Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-30
ALL QUIET AT M'DONALD.
THE PRODUCTION OF THE OIL WELLS
FALLS OFF $500 BARRELS.

Large Decline for One Day Progress
of the Holes Now Being Drilled - A
Statement of the Gauges-Larger Oper-
ations Than Warranted.
The developments in the Mcdonald field
last Saturday were not out of the ordinary.
The production Saturday was 60. 500 barrels,
as against $1,000 barrels yesterday. This
decline OF $500 barrels can be attributed to
the falling off of the producing wells and
the arrival of but one new we'll OF any mag
nitude.
This well belongs to Mellon & Co., and
is their No. 4, located on the Nicely farm in
the McCurdy end of the field, and is not in
cluded in the tabulated list of producers.
They got the fifth sand Friday night and it
started off at 75-barrel an hour gait.
Gordonier & Co.'S well on the Malthouse
lot, east of Oakdale, was through the
Saturday night. They will get the fifth sand
tomorrow or Wednesday, but the prospects
for producer from that level are anything
but hattering.
NoProspect for Paying Well.
The McNall well on the Slaughter house
lot, west of Noblestown, was reported deep
in the fifth sand Saturday night, with no in
dications of finding pay. A 20-barrel
bumper from the Gordon sand will be the
probable result of this venture. With this
well and the one on the Malthouse lot at
Oakdale failures. the town lot opera
tors to the east of the prolific fifth sand
belt will not realize on their investment.
The operations all along the line at this
quarter have been largely out of proportion
to what the situation from a conservative
standpoint would have warranted.
The Forest Oil Company's No. g. Shaffer, is
ten feet in the sand, with no show of oil.
Their No. 2 same farm, will get the fifth
sand Wednesday.
munson. is a big gasser in the Gordon.
They will drill on down to the fifth as soon
as the gas pressure has been reduced.
Gauges OF the Wells.
The gauges OF the big wells yesterday
showed the following to be their average
per hour: Guffey, Jennings & Cos No l
Mathews, 100: Matthews heirs, l4O: their No.
l Heron, 100; Nos. . and Heron, a5l; Bell
No. ., IS: Bell No. 4, 10: Oakdale Oil Com
pany's No. Baldwin ,2s; Nos. and2 Wallace,
l4O: No. Wallace, As; No Morgan heirs, 81:
Sturgeon heirs No. l, IL: Guffey, Murphy &
Galey's No. Elliott, 10; No. 3 Elliott, IS;
No. Sam Sturgeon, I2; No. Sam
Sturgeon, l25: Forest Oil Company's No. l
Eta Glenn: 100: No: J. NJ. Glenn, IS; Robert
Glenn, is: No. l Shaffer, Il: No. Shaffer,
10: MOI Shaffer, 20: No. Heron, IS: No. 1
Heron. los; Forst & Greenlees No. Mevey,
IS; No. Mevey, 80: No. Gamble, 81; ;Devonian
Oil Company's No ] Elliott. 75; Hoff-
man & Co.'S No. . Moore, IA; Wood
land Oil Company's No. i Gamble,
SIS: w. p. Rend's No. 1 Rend, 10; Miller &
Co.'s No. ], Mcdonald, Is: Patterson Co.'S
No. l Sauters, Is: Guckert Stee,e's No
Mevey, 81: Patterson and Jones No. . kelso
so; No. kelso, 20; Gordnier & Co.'S No. 3
Mertz, IA: Guffey & Queens No. Wetmore.
A0; Forest Oil Company's Nos. i and 2
Wright. :3: Davis & Browns Nos. and ., l23
No. .. IS: Thompson & Co.'S No. Mormlon-
rig, 20: Brennenan & Co.'S No. Tilmont %;
Brown 4 Co.'S No. Montgomery. 2S; Forest
Oil Company's No. 3 Ewing, IS; Oakdale
Oil Companys No. 5 Wallace, 43; The pro-
duction of the field yesterday was estimated
at 81 600 barrels. The stock in the field was
decreased from 500 barrels to 1890