Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-29
GETTING MORE OIL.
Wonderful Production of the McDon-
aid Field Increasing.
OVER SIXTEEN THOUSAND BARRELS
We're Run From the Wells in That Prolific
Territory Yesterday.
LATE REPORTS FROM OTHER FIELDS

pany's Cook lot well at Mcdonald has bee
extinguished, operators have again turne
their attention to the wells. The wonderful
production Of this field is commented ol
everywhere. Nothing like it has ever beel
seen. Its sudden rise, the extent o
the field, and the big wells whicl
are being found at long distance
from one another have never beel
equaled. In nearly every instance wher,
such producers have been struck heretofore
they were like the famous 'borealis race, ,
moment seen then gone forever" They
were soda water wells, and soon dropped
into obscurity. Such has not been the cast
in the Mcdonald region, which might bt
said to include everything from the
Wright we'll in southwest McCurdy tc
the Jumbo well of the Royal
Gas Company below Mcdonald station, and
the big wells are stayers. The Matthews
farm well of Gufey, Jennings, Murphy &
Go. is one of the greatest wells in the
history of the oil country. 1t is over 45
days old and has produced over g, 900 bar
rels of oil, and is still putting out 115 bar
rels an hour. 1t has the advantage, how
ever, of being alone in a large block of IN
!drilled territory. An example of big
well surrounded by others is that of
lie Comte & Vallilee on the Short lot in
Mcdonald borough. 1t is Just month old
fand has produced over 10, 600 barrels of oil,
and Yesterday was flowing at the rate of 40
barrels an hour.
There Are No Dry Holes.
Another remarkable feature in connection
with this field is that there have been no
dry holes. Only few of the wells drilled
so far will make small bumpers Where
they have been dry in the Gordon there was
oil in the fifth sand, and vice versa.
The production of this territory from
Southwest McCurdy to the southwestern
edge OF the Mcdonald field was about 16, 900
! barrels yesterday. There are eight wells at
, Mcdonald which will get the fifth sand be-
fore the middle of next week, when it is be-
1ieved that the daily production will be
very materially increased. The following
was the hourly production of some
, of the big wells yesterday: Guffey,
Jennings, Murphy & Co.'S Matthews
NO. l, 115 barrels; Guffey & Murphy's
Baldwin No. 1, 80 barrels; Boscher, Farrin-
!ger & Co.'S Q. P. Church lot well, 40 bar
rels; Garland & Hays Miller No. /, 45 bar
rels; their Miller No. 9, 95 barrels;
Gukert, Steel & Egbert's No 1 Mevey,
so barrels; ROYAL Gas Companv's No l
Mary Robb, As barrels: LIE Comte & Valli-
lees Short lot well, 40 barrels; Wheeling
Gas Company's Cook lot we'll, rs barrels
These nine wells are all drilled in the fifth
sand, and their aggregate daily production
is "A, go barrels, which leaves / 800 barrels
TO be divided among the small fifth sanders
and the Gordon sand wells
What the Drill Is Doing.
MCDoNALD-Operators were anxiously
Watching Shaffer & Co. well on the Fanny
johnson lot yesterday. 1t is located back
of the railroad station and is about 800 feet
north of east from the Cook lot well. 1t is
making over 100 barrels from the Cor
don sand and was expected to
reach the fifth sand Yesterday. At
3 o'clock last evening it had not
entered the lower stratum, but was ex-
'pected 10 get it late last night. Garland g.
Co, on the DeRoy lot, one location south
west of the johnson, are down 1850 feet
and viii get the Gordon Monday. Sauters
Il Co, on the Sauters lot back of the res
tauraut, at the station, will get the fifth to-
night. Ii is making $50 barrels day from
the Gordon sand. Kelly & Co., on the
Davis lot, located 400 feet east of the Butler
lot well, is in the fifth and light. 1t has no
gas. Pew & Emerson, on the Johns lot $50 feet
west of Mr.. Davis, is making a fair showing /
in the Gordon. Rowland & Co., on the
McLain lot, are down ] 200 feet. Dibert &
Co. are fishing for two strings of tools on
the Scott lot. They have been fishing for |
week and may have TO plug the hole Saw
u Co. are spudding on MungewItz lot.
Thompson & Co., on the Hadden lot, are |
down l, 100 feet. ireland & Hughes were |
drilling in the fifth sand yesterday after |
noon, and expect to get pay at12 feet. The |
well would make good pumper |
from the Gordon. 1t is one loca-
tion north of the Butler lot well. |
Brady & Co. are through the Gordon on the |
Scott lot J. B. Samuels' well on the |
Campbell lot is good well in the Gordon |
and was reported as doing ten barrels an |
hour from that level. Guffey & Murphy's |
No. l Sturgeon is down 500 feet, and their |
No. . Sturgeon 800 feet. Their well on the |
Elliott farm northeast of the Mevey is max |
ing 80 barrels from the Gordon, and should |
get the fifth tonight. Hardman & Co., on
the Sauters three acres near the Royal Gas |
Company's old Sauters No. 3, is on top |
of the Gordon. George A. Martin & Co. |
are down 1000 feet on the Heiser. |
Shaffer & Co. have rig up on the Albert |
Wettengel farm back of Noblestown. The
well Of Mellon, Wilson & Sparks on the i
McCarty farm, two miles southwest of Nc
Donald, will make five or ten-barrel well |
from the Gordon sand. 1t has ouly made
one flow so far, and then it put out 35 bar
rels: II there is fifth sand in this
u.
In the Old Third Sand.
WILDwoOD-Lydecke q Co.'S well on |.
the Perner farm in the Southwestern part
Of this field will make more than a 200-bar-
rcl well. L is almost surrounded by dry
holes and operators believe that it has sim
ply struck little pocket of oil. Patterson
& Co. shot their well on the Poff farm yes
terday in the fifth sand. 1t will make
) small punper. Waterhouse & Co.
have shot their No. 3 on the
Whitesell farm, without greatly improving
it. 1t will not go over so barrels a day. J
Barnsdall s. Gillespie's No. 10 on the Kress
farm has been shot and increased slightly.
Evans & Mandeville's No ) on the kretzer
is down !, 800 feet. Their No. 4 on the
Wright farm is still drilling in the sand
without much show of improvement.
Through the Gordon sand.
MCCURDY-Gordnier, Kennedy & Fitz-
gibbons well on the Mertz farm, located 200
eet southwest of the Fisher Oil Com
,anys big well on the McAIichael
arm, is through the Gordon sand, and dry
n that stratum. The Orion Oil Co. s No. 3
IN the Bell farm, is good for 100 barrels
lay. Their No. ) on the same farm will
ret the sand the middle of next week
Hoffman s; Co, on the Moore farm, are in
be Gordon sand.
In the Hundred Foot.
GRovEToN-W. P. Black drilled his well
N the Margeret Byrne farm into the 100
DOT sand yesterday and it started off at the
ate of 125 barrels day. 1t is located $50
eet northeast of the famous Depp farm well
f the Fort Pitt Gas Co.
Nearing the Sand.
CORAoPoLIS-W. P. Blacks No. / on