Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-08
FOUR FIFTH SANDERS.
Two Good Producers at Noblest0wn,
and q Couple in McCurdy.
'POOLROOM WELL is A SUCCESS.
Increased Activity East Of Noblestown and
South of 0akdale.
AVERAGE SIZE OF WELLS 40 BARRELS

two In tine McCuruy emu Oh Lne ueIQ Wcr
added to the list of completed wells yester
day.
The former were the Bear Creek Oil
Company's No. 8 on the Campbell farm AND
Iseman 8 Co.'S on the Lee and Marshal
property, which has been bought by Shor
& Wade, the lumbermen, with the excep
tion of the oil right.
The McCurdy wells are Millison, Erie,
& Miller's No. 2. on the Henry Shaffe
farm, and Patterson & Jones' No. 8, on tn,
Kelso property.
The Bear Creek Oil Company's No. 8, or
the Campbell, which is located between tn,
Wettengell we'll of j. NJ. Guffey, Russell
& McMullen, got the pay in the fifth sane
made as high as 80 barrels an hour. Yester
day it settled down to about 80, but afte1
being stirred up for few minutes it ad
vanced to 45 barrels an honr. In the 1:
hours after it first struck the pay it made
710 barrels, or an average of nearly 60 bar
rels an hour.
Iseman & Co.'S we'll, which is between
the Campbell and the lumber yard we'll, got
the sand yesterday morning, and started of
al 30 barrels an hour. 1t shut down until
the boiler could be moved back and will be
drilled in to-day.
The Two McCurdy Wells.
Millison, Fried & Miller's we'll on the
Henry Shaffer farm, in the McCurdy field,
struck the fifth sand yesterday afternoon
and made few flows. 1t was not showing
for an extraordinarily strong producer.
Patterson & Jones' No 8 on the Kelso
farm is making oil at the rate OF 140 or 150
barrels a day.
The New York Oil Company's No. 2 on
the Fife farm, northwest of Noblestown
about 21x miles, is due in the fifth sand this
morning
Patterson & Jones are drilling three
wells in the McCurdy field at present.
These are their No. l Terrence, No on
Finch, and No. 6 on the Henry Shaffer
farm.
GreenIee & Forst's we'll on the Potter lot,
north of the lumber yard at Noblestown, is
making nearly 100 barrels a day from the
Gordon sand. They are drilling it to the
fifth, and were in the fourth yesterday.
The Little Oil Company will start to-day
to drill its we'll from the Gordon to the fifth
sand.
Activity South and East.
There is q great deal of new work now
goingon East of fNoblestown and Southwest
of Oakdale.
Three new rigs have been completed this
week, and the grading was being done yes
terday for as many Smore. They are all
South of the Wettengel we'll.
PEBBLES & Malarkey have rig up on the
Freeman seven acres, and Davis Bros. &
Brown have one about finished on the Will
kinson property. Greenlee & Forst were
rigging up yesterday at their No. 2 on the
and have the rig flushed for
No. 2 on the National Coal Company's
The same parties were completing the
rigs for their Nos and on
the Marshall & Chalfant lease, half
q mile southwest of Noblestown,
They have made locations
for four more rigs on the Marshall property.
1t seems to be the general impression now
among operators around Noblestown and
Oakdale that the big fifth sand streak which
has just been tapped at those places extends
across the country to Bridgeville, five miles
away.
Poolroom Venture q Success
PEBBLES & Malarkey's well on the pool
room lot at Willow Grove is through the
Gordon sand. One of the owners said yes
terday that it was good for 200 barrels a day
from that formation.
y,
on the Wettengel farm back of Oakdale,
was due to get the Gordon sand last night.
Jennings, Guffey & Co.'S No. on the
Bell farm was reported last night to be in
the fifth sand and not showing for an un-
usually large WELL
Aiken & Co. S No. on the Wade farm,
south of Mcdonald, was reported to be one
bit in the Gordon sand last night
The Forest Oil Company. j. NJ. Guffey &
Kuntz cased through the 100-foot sand at
No. 1 on the Rachel McGregor farm, back
of Oakdale, yesterday. There No. on the
Nancy Scott, and No. 1 on the John Scott
are each down 900 feet.
The Forest has found little salt water
in the 100 foot at its well on the Stirling
farm south of Willow Grove, but not enough
TO compel them to case it off. The same
company has about finished spudding in its
No. Gregg and No. 2, on the Sam Stur-
yeon farms
Gordnier & Co. are down about 400 feet
in their No. 2, on the Kennedy farm, north
Of Oakdale.
The Forest expects to get the Gordon to-
day in its No. 6 J. M. Glenn.
Average Size of the Wells.
There was drop of 500 barrels in the
production Of the field yesterday. Eleven
20 barrels an hour. They range from %
to so barrels an hour, and aggregate 40
barrels an hour, or II, $50 barrels in "a
hours
There are over 400 completed wells in the
field. Deducting II, $50 barrels from 29, 900,
the production of the field, leaves II, ,720
barrels, which are being produced from the
wells doing less than 20 barrels an hour.
The average size of the wells not men,
toned, estimating their number at 400,
would be a 2-10 barrels day.
This is probably as close an estimate of
the average size of the wells doing less than
20 barrels an hour as can be obtained.
There are many wells doing from 100 to $50
barrels a day, while others are not doing 10
barrels in the same length of time.
Trouble Over Oil Leases.
In the suit of Elizabeth Wolf against j.
NJ. Guffey & Co., an action on oil leases, a
verdict was given yesterday for S404 80 for
The plaintiff. subject to the decision Of the
Court on question of law reserved.
The suits of j. NJ. FenneIl against j. M.
Guffey & Co., actions on oil leases, are on
rial before Judge White.
The Mcdonald Gauges.
The following estimates were submitted
,y the gaugers of the Southwestern Penn
'ylvania Pipe Line Company.
The production of the field was 1000,
100 less than the day before. The hourly
.auges were as follows: Matthews
No. 8, 25; Jennings, Guffey & Co.'s Heron
No. 4. 80; Devonian Oil Company's Nos. and
Boyce, 25; Oalsdale Oil Company's Nos.
md Baldwin, 45; Forest Oil Company's No.
ii. Wright. 80: No. Jane Stewart, IS; Rus
Iell, McMullen & Co.'s No. Wettengel, 40;
1reenlee Forst No. National Coal Com
l II m ha1 Ytrd
lfl Company's No. i, As; Bear Creek Refining
Sompany's No. Campbell, As; production,