Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-19
SEVERAL GOOD WELLS.
Fifth and Gordon at Mcdonald, and
Big Injun at Sistersville.
THESE STRATA ARE PRODUCTIVE.
McDonalds Output Increased to 24,50O Ear.
rels Yesterday.
SOME FOURTH SAND OIL AT VENICE

/ Win q lew gOOu Wells anu SuOWcu budt IL Il
still holding its own without a challenge
from any other quarter. Sistersville also
popped to the front with good we'll and is
| attracting as much attention as any field in
| the list.
The big wells at Mcdonald were divided
between the fifth and the Gordon sands
Friday, Keil & Co.'S No. 8, on the Robb
heirs farm, south of Willow Grove about
| Q mile and not over !, 200 feet northwest of
the Meise, was making at late hour Fri
| day night 80 barrels an hour as was reported
exclusively in The DISPATCH. 1t fell of
a little yesterday afternoon, but at o'clock
was reported to be doing 10 barrels an
hour, and was given in the list of big wells
by the pipe line gauges as good for 30 an
hour. 1t is located about 800 feet west OF
the Forest Oil Company's big well on the
Another big well brought in yesterday
was the Forest Oil Company's No. 2 on the
McClelland farm. 1t Is located only q short
distance east of Oakdale, and according to
hour. For short time yesterday morning
it made as high rs 100 barrels an hour, and
this well would seem to open up quite
little fifth sand belt in the neighborhood of
Oakdale, as 1t is nearer the latter place than
any other producer which has been drilled.
Some wells have been put down west Of
u,
case they have been light producers.
OakdaIe May Be In Line.
It is not at all improbable that there may
be a streak running through Oakdale which
will connect the McClelland well with the
gushers found south OF line between Oak
dale and Noblestown.
Southwest of Mcdonald station the Wheel
ing Gas Company's No. on the Springer
farm has been drilled into the Cord on sand,
and is estimated as good for from $50 to l40
barrels Of oil . day.
Their No. on the Robbins was shot and
the tubing collapsed. They were trying TO
get 1t out yesterday, but according to The
last reports, had been unsuccessful.
The same company's No. on the GLADDEN.
farm is shut down on top of the sand, on ac-
count Of the fire at the Royal Gas Company's
No. on the N. g. Cook farm, only a few
hundred feet distant, where 80 men were
seriously burned last week. Their No. on
the Gif1n farm at Venice Is in the 50-foot,
which is the gas sand in that region, and it
is showing only small amount of gas. 1t
will be drilled on down TO the Gordon sand.
Borcbert & Co. recently completed a dry
hole in u farm located about q mile south OF
Venice.
The Philadelphia Gas Company's well on
the Harper properly, i'll Venice, Is good for
the same as the caliber of the Royal Gas
Company's well on the Moore. struck sew
eral months ago. They get their oil in the
The Wheeling Gas Company has let con-
tract to the Hall Steam Pump Works, of AL
legheny, for two gas pumps and engines to
be used in bringing the gas from their wells
in the Taylorstown fields.
Operations Active at Venice.
There are a number of wells due next
week in the suburbs of Venice. They are
all being drilled for gas which the owners
expect to find in the 6O-foot sand, which lies
between the l00-toot and the Gordon sands
The fourth sand In which the oil has been
found In this region is between the Gordon
or third and the fifth sands.
Marshall, Kennedy q Co.'S No. 2, on the
Roy lease, located about 1000 ieet southeast
OF Noblestown, Is in the fifth sand, but at q
late hour last evening it was not showing
for much Of u producer.
Mercer McClurg's No. on the Guy lot,
just west OF Oakdale, should be In the fifth
sand early this week. 1t is making 80 barrels
. day from the Gordon sand.
Guffey, Russell, McMullen & Co.'S No. L. on
the Wettengel lease, is due in the fifth sand
Tuesday. 1t is located about q quarter of u
mile northwe of Oakdale.
