Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-29
THE FEATURES IN OIL.
No Noticeable Decline Yesterday
in the Immense Output.
ONE NEW FIFTH SAND PRODUCER.
An Outline of the Territory Where Drilling
Is Yet to Be Done.
MORE OIL FROM THE GORDON SAND

namely 73 600 barrels IT DOSsihly showed
a sl;gbt decline h,,t not eno,,rb 70 mai,
o. oot;ooohIo -. :. a. -. NJ
".y Ao'ioce 9nanse ~ 'N iu"s' No'
Wlthstandlng the hoWls OF the elemen
which is patiently waiting to sex
the wells play out. and is continually
spreading bullish reports concerning thu
output, the wells continue to force the
golden grease into the tanks. Nothing ha.
been struck which will compare with thi.
remorkob1s 6old +erri+orv in which .
leIaiAapie lI1 ne,u "A tefriso1y III i WHICH .
wen is counted almost iaiiure unless Il
produces hundreds OF barrels an hour Is 1al
beyond the ordinary. Even the old
time oil men who have been through
all kinds of experiences and fields fail tc
fully appreciate its wonderful resources.
1t is the tenderfoot who is now appalled, by
the enormous production of these wells. He
eazes upon them in open-mouthed wonder.
while the men who have been in the busi.
ness and in the field since itwas first opened
look on these gushers as a matter of course.
When thew nut down a we'll they
expect a gusher, and well which
would be q market breaker in anv other To-
cality is disappointing in this. when the
wells at Mcdonald are all pumping, when
the wild-catter is perforating the earth. try-
ing to find another such a pool. when the
operators in general have fallen back on the
small but reliable territory. when Mcdonald
is a thing of the past and part of history.
then the oil men will look back and wonder
that the big wells did not create more ex-
citement than thew have
No, D..d I'm. S,..,;,
Inc McCurdy held, especially that part
ol IL Wnlcn hes TO the southwest, Is boom
ing, ana operations are being pushed with W.T.,
more tnan ,ne ns!al vlgor since the mlddle
Q OF last week. rms Is on account OF three
Dig "ehs Which nave recently been COM
PIe'ea. Lney are W; Il. mellon q 20
. Mnoro. o,J 'pattnr.on n ~
No. on the Kelso farm.
which came in late Tuesday NIGHT and is
now making about Is barrels an hour.
These wells have revived the homes of the
operators in that REGION. For a connie of
weeks previously things in this locality had
been looking very blue, as the wells which
were being brought in were either dry or so
nearly so that thew would scarcely nav ont
at the present price of oil. A chance for
the better has occurred and southwest Mo
eurdy NAV vet prove Productive. In in
the old field there is still considerable terri
tory to be drilled as soon as the market adj
vances sufficiently to warrant drilling, The
firm of r. G. Gillesnie & Co. has several
hundred acres almost in the center of tbe
old nooI which thew have only nartiallv
The Orion oil Comnany hos
which thew are waiting to
drill. and this field is "not
dead but sleepinp. as an operator described
it Yesterday. There is also a long strip of
territory between the lower end of Nc
Curdy and the northeast end of Mcdonald
which is only slightly yieyeIoped. The first
wells which were drilled were luckily all
gushers, and the owners of the leases have
been slow about putting down others. They
are content to let the first make ali the oil.
E,..r ;. t,,. r,.,a
..
Inc features at Mcdonald yesterday
were Miller, mover q 20; NO. on the
:. u. Sauters lot, and thompson, Llggett
acres The first which is located across the
railroad track from the Wheeling Gas Com
pany's Cook lot well was drilled a little
deeper in the sand YESTERDAY, and
rels an hour. 1t is to the west of the Cook
fifth sand pool widens at this point. 1t is
on about 45 degree line with the Butler
lot well, Short lot, the Church lot and the
old Sauters No. 3, but there can be no con-
nection between these and the Mcdonald
well as there are at least half dozen wells
which were very light in the
fifth. The we'll of Black & Co., on the
Sauters property is in the eastern end of
The borough, and is Gordon sander. 1t is
on the Gordon sand belt which |
runs through the territory east of the fifth
sand territory. Yesterday afternoon it was
lrilled deeper in the Gordon, and its
production went from 10 to 25 barrels an
hour, and is one of the biggest Gordon |
IN the Towney lot is fifth sand well. 1t |
s located about 200 feet southwest of the |
Miller No. 5. Last evening the reports from
t were to the effect that it was one bit in |
he fifth sand and making 35 barrels an
lour. 1t is about on a line between Miller |
No. 5, and the Druart failure
s ''eeS "'cneo'
A well which is being closely watched be-
ongs to the Peoples Gas Company, and is
,ne location southwest OF Conklin q Fer
ig's well on the Chrlsty lot. 1t will prob
.bly be completed TINS week, and as it is
he tarthest well to- the south |
vest in that part OF the field oper- |
tors are anxious to ascertain its caliber. |
The drilling OF large number of wells |
below it will depend upon the amount of |
I'll which it will produce franthe last sand.
The Wallace Oil Company's we'll, ON the |
umber yard lot, is only few feet above |
he fifth sand. 1t is doing 250 barrels from
he GORDON Honman & Co.'S Gordon |
+et the fifth in a." Jan. n aiSo
wo. Kemp s Co.'S No. i, on on
set east If The Georoe lot weii will unueu ha on'
~ VIII NC con-
sart1anS hoxe tvo wa11s oU tha 1.;iy lays q
,Sieh are Jne to ,st Ibe I tftb f ,,de1 Sand iaLm
y % .omnrrow and ~, GroLert I ny Stno1 saiu sI,uay
:. ~ "AI ~ S1eeie nave