Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-05
OUTPUT FALLING OFF.
Nitro-Glycerine Being Used Freely
Throughout Mcdonald.
FIRST OIL IN THE NEW PIPE LINE.
Important Test Well on the GLADDEN. Farm
Due in the Fifth To-Day.
GEORGETOWN WE'LL NOT FLOWING

There was general decline in the produc-
tion of the big wells in the Mcdonald field
with one or two exceptions yesterday and
the production dropped from Sc, 900 to 3S,-
NaO barrels The old wells are being shot
and agitated in every way TO make them
produce as much oil as possible. When this
field was first opened up several of the wells
were shot, but they did not respond with
that readvspontaneousness that characterized
the wells in other fields. 1t was then argued
that the fifth sand at Mcdonald was too
porous 70 be affected by nitro-glycerine, and
that the torpedo companies would have but
little to do. This condition has been entire
ly reversed. When the shots were put in
two months ago the wells which
were then shot were king al
most as much oil as the blg ones
were NOT affected by the explosion.
Since these same wells have declined TO
ordinary SIZE the torpedoes are beginning
to influence them and consequently there
is more shooting being done at present than
was thought possible 80 days ago. Shooting
Is last and desperate resort, espe-
size. Some OF their greatest wells ever
known outside of the Mcdonald field, were
apparently dry until they were torpedocd.
This was notably the case in T. W. Phillips
big Armstrong well at Thorn Creek which
WAS drilled into a hard spot in the sand,
and did not make a flow until heavy shot
had been put in when it developed mtoa
genuine gUsher and made over 200 barrels
4 gay when operators at Mcdonald drill
in well now that does not come up to their
expectations, they invariably shoot it in the
hope that the explosion will tear a hole
into rich streak, and make a gusher of
their well.
Work in the Derr1cks.
Greenlee & Forst's No l on the GLADDEN.
farm, mile southwest of Mcdonald and
near the Mocrhead well, should be in the
1ifth sand to-day. 1t is very important as a
test well Yesterday afternoon a report was
circulated 70 the effect that Shay & Co.'S well
ON the Dougherty lot had been shut
down when two feet in the Gordon
sand owing TO trouble in regard TO
the lease. Thompson, Tomlinson & Co.'S
wCli on the Woods farm, south of Mcdonald,
J. down 1868 feet. The Venture Oil Com
pany'S well, on the Woods farm, is in the
-oGrth sand and has struck strong pressure
OF gas in that formation, which is drying up
the oil in the Gordon sand. The same COM
panyS well on the Moorhead farm is MAX
ing $50 barrels a day from the Gordon
own property at Laurel Hill, which
Las been producing for several months was
reported to have stopped flowing yesterday.
Hire Il Hothian's well was reported to have
been dried mp in the fifth sand yesterday
hy gas in the fourth sand, also Gallagher
Rros well ut Laurel Hill. The Forest
Comnany's No 3, J. McD. Glenn, and the
same cumPany's No. :, r. W. Glenn are on
top of M. tior,ion sand. Mercer, Robson
Br,wn's well on the McMurray
1arm, east 90. Nobiestown, is in the
day. 1t wii: he drilled TO the fifth sand. The
Woodland oi! Company's Nos and 8 Nc
Murray, northwest of Oakdale, are each
down about p OG0 feet. Kemp & Co.'S No. t.
on the Wade farm. is down about 900 feet,
and No, ) Is drilling at 800. The Mohawk Oil
1omNanr's 30. ] Averill is down 200 feet.
hoeTncr & Co. Grand well is on top of the
Gordon sand.
Georgetown Well Is Pumping
GEoEGSrcwN-nawson, McNair & Co. s well
has stopped flowing, but is pumping l2O bar
reIs dav.
tiIeenlce & Forst have started their test
wcli in Worth township. Butler county. 1t
is located in the extreme northwestern part
az tie county aEd Il mile and half north |
weSt oi 5.fy r vel on sGe Elliott farm, which |
l. a strong EAN-cr.
Gauges o. the Wells.
The gauges of the wells in the Mcdonald |
field Yesterday which are making 20 barrels |
an hour and over were follows: Guffey, |
Jennings * Co.'S No. l Matthews, 20: No 3 |
Matthews, ~; Nos 2and Heron, ITO; No |
Matthew'S heirs. 20: No. > Bell, 90. 'Oakdale |
OIL CompanE's Nos. and Baldwin, 45: Nos |
] ana : Wallace, 20. Forest Oil Company's |
No. ! Eta Glenn, 20: No 4 Herron 35 PAT
teIson s Jones No . Kelso s. Devonian
GI Company's Nos. and , Boyce, So Forst |
n Greenlee's Nc ] Mevey, 30: No Mevev, |
% Woodland Oil Company's No. i Gamble, |
p: No. 4 Gamble, %. ) ock in the field,
- 600 barrels.
New Pipe Lines First OIL
The Producers oil Company run the first |
oil through its new line from Mcdonald to |
COranpoiiS yesterday. This is the first actual |
handling "i oil done by what is practically |
the Producers Protective Association They |
luH about ! 200 barrels