Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-30
ANSWERS THE DRILL.
The Gordon Sander. on the Meise Goes
Up to 30 Barrels an Hour.
DRY. FIFTH NEAR NOBLEST0WN
Patterson & Jones Terrence Farm Venture
Becomes o Gasser.
GOOD WELLS AROUND s1sTERsv1LLE

The Meise well, of Lynch, Buchheit 8
Co., gave another impetus to the GordoI
sand operations, south of Willow Grow
yesterday. Thursday night it was drilled
deeper for about half an hour, when tn,
production Immediately began to increase
At an early hour yesterday morning it wa
making 80 barrels an hour from the Gordon
but during the day it fell Off to 25 barrels ar
hour.
1t is one of tho biggest Gordon sand well.
ever struck in the field, and promises tc
open up big block OF good territory
There were some big Gordon sanders found
in the eastern part of the town of Mcdonald,
but they did not hold up for the reason that
there were others in the same sand within a
short distance of them, ana It did not take
all of them long to drain the rock. In the
case of the Meise we'll there are no other
producers within q mile OF it, and it will be
put down close enough to the Meise
| to affect its output Yesterday large num-
| Der of operators visited 1t, while others were
| securing the country in the vicinity trying
| to fnd farm which wns not already tied up.
| In this they were generally unsuccessful.
| and where n farm was found that was not
| for it.
Good Sand North Of the Meise.
The Forest OIL Company found an excel
| lent quality OF Gordon and fifth sands in
their well on the Stirling farm located three
quarters of a mile west of north from the
Meise, but they found no oil.
Wallace & Patton's well on the school
house lot, located on top of the hill half
mile south of Willow Grove, is due to get
the Gordon sand to-day.
farm. at Willow Grove, has been drilled
almost through the fifth sand, and will be a
light well.
The same parties have q well due in the
and Mrrnh fhn HfNnn nall
and also one on the Wettengel.
The Peoples Gas Company's No. 12l on the
Mcdonald heirs farm. south of Mcdonald,
was making Is barrels an hour from the
Gordon sand at noon yesterday, and their
No. l23 on the same farm was making 10 bar
rels an hour from the same formation. They
the Miller & Wallace farm, southeast of
Laurel Hill.
The same company's we'll on the McCand-
less farm, northeast of the Wetmore pool,
had developed u strong pressuae of gas.
They expect to he able to drill 1t through
the fifth sand sometime to-day and develop
any pay streak that may be there. II 1t
proves producer other operators will start
wells in the vicinity Immediately.
Dry N orth of NobIestown.
The Little Oil Company's we'll on the
Little lot, located about 500 feet north of the
station at Noblestown, was eight feet in the
fifth sand yesterday morning, but no in
crease of oil had been found in that forma-
tion. They lost bailer in the hole at noon
yesterday and drilling was stopped.
Gillespie Brothers have rigged up their
well on the Nicholson lot, west of Mobiles
town. for pumping. and 1t is now doing from
The Bear Creek Refining Company's No.
400 feet.
be in the fifth sand this afternoon. It is
about 400 feet East Of their No. l. Their
Nos. and on the Marshall and Chal.
FAINT lease. Nos 2and on the Marshall
lease No. 2; and No. l on the McMurray
lease No. 2, have been cased.
Patterson & Jones' No. on the Terrence
farm in the western part OF the McCurdy
field, has developed into big gasser in the
fifth sand. It was making about so barrels
q day from the fifth, but the gas, which is
said to have o pressure of 700 pounds, has
dried up tho oil.
The PhfIadeiphia Company's we'll on the
Spear farm, a mile and q half northeast of
McCurdy Developments, Is due in the fifth
tomorrow. 1t is only about third of q mile
north of east from the well on the Mccoy
farm drilled by Samuel D. Robinson & Co.
few months ago, and which turned out
gasser.
The Forest Oil Company's No. 1 on the De-
vine farm, joining the Mccoy farm on east,
should be in tho fifth on Monday. The Nc
Coy we'll has commenced to develop some
which run to the Lockhart Iron Works at
CHARTERS, -four miles away.
Butler and Sistersvllle.
Calhoun & Co. have a rig up on the John
Wyland farm, south of Staley & Co.'S well at
Eberhart station, on the Pittsburg and
Western Railroad.
S1sTERsvILLE-The Connolly, Wallace and
Smith wells in the town are good for from
100 to lao barrels q day each.
Matson & Co.'S well on the Whirten farm
is in the sand but is not yet showing. They
expect a pay lower down.
Ludwig & Moneys well on the E. Russell
farm northeast of the old polecat, will get
the sand Monday or Tuesday. Their big No.
Joshua Russell Is making between 500 and
800 day.
The Mcdonald Gauges.
The following estimates were submitted
by the gaugers of the Southwestern Pennsyl.
vanta Pipe Line Company:
The production of the field was $1,000, the
same as tho day before. The hourly gauges
were as follows Matthews No. j, 20; Devon
ian Oil Company's Nos. l and 2 Boyce, 20:
Oakdale Oil CompanX's Nos. and
Jane Stewart, 45:.N No. l NJ. Wright, 20; j. NJ.
Guffey & Co.'S No. 2 McMichael, IS; Forest s
Greenlee's No. 4McMurray, 90 Lynch & Co.'s
No. Meise, 25. Production, 5000. Stock in
field, 81, 600
The runs of the Southwest Pennsylvania
Pipe Line Company from Mcdonald Thurs
The National Transit runs were As, ,2s9;
shipments 1852. New York Transit snip
ments were 3l,4S5. Macksburg division of
the Buckeye Pipe Line Company, 1905.
Buckeye runs, 6l,6s6. Shipments, 1884,
Southern Pipe Line shipments, S5.257.