Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-14
SHOOTING THE WELLS.
Oil Operators at Mcdonald Using
More litro-Glycerine.
THE PRODUCTION Is UP AGAIN.
Another Good Producer on the Boyce Farm
in Southern McCurdy.
WILDCAT WELLS IN THE SOUTHWEST

It was an increase OF ], 800 barrels, and was
more than had been hoped for by
the most callous bears Two OF the
wells in the neighborhood of Noblestown
which had been dropped from the list Of
those doing 20 barrels an hour or more were
restored. They were J. M. Guffey. Russell
& McMulIen's No. 1 on the Wettengel
property and the Bear Creek Refining Com
pany's No. on the Campbell farm. Each
of them were reported last night to be max
ing 80 barrels an hour. The No. Z on the
Bell farm belonging to Jennings, Guffey &
Co., was also added to the list and is doing
IS barrels an hour.
Hussler, Davis, Bott & Morgan's No. on
the Boyce farm in the southwest end of the
McCurdy field is making about 80 barrels an
hour. 1t was drilled in dry. and did not
make q barrel until 1t was shot. Their
No. on this farm acted in the same way,
and was looked upon as dry until shell of
glycerine opened up the rock. The increase
in the wells about Noblestown was entirely
due to glycerine, which is being used indis-
criminately and with success as the results
would seem to indicate. There will doubt
less be much more of it done before the
wells stop producing.
Fifth Sanders Due To-Day.
There were no new big fifth sanders re-
ported yesterday, although there are sew
eral which should be In to-day. j. NJ. Cuff
y,
Wettengel farm. was in the fourth sand last
night, and should get the fifth this after
noon. 1t is making about 100 barrels an hour
from the Gordon sand.
Guffey, Queen & j. NJ. Guffey's No. on the
c. K Potter farm, located north of the w ct
The Devonian Oil Company and Benner
Bros.,No 2 on the Reed es tate property, in
the southern part OF the McCurdy field, is
due to-day.
Millison, Fried & Co.'s No on the Henry
Shaffer farm, in the western part of McCurdy,
developed strong vein OF salt water yes
terday in the l00-foot sand. They are drill
ing No. and No. is making only about %
barrels day.
Patterson Jones' No. on the shatfer
was in the Gordon sand last night. Their
No. on the Finch farm and No. on the
Terrence are each down 600 feet.
Mercer, McClurg & Co. are building rig
on the Guy lot, half a mile west of Oalkdale.
Davis Bros. & Brown are tearing down
their rig on the Wilkinson property south
west of Oakdale.
Mercer & McClurg are building two rigs on
their McMurray property south of Mobiles
town.
Wells to the Southwest
Brown, Robson & Co.'S No. 2, on the Nc
Murray farm, is in the 1O0-foot sand and
should be finished up next week.
The Forest Oil Company's test well on the
Stirling farm, mile southwest of Oakdale,
is due in the Gordon sand to-day. The we'll
on the Meise farm, southwes Of the Stirling,
is in the l00-foot.
Beardsley & Kerr's we'll on the McKeown
farm back of Bridgeville, has been finished
up and is gasser. 1t was gauged yester-
utes of $50 pounds. As 1t is only eight miles
from Pittsburg on an air line it is worth a
we'll twice its size 20 miles away.
The Jefferson Gas Company's test WELL on
the Spear farm, at Thomas station. which
was reported to have started OF at ten bar
rels an hour, has been rugged up and put to
In the Linden field the Philadelphia Gas
Company's well, on the Templeton farm, is
down 1,SO0 feet, and their well
on the Means farm is down about ], 800 feet.
Their well on the Samuel Taggart farm, in
nine months ago. but when the sand was
first reached the tools stuck, and the hole
had to be plugged. The rig was moved and
Daniel O'Day. general manager Of the
National Transit Company, and c. N. Payne,
of Titusville. member of the Executive
Committee of the same company, are at the
Monongahela House.
The Mcdonald Gauges.
The following estimates were submitted
by the gaugers of the Southwestern Penn.
syIvania Pipe Line Company:
The production of the field was $4,000,
the same as the day before. The hourly
gauges were as follows: Matthew'S
No. s. 25; Jennings, Guffey & Co.'S Heron
pany's Nos. and Boyce 20: Oakdale Oil
Company's Nos. and Baldwin, 25: Forest
Oil Company's No. Jane Stewart, 10; No. /
NJ. Wright, Is; Greenlee & Forst No. l Nc
Murray, 40: Mol National Coal Company,
20; Russell McMullen and j. NJ. McGuffey's
No. l Wettengel, 30; Bear Creek Refining
Company's No Campbell, 80; production,
26 co., Stock in field, 81, 600.
The runs of the Southwest Pennsylvania
Pipe Line Company from Mcdonald Wednes-
day were 1882: outside of Mcdonald, u, 1922
The National Transit runs were sc. $40: ship
ments. l3,sO0 New York Transit shipments,
&c, $780, Macksburg division OF the Buckeye
P. L. Co., 1902. Buckeye runs, 80 9s4; ship
II. .1os and Eureka Pipe Line shipments, l.
$40; runs, 6,096.