Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-14
THE PRODUCERS VAIL.
Production Of Wells is Falling Or
Rapidly at Mcdonald.
GAS Is BECOMING EXHAUSTED.
Actively Around Independence and Wells
About Completed.
LIGHT WELL IN THE E'CURDY POOL

There were few developments in the Nc
Donald oil field yesterday which would
attract the operator. Many of them were
complaining about the great drop in the
production of their wells.
One company, the Oafdale, was reporte
DIV one of its members to have lost 500 bar
reis IN the "A hours ending at noon yester-
of their wells: Others claimed to have suf-
1ered corresponding decrease, notably
Jennings, Guffey & Co. Their No. ON the
Heron farm which started Off at IS barrels
an hour last week, is not flowing a barrel,
and has not been for several days. Wells
are dropping of all over the field.
IL Is pretty generally conceded that the
oackbone is gone, and only the opening OF
an entirely new pool will prevent the field
from sinking into oblivion.
There are great many wells fishing in
the sand at the present time. These delays,
1t is asserted are caused by lack of suf-
hcient gas to throw out the sand. Instead
OF being forced to the surface it caves
around the TOOLS which are held in the hole.
Before the gas was exhausted fishing jobs in
the sand were comparatively few, and no
difficulty was experienced in getting to the
bottom Of it. The Oakdale Oil Company is
fishing in Nos. and Wallace and No. 8
Sturgeon.
Mankedick Well Reported Big.
twas reported yesterday that the Willow
Grove Oil Company's well, on the Manke-
dick farm back of Willow Grove, was drilled
deeper and was making IS barrels an hour.
The report could not be confirmed at a late
hour last evening. 1t had been making
from $50 to It's barrels day.
Stafford Clark & Co.'S well, on the Fara-
day lot at Willow Grove, was reported to be
doing from $50 to 700 barrels day from the
Gordon sand.
Phillips & Co. have started to build rig
for their No. / on the Shieb farm at Mo-
Curdy.
Greenlee & Forst's No on the Wade farm
was just on top of the sand yesterday after
noon. 1t is located south of Mcdonald STA
ton.
Learn & Burson win not drill their well on
the postoffce lot ut Willow Grove into the
Gordon sand until tomorrow.
Gufey, Murphy & Galey's No. T. on the
Mcconnell heirs property, is through the
Gordon sand and no good IL that formation.
The same parties have started Nos. l. and
on the Glenn farm, located near the rail-
road, between Oakdale and Willow Grove.
Backus Co.'S No. 8, on the Henry Shafrer
farm, in southwest McCurdy, is in the sand
and hlled up 1,s0O feet with oil.
Good Gasser Near Parnsssus.
The West Penn Gas Company has just I'M
fshed up big gas well on the Anderson
farm, in Westmoreland county, and seven
miles east OF Parnassus.
A rig is being built for the Versailles No.
on the Forger farm at McKeesport.
Chambers & McKee's No. 1 on the Leonard
farm, three miles north ofJeannette Is down
400 feet; No. 2 is rigging up and rig is being
built for No. 8.
Russell & McMullen are down 1000 feet in
their No. on the wettengel farm No. Sis
rigging up; a rig is being built for No. 4, and
location made for No. 8.
Patterson & Jones' No. on the Shaffer
farm is delayed by a lost bit. 1t is down 500
feet. They are fishing for set of broken
jars in their No Kelso at 800 feet. Their
No Shaffer is being rigged up, and rig is
being built for No. Mccurdy. The same
Finch, west of McCurdy.
Work at Independence.
IsDEPENDENcE-There is considerable drill
ing going on around here notwithstanding
the fact that that nothing big has yet been
struck. Fritz & Samuels have secured a
block OF coo acres northeast OF the town and
are building rig on the Leggett Bros. farm
near the coal mines, a quarter of mile
from the village. They will locate their No.
2 on the Stewart farm half a mile northeast,
early next week. -s.-
Forst & Greenlee have completed rig on
the BeaH Knot farm and will commence
spudding next week.
Carr Bros well on the Beall farm is
through the Gordon and fourth sands. They
got an excellent quality OF both and some
oil in the Gordon. Davis & Co. are drilling
at 900 feet in their No. Mcconnell. They
are delayed at present by heavy vein of
salt water Mellon Wilson & Co.'S well on
the Boles farm is drilling at 1000 feet. 1t is
located three-quarters of o mile southeast of
the town.
Reported Consolidation Denied.
There was a report current yesterday that
W. L. Melons pipe line and the Producers
pipe line had been consolidated. The re-
port started from the fact that a line has Just
been laid from MELONS pump station at Cora |
opolis to the Producers tanks at the same |
place. Mr.. Mellon said last evening that the |
rumor was without foundation and that the |
line had been laid at Coraoplis for trans
ferring some oil which he had bought from |
the Producers, as the latter had o tank |
cars and no means Of shipping 1t. Mr.. Mel |
lon owns about 200 tank cars and has go |
leased.
The receipts OF the Producers Pine Line |
for January were Is, 46S. Stock same, ship
ments none.
Production and the Guaces.
The production yesterday morning was
reported to have gone up 500 barrels, or to
'O,C0o The hourly gauges yesterday were
Is follows: Jennings, Guffey & Co.'S Ne. 8
Matthews, 25: Heron MOI. 25 Heron No. 4,
10; Guffey & Queens Nos. and 2 Wetmore,
Nos. and Boyce, so; Oakdale
)il Companys No. Morgan heirs, Is; Nos 9
md 8 Baldwin, 55; Nos. l and 2 Wallace. 40;
80, 600; stock in the field, 81, GOO.
The runs OF the Southwest Pennsylvania |
Pipe Line Company from Mcdonald Thurs
lay were 27,3l5: outside Of Mcdonald, 1l,910; |
National Transit, shipments, 10452. Buck
'ye runs. s7,sl5; shipments. 46.l7s; Macks-
burg runs, l.o94. southern Pipe Line
shipments, 1851. New York Transit Com
,any shipments, 49, A9 barrels. Eureka runs,
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