Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-06
STILL ON TIE JUMP.
The Production of the Mcdonald
Field Is Still Increasing.
SLAUGHTER HOUSE WELL NO GOOD.
Surprising Developments in All Parts of
the Field Yesterday.
GOOD PRODUCERS EXPECTED TODAY

is more than it has ever beer
here before. This almost equals the won
derful Bradford field which at on,
time went as high as 10000 barrels day
There seems to be no limit to the Mcdonald
McCurdy field, as big wells are found in al
parts of it and in the most unexpected places
Unless there Is wonderful falling off in the
big wells and change in the new wells the
production of this little but
profitable field may yet go te
100000 barrels a day. There is al
immense amount of territory to the south
west which has yet to be developed, and
also great scope of elegantly looking
ground between the Elliott and the
Mathews well, which has never been
drilled. The well on the slaughter
house lot at Oakdale is probably
the most important in the field.
1t is farther to the east of 45o line than
ony of the others and consequently receiv-
ing more attention than anv of its neigh
bors, as it is now drilling in the fifth sand.
1t is not, however, showing for much of a
well in the fifth sand formation.
No Change Was Noted.
There was little change yesterday in
the Guffey & Queen well on the H.
H. Wetmore farm, located mile and a
half northwest of Oakdale. This well is not
surrounded by gassers and small producers
as was at first supposed. An investigation
of the wells shows that they are only
drilled in the third and fourth sands.
There is not we'll between the
Wetmore and the Mathews, which
is about mile to the southwest on
9221Io line. When this territory is opened
up it will without doubt swell the pro-
ducticn and more than offset the decline
from the wells which are now regarded as
the gushers of field.
Work in the Field.
The field, as usual, presents many inter-
esting features, and as it grows older it af-
fords the most scientific geologist ample
room to ply his vocation. The spotted char
acter of the territory is becoming more ap-
parent every day, while the surprises are
daily growing more numerous. The
Slaughterhouse well at Oakdale is from Is
to 20 feet in the fifth sand tonight, with
but little indications of it making well.
Yet there is possibility that the bottom of
the rock may yield up the stuff, but the
chances are against theory of this kind.
Outside of the Slaughterhouse well the
venture Of Garland & Feely, on the Nc
Kee property, is the most interesting and
important well in this section of the field.
1t is located only 800 feet west of the
Slaughte-house, and special from the field
at 10 o'clock last night was to the effect that
it was just on top the sand, spraying lively
and . had all the ear marks of big we'll
Should this turn out to be the case it will
lend a new impetus to developments around
Oakdale, besides stimulating many indus
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thought they would have matters in shape
to-day to drill the well in, the result of
which is being looked forward to with great
interest. Cuff. Murphy, Jennings & Gaily
drilled their No. 4 Heron little while to-
day, increasing its production to 375 barrels
an hour.
The Oakdale Oil Company also deepened
their Sturgeon heirs No. 2, which had the
same effect, and its record tonight by an
actual gauge is $50 barrels an hour.
One esteemed morning contemporary is
still lost in deep wonder where all the pro-
duction comes from, but if an account of
this phenomenal increase was taken it
might throw considerable light on the ques-
tion so little understood. There is the
Forest Oil Company's No. 1, Eta Glenn,
too, which from the same source of pro-
found reasoning has been said to be greatly
overestimated, but an actual gauge of the
well to-day by an impartial party makes its
production for the past "a hours over 4, 900
barrels, or about 40 barrels an hour 1t is
a corker, to be sure, but the sooner the plain
facts are proclaimed to the trade, the better
it will be for everyone engaged in the in
dustry. Kennedy, Fitzgibbon, Bott & Co.,
on the Moore farm, in the McCurdy end of
the field, found the fifth sand to-day. The
shell is only broken and tonight the
oil hoe Of Jor
hour. Tomorrow, barring awbacks, they
will drill in, and judging from present in
dications it will make well of the first
magnitude. Andy Garland and w. L.
Mell's we'll on the Taylor, which has been
enormously reported by our morning CO.
temporary, is also in the fifth sand tonight
and flowing Is barrels an hour. They ex-
pect to open it up to-day. AT least that
was the intention of its owners last night
when THE DISPATCH scout met them.
Pat Galligan, on the Connell lot, between a
quarter and half mile northeast from the
big Mathews well, is in the fifth sand to-
night with his venture, which is doing at
the rate of 100 barrels day. Mr.. Galligan
said to THE DISPATCH scout that if every
thing went well he would know by night
what it was good for. The Wallace
Oil Company's we'll on the lumber yard
lot in Mcdonald town is far enough
into the fifth sand to demonstrate that it will
never amount to much as producer-or, in
other words, it is practically dry. Jennings,
Guffy s. Co.'S No. 4 Bell about 700 feet
north of No. 3, is making 115 barrels day
from the Gordon sand. Greenlee & Forst
are drilling in the Gordon in No. Mevey,
which is flowing $50 barrels day from this
stratum. If they have good luck this well
will reach the fifth Monday or Tuesday, and,
tod only nth, &bair
Jumbo, the end is awaited with some inter-
est. The Guffy & Queene well on the H. H.
Wetmore farm is still the center of attrac-
tion. There was nothing done at the well
yesterday on account of tankage, but this
necessity will be provided for to-day, and
the drill will make the much looked for rev.
elation.
Gauges of the Wells.
The following is an accurate gauge of the
big wells of the field yesterday per hour:
Gufey, Jennings, Murphy q Co.'S No.
225; Heron 70. 1, 100; Heron
No. 2, 70; Heron No. 4, 275; Bell No. /,
30; Bell No. 2, 115. Guffey, Murphy &
Galey's No. 1 Elliott, IS; No. 3
Elliott, 115; No. 1 Sam Sturgeon,
60; No. 2 Sam Sturgeon, 1sO. Oakdale
Oil Company's No. l Wallace, go; No 1
100; No. 1 Morgan heirs, 12O;
NO. sturgeon nelrs, ~; NO. same farm,
20; Hays & Gartland's No. 1 Miller, 40;
No. 5 Miller, 55; No. 4 Miller, 30; Royal
Gas Company's No. 1 Mary Robb, 20;
Devonian Oil Company's No. / Elliott, 200
Hoffman & Co.'S No. 2 Moore, 20; Wood
and Oil Company's No. 1 Gamble, So;
w. P. Rend's No. 1, Is; Conklin q
Ferigs, No. l Christy, Is. Black & Co.'S
No. 1, 80. Miller, Mover & Co.'s no. l
Mcdonald, so. Forest Oil Company's No. 1
Eta Glenn, 200; Shaffer, No. 1, 30; Shaffer
No & %: Shaffar No 70 Patterson &.