Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-26
SOME LUCKY OIL MEN.
List Of McCurdy Mcdonald Operators
Who Can Give Thanks TO-DAY,
TICKLE FORTUNES FAVORED FEW.
Noorhead Well Drilled Deeper and Its Pro-
ductiOn Increased.
LATER FIFTH SAND DEVELOPMENTS

McDon1ld-McCurdy field who will feel like
giving thanks to-day. Even some of those
in these two pools who have struck dry
much while eating their Thanksgiving
turkey. A protracted period of 6O-cen
oil is not calculated to arouse
a thankful feeling in the breasts of the pro
ducers as whole, but the men who have
been getting oil at the rate of 100 and 30(
barrels an hour from every well they drilled
can well afford to sit down to Thanksgiv
ing dinner and give thanks for the many
blessings which have been conferred upon
them, even thoug gh AZ gallons of oil
Is only worth 60 cents. Even in
the southwest fields the benefits have
not been so widely scattered as many peo.
pie may have been led to believe. With
out exaggeration it is perfectly safe to say
that score would cover all of the firms
and companies who would be able to figure
any profits if they were to balance up their
accounts to-day. The great bulk of the
rich territory is controlled by very few
parties. The heart of the pool is held by
E. Fl. Jennings, J. NJ. Guffey, NJ. Murphy,
John Galloway and John Gale.
Tie Heart of the Pool.
They have the J. J. Mathews farm, on
which is located the big Mathews well,
which has produced nearly 5000 barrels
of oil since July 16; the Bell farm, the
Mathews heirs farm and the Heron farm.
They have completed eight wells on these
four farms, and not well but has made
more than 100 barrels an hour at
some period of its existence. The
Oakdale Oil Company, in which the
Fisher Bros, J. NJ. Guffey, NJ. Murphy and
j. NJ Mcfarland are the heaviest stock
holders, has the Baldwin, the Wallace, the
Morgan heirs, the Hopper and the Sturgeon
heirs farms. Eight wells have also been
finished on these farms, and with the excep-
tion of the one on the Hopper,
which is off to the west, all of
the others have made from Is barrels
an hour up to POO an hour Guffey, Murphy &
Galey's Elliott and the Sam Sturgeon farms
have been very productive. Three wells
have been finished on the Elliott, two of
which started off at more than 80 barrels
an hour. while the other is good for about
go barrels a day. The two wells which they
have finished on the Sam Sturgeon farm
are both big. On all of tie farms named above
there are from one to six wells now drill
ing, with good indications for getting as
strong producers as in the first which were
put down.
The Famous Mevey Property.
Southwest of these farms is the famous
Mevey property on which Greenlee 8, Forst
drilled we'll that produced for short
time more oil than any other well ever
drilled in America The have conf
pleted two other big wells on
this farm, but nothing like the original No.
1. They have also drilled three wells
through the fifth sand, which will not make
more than. average bumpers. Ten other
wells are now being put down on this prop
erty.
William Guckert and Major John A.
Steel have so acres off the southwest part of
the Mevey farm, and their n o. / did 100 barrels
an hour Tor many weeks, but has now set
tied down and is being pumped. Their No.
was small well, but No. 3 started off big
and is still producing over 80 barrels an
hour. They are also drilling a number of
other wells and expect to finish up couple
the first of next week. Hays &
who leased the choice part
Of the Miller farm, have been extremely
well treated by tickle fortune. They have
five wells on this lease and every
one of them produced from 100 to go barrels
an hour for several weeks. One operator
that they had gotten enough oil
1ut of their five wells to cover the entire
lease foot deep. Southwest of this prop
erty is strip of the Sautsrs
arm and then comes Mcdonald borough
with its scores of town lot wells, nine-tenths
IF which were utter failures. East of the
Oakdale Oil Company's Wallace farm the
Forest Oil Company has gotten good big
we'll on each Of the three Glenn farms, and
TWO big wells on the w. c. Heron farm.
Pioneers in Mcdonald.
The Royal Gas Company, which might be
said to have opened up the Mcdonald field,
has drilled several good wells. W. P. and
A. H. Logan are the Pittsburg stockhold.
,rs. Their old Sauters No. 5, one of the
irst big wells in the southwestern end of
he field, made 125 barrels an hour for some
lime, but has long since stopped flowing.
Their No. 1 on the Mary Robb
one half mile north
west from the Sauters No. 8. was
gusher of the 100-barrel class and pro-
luced thousands of barrels of petroleum
before losing its grip. The same company's
venture on the Sauters property, east of
md several others completed by this
han paid for their drilling. The
Devonian Oil Company, which is
,nly another name for the well-known pro-
lucing firm of Finegan, Downing & Co,
hould also be largely ahead in the field.
Their first venture turned out to be small.
They were off to the west of the Mcdonald,
IN the Fayall, the j. H. Robb and one or
wo other small leases in that vicinity.
None of them were absolutely dry, but
would probably make average bumpers.
After the Royal Gas Company completed
is big well on the NJ. Robb farm, the De-
Ionian Oil Company put down its No. on
he Morgan Elliott farm, northeast of NJ.
aobb, and got big well. Then it went
nto southwest McCurdv, and a few days
go finished its No. on the Boyce heirs
arm which is still doing $50 barrels an
lour.
Ono of the Favored Firms
A firm which stands first on the list is
Patterson & Jones. To them belongs the
whole credit Of opening the well-known
NcCurdy field. 1t is only a little more
han year ago since j. NJ. Patterson drove
nto Pittsburg late one evening and an
lounced that their No. 1 on the McCurdv
arm was sthrowing a solid column of
Ill as high as the walking BEAM The
lext day dozens of operators and leasers
we're in the field, and in less than two weeks
wells were going down on all of the sur
.ounding farms. Patterson s. Jones' how
,ver, had the cream of the pool corralled |
lnder the McCurdy farm, and in
few months they each had |
made good sized fortunes out |
# their venture. Recently they have gone |
arther to the southwest. Fortune has evil |
ently kept them company as the two big
cells which they recently finished on the |
zelso farm would seem to indicate. In the |
ame locality the Forest Oil Company has |
'een getting some good wells on the Shatfer
arm. w. B. Hoffman & Co. s No. /. on
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