Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-03
THE D0UGHERTY WELL
Was Making 80 Barrels an Hour From
the Gordon Sand Yesterday.
GEORGETOWN WELL Is FLOWING.
Reliable Reports Give It as Doing Eleven
Barrels an Hour.
SOUTHWEST yM'CURDY WELLS LIGHT

There was little work done in the oil
fields yesterday, as those who laid off fol
New Years will not go back until to-mor.
row morning. The we'll of Shay & Co. on
the Dougherty lot, east of Laurel
Hill, was reported yesterday morn
ing to be making 40 barrels an
hour, and of course was the
general topic of the day. 1t is only in the
Gordon sand, and this, if true, would make
1t the greatest Gordon sander in the field.
This report was afterward cut down to 80
barrels an hour. The well is surprise to
almost every operator in the field. 1t is at
least 1000 feet east of other completed wells
and in isolated territory. Already several
locations have been made around it. The
Peoples Gas Company has commenced the
erection of two rigs on the Wallace farm
just east of the Dougherty lot. The devel-
opments thus far made would seem to indi-
cate that the Gordon sand belt crosses the
hfth at this point in a northwest and south
west direction. There were no wells of any
importance completed i'll the field yester-
day. There are a number which will be in
some time this week. ForSt & Greenlee' 8
NO on the Wade farm south of Mcdonald
station about $500 feet, was reported last
evening to be showing for a good well.
Georgetown Well Flowing.
The Georgetown well OF Dawson, McNair
& Co. has caused genuine sensation since it
started to flow. Reliable reports from it
yesterday were that it was making just II
barrels an hour. 1t had been tubed and just
as they were ready to pump it commen ced
to flow. Parties who have visited the well
and are familiar with it's history claim that
is in the third or Gordon sand, which it gets
at about 1l50 feet. When this well was
drilled into the sand several weeks ago the
rGnOrfS
it was making anywhere from 20 to
30 barrels an hour. Many operators
rushed to the place from Pittsburg and
other points, and found that the reports
were false. The well had sprayed some oil,
and there was little oil and water in the
tanks, but it never flowed steady until with
in the last few days: 1t Is not in strictly
wildcat territory as there have been other
wells drilled all around it within short
radius. Should it maintain its present gait
for any length of time, there will doubtless
be many new ones started in that neighbor-
hood.
Hussler, Davis s. Botts' No. on the Boyce
farm in Southwest McCurdy will be finished
up this week, and their No. 8, same farm, is
Kelso farm is in and reported light. Mellon
Co.'S No. Neeley is also reported as q
small well
Two Bellevue Wells.
BE1LEvUE-The Robella OIL Company VIII
shoot their No. 2, on the Straw farm, this
week No. Straw has been shot and Is
making l6 barrels day.
Drilling for Gas.
FREEPoRr-Ammon & Co. are starting two
rigs on Murphy's Island, three miles ur the
river from this place. They will drill for
gas.
Gauges OF the Wells.
The hourly gauges for the larger wells
yesterday were as follows:
Mathews No. l, Gufey Jennings & Co., 40:
Mathews No. 8, GufFey, Jennings Co.. 70;
Heron No. !, Guffey. Jennings & Co. 20;
Heron Nos. 2 and 4, Guffey, Jennings & Co.,
100; Baldwin Nos. and 2. Oakdale Oil Co., 80:
Mathews heirs No !, Gutfey, Jennings Z
Co, 80; Bell No. 2, Guffey. Jennings 8 Co, 25;
Wallace Nos. ! and q Oakdale Oil Co., So;
Morgan heirs No. 4, Oakdale Oil Co., 45; Eta
Glenn No. l, Forest Oil Co., 25; Mevey No. l,
Greenlee & Forst, 80; Mevey No. 4. Gseenlee
& Forst, 80; Kelso No. 2, Patterson Jones.
40; Heron No. 4, Forest Oil Co.. 40: Gamble
No; l. Greenlee Forst, 2S; Boyce Nos;
and 2. Devonian Oil Co., 40; Woodland Oil
Co.'S No. l Gamble, 20; Gamble No. 4. 80
Stock in the field Thursday, $4,000 barrels.
The production fell of yesterday to 5000
barrels.