Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-03
ON TOP OF THE SAND.
Several Wells Will Soon Be Com
pleted in the Mcdonald Pool.
A DECLINE IN THE PRODUCTION.
Operations Have About Ceased in the West
Virginia Field.
REPORTED SALE OF GAS TERRITORY

There are four wells in the Mcdonald
and northwestern fields which are due to-
day or Monday and on account of their loca-
tions they should bring the production up
considerably. The production yesterday
fell off about 1900 barrels. 1t was esti-
mated at about sc, 900 last night. In the
"A hours ending yesterday the Mevey No.
OF Forst y Greenlee, put 1000 barrels in
/ the pipe line and few thousand were lost.
The production of this well fell off 80 barrels
an hour Yesterday, and is now putting out
about 400 barrels, or 10000 gallons every 60
minutes. Their No. 2 Mevey is in the re-
gion of the Gordon sand. The wells which
should be in the fifth sand to-day are
Gutiev, Murphy & Co. IS No. Elliott, Nos.
l and 2 on the Heron and their No. on
the Bell farm. They were building 1000
barrel tanks at these wells yesterday. The
Elliott is the deepest and should get the
NTH sand early this morning. The Devonian
Oil Company'S Elliott farm well, Just north
east or the Mary Robb, is about on top OF the
last sand.
Erroneous Reports in Circulation.
well that is creating considerable COM
ment is Lautfer & Co. s on the Johns lot near
the Fanny johnson. There were all kinds
of rumors regarding it yesterday. One was
that it was completed and making 1000
barrels a day, but reliable reports were that
it would not get the fifth sand for several
days. The Forest Oil Company is having q
streak of bad luck on the J. Y. Ewing farm
in southwest McCurdy. Some eight or nine
of the last sand when the tools
were lost and the hole has virtually
been plugged ever since. Yesterday their
ho.2 on the same farm was stopped by the
tools dropping and it looked last night as
though the well might not be completed for
some time to come.
Fresh From the DerrlcISs.
MoDoNALD-L. G. Watson has rig ready
to drill in the Smithers lot. 1t is located 100
feet south of the Nickleplate, which is four
months old and is doing 100 barrels day.
EsIs BNscher & Co are rigging mp on the =; p.
& Co. on the Scott Iot, are
down 1000 feet. Leggate & Haymaker, on
the Toward lot, will get the Gordon sand by
Monday. Thompson. Leggate & HaymakeT,
on a four-acre lot 1000 feet southwest of the
Greenlee & Forst well, are down 1900 feet.
On the Beauten lot, Leggate. Hoymaker &
Jennings are LOGO feet deep, and Lcggate ~
Haymaker, on the Hoffman, are drilling at
about the same depth. The Forest Oil Com
pany's No. 2, Heron, near the Matthews is
due in the Gordon Monday. Their No. 8,
Heron, is !, 200 feet deep; No. 4, 900, and they
are rigging MP at No. ). George S. Martin &
Co.'S No. ], Heiser, and their No. l, Donart,
Will get the Gordon next week.
The following shows the result of an
hourly gauge Of the big wells: Forst &
Greenlee'S No. | Mevey 400: Garland &
Hays Miller No. /, $50: No. Miller, 10: ROYAL
Gas Company's No Mary Robb, ITO: Gutfey,
Murphy 4 Co Mathews No. l, 225; Bell No.
l. 95; Baldwin, 125; Elliott, s.; Heron l, 12;
Woodland Oil Company's Gamble No. l. As;
Guckert & Steele's Mevey No. l, So; Sauters,
40: Cook lot, 90 Patterson & Co., 10.
OAKDALE-Guffey, Queen, Coe & Siebert.
on the Whitmer heirs farm, are down 800
feet in No. l. Guffey, Murphy & Galley, on
the Hopper, cased yesterday. 1t is 1000 feet
west OF their Elliott No. l.
Old Harmony Wells.
ZELIENoPLE-The Mckinney Oil Company's
No. Fauker is 20 feet in the sand and show
ing for q good well. Their No. on the
same farm is down about 800 feet. Gibson &
Giles No. J. H. Stautfer is down 700 feet;
Sutton & Co.'S No. Eicholz is AGO feet
deep, The Evans City Oil Company's
hGn05 Cos 6 dFng Ho Ps schsver SS 1se
300 feet deep. Golden & Co. are spudding in
their No. !, Schiever. Alexander & Co. are
about 500 feet deep in their No. on the
Schever. Dale & Thompson have Il rig up
for their No. on the Herr farm.
Down the Ohio Valley.
WEST yIRGINIA-There has been a wondel-
ful change in this field during the present
summer. Operations are at standstill, and
the outlook for q renewal of activity is very
dark. There are only one or two places |
where any work whatever is being done. |
There have recently been three or four
wells completed by Hamilton & Co. up the |
Little kanawha, near the California House. |
They were drilled through the Big Injun |
sand. The best well completed is now MAX
ing 25 barrels a day, and is the best in this |
locality. The pipe line people are now lay
ing O line to it. Still further up the river in |
Ritchie county, Mrs. McCaw, of Wildwood |
fame, has bought Il well from Christie Bros. |
of Butler together with large territory. 1t |
was uncompleted when she purchased it, |
and when she started to drill it in she |
found that some miscreant had dropped a |
lot of iron in the hole, and this is now being |
drilled out. Near the oil developments at |
Burning Springs, Ivory, Hunter Il Beatty |
are drilling couple of wells.
Sale of Gas Territory.
William Guckert. the well-known oil oper- |
ator, has just sold SO acres of gas territory at
Blair station, on the Pittspurg, Virginia and |
Charleston Railroad. for $4,000 to a syndi- |
cate in which W. j. Bremen and John B. |
Larkin are interested. Gas wells will be !
put down, two glass plants built, and the |
balance of the property sold for building |
lots. |