Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-15
ADVANCE TERRITORY.
It Was the Feature of the Field at
Mcdonald Yesterday.
TWO NEW WELLS SHOWING GOOD.
One Euster Ahead Of Operations and One
in the McCurdy Pool
PARTICULARS IN REGARD TO WELLS

There were a number of unusually inter
esting developments in the Mcdonald fell
yesterday. The territory to the south ant
southwest of Mcdonald has loomed up will
a better showing than it has been doing tol
many months.
The j. D. Sauters farm Gordon sander
belonging to w. P Rend, which was re
ported in THE DISPATCH yesterday morning
to be flowing at the rate or IA barrels a da,
or six barrels an hour, was apparently drill
ing itself in yesterday and increased its pro
duction from seven to eight barrels an hour
The oil in this well was found when the
hrst bit had been run in the sand, and the
owner, are considering the advisablity o.
drilling it deeper, as they are fearful o
striking salt water, as was done in othel
wells in the region where they we're drilled
into the Gordon.
Mr.. Rend has made q location for No.
on,this farm. 1t will be q short distance
southeast of No. l. The farm lies almost
Another well was showing for a producer
| In the Gordon sand in the advance territory
yesterday. 1t is the Woodland Oil Com.
pany's No. ], on the Crawford farm. and is
located about half a mile northeast OF the
| we'll which Knox Bros, Apple s. Elyee
drilled on the John Scott farm. In the lat
| ter well no oil WAS found in the Gordon. but
1t is a 20 or sO-barrel producer from the fifth.
Filled Up From the Gordon.
The Woodlands well on the Crawford
filled up as soon as the Gordon was tapped
| and made one flow. 1t was shut down until
| tankage could be put up and connections
I made. They intond to drill it in tomorrow.
Their No. on the Crawford farm will be
| In the Gordon within the next three or four
| days. The Crawford farm is ut least three
quarters OF mile west Of the well on the j.
| D. Sautcrs farm.
Some surprise was manifested last even
ing when the report gained circulation that
| the Devonian Oil Company's test well on
the Cubbage farm was flowing. 1t is located
east of the j. D.Sauters well and considera BILE
oil was found i'll the fourth sand, but none in
the Gordon.
They were drilling in the fifth yesterday
morning when the we'll made two flows,
placing 10 inches, or between Is and 80 bar
rels in 250-barrel tank. Whether this oil
was from the fourth or 1fth sands was not
known, as tho fourth sand oil might have
filled the hole and been thrown out by gas
in the fifth, or it might all be fifth sand oil.
The dr1llers were unable to tell from which
sand it came.
the fifth sand yesterday in their No. l on the
John Scott farm, back of Oakdale but were
delayed by u fishing job, and may not get in
before Tuesday. They will shoot their Wild
cat on the Gregg farm tomorrow.
The Mystery Is Dry.
The we'll of the Columbus Oil COMPANY on
the Smith heirs farm, in Independence
township. Washington county, has been
drilled to depth of 81, 900 feet without find
ing oil or gas. 1t will be abandoned
This is the well which was reported sew
eral weeks ago to be in the fifth sand and
making anywhere from to 400 barrels an
hour. When this report was found to be in
correct 1T was worked on the mystery plan,
but even this scheme failed to produce the
necessary oil to make it q wonder.
There was another dry hole reported
yesterday. 1t belongs to Fort Pitt Gas Com
tha oaf,, ,ba,.
1nrm in the Southern part of the McCurdy
field. 1t has been drilled through all sands
Kennedy. Fitzgibbons & Co. are about
ready to case their No. 8 on the Walker
farm, in Southwest McCurdy, with the first
string.
Mercer McClurg are ready for the first
casing In their well on the Guy lot at Oak
Hite & Hothian are building rig for their
No on the Simon property, at Oakdale
~ Bennsr r, Bros: & Co.'S No ]. on the Donohue
Fertig & Co. expect to finish up this week
on the keil property, west of Oakdale.
Malarkey McMillen are building rig for
their No. 2 on the Freeman property, south
of the Wettengel No. 8.
dale town lots.
Kennedy, Marshall & Co.'S No. Ror, at
Nob!estown, is in the salt sand. Their No.
Steigleder has not yet received the first
casing, but No. Sudekim is through the Big
lnjun.
Noblestown, Zclienople and Coraopolis.
Greenlee & Forst's No. 2 OH the No. Nc
Murray lease at Nobestown is in the Cor.
don sand, and their No. ON the Marshall
Gnd Chalfant lease is in the 1OO-foot: No on
the No. Marshall lease is in the top of the
same sand, and No. on the No. McMurray
lease is near the top OF the 100-foot. Their
No. on the No. Marshall lease is ready for
the second string of casing.
Their No. on the Bartley lease is in the
top of the salt sand, and No. 3 on the No.
Nc McMurray Is reaoy for the 81 casing. No. 2
on the No Marshall lease mas been cased
with the 81 casing. A remarkable feature
ofthe wells located farthest to the south and
southwest of Noblcstown is that no water
was found to nccessitate casing with the 81
ZELIENOPLE-Thc wildcat well of Guckert
s Steel, on the FIenner farm, located four
miles northest of developments in this field
toward Lancaster. is in the boulder sand
with a showing of oil. None was found in
the lOO-foot. II it is not a paying we'll in the
boulder they will drill 1t to third and fourth
sands.
CoRAopoL1s-Ferguson & Co. are putting
the small casing in their last well at this
place and expect to have it finished up
within few days.
The we'll on the Burnett farm. back of
more, Young II Seibert, is OH top of the sand
and will be completed tomorrow or Tues
day.
The Mcdonald Gauges.
The following estimates were submitted
by the gausers of the Southwestern Pennsyl-
vania Pipe Line Company:
The production of the field was q, 500, or the
same as the day before. The hourly gauges
were as follows: Matthews No 8, 20; Oak
dale Oil Compnny's Nos. and Baldwin, 20;
Forest Oil Company's No Jane Stewart, 25;
]. NJ. Guffey & Co.'S No. 2 McMichael, 25;
Lynch & Co.'s No. Dleise 40; Greenlee &
Fnrst's No McMurray, 20; Davis & Browns
No. Wilkinson, 25 Peoples Gas Company's |
No 12s McMnrray, 30; Morgan No: ., 80;
Production, %, 500. Stock in field, s., 900.
The runs of the Southwest Pennsylvania |
Pipe Line Company from Mcdonald Fri |
day were % 103: outside of Mcdonald 12OO7. |
The National Transit runs were 1920: ship |
ments. 30,3 3ss New York Transit shipments |
were 43 $50. Macksburg division of the Buck |
ego Pipe Line Company, 1.a19. Buckeye runs, |
A. S4S; shipments 3,065 Southern Pine Line |
shipments. 81, l63. Eureka runs, 6,51l; ship |
ments, 2230.