Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-05
DRY AS A DUST PILE.
Mercer & McClurg's Well at Nobles-
- town Surprises the Trade.
WE'LL DOING 20 AN HOUR.
Zelienople and Harmony Wells Showing Up
for Producers.
M'DONALD'S PRODUCTION AWAY Ul

The great surprise in the Mcdonald field
yesterday was the we'll of Mercer & Nc.
Clurg on the McMurray lot. 1t is located
about 500 feet south of Noblestown and on
line between Greenlee & Forst's No 1 or
their No. 2 Marshall lease, and Brown
Brothers and Robison's No. on the Nc
Murray lease.
It was drilled into the fifth and is dry
Every operator who is at all familiar with
the field was willing to gamble that it
would be big we'll, but when 1t came in
dry, they were all chagrined. There was
not well in the field which was better To-
Gated and none from which bigger results
were expected. It only proves, however,
that the field is as spotted as leopard S
skin and that no reliance can be placed on
the territory in general.
Vesey & Murrav's well, on the Marshall
property, is in tine fifth sand and making
20 barrels an hour. 1t is located about $50
feet east of the station at Noblestown and
pany's well, on the bridge lot. The latter
is not making over five barrels an hour.
ItIs Expected in To-Day.
Iseman & Co. s No. 1, on the lumber ward
lot, should be in the fifth sand to-day, also
their No. ! on the McGrady lot.
In the McCurdy end of the field Patterson
& Jones' No. on the Kelso farm, and No 5
on the Shaffer, should be in the last sand to-
day. The Bear Creek Refining Company's
well on the Iorain farm is down about 1000
feet.
more farm will ret the fifth sand to-day.
ZELIENoPLE-The following is list of
some of the wells in this field which are
getting toward the sand:
ro. g. 1t,,fr q
heirs farm. is down 400 feet. Fail
& Co.'S No. 5, on the same property,
is 1000 feet deep. Gibson & Co.'S No. A.
on this farm is down 960 feet. The Island
is 700 feet deep. This is their second hole.
Cunningham Co.'S No. l, on the Major
farm, is in'the sand and showing for small
Cohen & Kahn are still fishing for the
tools in their No. s.
Wells Mt Zelienople.
Beck Bros. have moved their rig and
started yesterday with their second hole.
TAFT & Co. are trying 80 drill past the tools
in their No.2 on the Allen heirs farm.
Cohen & Kahn shot their No. 8 with casing
in and collapsed it. The hole will probably
have to be plugged
O'Donneli & Co. have pulled out and are
farm.
The Enterprise Oil Company is cleaning
Marsh. & Co. were tubing their No. 6 on the
Muller farm Yesterday
Patterson & Co. drilled their No. 3 on the
Trout1nan farm deeper into the sand, and
since then 1T has been pumping nothing but
water.
The No. 2, on the Shrem farm belonging to
the same parties, has the water about eX-
and is pumping from % to 80 barrels
4 day.
The Mckinney Oil Co.'s No. 2, on the
Faulkner farm, is two bits in the sand and
spraying some oil.
Will Soon Reach the Sand.
Caruthers, Peters & Co.'S. well on the Herr
farm located only short distance from the
Mckinney Oil Company's well will reach
The sand to-day.
The Eastern Oil Company's No. on the
Marsh Bros. farm is making 40 barrels
lay. The Critchlow well is 10 or II feet in
The sand. and is looking like good well.
Liedecker & Co.'s well, on the Campbell
arm. will probably be light. 4
Collins & Heasley's No. I, on the Rapper |
arm, is in and making from. 25 to so barrels |
day. |
Henshow & Co.'S No. s. on the BARLEY |
arm, is in and showing for l5 or 20 barrel |
we'll.
CALLERY-The Marberger Oil Comp3ny's !
10. 2 on the John Marberger farm which |
has been pumping since last fall and only |
,een increased and is now doing from 80 to |
3 barrels day. 4
Russell Bros No. 4, on the John Martin |
arm. has increased from Is to 35 barrels |
lay.
BRIDeEvnLE-kerr, Beardsley & Co. drilled !
heir we'll on the McKeown farm through
he sixth sand.
1t is dry. 1t will be a good 5Oo-pound
,asser from the 18th sand.
The Forest Oil Company's No. J. NJ.
Glenn will do 100 barrels q day from the
Gordon, and No. 4 will do 50 barrels from the
anne sand.
The Mcdonald Gauges.
The following estimates were submitted
" the gaugers of the Southwestern Penn.
ylvania Pipe Line Company.
The production of the field was 2s5OO,
$50 more than Saturday. The hourly
.auges were as follows: Matthew'S
lo g. %; Jennings, Guffey Co.'s HERON
70. 4, IS; Devonian Oil Company's Nos. and
Boyce 25; Oakdale Oil Companv's Nos.
nd Baldwin. 45: Forest Oil Company's No.
NJ. Wright. 30: No. Jane Stewart, 50; Rus
ell, McMullen & Co.'s No. Wettengel, 20:
Brown, Robson & Co. s No. McMurray, 20;
ireenlee s. Forst No. l National Coal Com
ANY, 40; No. McMurray, ITO; production,
6 900. Stock in field, 5S, 600.
The runs of the Southwest Pennsylvania
'ipe Line Company from Mcdonald Satur-
ay were 1926; outside of Mcdonald, 3049.
The National Transit runs were SO. .SS4: ship
nents, 2230s. Southern Pipe Line ship
nents, 1l,7u5. New York Transit shipments,
2,26S. Eureka shipments, 7,425.