Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-11
FOOD FOR THE BULLS.
The Production of the Mcdonald Field
Wells Shows a Falling OFF.
LIGHT PRODUCERS COMPLETED.
Phenomenal Gushers Thought Now to Be
. Memories of the Past.
MUCH ACTIVITY IN THE TERRITORY

tlnueO TO create Junlhnt 1eenng among
the bulls on the market. There wa.
still considerable oil going to waste
but the volume of runaway crude had been
greatly diminished. The stocks backed up
in the field were. however, increased abou,
II 900 barrels. The stock in the field i!
greater now than it ever was before. There
seems to be general impression among the
operators, even in the richest territory,
that the biggest wells have now been
struck. Plenty of drilling is yet being
done, but it is very doubtful whether any
more wells that will do from 800 to 500 bar.
rels an hour will be completed. Wherever
the fifth sand has been drilled through only
from Is to % feet has been developed. This
has been the case with some of the
big wells which were struck first,
and produced tens of thousands OF
barrels before they stopped, notably the
Royal Gas Company's No. 3, Sauters, and
LIE Counte & Vallilee's we'll on the Short
lot. Whether the sand deepened around the
Guffey, Jennings & Co.'S No. 1 Mathews,
and the Forst & Greenlee well is yet to be
known. If it did not, wells such as these
will drain an enormous area of sand and
thereby lessen the production of the wells
which may be drilled near them.
Getting Near tho Rock.
The Devonian Oil Company's No. 9, on
the Morgan Elliott farm, should reach the
fifth sand tonight with luck. The location
of this well is about 700 feet north of west
from their No. 1 Morgan Elliott, which is
yet making over 100 barrels an hour, and
did when first struck about $50 barrels an
hour. This farm is located north of the
borough of Mcdonald about mile. The
same company's No. Fayall is drilling in
the Gordon sand and may get the fifth the
last of the week. Their other wells on the
Fayall property have been tubed and are
being pumped. Guffey, Jennings, Murphy
& Galloway's No. 4 on the Bell farm was
on top of the fifth sand last night. 1t will
be drilled in to-day. They have started to
drill No. 5 on the Bell farm.
They have cased No. on the Her
for a number of weeks. No. 5, on this
farm, has also been started. Their Nos. 2
and 8, on the Mathews farm, are in the salt
sand, and they are rigging up at No. 4. The
No. 1, on the Mathews lines, belonging to
the same parties, has received the last
string of casing, and they are start
ing to drill two more wells on
this property. Backus & Co. s we'll, on
on the Henry Shafer farm, in southwest
McCurdy, was reported last night to be
through the Gordon sand with no oil.
Gardiner, Kennedy & Co. shot their No 2
Mertz yesterday. 1t has been making only
six barrels day. They were cleaning it
out last evening and could not tell whether
in the vicinity. Their No. 4 on the same
farm is down 450 feet Gordiner is drilling
at 1, 300 feet in his his we'll on the Malt
house lot at Oakdale. This well is one of
the farthest to the east of 45o line in this
part of the territory.
The Light Producers.
The wells which about completed yes-
terday, and not showing much oil, were
Greenlee & Forst's No. 9, on the
Mevey farm, located south of
their big No. 1; the Ewing
Oil Company's No. 1 on the Ewing farm,
northwest of Oakdale three-quarters of a
mile; and the Forest Oil Company's No. 1,
on the McGill, southwest half mile from
the Leonard Shaffer farm. Gufey 8
Qneen's we'll, on the H. H. Wetmore farm,
9 barrels an hour. Another late
report was that it was max
ing 20 barrels an hour. Dibert
& Co., on the Scott lot, in the borough of
Mcdonald, are drilling in the Gordon sand.
Kerner & McClurg, on the Goldplate, are
on top of the Gordon sand. The Kyle Oil
Company's we'll, on the Wettengell farm,
was also reported as in and light. Brown &
Robinson commenced spudding on the Nc
Murray. near Noblestown, and Forst &
Greenlee are building rig on part
of the same property. The Wheeling
Gas Company on the Morehead farm. mile
southwest of Mcdonald, is good gasser in
the fifty foot sand. They expect to reach
he fo- ho
has put the last casing in their No on the
Wood farm, south of Mcdonald, three
fourths of a mile. Learn & Burson are rig
ging up at their No. on the Patterson
farm in the southwest territory. Thomp-
son & Co. are spudding on the Woods farm,
half a mile south of the Rend well.
Gauges ofthe Wells.
The production of the Mcdonald field
yesterday was estimated at 10000 barrels
and Gufey, Murphy, Jennings & Co. s,
No. Mathews is making 230 barrels an
hour, and their No. 1 Herron, 115; No.
Heron, same; No. Heron, 23O; No.
Bell, 35; No. 2 Bell, 100: Oakdale Oil Com
pany's No. Baldwin, 60; No. Morgan
heirs, 80; No, Wallace, 1o5; No: ! stur-
geon heirs 10; No. 2 same farm, 45; Guffey,
Murphy & Galeys No. Elliott, 80; No. s
Elliott "A; No. Sturgeon, 35; No. 2 Stur-
geon, 10; Forest Oil Company's No. 3, S5;
No. 1 Eta Glenn, 100; Shaffer
No. /, j. NJ. Glenn, 95; No. l.
Robert Glenn, go. Forst & Greenlee's No.
l, Mevey, 100; No. 8, same farm, IS, and
No. 4, $50. Patterson & Jones Kelso No.
2, 160; No. 1, %. Hoffman & Co. s No. 2,
Moore, 20; No. 8. Moore, 10. Guckert &
steele's No. 8, Mevey, 65. Gordiner &
Co. 8 No 3, Mertz. 81. Wheeling Gas
Company's cook lot, u. Guffey & Queens
No. 1, 1,Wetmore, 20. Miller & Co. s No. 1, IS.
Co. Is No Christy, IL; Devonian Oil Com
pany's No. Elliott, lis; Hays & Cart
lands No. 1, 40; No. Miller, 35; ROYAL
Gas Company's No. 1, NJ. Robb. 1S; Wood
land Oil Companv's No. Gamble, 80; w,
P. Rends' No. !, II.
W. L. Curtis and Lew Breneman, both
upper country operators and also interested
in the southwest, were In Pittsburg last
night.
It Will be Finished.
The we'll on the McCarty farm, south
west three miles on a 45-degree line, is about
to be drilled into the fifth. 1t belongs to
W. L: Mellon & Co., and was drilled only
to the top Of the fifth, and shut down on ac-
count of some dispute over leases in the
Reports were circulated that it
was through the fifth sand, which it was said
of barren shale. In the Gordon
sand it was good for 70 barrels day. The
trouble in regard to the leases is said to have
been adjusted.
Yesterdays Market Features.
Trading was light, but the tone was
stronger. The impression prevailed that
the Mcdonald field was circumscribed.
December opened at bsNc, highest 59Ic,
lowest 5s1<c, close 59ssc, and steady. Clear
ances were 5000 barrels, refined was un-