Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-10


The Forest Oil lCompany's No. 9, on the John
Mcdonald Glenn farm. which was reported
by a cotemporary yesterday morning to be
almost dry in the fifth sand, only reached
the top of that formation yesterday about
noon, and may not be drilled in before Mon
day.
in the bottom OF the Gordon sand yesterday,
and is expected to reach the fifth by to-mor.
row night. It is about half milo west OF
north from Gregg station, and is the farthest
well to the south or southeast in that local
ity. 1t is directly south of the same com-
pany's original well. on the Wright farm.
The Forest. ]. NJ. Guffey and Kuntz's No.
4, on the j. N. Ewing farm, north OF the Mrs:
Mevey farm well, was in the Gordon sand
Yesterday, and may be able to get into the
fifth sand by Tuesday morning.
Their No. l. on the Rachel McGregor farm,
may get the fifth sand the last of this week.
No. 2, on the Samuel Sturgeon farm, Is down
100 feet. No. ], on the Nancy Scott, and No. !,
on the John Scott, are each In the top o. the
Sterling farm. southwest of Oakdale, has
been drilled through the 100foot, and is now
about 900 feet deep.
New Rigs and Rigging Up.
Iseman & Co. are building a rig for No. Q
on the Short and Wade property. 1t will be
located between their No. l and the Bear
Creek Refining Company's No. on the
Marshall, Kennedy & Co. are starting rig
on the Lee & Marshall property, north OF
Iseman & Co.'S No. l. They are moving the
rir OF their No. 2 Roy farther to the south.
Mercer & McCluig are building rig for
No. McMurray between their No. l and the
Jolly Oil Company's well.
PEBBLES & Malarkey are rigging up on the
Freeman property, which Is located about
600 feet south of the Wettengel No. l.
Brown & Davis Bros. are also rigging up on
the Wilkinson property in the same locality.
on the McMurray, and also at their Nos.
and on the Marshall and c" alfant prop
erty, half a mile southwest of Noblestown.
Their No. on the Potter LEASE. north OF
Noblestown, is expected to reach the fifth
sand tomorrow or Tuesday.
Aiken & Co.'S No. Wade was reported to
be in the Gordon yesterday and good for $50
barrels day.
Another Drop in Production.
The production of the field took another
tumble yesterday, and fell from $1,000 to
$1,000 barrels.
Two wells in the list of those reported to
be making 20 barrels an hour or more in
creased from 25 to 80 barrels. They we're
Greenlee & Forst's No. Natural Coal Com
pany and the Lumber Yard Oil Company's
No l. Four wells declined. These were the
Oalsdale Oil Company's Nos. and Bald
win, from 45 to 40; Forest Oil Company's No.
M. Wright, from 80 to rs; their No. Jane
Stewart. from 60 TO So, and Greenlee &
Forst's No. McMurray, from 20 to 80 barrels
an hour.
ELIZABETH. W. vA.-The we'll of Mrs
McCaw. on the Poor Farm at this place. has
been drilled into the Berea grit sand and is
career and has been. partly drilled and
abandoned by several owners, until it
finally became the property OF Mrs. McCaw,
who has t several thousands Of acres under m,
small qua ntities was found in the different
sands, but thorough test was decided upon
and it was put down to the Berea,
Found Gas Without Drilling
MILLsBoRo, PA few days since H. 8.
Horner, whose land borders either side of
Ten Mile creek about one mile from its
mouth, was surprised to see water gushing
from the ground over a space several rods
long and Is or 20 feet wide. The ground had
been plowed and sowed in wheat in the fall
and has always been dry and cultivated
Now not q blade of wheat Il to be seen on it.
for the water gurgles and bubbles up through
openings from one to four inches in dame
ter and when vessel is placed over one of
these for few seconds and a match applied
to small opening In the top, the blaze
shoots up two or three teet in the air and
continues to burn. A number of jets of gas
are now burning.
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 q, COO,
:, ,000 less than the day before. The hourly
gauges were as follows: Matthew'S
No. 8. 25; Jennings Guffey & Co.'s Heron
No. L. 25 Devonian Oil Companys Nos. 1 and
2 Boyce, 25; Oakdale Oil Companv's Nos.
and Baldwin, 40: Forest Oil Company's No.
NJ. Wright %: No. Jane Stewart, IS; Rus
sell, McMullen & Co.'s No. l Wettengel, 30;
Greenlee & Forst No. National Coal Com
pany, 80; No. l McMurray, 60: Lumber Yard
Oil Company's No. l. 80; Bear Creek Refining
No. Campbell, 80: Iseman &
Co.'s No. l, 20; production, 27C0o. Stock in
field, "a 600.
The runs of the Southwest Pennsylvania
Pipe Line Company from Mcdonald Fri.
day were 81, 159; outside of Mcdonald, s,927
The National Transit runs were 1881; ship
ments, 1888. Southern Pipe Line ship
ments. 1881. New York Transit shipments,
.9, $50. Macksburg division of the Buckeye
P. L. Co.. 944. Buckeye runs, $500; ship
nentS, GO, ,997