Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-16
TALKS WITH OIL MEN.
Mcdonald Producers Will Try to Sell
Their Product for Fuel.
THEY ARE AFTER BETTER PRICES.
New Fifth and Gordon Sand Wells We're
Developed Yesterday.
NJ. WRIGHT NO. / DOING 5000 BARRELS

proQuctlOn OF tne MCOondlu Heiu IS lIoh
6,0OO to 10,0 600 barrels higher than it should
be.
A member of the Stevenson Oil Company
asserted yesterday that it cost that COM
pany ga 7-10 cents per barrel last month to
produce its oil, and this on the most econom-
ical basis possible. In the face of this, new
rigs are going up almost daily in the Nc
Donald pool, and others are being located.
Three of the leading producers in the south
west, who stand in the front ranks of the
Producers Protective Association, were
asked yesterday if they believed the market
would go up cent should every we'll in the
field stop flowing, and they each replied
''No."
This seems to be the general impression
among the leading producers. A shut
down has been talked of, but has been
frowned down by those who have made
study of the situation.
A committee from the P. P. A. will visit
some of the leading manufacturers to-day
for the purpose of ascertaining the views
of the latter in regard to using Pennsyl.
vania oil for fuel. Ohio or Lima oil is row
being used in number of establishments
with much success. 1t is claimed that the
Pennsylvania oil is inferior to the Lima as
a fuel, on account of the latter containing
greater amount of sulphur. This is dis
puted, however, by others, and it is proba-
BILE that test of the products will be made
in short time to get their relative values
in this particular.
May Pipe 1t to Pittsburg.
IF enough manufacturers can be found
who will consent to use the Pennsylvania
oil, the producers say they will Law pipes to
Pittsburg from the Mcdonald field, pump it
into the city and make an effort to bring it
into general use.
By this means they hopes to increase the
market price by creating demand for it on
the part of refners and exporters
The increase of 1000 barrels in the pro-
duction of the field Sunday was due to the
Forest Oil Company's No. 1 on the Martha
Wright property in southwest McCurdy.
This property is not marked on the maps,
as it is only a 10 acre plot, lying in the
northwest corner of the Thomas Wright
heirs farm, on which the Forest Oil Com
pany drilled the pioneer we'll in that To-
cality.
The Martha Wright well came in last
week and was making 500 barrels day. |
Late Saturday afternoon it was drilled |
deeper into the sand, and that night it in
creased to 130 barrels an hour. 1t is an ab- |
near it which would lead to the belief that |
there was such an immense pool of oil in
the neighborhood. Several light |
wells have been drilled around |
it, and when it started off at
25 barrels an hour it was looked upon as a
well. Other wells will be
drilled in the vicinity Immediately. Early
yesterday morning number of lease hold
ers who had obtained private information
from the well Sunday afternoon rushed to
the front to make arrangements for develop
ing their property.
One COmpany's Operations.
The Forest Oil Company has probably
more work under way in Mcdonald than
any other company or firm operating in that
field. 1t secured several big blocks of terri
tory during the scramble last spring, the
greater portion of which has turned out to
land which has not been tested.
Their No. 8 on the J. NJ Glenn farm, op-
posite Willow Grove, struck the TOP of the
fifth sand yesterday and made nice flow.
This well was no good in the Gordon, and
after it flowed yesterday the drillers shut
down to move out the boiler
The same company's No. 3, on the E.
Wright farm, would have reached the Fifth
sand yesterday but for the boiler giving out.
Their No. j. M. Glenn is down /, 900 feet
and should be completed this week No. 5,
same farm, is drilling at 600 feet, and No
is being spudded in. They are building
rig for No. r. w. Glenn and are still fish
ing ON top of the sand in No. . r. w. Glenn
and in No. 2 Eta Glenn.
The Forests No on the Agnes Kemp
farm, back of Oakdale, is being cased.
In the neighborhopd of the Martha
Wright we'll they wilf leave rigs completed
this week for No. l Rachel McGregor; No.
l John Scott; No. 1 on the Nancy Scott;
No. on the Campbell heirs; No. 2 James
McGregor, and for No. on the E. Wright
farm.
The Fife Did Not Respond.
The Fife farm well of Hirsch & Co.. to
the west of developments has evidently
seen its best days. 1t was drilled deeper
into the sand yesterday, and did not
improve. The sand was hard and fine and
showed no signs of improving when drilling
of the most important features
of the day, as it gives
rather black eye to that part of the field
which some of those interested in that To-
cality believed would prove another Wet
more pool. 1t is now making II barrels an
hour
Gufey, Queen & j. NJ. Guffey's No 1 on
the Mark Robb, south and west from the
II. H. Wetmore farm, was drilled through
the sand yesterday and will be shot.
Guffey, Murphy & Galey's No 10 on the
Samuel Sturgeon farm, opposite Willow
Grove, reached the fifth sand yesterday and
made one flow.
The we'll of Learn & Burson on the post
Office lot at Willow Grove was in the top of |
the Gordon sand yesterday afternoon and
made nice flow
Greenlee s. Forst's No. 8 on the
Wade farm, south of Mcdonald was two
bits in the Gordon sand last night and
showing light. The rock was hard and
close. The above firm has a big lot of work
on hand. Their No 4 on the Miller prop
erty at Laurel Hill is down 1900
feet, and No. may reach the
Gordon sand this week. They are building
a rig for No. Wade and one for No. 8 on
the GLADDEN. farm, one mile southeast of
New Rigs at Nob1estown.
Near Noblestown they have finished four
rigs and will commence spudding this week.
These are their No. on the
National Coal Company's property;
No. 1 McMurrav; No. 1 McGrady,
and No. Marshall. They are building a
rig on the Potter property, north of the
railroad, and between Noblestown and Oak
dale Their No. on the Marshall farm,
north of the railroad, is down 800 feet.
Kemp & CO. No. on the Wade farm,
at Mcdonald, should reach the Gordon the
last of this week.
Guckert & Steele have rig completed
for No 2 Burchnial, near the Robbins
trestle.
S. s. Wilson, the well-known operator,