Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-16
STARTED DOWN AGAIN.
Light Wells Developed and the Pro-
duction Is Off Once More.
NO NEW DRILLING BEING DONE.
Quick Change of the No.. a Elliott From q
Gasser to Producer.
TWO DRY HOLES FINISHED YESTERDAY

up which gave to the field some of its old
time interest Patterson & Jones No. 6
on che Kelso gave the territory an added in
terest when it came in at 100 barrels an hour.
No new territory has been opened up, how
ever, and a succession of gushers of the
kind which were drilled in July, August
and October are not looked for. The field
has been defined. On the line from Nc
| Curdy to the Jumbo mines, below McDon-
aid, it has been thoroughly drilled over.
Along the sides and edges enough wells
have been put down to cover all of
her oil producing rock. If there are
more paying pools the wells which are now
being drilled will certainly enter them.
There are now few new rigs going up, and
in fact the rig builders who crowded the
field few months ago have now nothing to
| do. 1t is only where the operators have to
drill to hold their leases that new wells are
being started.
There are now 305 producing wells IN the
field, and the estimated production of these
| wells yesterday was only %, 600 barrels, or
| 1,500 barrels less than the day before. This
| makes an average of only 90 barrels to the
| well. According to the gauges given be-
low IS of these 305 wells are making IA, $40
barrels dav, or almost half of the daily
/, output of the entire field. Notwithstanding
the fact that the Mcdonald field is
rapidly declining it is still by 10000 bar
rels day, the biggest white sand pool ever
| discovered. The most remarkable feature
| about it is that it should hold up as well as
it does. 1t exceeded by $4,000 barrels the
expectations of its most enthusiastic admir-
ers, and it now holding out with tenacity
that challenges the admiration of its
enemies.
Light Wells the Rule.
The wells completed yesterday were all
one well came in which could be classed as
producer. 1t is Guckert & Learns on the
Bailey. Last evening it was reported to be
flowing at the rate of 200 barrels day. 1t
is in the Gordon sand only and does not de-
velop any new territory. The Forest Oil
Company drilled its No. 6, on the Heron
farm into the fifth sand yesterday and got
dry hole 1t is located south of the old
Baldwin well about 1000 feet 1t was good
for nearly 40 barrels day in the Gordon
sand, but owing to the deeper drilling this
has been reduced to eight or ten barrels
dav.
The Northfeld Oil Company, which
is the producing end of the Royal
Gas Company, finished up its
No on the Mcdonald Bros. farm. 1t
was drilled to depth of 2,2S5 feet, or 25
feet below the bottom of the fifth sand.
Only slight showing of oil was found in
the Fifty Foot and the Gordon sands. The
fifth sand was of very poor quality, and
the well has been given up as
dry hole. Mellon & Garland
were four or five feet in the
fifth sand at their No. 2 on the
Taylor farm last night, but had failed to
strike pay streak. Jennings, Guffey &
n @hair No . ha oft
heirs farm to reach the sand last evening,
but at late hour it had not been heard
from The Forest Oil Company's No. on
the r. w. Glenn farm did not come in as
expected. The drillers thought thev were
on top of the fifth sand Thursday night and
shut down, but when they started to drill
the well in yesterday they found that in
stead of the sand they had entered shell,
and late last evening" they had not struck
the pay.
Changed From Gas to Oil.
The No. Elliott belonging to the De-
woman Oil Company made quick but
gratifying change early yesterday morning.
Later Thursday evening it was drilled into
the fifth sand, and developed into an enor-
nous gasser 1t put out the gas at astonish-
ing rate for several hours, when without a
moments warning it changed to oil, and
Yesterday afternoon it was doing % barrels
an hour 1t is located near the Miller farm,
and is $50 feet southwest of No. l. The
same company's No. 5 on the ELLIOT
has lust been cased with 6L
casing and their No. 1 Joe Robb is
down 900 feet. Learn & Burson have the
last casing in their well ON the Mckinney
lot back Of the station at Willow Grove. 1
Guckert & Steele have rig up for their
No. II on the Mevey farm, and are building
a rig for No. II. Learn 81 Bur-
sons we'll on the Patterson lot is
making 800 barrels a day. The Forest |
Oil Company's No. on the 'Shaffer |
farm should get the fifth sand to-day. Their !
No. on the Sam Sturgeon, which is known |
as the 'hurry up on account of it having |
to be drilled within "a days after being |
started, was in the Gordon sand last night |
1t is located northeast of Oakdale and is |
being put down with the expectation of |
hitting an extension of the Agnes Kemp !
pool. L
The Forest has started to drill Nos. 3 and
4 on the Jane McGill farm, and is building
a rig for its No. on the Sarah McVey lot,
and for No. 2 on the James Walker. The
Wheeling Gas Company has the last casing
in its No. on the Moorhead farm, mile
southwest of Mcdonald. The second string
of casing has been put into its No. Moor
u6du. luey arc No"u CIV 1
No. 1 on the John j. George farm, while
waiting for new cable. The same COM
pany's No on the W. j. Kelso is down
|, 400 feet. Their No 8 on the David Nc
Clay farm, located three miles west of
Washington, is drilling near the fifth sand;
No. 1 John McClav is near the Gordon
sand, and No. 1 on the McClay Bros. prop
erty is 900 feet deep. Learn & Burson have
started on the Banscott lot, at Willow
Grove. The well drilled by the Liberty Oil I
Company on the Cunningham lot, at Will
low Grove, was purchased at Sheriff sale by
William Guckert
Took Fire From Gordon Gas.
Early yesterday morning the rig at Hersle
& Co.'s No. 1, on the Fife farm, took fire
from gas in the Gordon sand,
md tool dresser who was in
he derrick was slightly burned. The
lriller did not know he was so close to the
Gordon, from which the Oakdale Gas Com
Dany gets its gas in this vicinity, and had a
,oai fire burning in the derrick stove.
When he saw the gas coming he shouted to
,he tool dresser who picked up bucket of
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