Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-17
THE M'GARR NOT HIT.
1t Was Reported to BE Making 1870
Barrels an Hour.
NEW WILLOW GROVE PRODUCER.
Harmony and Zelienople Are Now Second
Only to Mcdonald.
WELLS IN AND ON TOP OF THE SAND

! evening that the test well OF Patterson
Jones on the McGsrr farm west of the Nc
GO Ga "a -, du;I,ad 80,
tbo sand aud m.s moLinr ION barrals a,
bonr
b.. :. A.. -, .L; ..rho,
/ '"c', was '"I oni' s
soou@ Nearlya week ago 'nis wen wa
drilled to the top OF the NTH SAND, when
began to spray oil. 1t was then shut down
and those operators who visited it predicted
that il wouId eventually he a bic we'll
~ SUN "s 'no oino, 'n"' ~ "~'
I9o barrels an hour became general IHf
DISPATCH telegraphed to Oakdsle anc
learned upon the most reliable authority
that at 6 O'Clock last evening no attempt
had been made to drill it in but that prepar
ations were being made to do so to-day
1t is located about a mile directly west Of
the old McCurdv farm WE'LL. and between
the latter and the McGarr farm is dry hole
in the Linton. Half mile north of it are
three gsssers and light we'll on the Harbi.
son farm Southwest of it a short distance
is a small we'll on the j. B. McMichael
farm and to the west is a gasser on the
James McMichael property. If it should
be producer when drilled in to-day the
chances are that it will prove to Be only an
isolated pool, as there is hardly room tor
it to branch out between the wells named
above.
Well n, tb. Po.tofice Lot
VIII.
Do~n a' "ilo" nov s oro.s healn Io. foontad
oLan. En- 100 foo. Va nt .n ~ ~ sto+ion a"heJ
ano4. th itu Ice; eds' .h =. d sand La,tarde
niDa pay nd III ato.oJ or og a. tha roto of aoo
tis hioi nins anu s'rl l'eu on a' ny VI -.
rTl. L l.
wen OF wilson. fnilllps 90 90 20, oo which
mas peeh producing irom 4Oo W wv 20 -.
rels oay s,nce ado ~ was struch Two I'VE wees Ss
aso, 10 only Nv lee' sou'h"es' VI i1o"'n ~
ourson lT' > wen, A..
me rUrest Uil COMPANY WEI Weii 1;l oh tne
MaItna w Lish1 properly was sun hoioins
up -, 70 10 parrels an h1ur YESTERDAY.
lhere Is great deal OF new WORK gong
on at Willow Grove. Inc leases are an
small; re" Oh them are Dlgger than tne NC
Donald town lots ~.
bocheIt q 20 are drllilng IN the pottom
OF the salt SAND on the McVlckers lot, and
thompson d n Co are spudolng on the lot OF
an2tner McFlckers Ioo Ieet southwest OF the
former.
Gufey, Murphy q Galey's No. on the
Mankedlck Is In the salt sand. WEBSTER u
Welble are down 500 feet on the Abbattay
lot, and Kennedy q Miller are over l,ooo
rect deep on the Fry property
81 Welole y 20: nave rig up on the lot OF
Statlonmaster Allison.
The Willow Grove Oil Company is build
ing rig Tor its No on the Mankedick.
Its No. is doing from 10 to 700 barrels
day from the Gordon sand.
Galley q Reed have commenced to spud
on the Mankedlck.
Oil Followed the salt Water.
Bailey q oo Will start TO spuo To-Day
on Joseph Bennetts properly; ~
Murphy BROS are down ooo 1eet on the
Mltcneletta lot at RoDoIns trestle. IN
Eooernson 1ot ond ono on Tho Tonp Iobn
property. Todd & Co are down 300 or 400
feet on the church property.
The Benner vi Companys No. on the
Morgan Elliott farm, west OF developments,
is now making about 10 barrels day natur-
also tapped strong vein of salt water
which shut Oft the oil that had been found
in the Gordon sand. They rugged it up and in
IA hours pumped out the salt water and it
is now producing.
The Devonlan Oil Compa1y's No. on the
Elliott farm, was on top of the fifth sand
last evening and will be drilled in to-day.
1t is few hundred feet south and east of
the Benner Oil Company's well. The De-
vonian is building rig for No.
6 on this farm. Its No. 3, on the
Boyce farm In southwest McCurdy
was drilling in the Gordon sand yesterday
and should be in the fifth this week. No.
Boyce is down about l, ,7OO feet. The same
property and Is drilling at ], 100 feet In its
X M0Drhead
mile southwest OF Mcdonald.
The Trio Oil Company started to build a
rig yesterday for its No. 1 on the Abram
Bell farm, located 1000 feet northeast of
the Fife well
O,.-.tions .t I,u-.1 Hill
w. Z. Rend, the coal operator, expects to
finish up No. on his own property at Lau-
rel Hill tins week. he Will start two more
wells on this farm within the next ten days.
His No. on the wade farm at Mcdonald
is down sOOO feet, and his No. l on the ].
d. Sauters farm, southwest of the Gordon
down about the same distance
e,s ees OF Wc1oneIS g.s reno,tad ia ias. srs suf
ing TO be seven bits in the Gordon and
showing light.
Mover s. Iseman will commence spudding
to-day on the Short & Wade property, be-
tween Noblestown and Oakdale.
The Jolly Oil Company's well at Mobiles
town, on the bridge lot is drilling at 700
feet
Mercer & McClurg are spudding in their
we'll on the McMurray farm, 500 feet east
of NobIestown
Lynch & Co. are down 400 feet in test
we'll on the Wise farm located about three
quarters OF mile south and east from Will
low Grove.