Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-26
TEN WELLS In THE LIST
OF THOSE AT M'DONALD MAKING 20
BARRELS AN HOUR.

Over 40 Feet of Gordon Sand Found South
Holes at Moon and Misunderstanding
Jobs Delay Sistersville Wildcats.
The Mcdonald field was devoid of any
unusual features yesterday. No new wells
drilled to the fifth sand, but Forst & Green
lees's No. ., on the No McMurray lease,
was shot and brought up to so barrels an
hour.
This well was added to the list of those
making 20 barrels an hour, or moro. There
are now ten wells in this list with an aggre-
gate hour production of 260 barrels. Two of
them. Lynch. Buchheit & Co.'S No. ] Meise
and j. NJ. Guffey & Co.'S No. MankediclS,
are Gordon sanders.
Fors5 & Greenlee's No. !, on the Bartley
lot, located a few hundred feet northeast of
the NoOlestown station, was reported last
don sand
Gordiner & Co.'S No. 2, on the Kennedy
farm, about one-half mile northeast of
oakdale, was drilled through the Gordon
sand yesterday morning and the owners eX-
pect to get the fifth sand to-day.
Mercer & McClurg will case through the
salt sand to-day at their well on the Guy lot,
located short distance west of Oakdale.
The belief is fast gaining that a big Cor
don belt Will be found south OF Noblestown
which VIII extend over to the Meise well.
O.
Marshall lease over 10 feet of Gordon sand
was found, and enough oil to make it a good
punper from that formation should nothing
be found In the filth. 1t Is one of the
tween Oakdale and Noblestown, The fifth
sand may be reached in it to-day.
Light Wells at Moon and wcstview.
MooN-Operations in this field have been
slack for several months, in fact, since the
Mcdonald field was opened, and the wells
which have been put down are either very
light or entirely dry.
Coast & Co.'S well on the Linton farm has
been drilled through the sands and is with
out oil or gas
F..E. Bowden's No. g. on the Sam Stevenson
farm, was finished up yesterday, and will
make about 5Ibarrel well naturally.
The Hervey Oil Company'S well on the
James McCutcheun farm should be finished
up neZt week.
WEsTrIEw-Bowman& Co have abandoned
their well on the Schiede farm at a depth of
The Bear Creek Refining Company's well
on the Morganstein is dry, and has been
The Philadelphia Gas Company's Fairly
farm well is through the sand and Cry.
SIsTERsvILLE-No new wells were finished
M in this field yesterday. The advance
wills are all delayed by fishing jobs and the
territory is consequently being developed
slowly. Grace Co. have started to pump
the salt water out of their well on the Whit
ten 1arm and Captain Grace said last even
ing that 1t would be good for 150 barrels n
day, judging from other wells on the Ohio
side of the river.
J. c. Tennant & Co. succeeded in getting
the tools out of their well on the Morrison
and McCorm lex farm, east of Sistersyille
yesterday.
Ira Dewitt is reported to have struck a
strong gas vein at 500 feet in the test well
which he is putting down near Cairo.
An excellent map of the Sistersville field
was published Saturday by the OIL City
Derrick, with write Hp OF the field by d. S.
Wakenisht, the De,rick's representative in
the southwest.
The Mcdonald Gauges.
The following estimates we're submitted
by the gaugers of the Southwestern Penn
sylvania Pipe Line Company:
The production of the field was %, ,5OO or
the same as the day before. The hourly
gauges were as follows. Matthew'S No g. 20:
Forest Oil Company's No. Jane Stewart 20:
Lynch & Co.'S No Meise, 80: Morgan No. 3.
35; Brown, Robson & Co.'sNo. McMurray,
25; MaIarkey & Co.'S No. Freeman, 25; j. NJ.
Guffey & Co.'S No. Z MankeGick,. IS; No Nc
MichaeI, 90; PEOPLES Gas Company's No. l2S
McMurray. 20; Forst & Greenlee, No Nc
Murray. 30. Production, q, 500. Stock in
field, 81 500. ''. '-''
The runs of the Southwestern Pennsvlva.
mia Pipe Line Company from Mcdonald
Tuesday were "a 1888; oniside of Mcdonald,
403l5: shipments, 1870. New York Transit
shipments were 29,9S5 Macksburg division
of the Buckeye Pipe Line Company, 22ss
Buckeye rms, 47.4s5: shipments, 1884.
Southern Pipe Line shinments, 36, ,63I. Eureka
runs, 1880; shipments, 2,450.