Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-21
TWO 0SMALL OIL WELLS.
One in the Fifth and the Other Pro-
ducing From the Gordon.
LIGHT PRODUCERS AT HARMONY.
Six Wells Due This Week in the Mcdonald
and NcCurdy Fields.
SIGNING THE SHUTDOWN AGREEMENT

SIGNING THE SHUTDOWN AGREEMENT
McDonald's production dropped to "a, 50(
barrels yesterday morning, decline o
1000. The squirt of 1000 barrels which il
made Tuesday was only momentary. The
new wells do not hold on with the tenacity
f which characterized the old ones
Forst & Greenlee's No. 1 McMur-ay,
which was shot and pumped to so barrels an
hour Tuesday was making only 80 barrels
an hour yesterday.
longing to j. NJ Gufey and the Forest Oil
Company, which was drilled deeper and in
creased its output to IS barrels an hour
Tuesday, was doing 60 barrels an hour yes
terday.
been finished up yesterday. One of them
was the No. 6 Shaffer, of John NJ. Patterson
& Co. 1t started on at 10 barrels An hour,
but soon declined to about 15o barrels day.
1t is located in developed territory and does
not open up any new pool.
/ Greenlee & Forst's No. on the Wade farm,
southwest of Mcdonald, was almost
through the Gordon sand last evening and is
showing for about Is or so barrels a day from
that formation.
Will Be in This Morning.
The Bear Creek Refining Company's No.
| ON the Campbell, located west of Oakdale
and northeast from Noblestown, was only
Is feet above the fifth sand yesterday after
noon. They expected to get the pay last
night No. Son the same, and belonging to
the same company. is spudding.
| Millison, Fried & Co.'S No. on the Henry
Shaffer farm, in the McCurdy end of the dis
| tr1ct, is due to get the fifth sand tomorrow.
| Brown Bros, Robson & Co.'S No. 2, on the
| McMurray, located, half a mile east of
Noblestown. was in the top. Of the fourth
sand last evening and should get the fifth
| sand to-day. It will be finished by Satur-
| day.
Malarkey & Miller's we'll on the Renault
& lot at Willow Grove. was % on p the top Of I,, the
| be drilled in to-day The wells around Will
| low Grove are all Gordon sanders.
Bailey Rolanu's we'll on the school
house lot, at Willow Grove, is down 1000
week.
Keii 8 Co. are casing their No. on the
Mrs. Robb farm, south of Willow Grove,
and are down 600 feet in No. 2
Greenlee & Forst's Nos. l and on the
Marshall & Chalfant property, half a mile
Responded to a Shot.
The Devonian Oil Company shot its No. l
on the Boyce farm in the lower end of the
McCurdy field yesterday, and it responded
by starting off at the rate of so barrels an
hour.
McGfnniss & Co.'S No. on the Henry
Shaffer farm, located in the Western part of
McCurdy, was on top of the fifth sand last
night and will be drilled in this morning.
Jennings, Guffey & Co.'S No. 4, on the
Matthews heirs farm, has been drilling for
the last two months. 1t is delayed by
caves.
Learn, Burson & Co., shot their No. on
the Vannerscott lot at Willow Grove yester-
fow.
The woodlawn Oil Company's No: on the
Scott farm, located two miles southwest of
Mcdonald, is down ], 200 feet.
Their No. on the Crawford farm has been
delayed for some time by the dropping Of
the casing. No. 2 is down about 500 feet
Greenlee & Forst's No. on the GLADDEN.
farm is due in the Gordon sand to-day. 1t is
located about mile southwest of McDon-
aid and in the neighborhood of the old
Moorhead well, which made over 800 barrels
a day from the Gordon for couple of
months. Their No. on the GLADDEN. is down
about 400 feet.
Light Wells at Harmony.
HARMoSY-Guckert & Steele's No. Schnei
der is in and showing for q fair well. Cohen
& Kahn's No. G, on the Allen heirs farm, is in
and good for probably 75 barrels day. Root
& Co. are getting ready to drill on the Fogle
farm, three miles to the southwest. Their
Goettman well was dry.
wood is good for so barrels day. Sutton s.
Hooks No. schott is in the l00-foot sand
and is showing for q well.
Carr Bros: wildcat, on the Zeigler farm,
located a mile and a half south of develop
ments, Is in and dry.
Campbell, Westerman & Co.'s No. 6 Fred
eric is through the sand and will be a small
well.
The wildcat of Hartman & Co. on the Mrs.
Galloway farm is dry. No oil was found in
any of the formations. which were badly
broken up and irregular. 1t is east of the
dry hole on the Martin farm.
The rig has been rebuilt at the No. on the
Zeig farm, located northeast of develop
ments. The first rig was burned by gas from
the salt sand.
The Evans City Oil Company's No 4, on
the Eicholtz farm, is through the gas sand.
Guckert & Steele are fishing for string Of
tools at No. Schell.
The Shutdown Movement
The producers who are circulating the shut
down papers for the purpose of getting sign
ers will stop tomorrow and compare notes. |
They then expect to call a meeting of the |
signers and discuss the advisability of
stopping the drill until October Is. There |
may be several among those who have signed
who will object unless the movement is uni |
versal |
Emmett Queen, of the firm of Gurfey |
Queen, said yesterday that although he had
the movement would be success. |
John NJ. Arters came down from Butler |
and said that the majority OF the operators |
shutdown. They argue Ras'' that the time
to have shut down would have been last fall, |
when Mcdonald was at its highest in point |
Of production, lie said that the people who |
are anxious for a shutdown now are those |
who had a big production for a while, and |
ara holding the oil. They hope that better |
prices will follow as a result of the shut |
down, and they will be benefited accord |
ingly.
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 "a 500, 1000 |
less than the day before. The hourly gauges |
were as follows: Matthews No. 8, 2O Jen-
n1ngs, Gufrey & Co.'S No. Bell, %; Oakdale |
Oil Company's Nos. and Baldwin, 20; For
est Oil Company'S No. Jane Stewart, so:
No. NJ Wright 20; Guffey Co.'s No. Nc
Michael, go; Forst & Greenlee's No. l McMur-
5000.
The runs of the Southwest Pennsylvania
Pipe Line Company from Mcdonald Tues
day were 25 S61; outside of Mcdonald, 10,756
The National Transit runs were 36, ,522; New
York Transit shipments, 81 AZ Macksburg
division of the Buckeye Pipe Line Company,
1866 Buckeye runs, 40. SCI; shipments, s., Al;
Southern Pipe Line shipments, 1888.
Yesterdays Market Features.
Trading was unimportant. Field news
was slightly bearish. The opening and