The No. on the Shaffer farm, in the west
ern part OF the McCurdy pool, is in the 100.
foot sand, and may reach the fifth the last
OF this week.
Greenlee 4 Forst's No. on the Wade
tion, is down 800 feet. Their No. on the
Wade was due to get the Gordon, the produc-
ing sand in this section, last evening.
CoRAoPoLIs-The Lawrence Gas Company
has just started to drill a well about 2T
miles southwest of this place. The Phila-
delphia Gas Company has completed three
rigs around Sharon Posroffice, In the Moon
field. southwest OF Coraopolis. and will drill
for gas.
EThe Manufacturers Gas Company has:com-
pleted big pump station in the Linden
field, near Sodom.
Robson & Stewards No. on the Mccoy
farm, in northeast McCurdy, is down 200
feet. In the same locality the Philadelphia
Company is drilling on the Leech farm, the
Peetrie, and the Gale farms.
Oil at sistersville.
sIsrERsvILLE-Thep production of this field
was very materially increased yesterday by
a sOO-barrel we'll which was brought in on
the Ludolph farm. 1t belongs to the Kama
wha and the Miller's Run Oil Company, and
is located on the Ohio side of the river.
about mile northwest from Twitchell 4
big well on the Stewart farm.
The Ludolph we'll fs between a gasser on
the Charles Colvin farm and a 90 barrel we'll
on the Jarrett Colvfn property. By accurate
It Is q little south of direct
line between the two wells just named. 1t
is an absolute surprise, as it was generally
supposed that this territory was good for |
less than 100 barrels a day.
Mr.. Hatfield said yesterday in speaking OF |
the Sistersville field: II seems that the |
older well gets in this field the better 1t is.
For instance, wells which were brought in |
six months ago, at from rs to 80 barrels |
day, are now making from IS To so barrels |
day as the salt water Is becoming e1-
The well Gillespie OF Bros. in the eastern /
horizon OF this field is on the Lowry instead
Of the Roonie farm, as reported yesterday.
1t is good for at least us barrels day.
Ludwig & MONEYS No. on the Dunfer |
farm, mile east of Sistersville, is due this
week. 1t is an important we'll OH account Of
it's location.
The field is rapidly widening, and no one
will venture to predict what dimensions 1t
will assume when its limits are ultimately
defined.
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
4, 500 or 1,5OO more than the day before. The
hourly gauges were rs follows: 'Lyncn &
Co.'s No. 1 Meise, %: ]. NJ Guffey & Co.'S
No. 7Mankedick, 25; Fitzgibbons & Co.'s No.
Walker, 80; Brown, Robson & Co.'S No. 8
McMurray. 20; Oakdale Oil Company's No. 2
35; No. McClelland, so; Forst &
Sreenlee's No. Kirk. 20: No. 8 McMurray, 30;
friday, Keil s Co.'S No. 3, Mrs. Robb, So
The stocks at the wells are reported at
Is, 900 barrels. The runs from Mcdonald
were 2i,7J6 barrels. Outside OF
Mcdonald the Southwest Pipe Line runs
we're 1856. National Transit runs, 36,4s7
hiplnents, 1886; New York Transit runs
i 1888; Southern Pipe. Line. 1892: Eureka
.uns, $3.50; shipments, 2,l64; buckeye ship
nents of Lima oil, 4s,s12; Buckeye runs of
lima oil, 4o.4l9 barrels; Macksburg runs,
The Tidewater Pipe Line runs were 5.933;
verage, 4, l23; total, 65 9S2: shipments, q 1861;
verage, 9.Sl3: total, $4,000.
development of o little pool in this locality. |
which is three miles west of Mcdonald on |
lie Panhandle Railroad. Smith & Co. have
truck a lO0.barrel we'll on the Kress farm, |
fact n ct tnff fha vnlI dTill lR1 on IA |