Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-22
NEW FIELD PROBABLE.
Two Wells Northeast of McCurdy
Showing for Producers.
MORE DRY HOLES AT MCDONALD.
Small Wells Showing in the Southwestern
@ End of the Field.
TIE OLD MATTHEWS is SLOWLY DYING

Two of the most important ventures south
of the river reached an interesting stage
yesterday. They are S. ID Robison's No. 1
Ewing, and Robson. Stewart s. Co.'S
No. Mccoy. Both of them are
located on an east and west
line and not over 200 feet apart, in what
might be called northeast McCurdy. They
are two miles northeast of the old James
Bell farm in NcCurdy on a 45o line, and only
half mile northeast of the gasser which
the Philadelphia Gas Company recently
completed on the Aiken farm and which got
q showing of oil thar was quickly exhausted
by the gas. The Old Island well is 2H miles
northeast from them on 45o line.
The Mccoy well. which is east of the
Ewing, reached the fifth sand yesterday at a
depth OF 20in feet. 1t was strong gasser in
the third sand but when the fifth was tapped
the gas increased and with it came fine
showing of oil. The well made several
steady flows and then settled down to a con-
Stant spray " Inch was thrown as high as the
crown pulley There was no tankage near,
and an UnbToken stream of oil ran down the
TGVine leading from the derrick. The oil was
found at the depth of eight feet in the sand.
An operator who came from theswen last
evening claims that it was making, as it
stands, 100 narrels day. The Ewing well,
200 feet to the west and owned by Mr.. Robi-
son, iuSt tapped the fifth sand last evening.
its gas, which was also strong in the third
sand, instantly increased, and drilling was
stopped.
There are no wells between these and the
river two miles TO the north, and it is be-
leved that the Ewing and Mccoy wells are
nearing pool OF oil, the edge of which was
touched by the Philadelphia Gas Companys
well. should they prove paving producers
with deeper drilling they will open an en-
tirely new po- or rather spur of McCurdy
which has not been entered heretofore.
Two Dry Holes Competed.
The reports from the oil fields in general
ke:. No biz wells came in and two dry holes
were completed in the fifth sand, while sew
eral small ones were showing up in differ
ent PARIS of the territory. The Oak
dale oil Company unfortunate
enou-h to get couple of busters
on what has all along been looked
upon as excellent property. These were
tGeir NJ. Wallace, a. acres, and No 9 Wal
lace. TO acres. Both of them were practical
ly"IE in ;he fifth, although plenty of that
sand WAS encountered.
On account of their being in the neighbor-
hood OF wells which have produced hun
dreds Of thousands of barrels il is believed
that they may have been drained. They will
each make from p to 80 barrels day from
the Gordon sand.
The same compary's Nos. and 10 Wallace
should Ire drilled into the fifth sand to-day
or tomorrow. Hays & Gartland's No TO- on
the Miller arm, WAS reported last evening
TO be IN the fifth sand and showing for a
ye'y light well. The Forest Oil Company's
J.
ea~c ~ Oakaale, known as the ''hurry-up.''
was drilled into the sand yesterday and
was reported to be making Is barrels an
hour last night. Guffay & Queens No. 8 on
the WetmOre farm is on top of the fifth and
NAV be drilled in to-day. Their No / on this
farm Is reported to be making 1l0 barrels an
hour
Should he Finished Soon.
Hussler, Davis & Bolts No . Boyce. and
Kennedy. Fitzgibbons & Bolts No. 6
Moore should be finished up to-mor-
TOW. The Forest Oil Company has
started TO drill its No. on the Agnes
Kemp farm Kennedy, Fitzgibbons & Gardn-
ier are starting No. . on the Kennedy farm,
back OF Oak5a and Gardiner is starting
his No. on the Kennedy 30 acres.
The Fort Pitt Gas Conpany's well, on the
Gibson farm. in northwest McCurly. is
rhrou@h the fifth and strong .rasser CUFF
few & Galev's well No Andrews has been
drilled through the fifth and is also a rasser
Sta ffoTd, Clark y Co. have shut down their
Faraday lot wei at Willow Grove. 1t IS on |
top OF the Gordon sand. but may be drilled |
in tomorrow. GucSert 6 Steele started to /
drill their well on the Thompson property at |
Willow Grove into the Gordon yesterday. !
TIC Wheeling Gas Company has shot and |
cleaned out its well on the Woods farm /
south of Laurel Hill. 1t has improved from |
20 to l25 barrels day.
Their No 2. on the Moorhead, a nile south |
west of Mcdonald is drilling IN the Biz In |
jun sand. Mcconnell & Co.'S well on the Dr. !
Miller farm. south OF the Woods is eNnected
to reach tGc Gordon tomorrow afternoon or |
Monday. The well OF Mankadick & Co. on |
the MankaaicE property at Willow Grove,
was reported late iastevening to be showing
IOr a well IN the Gordon sand.
The Great s. ~ eli Ever Known
The production of the old Matthews No.
Of Jennings, Guftey & Co. fell below 90 bar
rels an hour yesterday, the first time since |
il was drilled into the fifth sand, on July iG, |
1891, and was dropped flom the gauges
This well will probably never be equaled |
II is the most remarkable well ever drilled |
IN the history OF the oil country, |
produced altogether within few thousand |
o. Ge0.Oj0 barrels q petroleum and may vet |
pa out many thausand barrels before it |
finally expires. Ii was fortune in ITSELF as /
the value OF ;hR oil it has produced is not /
les tan S56OGG0 while the actual invest |
men IL the well was probably not over |
-, 90 The e>tlma ted production of the field |
-e4 yesterday from $4,000 to $1,000 barrels.
The Hourly Gauges.
GnfTey. Jennings & Co. No. Matthews, 40: |
Nos. and 4Herron, 10: No Matthews heirs, |
-. Ofi,iaie Oil Companys Nos. and Bald |
win. rs: Nos. and Wallace, A: kelso No. 5, |
Patterson & Co, p; Kelso No. 3. 20: Devonian
on C0mpany'S and BoEce, 30: No. 4 Elliott,
p; 3n,gan heirs No. Oak,tale Oil Com
jFEuy, 30: sam sturgeon. and Gu1fey, Galley
& MurGGY. 30; Forst & Greenlees Nos Sand
8 t-0snbe 81: BoFal Gas Company's No. 2M
Eo"b, 81; Gmffey, Queen & Co.'S No. Wet
1uor". ll5- Woodland Oil Company's No 3 |
Gsis bic. 20. Estimated production, So, 600;
sock in Held, 10000.
Runs for Wednesday.
National Transit Company runs, 33.6l2,
Shipments, 80 PA: Macksbur- Pine Line Com
pauy runs, $50: Buckeye Pipe Line Compa-
ny runs, S665l; shipments, 4, 40; Eureka
Pire lire Company runs, 5.44: shipments,
2,2iE southern Pipe Line Company, ship
ment~, p l12: Sou: invest PENNSYLVANIA Pine
Line runs from Mcdonald. 81, ,S69. outside of
Mcdonald. s,362.
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