENIS b. f. Blac1shere No. 8 has succeeded |
in drilling past tools, and will put in last
casing in a few days. The Burts gasscr, on
the Mike farm, is not so large a gasser as
reported. She Is now showing oil, and a !
tank has been erected. /
Tho Deep Well Mt Wheeling.
Oi; meu as well as scientists will be in