Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-20
GORDON OIL GALORE.
Guffey, Murphy & Galey's No. 2 Con-
nell Doing 20 Barrels an Hour.
THE ECONOMIES ARE EXCITED.
A Test Well Which They Have Been Drill
ing Is Showing Oil.
OPERATIONS NEAR INDEPENDENCE

One of the biggest Gordon sand wells
which has been struck in the southwest, was
developed yesterday on the Connell lease,
back of Noblestown, by Guffey, Murphy &
Galley. Yesterday morning it was drilled
into the Gordon and almost Immediately
started off at 90 barrels an hour. The
well is located about half a mile
east of the old Matthews we'll.
About three months ago well was drilled
on this property which was reported dry,
although there was rumor in circulation
at the time that the well had never been
drilled to the sand owing to some difficulty
in regard to the lease. Notwithstanding
that the first we'll was dry the owners went
on with other wells, and have two more
drilling at the present time.
The Wetmore well of Gufey, Queen &
Co. is still keeping up its record, and
last evening was reported to be making 175
barrels an hour. A. W. Campbell, j M.
the 81 casing in we'll on the E. A.
NfcMasters farm, which joins the Wetmore.
Kennedy, Fitzgibbons s. Bolts No. s. on
the Moore farm, was drilled into the sand
yesterday and is good for $50 barrels day.
Their No. on this farm should be in the
fifth sand tomorrow. Hussler, Bott &
Davis No. l, on the Boice farm, which
stopped flowing while making 20
barrels an hour, was shot and
cleaned out, and yesterday started
to flowing again. The same parties are
ready to put the last string of 1900 feet Of
casing into their No . on the Boice farm,
and No, 3 on the same property is down
about 1000 feet.
The Hurry-Up Flowing.
The Forest Oil Company's No. 1, on the
Sam Sturgeon farm northeast, of Oakdale,
account of the owners being
compelled to drill it inside of "a days
in order to hold the lease, reached the fifth
sand yesterday morning, and made couple
of flows. 1t is believed to be on an exten-
sion of the Agnes Kemp pool. 1t is new
territory, and gives color to the theory that
there is a cross belt running to the south
east, just east of Oakdale.
Brown s. Co. s we'll on the McMurray farm
a few hundred feet east of Noblestown
should be in the fifth sand tomorrow.
Learn & Burson's we'll on the Patterson
in front of the Willow Grove sta
tion was on top of the Gordon last
night and may be drilled into to-day.
The Oakdale Oil Company's No. Z
on the Wallace farm, was reported
last night to be showing very light in the
fifth sand. HAYS & Gartland's No. 10, on
the Miller farm, was drilling on top of the
fifth sand last night.
Greenlee & Forst's No. 13, on the Mevey
farm, was reported to be showing light.
The Devonian Oil Company's No. 3, on the
Elliott farm, is showing for very small
well.
Jennings, Gufey & Co.'S No. on the
Susas Heron farm is due to get the sand
this week; also their No. 2 on the Mat
thews heirs property: The 0akdale Oil
Company has several wells on the Wallace
farms which should be finished up the last
of this or the first of next week.
Oil at Economy.
There was considerable excitement last
evening over the report that big well had
been struck at Economy. The Economic
Society started the we'll some time ago
in q happy-go-lucky spirit, regardless
of whether they got oil, gas or
beeswa1. They neglected to keep
Yesterday afternoon the hole began to fill
up with oil and sprayed some into the der
rick, and in consequence of not keeping a
record they are entirely lost as to what sand
the oil comes from. The pipe line people
have been asked to make arrangements to
take care of the oil, as the members of the
are satisfied that they are living
over an ocean of petroleum.
No Oil in the Gantz.
INDEPENDENCE-Carr Bros are through
the Gsntz sand on the Beall farm and are
drilling to the Gordon. They only got a
.l,op oil ~ Lo O. >
well, on the Mcconnell farm, should strike
the Gantz this week. Mellon & Co. are
fishing again in their well on the Boles
farm. This time they are trying to
coax out string of, tools
Greenlee & Forst have rig about COM
pleted on the Beall Knob farm, and they
have the timbers on the ground for rig on
Pierce's Run, a mile west of the Beall Knob
rig. The Wheeler well, four miles north
east of this place, is through the Big Iniun.
All of the available territory in this vicinity
has been leased, and in some cases big
bonuses have been paid for land.
The Hourly Gauges.
Guffey, Jennings & Co. Matthews, 20;
No. Matthews, 45; No. and Heron,
80; No. l Matthews heirs, IS; OakGale Oil
Nos. 2and 8 Baldwin, ITO; Nos, 1
and 2 Wallace, 30: Forest Oil Company's
No. 4 Heron, 20;Kelso No. 5, Patterson &
Co., %; Kelso No. 6, 40; Devonian Oil Com
pany's and Boyce, IS; No. Elliott, 80;
Morgan heirs No. 2, Oahdale Oil Company.
35; Sam Sturgeon, 1 and Guffey, Galley 81
Murphy, 90: Forst s. Greenlee's Nos. and
Gamble, 30; Royal Gas Company's No. 2
NJ. Robb. 40; Guffey, Queen & Company's
No. 2 Wetmore, $50. Estimated produc-
lion, 35, 900; stock in field, $4,000.
Runs for Tuesday.
National Transit Company runs, Al, ,569. 81:
shipments, A, 527. 61 Macksburg Pine Line
runs, 1,271. 80; Buckeye Pipe Line
80, 173. 33; shipments, A, 236. 20;
Eureka Pipe Line Company runs, 7,74O. 90;
Southern Pipe Line Company hipments,
81, ,51040 Southwest Pennsylvania Pine
Line runs from Mcdonald, 81, ,912. 25; out
'ide of Mcdonald, Il, 1926; total, 49,
,S051.
Production of Inst Year
The production of petroleum in the
United States in 1880 was $4,000. 600 bar
rels, valued at S35, 600, 900, against IS. 163.-
'13 barrels, valued at S26, 1863, $40 in 1889.
The production in 1891 has again shown a
great increase, due in considerable part to
he phenomenal Mcdonald field of Penn
'ylvania- The average daily runs of the
Pennsylvania, New York, Eastern Ohio
md Northern West Virginia fields have
been as follows: January, 9O.673 barrels;
February, s4,216; March, 70, BAG; April. 81
$40; May, IS, ,S21; June, 81, ,946; July, 79, ,927;
August, sc, 101; September, 81, ,9s1; October,
III ,S55, and November, 12S, Al In De-
,ember the production of the Mcdonald
& eld showed falling off, but the total out
put of the Pennsylvania, New York, East
,rn Ohio and Northern West Virginia re-
ZION in 1891 has probably been very close to
"A, 25O, 900 barrels
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