Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-14
WELLS AND BUSTERS.
Two Gordon Sanders and a Dry Hole
Developed in Mcdonald.
NEAR THE FIFTH IN TWO WELLS.
An Important Test Well in the Meise Pool
Is Due This Morning.
CRAWFORD NO. 2 is DOING 30 AN HOUR

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There were two Gordon sand wells devel-
oped in the Mcdonald field yesterday.
They both belong to the Wheeling Gas
Company, and are located about mile
west OF south from Mcdonald station.
Their No. 8 on the GLADDEN. farm is
through the Gordon, and is good for 40
barrels day as it stands at present, but
they expect to be able to bring it up to at
least couple of hundred day.
The same company's No. on the GLADDEN.
farm was being drilled into the Gordon
| yesterday afternoon. It made one flow
when two bits in, and was filling up rap
| idly when last heard from. Down near
| Venice the Wheeling expects to reach the
| gas sand this week in Patterson No. l. In
this section of the field the strongest gas
| is found in the 50-foot formation.
One dry hole was also developed by the
drill in the Mcdonald region yesterday. 1t
is Stewart & Co. s No. on the Robb farm,
and is located in the vicinity of the old
Wetmore wells, which produced thousands
OF barrels of oil not many months ago. They
are about two miles north and west of Oak
dale.
j. M. Gufey 81 Co.'S No. 2, on the j. c.
McMichael farm, in the southwest end of
the McCurdy pool, was drilled through the
Gordon sand yesterday and is absolutely
barren Of oil in that rock. 1t is now being
drilled to the fifth, which they expect to
reach in day or two. The fact that it is drv
in the Gordon is not disappointing, as none
of the wells drilled in the locality have been
paying producers from the third sand
formation.
Will Reach the Fifth To-Day.
Greenlee & Forst's orchard we'll, on the
Mclean lot, located less than quarter of
mile southwest of Oakdale, was on top of the
fifth sand last evening and its capacity as a
producer from that stratum will be known
to a certainty this morning. IL is south
about 200 feet from a fair producer, and the
owners expect a nice we'll when it is drilled
in. Greenlee s. Forst,s Wade No. is
the Noble heirs farm, located
800 feet southwest of Fitzgibbons
& Co.'S Walker No. 8 is due in the fifth
early next week. Their No. 6, on the Mar
shall farm, southeast of Noblestown, and
their No. 2 Kirk, in the Meise district, are
both due next week.
Jennings, Guffey & Co.'S No. Heron
will reach the fifth sand within the next ten
days.
J. M. Guffey & Co. s No. on the Shane
farm, located southwest of tine old Meise
about three-fourths of mile, is down ZOO
feet, and is expected to be in the list of big
wells reported within the next eight DAYS.
j. NJ. Guffev & Co. have two wells drill
ing on the Clark farm in the region of the
Wetmore wells Each of the Clark wells is
down /, 100 feet
The Forest Oil Company's No. 1, on the
Robert Wallace farm, east of the Meise,
was on top of the Gordon yesterday after
noon, and they expect to get it drilled in
to-day. This is one of the most important
wells now drilling in that locality.
The Woodland Oil Company's No. 2, on
the Crawford farm, two miles southwest of
Mcdonald station, which surprised the
trade Tuesday by showing up 80 barrels
to be making 80 an hour yesterday.
The estimated production of the field did
not change yesterday and is still reported at
p, 900 barrels.
Along the Ohio River.
CoRAoPoL1s-The Forest Oil Company
has Just finished rig over the old hole on
the Hog bar. The rig at this well was
burned June %, 1891, and two men were |
badly injured by the flames. They will |
clean out the hole and try to make it pro-
duce more oil than it has been doing The |
same company is putting the last casing IN
its No. Erhart, and its No. Curry is
down 600 feet.
There were no new wells reported in at
Sistersville Yesterday. The reports from
the old wells are very conflicting, and
every man who visits a we'll has different
story to tell from that told by every other
visitor when he comes away. The conse-
quence is that the estimate of we'll must
be made from an average struck from a
of the various accounts given bv
those who have seen it There is great
deal of new work being started in the field,
and there are number of wells which
should be finished up before the middle of
next week.
The Gauges
The gauges Of the larger wells yesterday
we're as follows: Meise No. l, Lynch & Co.,
10; Morgan No. 2, Oakdale Oil Company, 25;
RobD No. g. Florence Oil Company, 25; Sim
,ay No. LAG, Peoples Gas Company, 20 Craw-
'ord No. 2, Woodland Oil Co., 3O The
estimated production was 2l,oOO; stock in
;he field, 5000.
Runs and Shipments.
National Transit Company runs on 18th,
9. $685. shipments, 1I,7O9.sL.
Southwest runs, Mcdonald division, ON the
9TH q, 405.79. Outside of the Mcdonald,
.222. Buckeye Pipe Line, Macksburg
Iivision, 2l,7769s Lima division, 4s, ,1Ol 60;
hipments, a.5O7. Eureka Pipe Line, r.
81. 70; shipments. 20s3.
Southern Pipe Line Company: Shipments,
O. 40I. New York Transit Company:
shipments, 1888. Tidewater Pipe Line:
suns, 5,9ls Total, 5000. Average, 3,25I.
Tho OIL Marlxet