Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-15
OPERATIONS AT M'DONALD.


The Field Is Full of Activity and Rigs-A
Number of Wells Which Are Now on
Top of the Gordon-Reports From Other
Fields.
There is no cessation of work in the Nc
Donald field, and on every town lot In the
valley north of the station rigs are going up.
Clark q Bannister's well on the Butler lot
was drilled deeper yesterday and is making
s5 barrels an hour Mosier & Co.'S well on
the yalantour lot is making $50 barrels day
and Pew & Emerson's, on the Stienluiser, is
making Is barrels day. Finnegan, Down
ing g. Co. tapped the Gordon sand last even
ing on the FayaIl lot; Jennings 4 Ferguson
are on top of the Gordon on the Busle and
Henri lease; Ireland, Hughes Rodgers will
reach the Gordon to-day; as will the Royal
Gas Company in its Sauters No. g. Few y
Emerson are fishing on their ). ;. johns lot
at 100 feet. Unknown parties have q rig up
on the Davis & Blair lease. Lacount q GO.
are through the Big Injun on the Short.
Vnnkirk & Co. have had the injunction TO
prevent their drilling on the hotel lot re.
moved by paying bonus and giving BOND
to cover any damages to the parties VINO
asked for the injunction. They are down
500 feet. Unknown parties are building rigs
on the McLain and on the Scott lots Thomp-
son & Co. have rig up on the MADDEN.
Guckert & steele are down LOCO feet on the
Mevey. McGee Bros. have started
rig on the barber shop lot, A rig has been
put up on the George Smith lot by unknown
parties. Clark & Bannister have rig up on
the souleret lot. shaf1er q Co are gown y ~ ~
feet on the Fanny johnson. Eank1rk 90.
are spudding on the Richard GLADDEN.. lse-
man & Co. have finished putting the second
string of casing in the well on the mllllam
Robb. Christy & Co. are spudd1ng on the
Richards lot. Shaffer & Co. have rig up on
the Brown & Richards.
Showing Very Light.
McCuRDY-Mellon & Wilson's No. on the
Palmer farm got the sand yesterday and
will not make over a 5O-barrel well. 1t has
been doing Is barrels from the 3O-foot.
Switzer s. Co.'s well on the Shaffer farm is
drilling in the sand. Kennedy q Gardiner
are spudding on the Mertz, three-quarters
of a mile southwest of the McCurdy farm. X.
G. Gillespie & Co.'S No. on the Hall farm
will get the sand this week.
Rapidly Falling of.
JACKS RUN-The well of Heber & Co., on
the Aiken farm, which started off Monday
at 80 barrels an hour had fallen of last night
to 10 barrels an hour.
Some New Work.
WooDv1LLE-Kennedy& & Weber are on top
of the salt sand on the II. Newman farm.
The Southside Oil Company is just above
the salt sand on the W. j. Prayer farm, and
the same company is down 200 feet ana nsh-
ing on the Abby farm.
That EichoItz Well.
ZELIENoPLE-kennedy& & Co.'S wildcat on
the Eicholtz farm, northeast of this place,
is making barrels an hour. Tate & Patter-
son will get the sand on the Kocher farm
tomorrow, ana Latshaw & Co. expected to
reach the sand last night in their No. Herr
In the Sand.
TERsvIILE-Campbell Murphy & West
erman are in the sand at their No. on the
James Welsh farm. Guckert s Steele's No.
6, Bolton, was shot Saturday and will make
q fair we'll
Fishing Near the Sand.
BULLIoN-Hovis & Co. are fishing at ten
feet above the sand on the Hovis farm. The
Sandy Lake Oil Company's well on the Hof-
Starting More Wells.
CALLERT-The Syndicate well on the
Walters farm has been shot and is showing
for a good well The McCalmont Oil Com
pany is starting a rig for its No. 2 on the
Walters farm.
Nearby Field News.
CHARTIERs-The McCalmont Oil-Company
is in the sand at its No. on the May farm.
An Interesting Case.
The hearing of the application for an in
junction-to restrain Huot s. Richards from ),
drilling through the coal underlying the
Cowan farm in the McCurdy field. which is
asked for by the Mansfield Coal and Coke
Company will come up in Common Pleas
Court No. / to-day. 1t is a case of the
utmost importance to oil operators, as de-
cision in favor of the applicants would stop
all oil operations where the surface is un-
derlaid with coal, provided the lessees of the
coal privileges were SO inclined Notices
have been served on number of other
operators in the same locality that in juno
tions will be asked to prevent them drilling.