Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-13
EXTENDING THE FIELD
Big Gordon Sand Well Developed on
the W. B. Mo0rhead Farm.
TWO NEW WELLS DUE LAST NIGHT.
Oil Discovered in the Hundred-Foot Sand
West of Noblest0wn.
COLONEL P. N. SHANNON ON THE TRUST

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the field and increasing its scope until it i.
at present one of the largest ever developed.
The Devonian Oil Company's we'll, on the
W. B. Moorhead farm, reached the Gordon
| sand late Friday night, and at an early hour
yesterday it was reported to be making 80
barrels an hour from the third sand. 1t is in
the western Fart of the Moorhead farm, and
is therefore west of the Wheeling Gas Com
panys initial well on this property. The
Wheeling's well was at no time rs large as the
one brought in by the Devontan, which is
| sander yet developed in the field. 1t opens
| up big stock of new territory.
Another peculiar feature developed yes.
| terday was at Greenlee & Forst's No. O. on
| the No. l Marshall lease, west of Mobiles
town. While drilling in the 100-foot sand,
the well began to flow and threw a column
OF oil over the crown pulley. There was a
| fire in the derrick, and in q few seconds the
/ rig was in flames, but by quick work, the
men on tour at the time succeeded in saving
the property. The well continued to flow
oil last evening, They were shut down and
moving back the boiler.
Expected the Pay Last Night.
There were two wells drilling on top Of
the fifth sand last evening, and were ex-
pected to reach the pay at any moment.
One of these is Jennings. Guffey & Co.'s No.
8, on the Matthews heirs farm, located
northwest of the old original Matthews
well. The other is the Forest Oil Company's
well on the Jane Stewart farm, northwest of
Oakdale.
The Devonian Oil Company's No. well, on
the Boyce heirs farm, in Southwest Nc
Curdy, was also in the top of the fifth sand.
They lost the tools Friday, but had sue
ceeded in getting them out yesterday after
noon, and the well will be drilled in to-mor-
row.
There is every indication that the above
wells will be good producers, judging from
those which have been completed around
them.
The Oakdale Oil Company has succeeded
in getting string of tools out OF its No. 6 on
fishing for the last four months on top of the
fifth sand. They started to drill it in yester-
day and it was showing rather light but as
the pay in the surrounding wells was not
reached until they were IS feet in the sand.
they still have hopes that the Wallace No.
may yet be producer.
The same company has fishing jobs on
hand at four wells in the Mcdonald field.
One Hundred Barrels Day.
Greenlee q Forst's No. 2 on the Wade
Donald, is making about 100 barrels day.
1t was enormously reported yesterday
morning to be making over 200
Jennings, Guffey & Co. are still fishing on
top of the fifth sand at their No. on the
Heron farm. Their No. on this farm is
through the 1O0-foot. They are also fish,
ing at about 1900 feet in their No. Bell,
and their Bell No. is down 500 feet. Their
No. 4 on the Matthews heirs farm is being
spudded in.
Guffey Bros. Jennings Campbell were
expecting the pay in the fifth sand at their
No. on the Mrs. McMasters farm yesterday
afternoon, but at late hour last evening
nothing had been learned in regard to it.
This will be located northwest of Mcdonald
and in the neighborhood Of the famous Wet
more wells
The well of PEBBLES Malarkey, on the
pool room lot at Willow Grove, is drilling in
the salt sand.
Greenlee & Forst will get into the Gordon
sand Monday at their No. on the Miller
farm. at Laurel Hill station. 1t was at this
well that boiler exploded, which delayed
operations nearly q week.
Producers Made to Suffer.
Colonel p NJ. Shannon, who is a member
Of the Executive Committee of the Pro-
ducers' Protective Association, and di-
rector of the Producers Oil Company, re-
turned to Pittsburg yesterday from q trip
through the upper oil country.
When asked as to the opinion of the
producers he had met in regard to the disso-
luton of the Standard Trust he replied:
"Tbey do not believe that it will affect the
producing end Of the business one way or
illegal, and the Standard people are going
to comply with the law in a certain sense.
They will dissolve the trust. but they will
unQ means. OF carrying on GQo business just
as they did before.
1t is true that the trust has in a way
cheapened the price OF refined oil to the
consumers, but whatever has been the con-
sumers' gain has been at the cost of the pro-
ducers. The latter mere made to bear the
burdens. Even now the Standard Is trying
to gain IL monopoly in Europe by
driving out Russian competition, but they
are making the fight with the Nobel Bros
and the Rothschilds at the expense of the
producers of Pennsylvania, SO you can see
hand. Some time ago Andrew Carnegie was
quoted rs saying that he saw the beginning
of the end OF the Standard, and believe the
decision of the Ohio courts is the beginning
Of the fulhllment of that prophecy"
The Mcdonald Gauges.
The production Of the field was "a, 500 yes
terday, the same as the day before. The
hourly gauges were as follows: Matthews
No. 8. 40; Jennings, Guffey & Co.'s Heron No.
1, %; Guffey and Queens No. Samuel Wet
more %: Devonian Oil OirCompany's Nos. 1and2 |
Boyce, IS: No. !, Moorehead, 30; Oakdale Oil |
No. Q Morgan heirs. 20: Nos. and |
5 Baldwin, 40: Nos. and Wallace, 20: Forest |
Oil Company's No. NJ. Wright, 50; Oakdale |
Oil Companys No. John Wetmore, 20; |
Brown Bros Robson & Co.'S No. McMur- |
ray, 90; production, q, 800; stock in the field,
57, 800.
The runs of the Southwest Pennsylvania
Pipe Line Company from Mcdonald Fri
lay were 2S03l: outside of Mcdonald, 10, 136. |
The National Transit runs were 3S,S77; ship
ments, 36. 565. Buckeye runs, SO, ,159 ship
ments, s0.035 Southern Pipe Line shipments,
Is 321. New York Transit shipments, 45, 507. |
runs, $50. Eureka runs, 1854;