Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-28
M'D0NALD OFF AGAIN.
lis Production Declined to $4,000
Barrels Yesterday.
GORDON WELLS ARE INCREASING.
sistersville's Big Well Now Doing Over
1000 Barrels Day.
REPORTS FROM SOME WILDCAT POOLS

"a, 600 barrels on Tuesday was only tenn.
porary, ns 1t dropped yesterday morning to
%, 900 barrels, decline of 900.
The output of the old wells which changed
at all went down. None increased. Green.
lee & Fors.'s No. McMurray dropped from
60 to 80 barrels an hour. and Gntfey & Col
No. 2 McMichael fell from rs to IS an hour.
Lynch, snyder h Co.'S we'll on the Meise
farm, located over mile south OF Willow
Grove, was apparently drilling itself into
the sand yesterday, as the volume Of the
flows was increasing without agitation.
Drilling will soon be commenced In the
vicinity of this well. The Forest Oil Com
pany has already made two locate near It.
One is ON the Mrs. Campbell farm to the
northwest, and the other on the Robert Wal
lace farm due east. Other parties unknown
dicted Yesterday that dozen wells would
be spudding in this region before the end OF
next week
shooting at Noblestown.
Brown, Robson Il Co. shot their No. 2 on
the McMurray property ut Noblsstown yes
terday. 1t made nice response, bnt had
not been cleaned out at a late hour last
evening.
Patterson Jones' No. on the Terrence
farm in the McCurdy end Of the field is
through the fifth sand and light.
The Bear Creek Refining Company's No
on the Lorain farm in the western part OF
the McCurdy field is due to get the fifth sand
j Nj. iuffey and the Forest Oil Company
have made a location for No. on the No
Michael farm.
w. p. Rend's venture on the j. D. Sauters
Moorehead farm and nearly two miles south
west OF Mcdonald, wns on top of the
Gordon sand last evening. This well was
shut down nearly two months ago. On ao-
of hn l,oo of a ~
in the Hundred-loot sand the tools could not
be gotten to the bottom OF the hole. The
gas afterward partially exhausted itself, and
almost entirely.
The Wheeling Gas Company's well on the
Little farm, located half mile south vest
of the j. D. Sautcrs well, is in the gas sand,
where it has developed heavy pressure Of
gas. They shot their No. on the W. B.
Moorhead yesterday. 1t made O good
response to the shot, but it soon brtdged
over.
Bailey & Roland's well on the schoolhouse
lot at Willow Grove was drilled deeper into
the Gordon sand yesterday, and will make
from l5O to 115 barrels day.
The Willow Grove Oil Company's No. 2, on
the Mankedick farm. half q mile south of
Willow Grove was drilled deeper into the
Gordon yesterday, and last evening was re-
ported to have increased from 10 to "a bar
reis an hour.
Greenlee & Forst's No. 2, on the National
Coal Company property, was in the bottom
OF the Gordon SAND yesterday and standing
full of oil.
SistersvilIe's Well Increasing.
SIsTKEsvhLE-Ludwig & MONEYS No. l. on
the Joshua Russell farm, three-quarters ofa
mile above town, put So feet Of oil into $50
barrel tanks in the "a hours ending at noon
yesterday, which would be about ,0sO bar
rels. This well is surprising the most san.
guine of its admirers, and now many of them
are confident that it will do better when the
heavy salt water pressure is partially ex-
hausted.
The Millers Run Oil Company's No. !, on
the Jacob Rolls farm, is due in the sand to-
day.
BUrLrR-Borland 4 Co. are in the sand
at their well on the Umstead farm, and show
for good well.
Phillips Craig Co. have finally succeeded
in finishing up their No. 2 on the Martin
farm. It win be good producer. Two holes
they were plugged in the sand.
The Tirusville OIL Company expects to get
the sand to-day in well which it is drilling
on the Mevey farm, at the mouth of Long
Eddy, on the Little Muskingum river, in
Washington county.
vEN1cE-Leonard & Gillon's well, on the
Crawford farm, is down 800 feet.
The wheelin. Gas Company's No. l Rob-
bins. located one mile southwest of Venice
is through the Big Injun at a depth OF 100
feet.
John W. Leonard has leased large block
of territory in the southern part of Wash
ington county, near Dunn station, and has
started well on the Dunn brothers farm.
The Mcdonald Gauges
The following estimates were submitted
by the gaugers of the Southwestern Pennsyl-
vania Pipe Line Company:
The production of the field was 23.OOO 1,5OO
less than the day before. The hourly gauges
were as follows: Matthews No. g. 20; Devon
ian Oil Company's Nos. l and d2 Boyce, 20:
Oakdale Oil Company's Nos. Q and
Baldwin, 20; Forest Oil Company's No. |
Jane Stewart, 55: No. NJ Wright 25; j. M.
Gutfey s Co.'S No. McMichael, IS; Forest &
Greenlee's No. McMurray. so. Production,
% 0G0. Stock in field, 81 600
The runs of the Southwest Pennsylvania
Pipe Line Company from Mcdonald Tues
day were 26,9lS; outside OF Mcdonald, II, 226.
The National Transit runs were 81, $40;
shipments, l3 0l0. New York Transit ship
ments were 3I,4r Macksburg division of
the Buckeye Pipe Line Company. 1,5N.
Buckeye runs, 46,672 shipments, As5O.
Southern Pine Line shipments, l7,s3O.
Eureka runs, 74s9.