Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-19
THE WETMORE GUSHER
Its Enormous Output Is a Surprise
to Even Old Operators.
WORK NOW DOING IN THE FIELD.
Synopsis Of Operations at Sistersville, Har'
mony and Gallery.
TWO WELLS DRILLING AT WILDWOOD

Mcdonald oil operators circled yesterday
The first trains for the field Sunday morn
ing contained dozens of doubling Thomase'
who had read of the wonderful we'll in TIL
DISPATCH that morning, and flew to the
spot to confirm the reports which they hac
just perused regarding it.
They all found The DISPATCH to be cor
rect The well was doing from $50 to II!
barrels an hour, and when the tools wert
run few moments it went to over 200 bar
rels an hour Such bonanza was not ex-
pected in that locality and scarcely any pro
vision had been made for taking care oi
such an enormous quantity of oil as
it was putting out. The pipe line
men, however, soon proved equal
to the emergency and in few hours had
good sized pump on the spot and were ready
to get UP steam at an infant pump station.
The tools were dropped again, but only for
a moment, when the we'll responded with a
rush that precluded further work upon it.
According to telegram received in Pitts
burg late last evening, the well was making at
the least calculation 100 barrels an hour.
1t will not be drilled again for some time
according to the statement of one of the
interested parties unless, of course, it shows
signs of going to China; then an effort will
be made to revive it. Coe and Seibert the
contractors who drilled the well hold a
heavy interest in it, and are naturally
elated by the extraordinarily rich strike
which they have made.
Small Gusher on the Gamble.
There was another well drilled to the pay
YESTERDAY, and started off at % barrels an
hour, which is now beginning to be looked
upon as a iirst-class rate. 1t belongs to
Forst & Greenlee, and is known as their No.
6 on the Gamble iarm. One report from it
last evening was to the effect that it was
making anywhere from 35 to 40 barrels
an hour, but this was generally discredited.
Koerner, Westhead & Co. s we'll on the Nc
Dowell lot at Laurel Hill, which came in
Saturday at the rate of Is barrels an hour,
was drilled eight feet into the Gordon yes
terday, and one Of the owners, Mr.. Koerner,
asserted that it was making 750 barrels a
day. The Wallace Oil Company put "a
quart shot into the we'll on the lumber yard
lot back of Mcdonald station yesterday. 1t
responded by starting off at the
rate of 200 barrels day. The firm of
Koerner, Westhead & Co. will commence
building rig to-day for their No. 2 on the
Mcdowell lease. Hothan & Hite were re-
ported to have reached the sand last even
ing in their well on the Coviack lot. Some
time ago it Was given out that this well had
been drilled to the sixth sand and
had commenced to flow, but the re-
port proved to be false. Last even
ing it was said to be making from
seven to eight barrels an hour from the fifth
sand. Koerner, Westhead & Co. will start
to-day to drill their we'll on the Mcfarland
lease at Laurel Hill into the fifth sand.
HAYS & Gartland's No. 10 on the Miller
farm was drilled through the Gordon sand
yesterday, but is no good in that stratum.
1t is being put down to the fifth.
The No. 8 Elliott of the Devonian Oil
Company was about five feet in the
fifth sand last evening, but at that time had
farm, which changed from gas to oil few
days ago, is now making nearly 800 barrels
day. -
The Last of Sixteen. .,
Greenlee & Forst expect to finish up their
No. 13 on the Mevey farm to-day. 1t will
make the sixteenth we'll which they have
drilled on this property, but the thirteenth
in order of numbering
Guckert & Steele's we'll on the Brechnell
lot should be in the Gordon sand early this
morning.
The Oakdale Oil Company's No. on the
Hutchinson farm has stopped flowing and is
being rugged up for pumping. The same
company's No. 2 on the Wallace, &c acres, is
due in the Gordon sand this morning F.
NJ. Aiken & Co.'S No. on the Patterson
lot at Willow Grove is down LBS feet
Guckert Il Learns we'll, on the Patterson
lot, located 300 feet north of the Willow
Grove station. is on top of Gordon sand and
will be drilled in to-day or tomorrow.
Learn & Bursen's we'll, on the Postoffice
1ot haoE of WillnU Grave CT 10
900 feet.
Phillips, Stafford & Clark's we'll, on the
Faraday lot, located 400 feet south of
west from the station at Willow
Grove, should be on the top of the Gordon
sand tomorrow. 1t has been delayed by q
strong pressure of gas from the hundred
foot. T. B. Robbins is building rig on his
own property a few hundred feet southwest
of the Fsraday lot. William Bordiest is
building rig on the McVickers lot in Will
low Grove.
In the extreme southwestern part Of the
McCurdy field Patterson & Jones are build
ing rigs for their No. on the Kelso farm
and No. 5 on the Shaffer.
1t Does Not Look Rosy.
Mellon, Cortland & Co.'S No. 2 on the
Taylor farm, in this locality. was reported
to be 90 feet in the fifth sand yesterday and
showing for a very small we'll. 1t is not
over 600 feet west of good wells.
The No. 1 brickyard lot well, of Davis s.
Co., at Mcdonald is now producing nearly
80 barrels a day from the Gordon sand.
Some time ago this we'll was drilled to the
fifth while it was still producing in the
Gordon. A strong pressure of gas from the
don and as there was no oil in the
fifth the we'll was for time
practically destroyed. A packer
was then put in and an attempt made to
shoot it in the Gordon. but the shot blew
out the packer. Another packer was then
put in and now the well is gradually COM
ing back to its original capacity.
The Grover Oil Company is building q rig
on the Writ farm, near Midway, two miles
ahead of Mcdonald.
Kennedy, Fitzgibbons and Bolts No.
5 we'll, located on the Moore farm
in southwest McCurdy, reached the
top of the fifth sand late yesterday after
noon. The well Immediately filled with
oil, and the well commenced to spray. 1t
was shut down and will, not be drilled in
until sometime this afternoon.
Wildcats North of McCurdy.
There are two wildcats drilling north
of the old McCurdy field which
should be completed some time this
week. They belong to S. D. Robinson s.
Co. The first is on the Mccoy farm and is
located about 211 miles south of the Island
well. 1t was big gasser in the Gordon
sand and is now being drilled to the fourth,
which in this locality is believed to be q
spur of the Gordon, as they are
so close together. Oil has been found
in fourth sand in gas well in this vicinity,
and it is for the oil that Robson & Co. are
drilling and their other we'll is on the Ewing
farm, adjoining the Mccoy
The Oakdale Oil Company expects to drill
its No. z. on the Wallace N acres into the