Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-03
M'D0NALD RECEIVERS.
The Production Goes Up, and GOOD
Western Well Is Developed.
FIFE FARM Is NOW ABOVE PAR.
One Venture to the Southwest Which VII
Soon Be Completed.
NEW LOCATIONS EAST OF NOBLESToWN

There was a big jump in the production
of the Mcdonald field yesterday. 1t went
from 81, 500 to IS, 500, an increase of 1000
barrels This was due to the drilling in of
Guf1ey & Queens No. l, on the Samuel
wetmore, and an increase in some of the
old wells.
The field is widening every day, and its
ultimate proportions may make it one of
the largest in territorial extent in the coun-
try.
This was never more fully illustrated
than within the last two days. Monday
Brown Bros. & Robison's well, east OF
Noblestown, surprised everybody, as the
region in which it is located had been con-
demned as no good long ago.
The astonishmcnt it caused had scarcely
had time TO pass away yesterday when a
well authenticated report was received that
in the fifth sand and making 20 barrels an
hour.
Itis located on the extreme western edge
of fdevelopments,andw was considered so poor
that several operators were unwilling to
drill a well on il free of bonus. The OLD
Matthews well is about mile southeast OF
1t, and the well which Rend Co drilled on
the Stinkmeyer farm short time ago Is
only Il few hundred feet due east. The
Stinkmever well is not making over 10 BAR
rcls day.
Doing 40 Barrels an Hour.
Brown Bros. & Robison's well, at Mobiles
town. on the McMurray farm, was not
drilled any deeper in the sand yesterday,
and il dropped of to about 30 barrels an
hour The boiler was being moved back
and as soon as possible the bit will be put
deeper into the nay, when 1t is expected to
make big increase
Already a number of locations have been
made around it, and yesterday grades for
rigs were being made in several places.
Among these WAS one for WeiXel & Co, on
the Gold L acres. which adjoins the McMur-
rav. Brown Bros. & Robson will put
down another well Immediately on their
GreenIee & Forst's No. . GLADDEN. will be
IT the Gordon sand to-day, and as it is To-
Gated only a few hundred feet from the
Moorhead well. it is already set down for at
leasta paving producer in the third sand.
Gardiner, Kennedy & Co.'S No. 8, on the
Mertz farm, in southwest McCurdy, should
be in the sand this morning, as it was drill
ing immediately above il last night.
The Forest Oil Company's No i, on the
Martha Wright, which was drilling on top
of the f ftb sand, has suddenly developed
strong gas vein in the l00-foot. The same
company's No. 4, or the Shaffer farm, was
drilling in the sand last night and showing
light.
Roy & Curtis well, on the schoolhouse re-
serve lot at Laurel Hill is good for about so
barrels a day from the Gordon sand.
VIII Soon Reach the Gordon.
The Willow Grove Oil Company is drilling
a 2GO foot above the Gordon sand in its No.
on the Mankedick farm east of Willow
Grove.
Miller & Kennedy have rig up on the
Church property at Willow Grove. Borchert
& Co. have commenced spudding on the
McEickar lot.
westhead & Co. are Is feet in the fifth
sand on the Mcfarland lot, and the well is
still showing for a light well.
Hussler, Davis 4 Bolts No. 1 Boyce is due
Friday. Patterson & Jones' No. Kelso
should get the sand the last of this week
Their No. l McGarr is through the Gordon
sand, in which it has developed consider
able gas. This well was started in the ex-
p"ctatton OF getting gasser The same
PARTIES No. on the Kelso is down 400 feet,
and their No. on the Shaffer is 200 feet
deep.
The Oalldale OIL Company's No !, on the
Gormley farm, was reported last evening to
he drilling in the sand and showing very
light.
Knox Brothers & Co.'S well on the Scott
farm. about three miles southwest of Nc
Donald, is down 1900 feet, and should be
finished up by the first OF next week.
Haymabcr Bros well on the McConaughey
farm, a short distance southwest of the
scott. Is down lS0O feet. They lost the tools
Yesterday morning, but expected them out
last evening. The first string of casing has
been put in Rend & Co.'s well on the ]. d.
Sauters farm.
Production and Runs.
The hourly gauges yesterday were as fol-
lows: Jennings, Guffey & Co.'s No Mat
thews, 40; Heron No. . 25 Heron No. 4 55;
GufTey y Queens Nos. l and Wetmore, IS;
No. samuel Wetmore, ls5; Forst & Green
lees Nos. 5 and Gamble 20; Patterson &
Jones No helso, 25; Devonian Oil Com
lauy's Nos. / and Boyce, a; Oakdale Oil
Companv's No. Morgan heirs, 30; Nos. and
3 Baldwin. -: Nos. and Wallace 35 Guffey,
Galley 4 MuIphy's Nos. / and 2 Sam StHr-
Ccon, p; production, So 500; stock in the field,
u 500
The runs Of the Southwest Pennsylvania
Pine Line Company from Mcdonald Mon
day were "a, ,4I2; outside of Mcdonald, $500.
National Transit runs were 1850; ship
rnents SGS3. Buckeye runs, 2l $50: ship
nents 1859. Macksburg runs, l609. Eureka
runs SIPS; shipments, l,s0S. Southern Pipe
Line shipments. Sc, SIG New York Trans
pOrtation Company shipments, @. 1856 barrels.