Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-16
SPOUTING GORDON OIL.

| O1eIrlCt SOOn-DrOD
500 Barrels In Production-Butler
County Work.
The Gordon sand wells at Mcdonald are
still holding up to the remarkable gait at
which they started. The Meise we'll of
Lynch, Buchhiet & Co., south of Willow
Grove, was agitated for few minutes yes
terday, and went up from Is to 30 barrels an
| hour.
For few hours early yesterday morning
bell. went as high as 65 barrels an hour, and
| later gradually fell off to 50, which it was
| doing yesterday afternoon.
The same companys No on the John Nc
Even farm was drilled through to where the
| second pay should have been found, but it is
making only 10 barrels an hour. 1t is located
! the Meise well and half a mile from the
| Campbell we'll. which is only LOCO feet west
| and north of the Meise.
Greenlee & Forst's No. on the Kirk farm
| declined a little yesterday, and the- started
| to drill it deeper into the sand. 1t has only
| been in the first pay streak heretofore.
They shot their Nos. and on the Mar
shall farm, at Noblestown, in the third sand,
| and they are showing for fair wells. Their
| No. on the GLADDEN. farm, south OF Nc
Donald station, is due in the Gordon Satur-
| day.
Other Gordon Sanders Coming.
The Keil Oil Company's No. 2 on the Mrs
Meise we'll. was on top of the Gordon yester-
DAY. They were shut down, and moving out
the boiler. Their No. i has been delayed by
oil in the 100 foot sand, and their No. 8 is ex-
pected to reach the Gordon the first Of next
week.
Guffey Galley & Co.'S Nos. and on the
Mankedick are showing light in the Gordon
sand. They are located just south Of
The woodland Oil Company,s No. on the
Crawford farm, located two miles southwest
of Mcdonald station. is in the Gordon sand
and showing considerable oil.
The Forest Oil Company's No. on the Mrs.
Campbell farm is due in the Gordon Satur-
day:
No. Shaffer, located on the western horizon
of the McCurdy field.
SMITHS FERRY-yerner, Timblin & Co.,
who have been fishing for several weeks in
their test well OH the Spence lot, in George
town, across the river from this place, sue
ceeded in getting tine tools out yesterday,
and will get it into the sand this week. They
expect to find the rock at ], 200 feet. There
are a number of others who will commence
drilling Immediately If the Spence well is a
producer. MI. Childs, of Smiths Ferry.
to 25O-barrel wells, and will be thoroughly
developed If the market ever advances.
Butler County Ventures.
MoCALNoNr-Dale & Thompson have
brought in their wildcat on the Plaisted
farm, three-uuarters of mile west of this
place and a mile ahead Of Phillips develop
ments. 1t is showing very light and may be
abandoned.
HARMoNY-Dale & Thompson expect to get
the sand to day in their No. ON the Herr
farm. The same parties are building a rig
on the Hamilton farm, half a mile north Of
the Nancy Adams farm.
BRowNsDALE-The Eastern Oil Company
has finished up its well on the Mrs. Blair
farm. 1t is good tor 30 barrels a day. Gibbs
n Il
son farm, located 900 feet west OF the well Of
the Eastern Oil Company.
Beers & McKee's wildcat, on the Nc
Candless farm, south of the Nancy Adams
and between the latter farm and Mars sta
tion, Is in and showing light. T. w. Phillips
well. on the Zeigler farm, is in and good Tor
so barrels day. George Crawford is down
500 feet in his test well on the Wilson farm,
located half mile southeast of Valencia.
EBEEHAET sTATIoN.-Thompson 4 ANN
farm south of Wildwood. They got only
1O-barrel well naturally. 1t will be shot to-
day.
feet east of the old Messenger well. is
making 40 barrels day. 1t will be drilled
deeper into the sand to-day. It is located
mile and a half northeast of Glenshaw Sta
tion, on the Pittsburg and Western railroad.
The Mcdonald Gauges.
The following estimates were submitted
by the gaugers of the Southwestern Penn
sylvania Pipe Line Company:
The production of the field yesterday was
800 or 500 less than the day before The
hourly gauges were as follows: Jennings,
Guffey Co.'s Matthews No. 8, 20; Lynch &
Co.'S No l Meise, 80: j. NJ. Guffey & Co.'s
No. Z Mankedick, %: Fitzgibbons & Co.'s No.
8 Walker, 40; Forst & Greenlee's No. No
Murray, IS; Brown, Robson Co.'S No 8
McMurray, 20; Oakdale Oil Company's No.
Morgan, IS: Forest Oil Company's No.
Campbell, so: Forst & Greenlee's No. l Kirk,
20.
The stocks at the wells are reported at
5000 barrels The runs from Mcdonald
Tuesday were "a POI barrels. Outside of
Mcdonald the Southwest Pipe Line runs
were lO7s2. National Transit runs, 36O24
shipments, 6.ss6; New York Transit runs
1882; Southern Pipe Line, % 945; Eureka
runs, 10, 7ss: shipments, 2T7S Buckeye ship
ments of Lima oil, 46. Al; Buckeye runs Of
Lima oil, 59,327 barrels; Macksburg runs,
1909.
Tidewater Pipe Line runs for Tuesday
were 547l; total, 6547l; average, 1852. Ship
ments, none: total, l29. .34l average, 92l7.