Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-07
SIXTH SAND OIL FOUND.
1T WAS STRUCK IN HITE & HOTHI iN'S
WELL, NEAR LAUREL HILL.

The gladden. Farm Well Shows Oil In the
Fifth Sand-Two New Gordon Sanders
Brought in Yesterday-Bis Wells Sud-
denly Stop Flowing.
There were several wells drilled to the
sands in the Mcdonald field yesterday, but
the sensation of the day was at Hite &
Hothians' well, on the Coviack lot, north of
Laurel Hill The we'll was light in the
Gordon and fifth sands and they are de-
'termined to drill it ON down to the sixth
sand. Yesterday the well started to in
crease and the owners allege that the oil
comes from the sixth sand. The
last reports from it were that it
was making Is barrels an hour.
The Coviack well is located in the midst of
group of wells. none of which have been
gushers in the fifth sand, although some of
them have been good producers from the
Gordon. The sixth sand is reported to be
less than 80 feet below the fth, but there
are some operators who assert that it is at
least 400 feet lower than the fifth.
Greenlee Il Forst's test well on the GLADDEN.
farm mile southwest of Mcdonald is in the
fifth sand, and was reported yesterday to
have made several good flows. 1t is deep
enough in the rock however to show that it
will not be a well of the gusher class. 1t is
located about 700 feet feet west OF the
Venture Oil Company's well on the Moor
head farm, which was absolutely dry in the
fifth sand, but is producing nearly 200 bar
rels day from tile Gordon, while the Glad
den farm well is almost dry in the third sand
formation. The Venture Oil Company's No.
l, on the Woods farm, halo mile south of
the Rend well at Laurel Hill, was expected
to reach the fifth sand last evening.
More Gordon Sand Oil.
King, Spear & Co.'S well, located a few
hundred feet southeast of Laurel Hill sta
At Al
was reported last evening to be max
ing from 10 to II barrels an hour
Sauters & Co.'S No. on the Sauters proper
ty, located on the north side of the railroad
between Mcdonald and the Nickel Plate
coal tipple, also tapped the Cor
don sand and Is showing for a fair
well in that stratum. The Oakdale Oil
Company's No. ]. on the Hutchinson farm,
northwest of Noblestown, should be in the
fifth sand this week. The same company's
No.S on the Baldwin farm, may be COM
pleted by next Wednesday. Their Nos.
and Z, on the Sturgeon heirs farm, ure each
drilling ut 1000 feet, and Nos 6, I, 8, 9 and TO-
on the Wallace farm, are drilling at depths
ranging from 400 to ZOO feet.
Guffey, Murphy & Guley's No. 8, on the
Elliott farm, is delayed by fishing job.
The tools were lost a depth of 1000 feet.
Guffey & Queen are down LOO feet in their
two miles northwest of Oakdale. They have
moved n rig which they built some time ago
on the Jarvis farm to new location on the
Thny Nancy Bell sEHth Sn1,in of the W. Metmore:
in the well on the Mark Robb
farm, and are down 1,45O feet in their No 1
on the Sam Wetmore property. The Wheel
well on the John George farm, near Prlm-
rose. The same company's venture on the
kelso farm couple of miles southwest of
Company's No 2, on the j. NJ. Glenn, is in
the Gordon sand, from which it has
made several flows. No. 2, r. W.
Glenn, of the Forest Oil Company, is
Their No. 6 on the Heron farm, is in the
Gordon and IA strong gasser, aud No. 4, on
the Leonard Shaffer farm, i'll southwest Nc
Curdy, is due this week. The Forest Oil
has made location for its No l.
on the Mevey seven acres. and for No
Walker, No. Ewing, and is trying to drill
past the tools in No. q on the Jane McGill
farm.
Two Wells Quit Flowing.
remarkable feature about this field is
the suddenness with which some of the big
wells cease flowing entirely. There are a
number of cases on record where the well
quit while it was doing from % to 40 barrels
In hour. This record has been broken as
the Oakdale Oil Company's No. on the |
Morgan heirs farm stopped Tues
day afternoon while it was putting |
,ut 46 barrels an hour. Greenlee & Forst's |
big well on the Mevey farm has also stopped |
1t has made more oil i'll one day than any |
other well in the field. Sunday it stopped, |
Dut Monday it was shot and responded by |
to flow again at the rate of $50 |
barrels an hour 1t kept this up for almost
seven hours and had produced over 1000
barrels OF oil when it suddenly quit and has |,
rot made a barrel since. Opera tors through l
,ut the field are now making preparations |
% pump each well as soon as it is comp pleted
Gauges of the Wells.
The gauges of the wells in the Mcdonald
ield yesterday which are making 20 barrels
N hour an over were as follows:
Guffey, Jennings & Co.'S No. Mathews,
5; No. 8, Matthews co: Nos. and Heron,
%: No. l Mathews heirs, IS; No. ., Bell 20:
)akdale Oil Company's Nos.1 and Baldwin,
0: Nos. / and 2 Wallace 65; Forest
)il Company's No. Heron, 30: Pat
erson & Jones' No. Kelso, 40: Devo-
,ian Oil Company's Nos. and Boyce 9O
'orst & Greenlees No. Mevey. 90: No.
ievey, %: woodland Oil Company's No.
iamble, 20; No. Gamble, 20: Morgan heirs
Co. 2, Oakdale Oil Company, S5; 5. Sturgeon,
and Guffey. Galley & Murphy, Is. PrOduc-
ion of the field based on the foregoing, 34,-
90 barrels. The Southwest Pennsylvania
'ipe Line runs from Mcdonald Yesterday
we're 25757 40 barrels. Stock in the field,
4, 800.