Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-17
SURPRISES AT M'DONALD.

| The Old No. Gamble OF tho Woodland
Dong 40 Barrels an Hour--Forest Oh
Company's No. Robert Wallace Light
in the Gordon-w ellis Due This Week.
There were some surprising developments
in the Mcdonald field yesterday. The pro-
duction, as estimated by the men who are in
position to know, was unchanged. A large
amount of work is being done, par
ticularly on the western horizon, where
there is bunch of wells which will be fin-
ishe up this week
The Forest Oil Company's No on the
Robert Wallace farm went into the Gordon
sand yesterday, but from the latest report
received it is likely to be anything but big
we'll. conservative estimate yesterday
placed 1t at from so to IS barrels day. They
were reported to have tapped a heavy
streak Of salt water which will prevent it
from ranking among. the big producers at
least for the time being. 1t Is located only q
few hundred feet northeast of the old Meise
No. /.
j. M. Guffey Co.'S No. 2, on the Shame
west of the Meise, and the Florence Oil Com
pany's No. Robb, are due next week.
The Oakdale Gas Company's No. l. on the
Robb acre, located a mile and haH north
of Oakdale. which was reported as doing go
barrels an hour yesterday morning, was
doing 40 barrels An hour last night. The
Woodland Oil Company and the Oakdale
the Robb acre, is flowing from the 100 foot.
An Old Well Brought to Life.
One Of the biggest surprises in the field Is
the Woodland Oil Company's No. ], on the
Gamble farm, located half mile north OF
oakdale. IL was drilled a year ago. and
started or then at 125 barrels an hour. It
finally came down to 25 barrels day, and
Captain Rogers used every method to bring
it up without resorting to glvcerine. FRI
day evening" however, he put in a shot, and
the old well is now putting out 40 barrels an
hour.
will be in this week are Fitzgibbons & Co.'S
No. t. on the Walker farm; Slagle, Lenz q
Friends No. ., on the Noble: Forst & Green
lees No. l. on the Noble; and possibly the
New York Oil Company's No. 3, on the Fife
farm Each one of these wells got heavy
dose of salt water in the 1o0-oot, which has
delayed them many days.
Greenlee and Forst's No. ], on the Kirk
farm, in the Meise pool, which was erron-
eously reDorted to be practically dry, has
been flowing for over 80 days and is still
doing 240 barrels a day. It has produced
over Is, 200 barrels of oil. Their Mclean lot
well is dry beyond all question.
John Vallitee came up from Sistersvtlle
last evening and reports that the well of
himself and LeComte, on the Hubbard prop
erty, is doing $50 barrels a day.
Hervey Bros. & Bartlett's well is in and is
making 210 barrels day.
The people of MOrrillton, Ark. have been
by the discovery of a strong vein OF natural
gas at n depth of only l02 eet. A man named
B. f. Jones was drilling water well. He
had gone down 103 feet without getting
water and had taEen the drill out for the
night, when the roar OF escaping gas at
trnoted people to the spot. He did not real
ize It first that it vas gas. Someone lighted
a brand and threw it into the gas, when 10
ignited and lighted up the vicinity. A gns
company has already been organized to
utilize the find.
The Gauges --
The gauges of the larger wells yesterday
were as follows: Meise No. /, Lynch & Co.,
20; Morgan No. Q, Oakdale Oil Company, Is;
RobD No. 8, Florence Oil Company, 20 Sim
clair Oil Companys Nos. / and 2. IS; Craw-
ford No. 3 Woodland Oil Company, As;
Campbell No. 2, Forest Oil Company, 20,
Forst & Greenlee's No. McMurray, 45, No.e
20, Oakdale Gas Company's No.
Robb, 40. The estimated production was
"a, 900; stock in the field, 81 ,O00.
Runs and Shipments.
National Transit Company runs on 18th,
10 558
Southwest runs, Mcdonald division, on the
18Th. 26,66O Outside Of the Mcdonald,
1910 Buckley Pipe Line, Macksburg divis-
ion, 2,6S5. Eureka Pipe Line, 1886; ship
nents, 2,21S. New York Transit shipments,
n 3S9.
Tidewater Pipe Line runs the 14th were
l. Csc; total, s.34i; average, 3,45S. Shipments
Total, Ill ITO: average, Z 956. Runs on the
18th were 3.637; total. 5l9Se; average. 3,46a.
Shipments-Average, 7,407.