Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-09
F0RTY-TW0 THOUSAND
Barrels of Oil Produced Yesterday in
the Mcdonald Field.
SEVERAL WELLS DRILLED DEEPER
And They Fulfill the Greatest + Ixpectations
--'' of Their Owners.
MANY BITS NOW ON TOP OF THE SAM

The production of the Mcdonald OF
field was greater yesterday than at any tim
since it was opened. 1t reached the ZOO
barrel mark, which is just about half tn
amount Of oil put out in any one day b,
the celebrated Bradford field The territor,
from which this great production come
is not a twelfth the size of tn
big upper country pool. The relative siz
of the wells is scarcely comparable. Sucl
gushers as are now being struck were neve
known before. They are the wonder of thu
age, both to geologists and oil operators
Everybody is guessing how long they viii
last. AS it is they have surprised even the
most sanguine, and may continue to do sc
for some time to come.
There has been nothing like the present
activity in the history of the business. The
only spot that might compare with it is the
Bradford pool when it was in its palmy
DAYS. Cherry Grove was small in compari.
son, and died sudden death before it was
scarcely three months old. One great
difference between these pools and Nc
Donald is that Bradford and Cherry
Grove were each so far away from any city
that the people who went to these places
were compelled to remain there. Conse-
quently people built houses, laid out
streets, established municipal governments
and prepared to remain. Bradford proved
to be a large and prolific pool, and is still a
bustling city. Cherry Grove was mush-
room, and the inhabitants ofits two centers of
population disappeared in night. Nc
Donald would be another Bradford only for
the proximity of Pittsburg. The thousands
of men who are interested in the field live
in Pittsburg and visit the town every day.
Every train on the Panhandle bound for
the place is crowded to overfowing.
Standing in the Car Aisles.
Yesterday morning the train which left
Pittsburg at 1880 was made up of six pas
senger coaches, five of which were filled
with men bound for Oakdale, Noblestown
and Mcdonald. AT Mansfield large dele
CATION got on from Washington, and when
the train pulled out of Mansfield there were
30 men standing in the aisle of the smoking
ing car. 1t is the same of returning trains.
the main street of the borough of Mcdonald
was as crowded as Fifth avenue on Satur-
day night.
Teams are as numerous as the derricks,
and all are busy. Any place which serves
a meal for transients is always crowded
from 12 to 3 o'clock each day. Under a
spreading maple tree, at the intersection of
Merrimac avenue with Main street, an en-
upper country individual has put
up stand that would serve as team shed
at a country church. In this crude
habitation he has tobacco store, a soft
drinks counter and hotel and restaurant.
There are two long tables, with two grizzled
men, in shirt sleeves and top boots, to wait
upon the hungry customers The seats con-
CT of 6o hapohoc poi1od 10 tho Aaor and
the motto for patrons seems to be Heaven
helps those who help themselves"
The pipe line office is in a little
l2x20 frame building that was put up in an
afternoon. A tent serves for photograph
gallery. There are no saloons, but sick
nan with a short club could not make de-
without striking man with
bottle in his. pocket. Wells are located
on front yards, back yards,
and onion beds, with some of
them scarcely yard apart.
Features of the Field.
MCDoNALD-Among the wells yester-
lay the increase in the production of
! number of them went to make up
he Is, 900 barrels production of the field.
From among these were Guffey, Murphy
& Co. IS No. 1, on the Elliott, which was
lrilled deeper and when visited bv THE
DISPATCH reporter yesterday afternoon
It was doing (180, barrels an hour.
Glenn T. Braden, General Superintend-
ent of the National Transit Company, was
IN the ground with force of men laying
'ix-inch line to the we'll. 1t is located
.bout 800 feet northeast of their No. 2
Elliott, which is small. Then to the north
last little over a mile is Guffey, Murphy,
Jennings & Co. s No. Baldwin, which was
.lso asitated, and its output went up
rom 125 to 200 barrels an hour. Garland
& Hays No. 3, on the Miller farm, which
,ame in at 75 barrels an hour late Wednes-
lay night, had increased yesterday after
loon $50 barrels an hour. Their No. 1, on
he same farm, which has not been dis
,urbed since Monday, was putting out $50
barrels an hour also yesterday, and some oil
vas going to waste.
The great Mevey well of Greenlee &
Forst is still a gusher, notwithstanding
ome reports to the contrary which were in
circulation yesterday morning. At 8 o'clock
afternoon it was producing 800
barrels an hour steady. There is no doubt
whatever but that w. P. Rend's
veil is quite a good one now in
he Gordon sand. In the "a hours, end |
ng yesterday at noon, it had filled go
FARRELL tank, and is considered good for 125
u ANV iCAs q AIohl ILlS
Iiggett, 'Haymaker & Co.'S well on the
Coward lot is in the Gordon sand and is
at the rate of 200 barrels.
On Top of the Sand.
There are nearly a dozen wells in the
ield which are either on top of the last
and or else'in the Gordon. Roland & Co.
.ot the tools out of their we'll on the Nc
Iain lot late Wednesday night, and were on |
op of the fifth sand last night They
will drill. into the rock to-day. George |
J. Martin g. Co.'s we'll on the Heiser was |
n the Gordon sand yesterday and filled I'D |
several hundred feet with oil. They were |
hut down on account of defective boiler. |
Iuffey, Murphy, Jennings & Co.'S No. 9,
IN the Bell farm, Joining the Mathews |
arm, is shut down on top of the fifth sand |
N account of the lack of pipeline facili-
les to take away the oil. Their No. 1 |
Ierron farm is doing 40 barrels an hour
ME shell of the fifth sand has only been |
roken through, and it will not be drilled
n until they are sure of the oil being saved
iuffey, Murphy & Co.'S No. 8 on the
elliott farm is in the Gordon sand and
lied up several hundred feet. Cart
and & Hays No. on the Miller farm
through the Gordon sand, and
heir No. 8, on the same property, is on
op of the Gordon. Guckert & Steele's No.
Mevey, located 700 feet north of No. 1,
ill reach the Gordon by Monday, and
heir No. 8 will be in the same formation
v the middle of next week Guffey,
furphy and the Oakdale Oil Company's
70. i, on the Wallace farm. will
e in the Gordon tomorrow. Guffey,
Iurphy, Jennings & Co. were about
trough the Gordon sand in their Heron
70. when The DISPATCH scout left the
ell yesterday afternoon. 1t is only 300
let southwest of the big Matthews we'll.
'avis & McClurg were on top of the fifth
md on the Ewing lot yesterday afternoon
I'd shut down. Their well is making 125
arrels day from the Gordon, and they