Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-15
NOBLE WELL DRILLED
Deeper apd Its Output Brought Up
to 200 Barrels an ROur.
NEW LOCATIONS BEING MADE.
No Oil Found at "a Feet in the Sand at
the Leech Farm Well.
MANNINGTON AND BUTLER VENTURES

Although the estimated production of the
Mcdonald field dropped from %, 500 to 23,-
600 barrels yesterday, this is not an indica-
be to-day.
Yesterday afternoon Greenlee & Forst
drilled their No.2 on the Noble heirs farm
deeper into the sand, and according to the
late st accounts received last evening it was
putting out 200 barrels an hour This is an
increase of IS barrels an hour, as it was re-
ported at the Office of the firm Tuesday
evening to be doing only 125 an hour.
There were a few misguided persons
Yesterday who believed that the No. 6
Walker, of Fitzgibbons s. Co., had been
"snuffed OUT as it were, by Greenlee &
Forst's big Noble well. 1t was a delusion
as this well was putting out so barrels an
hour yesterday, and promises to hold up Tor
some time to come.
The officials of the Devonian Oil Company
were out yesterday selecting locations for
wells which thoy intend to put down as
soon as possible on the line between the
Noble heirs Nc. 2 and the Royal Gas Com
pany's No. l on the Mark Robb farm, about
a mile to the southwest. They have between
700 and 500 acres of territory in this region
which they consider frstclass producing
property, and will drill it over as rapidly as
possible.
Tie Deyonian's No. Joe Robb is due in
the sand Tuesday. Their No on the Wet
tengeI, which WAS due about the same time.
has been delayed by cave. after reaching
the salt sand. Their Nos. Z, s and on the
Elliott Bros farm are drilling at depths
ranging from 100 feet to the salt sand. The
anne company's j. Ii. Robb No. 5 is down
LOO feet.
The Oil Not on the Top.
In the northeastern end of the McCurdy
field the Philadelphia Company's No. l, on
the Leech farm. was reported to be "a leet in
the fourth sand yesterday without a show
ing. They do not expect the oil until 40 feet
in the sand.
The Forest OIL Company's No. l, on the De-
vine farm, in northeast McCurdy. was drilled
through the sand yesterday and is making so
inches, OF 200 barrels u day i'll Il 25O'barrel
tank.
North of Oakdale a couple of miles the
Woodland Oh Company and the Oakdale
Gas Company's No. on the John RobD
farm, which was expec ted to reach the fifth
sand yesterday, was delayed by fishing
jon. The tools were dropped but gotten
out, but it will take until Friday at least be-
fore they hope to reach the pay streak
The Oakdale Oil Company's No: on the
Morgan heirs farm, wnere they have been
fishing for months in the top of the fl tn
drilled III, after the tools were gotten out
but it is little better than dry hole. They
will get some oil from the Gordon sand. The
same company has been fishing for months
at its No. 2 on the Hutchinson farm, but
yesterday they managed 10 bring the tools
to the surlace and have commenced to
drill again.
Jennings Bros. have struck heavy vein
of salt water in the l00-:oot on the Margaret
Campbell farm, back of Oakdale.
The Oakdale Oil Company has started u
rig On the Hopper farm, mile and half
west of NoblesrOwn.
The Woodland Oil Company's No. 8 on the
Crawford farm, located southwest OF Nc
Donald, is due to get the producing sand the
first OF next week.
The Forest OIL Company is down 1,6O0 feet
on the Getty farm, below Coraopolis.
Manninston and Butler Wells.
MANNINGToN, W. VA.-Montgomery & Co.'S
big fifth sand well on the Straight farm, three
miles southwest of this place, which was re-
ported exclusively in The DISPATCH yester-
day, is still making over 500 barrels a day
and has not yet been drilled into the sand.
Just on the JhweStern side of Mannlnp-
ton Burt Bros. have put hole down to what
they claim is the ifth sand and they assert
that they have good producer in that for
nation.
Located about 1900 feet southwest of Burt
Bros we'll and on a line with the Straight
farm well, Preston 4 Co. have three wells
down to the Big Inj Jun sand, which are now
producing from rs TO l50 barrels day. Each
of Preston & Co.'s wells has a big hole,
capable of being drilled down to the
fifth sand, while all of the other
wells in the field have been drilled to the
Big 1njun with small holes. which, when
the sand was struck, were only from ~ to
"a miles in diameter. 1t is impossible to
drill these wells on down to the fifth sand,
as there is a cave below the Big Iniun which
calls for liner, and in small hole this can
not be put in. Operators agree that it
would be ruinous to drill to the fifth sand
in this field, and put in the casing required
to get 50 cent oil, although they all admit
that there is undoubtedly fl tn sand pool
in the locality.
This pool is away to the east of As or %
degree line from the Pennsylvania fifth
sand pools and does not come under the
usual method of calculating or locating oil
pools, such as the oil men have followed for
years.
BUTLER-In the Muddy creek district
BeggS Co are starting well on the w. +.
Mccullough farm ana Mcfarland & Co. are
starting to the northwest of developments
The Gauges.
The production of Mcdonald was %, 900 YES.
terday, 500 less than the day before. The
hourly gauges of the larger wells at McDon-
aid yesterday were rs follows: Fitzgib-
bons & Co. No. j. Walker 80. Lynch, Buch-
heit & Co.'S No. l Meise, 90. Greenlee &
Forsus No Marshall, 80 No. 2 Noble
heirs, lO5. Forest Oil Co.'S No. Mary Camp
bell, %. The estimated production was 23,-
soc; stock in field, 900.
Runs and shipments Tuesday
The National Transit runs were 80, 229:
shipments. II ,35l. Runs of Southwest Penn
sylvania from Mcdonald, 1883; outside OF
5000. Buckeye runs of Macks.
burg oil, 1852; shipments, none. Buckeve
runs of Lima oil, AZ 800; shipments, 36 $685.
Eureka runs. Is, PAS; shipments, 2,100. New