Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-08
TWO WELLSABOUTDRY
They Get Only a Showing of Petro-
leum in the Fifth Sand.
ONE Is IN ADVANCE OF M'DONALD.
The Wildcat Well on the Gregg Farm
to Be Drilled in To- Morrow.
ONE GOOD WE'LL AT SISTERSVILLE.

to Be Drilled in To-Morrow.
ONE GOOD WE'LL AT SISTERSVILLE.
Two wells were drilled into the fifth sand
in the Mcdonald field yesterday and both
are light One of them, j. NJ. Guffey, Rus
sell & Co. 8 No. 8, on the Wettengel farm,
located south of the railroad, quarter of a
mile west of Oakdale. is practically dry. It
is about 500 feet due south of their No. 1 on
this lease which produced for several weeks
from 40 to 60 barrels an hour.
The No. 1 on the McMurray lease of Green
| lee & Forst. which is still doing 30 barrels an
hour, is only about $50 feet west of it. The
| indications now for outlet to the pool to
the south at the northeastern end are not Of
the best.
| PEBBLES & Malarkey's No. l, on the Free
man property, which will be in the Gordon
| early next week; Brown. Davis & Co.'S No.
| Wilkinson, which is in the Gordon sand and
Fertiq & Co.'S venture on the Keil property
Greenlee & Forst's No. Q. on the McMurray
| lease. which is due to reach the Gordon
Monday or Tuesday, is only about $50 feet
| south west of the Wettengel.
Greenlee & Forst's No. on the Marshall &
Chalfant lease, southwest of Noblestown,
has been cased, and No. is about ready to
western end of the lease, is ready for the 81
casing. Their Nos and on the Marshall
lease No. have been cased through the salt
sand.
Their Nos and on the same lease will
be cased next week. The same parties No.
To- on the Buckley property Is ready for the
lease is being spudded in.
An Advance Well Almost Dry
The second light fifth sander struck in
fhn IN Ha1<l Al
Wheeling Gas Company's No. !, on the Little
farm. 1t is located about two miles SOUTH
west OF Mcdonald, and ortheast of the well
of Knox Bros Apple and Elvea, on the Scott
farm. about three-quarters of a mile.
They drilled through 20 feet of close fifth
sand, in which G little oil was found, and
after shooting it they expect that it will
make small pumper. This well was a big
sasser in the 5o-foot sand, and gas with
large amount of salt water as struck in the
Gordon sand There was also an increase
of gas in the fifth. As the pas and oil are
separated the company will utilize it as II
gas as well as an oil we'll. The kelso well,
belonging to the same company, is located
about half mile northwest of the Little
and Is good for 70 or Is barrels day from
the hith sand.
The Wheeling well on the Robbins farm,
in the same region, has been cased. They
had a fishing job. and spent dav or two in
hsh1nG for broken stem, but 1t was gotten
out yesterday.
otHVT Soutn"cst Lest VI els
There will be two more wells brought in
next week in the country southwest of Nc
Donald. They are the Woodland Oil Com
pany's Nos. and 2, on the Crawford farm,
and are being drilled with the expectation
of getting northea stern extension of the
belt which the Knox Bros. & Co.'S well on
the Scott farm evidently tapped.
Unless there is an increase in the size Of
the wells or an advance in oil the chances
are thai this region will not be thoroughly
tested for some time to come.
Tie Forest Oil COmpany's test well on the
Gregg farm, south of Gregg station, on the
Panhandle, will be drilled into the filth sand
tomorrow. 1t was shut down on top of the
sand few days ago, with some oil in the
hole.
If it should come in big it will start lot of
drilling on an entirely new line which has
not been taken into Consideration hereto
fore. There were a number of operators
who claimed that there was northwest and
southwest belt running through the lower
end Of the McCurdy fold, and a line of big
wells drilled through that territory seemed
to bear out the theory. The Gregg WELL
which is located south of the Panhandle,
will confirm that theory should it prove
good.
The Gordon sand well of Lynch, Buchheft
& Co. on the Meise farm, south of Willow
Grove was reported to be making from 40 to
30 barrels an hour yesterday afternoon and
and claimed to have secured gauges asserted
that it was only making 25 barrels an hour
New Rigs Near Meise.
Lynch, Buchheit & Co. have located, and
and are building rig for No. on the Meise
farm.
The Belmont OH Company has started to
spud on a farm which joins the Kirk on the |
west.
Sinclair & Co. have made location on the |
Kirk farm.
The Forest Oil Company has made loca- |
tiOn for No on the Mrs CamnbeII farm
near the MelSe.
e. D. Robbins is starting well within 600 |
feet of the dry hole which he drilled two |
years ago on the Joseph Campbell farm. It |
is about three quarters of q mile south and |
east from the Meise.
A couple of Washington parties were in
the farm of Mrs. Cook. 1t is located south
west from the Meise, and contains 2l2 acres
for which they were to pay sl5,sOo. or s75 an
acre.
R. G. Gillespie & Co.'s No. 9 on the Jane
Riddle farm in the McCurdy field Is due In
the fifth sand next Wednesday.
SAxoNBURd-Gutfey and Queens well on
the Horne farm has been drilled through
the fourth sand and is dry. 1t is a big
gasser, however. in the 80 foot sand.
SIsTERTvILLE-Hannum Bros well on the
quarters north Of Sistersville, OIL the Ohio
side of the river, was drilled into the Big
Injun Yesterday morning, and is good for
3O0 barrels OF Oil day.
The Mcdonald Gauges,
The following estimates were submitted
by the gaugers of the Southwestern Pennsyl-
vania Pipe Line Company:
The production of the field was 81 5OO or 800
less than the day before. The hourly gauges
we're as follows: Matthews No. g. 90; Devon
an Oil Company's Nos. l and 2 Boyce, 20:
Oakdale Oil Company's Nos. 2 and 8 Baldwin,
10; Forest Oil Company's No. Jane Stewart,
70: j. NJ. Guffey & Co.'s No. McMichael, 25:
Lynch & Co.'S No. l Noise, so; GreenIee &
Torst's No. / McMurray, 30. Production,
], 500 Stock in field. So, COO.
The runs OF the Southwest Pennsvlyania |
Pipe Line Company from Mcdonald Fri
lay were % l4GS: outside of Mcdonald, a772 |
The National Transit runs were 81 53i; ship |
nents, 6.596. New York Transit Shipments
we're 81, l4l. Macksburg division OF the Buck
.ye Pipe Line Company. 1,45 Buckeye runs
], 773: shipments, IS 973. Southern Pipe
nents, 2Si2.
OIL CITY. Pa. May National Transit cer-
ffcates opened at SIC: highest, SIC: low
'st, 5674c; closed. SIC. Sales, 81 00O bar
els; ciearances. 81, 200 barrels
NEW YORK, May 7.-Petroleum was dull !
No featureless, and the trading was insig-
ificant in volume. Pennsylvania oil-Spot,
611c; June ODtiOn, ST. Lima oil no sales |