Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-18
ONE WELL YESTERDAY.
It Reached the Fifth Sand, but Is
Not of the Gusher Series.
OAKDALE HAS A TOWN LOT CRAZE.
The Southwest Ventures Get Veins of Salt
. Water in the Gordon.
SOME WELLS READY TO Be COMPLETED

mained the same as the day before-22, 900
barrels.
OF all of the wells which were reported
by the owners and others to be on top of
the sand Monday and due in slate rock yes
terday only one reached it. This was the
Forest Oil Company's No. l, on the John
Scott farm, located up the hollow, back of
Oakdale.
1t reached the sand late Monday night,
and yesterday was deep enough in the rock
to have tapped the pay streak, If there was
any in the neighborhood Until a late hour
last evening it had failed to produce.
On account of the unusually hard drilling
in their No. 9 Sam Sturgeon and No. / on the
Mary Scott they did not get in yesterday,
and itmay not be developed for several days
yet.
Greenlee & Forst's No. 6. on the. Waite
farm, located southwest of Mcdonald about
a mile, wars only few feet from the Gordon
sand last evening, and they expected to
reach 1t before midnight.
1t is in Gordon territory, and will proba-
bly, be well in that Stratum. Their No. 5,
on the Wade. is still delayed by the pressure
of gas from the f1fty-foot sand.
Their No. 2 on the No. l McMurray lease
yesterday afternoon and should be in the
fifth to-day.
Town Lot Craze at oakdaI>.
just at present there is something of the
old-time town lot craze at Oakdale, which
recalls the early days of Mcdonald.
Rigs are going up on a number of lots
which only few weeks ago could not be
leased by the owners to even the most
speculative operator in the field. Since then
the opinions of the operators have under
gone u wonderful change.
The Developments in the locality just
west of Oakdale have led to the belief that a
streak of rich fifth sand may run through
H..1- ,1 y, linn
and connect the Noblestown pool with the
Kemp farm producer OF the Forest Oil Com
pany.
Tie only objection to this theory Is found
in the old Matt House well, located In the
western part of Oakdale. 1t, was drilled
some months ago by Gordnier, Snyder u
Co., and although fine sand was found,
there was not enough oil to pay for pump
ing the well, and it was abandoned.
Brown, Walker & CO.. well on the Wilkin-
son lot is now the nearest producer on the
west and south to Oakdale, but Fertig. keil
& Co., on the Malt House property, located
between the Wilkinson well and Oakdale.
expect to get the fifth to-day or early to-
morrow morning.
property, located between the Wilkinson
well and J. NJ. Guffey, RUSSELL McMullen 4
Co.'s No. 8, on the Wettengel, was drilled
through the Gordon sand yesterday.
Revived by Nitro-Glyoerin-.
The Peoples Gas Company's No. 12s which
is located on the McMurray farm, back of
Oakdale, went below 90 barrels an hour
yesterday morning and was dropped from
the list given in the gauges below.
During the morning, however, it was given
a dose of fnitro-glycerine, and responded by
starting off at 60 barrels an hour. 1t is their
No. on this farm, and their No. 5 should be
in the fifth within q few days.
j. NJ. Guffey, Russell, McMullen & Co. are
starting No. 5, on the Wettengel farm, and
their No. is through the salt sand. j. NJ.
Guffey & Co.'S No. 8, on the Connell farm is
due in the Gordon, or third sand. this week.
farm, located between Willow Grove and
the Meise well, is down $50 feet. Their No.
9, on the same farm, will be cased tomorrow.
No. is down about 500 feet, and they have
The Forest and the Willow Grove Oil Com
panies have decided to suspend hostilities
and stop bncking lines: In the neighbor.
hood of the Meise well the Willow Grove Oil
Company built rig on the Kelso farm,
almost on top of the boundary line.
Fighting on the Boundary Lines.
The Forest Oil Company had a lease of the
Campbell, the adjoining farm, and i'm
mediately started to offset the Willow Grove
people by also putting up a rig. They built
it within 20 feet of the Willow Grove Oil
Company's derrick, but before either well
had been rugged up a truce was declared,
and now each company is taking down its
boundary line.
Keil & Co.'S No 8, on the wettengel farm,
is due to get the Gordon sand this after
noon.
The Woodland Oil Company struck salt
water at IA feet in the Gordon sand in No /
on the Crawford farm, two miles ahead of
Mcdonald, which completely drowned out
the showing OF oil they had on top of the
sand. 1t was through the Gordon la st night.
Their No. l, the John Scott farm, one
tarm southwest of the Crawford, also struck
salt water in the Gordon. They ale fishing
for q stem in their No. 2 Crawford
More glycerine is used in the Mcdonald
field now than at any other time. Last
month there were over 5000 quarts used,
beaten this month. Old wells are being
dosed every few days, and no expense is
spared to keep them alive;
NEW CAsTLE-Owing to the delay in putting
up tank at the Forst & Greenlee oil well
at Moravia, this county, no test of tie pro-
duction has yet been made. 1t is said how
ever, tine we'll is good for at least eight bar
rels of fine lubricating oil per day. A
gauge of the well will likely be taken to-
morrow.
ZELIENoPLE-Guckert & Steele's wildcat
we'll on the Flenner farm, three miles north
east of this field, is through all of the Butler
county sand formations and is dry.
The Mcdonald Gauges.
The following estimates were submitted
by the gaugers of the Southwestern Penn
sylvania Pipe Line Company:
The production of the field was % 900, OF
the same as the Cay before. The hourly
gauges were as follows: Matthews No. 8,
20; Oakdale Oil Company's Nos. and Bald |
win, 90: Forest Oil Company's No. l Jane
Stewart, %: J. NJ. Guffey & Co.'S No Nc |
Michael, %; Lynch & Co.'S No. Noise. 40;
Morgan No. ., 80. - Production, $4,000. |
Stock in field. 5000.
The runs of the Southwestern Pennsyl- |
vania Pipe Line Company from Mcdonald |
were 25,657; outstde of Mcdonald,
1915. The National Transit runs were A $50; |
shipments, 9,9l1 New York Transit shin
nents were S0959 Macksburg division Of |
The Buckeye Pipe Line Company, 20ll Buck
EYE runs, 39,2s0 shipments. 81, 404. Southern
Pipe Line shipments, 81, ,5ll. Eureka runs,
1857.
Yesterdays Market Features.
There was no trading worth mentioning.
were narrow, the days range
being lIc. The opening, lowest and close
vas SIC. highest 57Lc. Refined was un-
changed. Daily average runs, u, ,O69 daily
lverage shipments, 7257S.
OIL CITY, May 17.-National Transit Certi-
1cates opened at 81; highest, 57l: lowest,
,nces, 5000 barrels; shipments, 76 222 bar
els; runs, 81, ,961 barrels.
NEW YORK, May F.-Petroleum continues
n the same narrow rut. 1t opened firm de-
,lined X ON few small sales and closed |
teady: Pennsylvania oil-Spot sales, none;
Tune options, sales 5000 barrels; opening,
N; highest. 571l: lowest, 81; closing, 81. |
lima oil-No sale. Total sales, 5000 barrels. |