Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-12
FIVE FIFTH SANDERS.
Three Of Them Are Good Producers,
While Two Are Almost Dry.
THE WALKER DROPPING FAST.
Sistersville Coming to the Front With Some
New Producers.
ZIG GAssER ON THE RUSSELL FARM

e.i,n Inc plou"o'ios o. eoNso 1000 barrels Friday,
lallen from q, M QUO rels yesterday. Two
was increased 800 BAN list of those making
wells were added to thS<. Tbass both he.
| 90 barrels an hour or morA
long to Greenlee & Forst. No MeMnrrav
One is their No. on the No ,Ldale ant,
lease and is located between N>of their No
| Noblestown. 1t is 500 leet south & Nnrodnced
on this lease, which has Xoame in
thousands of barrels already. II Ssarrels
late Friday night at the rate Of 15O b 20 be
| an hour. and was reported yesterday ~
making 90 an hour. y
Their No. on the Marshal lease No. Z
and located south of tie McMurray lease,
was being cleaned out yesterday and was
liking about 25 barrels an hour.
the we'll on the Kirk farm. near the Mefse
| well, was reported to be making from Il to
Is barrels an hour from the Gordon sand. 1t
struck the first pay when seven bits in the
sand, and they were expecting to reach the
to run up to at least 40 OF so barrels an hour.
It Is Falling on Rapidly.
Tho Walker farm well Of Fitzgfbbons
Hairy Co., located south est Of the File,
is falling of at a startling rate. Friday it
was reported by one of the owners to have
gone as high as 800 barrels an hour, while
the pipe line gaugers placed it at only IS
barrels an hour yesterday morning.
This is coming down at q faster rate than
anv of the other wells in the field
The pool may prove to be OF tie soda foun-
tain class Wells which are now being
started will thoroughly test 1t.
The Wood and Oil Company's No. on the
Crawford farm, located two miles southwest
of Mcdonald: is dry rs powder house in
the fl 1fth sand. 1t had a showing OF oil In
the Gordon. and Yesterday they were pull
ing the casing and will try to develop light
producer from the Gordon formation.
the Gordon yesterday afternoon. The Scott
No. l, belonging to the same company, and
located half o mile southwest Of tho Craw.
ford No. ], is good for so barrels . day from
The wheeling Gas Company's No. / on
the Robbins farm is dry in the flftE sand.
but is a good gasser In the 50-foot. and has q
No. Springer is on top of the Gordon sand,
and GLADDEN. No. 2 will be in the 50-foot
Monday.
Will Soon Be Completed.
Tuesday their No. McGifnn. which is be-
ing drilled for gas near Venice, will reach
the 5o-foot. No. 1 on the Moureau, at Venice
is down 200 feet, and No. Patterson is go
feet deep.
The Forest Oil Company's No. /, on th,
McCleiland heirs property, near Oakdale,
was on top o. the fifth sand last night, and
the drillers were expecting the oil at every
bit.
The same company's No. l, on the Mrs.
Campbell farm, located south Of Willow
Grove, was due in the Gordon sand last
Oak Ride coal property. south of Oakdale.
and only 20 rods south OF the dry hole drilled
by Garland & Feeley last fall.
Greenlee & Forst's Nos. ? and g. on the
fl til sand last evening. They will start to
spud in No. 6 Marshall Monday. The same
party's Nos. l and 2, on the Marshall and
ChaIfanr, were being tubed yesterday. No.
may get the Gordon sand the last OF next
week.
Two other wells were located on the Kirk
farm yesterday. The big casing will be put
into their Mclean orchard we'll tomorrow
New Wells at sis.ersville.
s1srERsvILLE-There was a report in circu-
lation last evening that the Mccoy well, Of
Jones Il Tenant, had increased and was
making from 700 to 1000 barrels day.
Ludwig & Mooney have just struck big
gasser on the Russell farm up the river q
mile and q half Their No. on this farm,
which is still doing 400 barrels day, was
big gasser for several days before the oil
commenced TO come. This leads them to
believe that the present well will turn into
q big oil pI oducer within the next ten days.
Jones & Tenants well on the Morrison &
Mccormick farm, located about mile and
half east of the town, was on top OF the
sand Yesterday.
The Keil Oil Company has drilled past
the tools on the Schriever farm, three and
half miles south OF sistersville,and expect to-
Duel & johnson dropped the casing on the
Moore farm, in the southern part OF the
field, and were fishing for it yesterday.
George S. Martin & Co. have started o we'll
in the lower part Of the field, on the West
Virginia side, and not fur from the dry hole
drilled by Duel & johnson.
Hasson & Co. have the tools stuck in the
well on the Mericle farm, on tho Ohio side
o. the river.
Five miles up the river from sistersville,
at sardus. the McGrew Bros: have finished
tubing their we'll on the Nesbit farm, and
uUII st.lrf n n Z week
The Victor Oil Company claims that it has
not yet reached the sand in its test we'll at
Paden's Valley. between sistersville and
makes deeper drilling in that direction.
There was a report last night that tho test
we'll drilled by j. NJ. Patterson & Co. on the
on the Allegheny Valley Railroad, was show
ing for q we'll from the 30-loot. They also
got showing OF oil in the 1J0foot
The Mcdonald Gauges.
The following estimates were submitted
by the gaugers Of the Southwestern Penn
sylvania Pipe Line Company:
The production of the field was 800 or
500 more than the day before. The hourly
gauges we're as follows: Jennings. Guffey &
Co.'S Matthews No. s. 20; Lynch & Co.'s No.
No ., IS: J. NJ. Guffev q Co.'S No. 7 Manke-
dick, 20; No. / McMcnaeI, 90: Fitzgibbons &
Co.'sNo Walker. 35; Forst s. Greenlee's No.
NC MurfHy, W; n o. D NllrSTsill ~.
The stocks ut the wells are reported at ST.
600 barrels. The runs from Mcdonald Thurs
day were 22iSl barrels. Outside OF Nc
Donald the Southwest Pipe Line runs were
74G9. National Transit runs. 81, ,293S; ship
ments 81 96I; New York Transit r:Ins 29, ,543;
Southern Pipe Line runs, 10 72l: Eureka runs,
2,3l9: shipments, none; Buckeye shipments of
Lima oil, Ss.3S7; Buckeye runs Of Lima oil,
1861 barrels.
More Drilling At Mcdonald.
A number Of wells have already been
started south and southwest of the Walker,
and within the next 40 days the extent OF
the pool. if there is any, will be pretty we'll
developed.
The Forest Oil Company's No. 5. on the
W. j. McGill farm, was ten feet in the sand
vest erday afternoon and had not vet struck
a pay st eak. 1t had not been given up as
dry, however, as the other wells in the
neighb orhood did not get the oil short OF Is
feet in the sand. The same company's No.
2, on the Mrs. Campbell farm. located near
the NJ else, is due in the Gordon some time
to-day.
]. NJ. Guffey & Co. cased yesterday at their
No. l OIL the McSnane farm. south of the
Meise. Their Nos. 8 and on the Mankedick
farm were reported to be in the Gordon last
night. and showing for producers.
Mercer & McClurg's No. l on the Guy lot,
located half mile west of Oakdale, is due in
the Gordon sand Monday.
Marshall, Kennedy 6 Co.'s No. on the
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