Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-18
IT IS ONLY SPRAYING.
The McGarr Well Has Not Been
Drilled and Is Not Flowing.
SMALL PRODUCERS YESTERDAY.
Mellon Denies That the Standard Has
Made 0vertures to Him.
OIL FOR FUEL STILL BEING ADVOCATED

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tention, however, to start the drill to-day
and ascertain whether it will improve with
deeper drilling.
There were reports published in a couple
of papers yesterday that it is making from
800 to 400 barrels day, having drilled
itself In. Two tanks of oil were said to
have been run from it. Both of these
statements were without foundation. Not
barrel of oil has been run from the
| tanks. There are two 250-barrel tanks, and
| one 600-barrel tank on the lease, and the
| latter is not connected with the well.
| In each of the 250- barrel tanks are about
150 barrels of oil, total of 800 barrels,
which has been sprayed out since the sand
was tapped a couple of weeks ago. 1t is
still spraying from 20 to % barrels a
| day, and is also strong gasser.
The well is being closely watched by par
| ties who are interested in the vicinity and if
it should prove to be well it will cause an
increase in activity in that part of the field.
Patterson & Jones are getting out timber for
their No 2 on this farm, and other opera
tors are preparing to drill on adjoining
leases.
VIII Be Drilled in To-Day.
The Forest Oil Company's No. on the
E. Wright, which was shut down on the top
of the fifth Monday on account of the boiler
giving out, will be drilled in to-day. The
company's No. on the j. NJ. Glenn, north
OF Willow Grove mas been drilled into the
sand and will be small well.
Their No on the Martha Wright, which
had declined to 100 barrels an hour yester-
day afternoon, will be drilled deeper into
the sand this morning. They expect to
reach the Gordon sand to-day in their No.
4, on the John Mcdonald Glenn.
The Devonian Oil Company's No. 5, on
the Morgan Elliott farm, located between
their No and the Benner Oil Companv's
sand and showing light. Their No. 8, on
the Boyce farm, is on top of the Gordon
sand. ti4
II. 6. Gillespie & Co. are starting
well on the j. 7. Gormley farm.
patterson & Jones are rigging up their
No on the McCurdy, and No. 2 on the
Finch farm.
The Bear Creek Oil Company is starting
to build rig on the Lorain farm, west of
the McGarr property.
Gutfey, Jennings & W. S. Guffey are
down 500 feet on the Mrs. McMasters'
farm. q.
Hirsh & Co. are spudding in their No.
on the Fife farm, and have made location
for No. g.
Stewart & Co. are building rig on the
Mrs. McMasters farm, and will start to
drill in few days on the J. d. Robb, 12O
rods southwest Of the Martha Wright.
The McMurray to Be, Shot.
Guffey, Murphy & Galeys' No. 12, on the
Sam Sturgeon farm, is in the Gordon sand
and showing for 200 barrels day, and their
No. Z, on this farm, is drilling on the top of
the Gordon.
Brown, Robson s. Co. intend to drill their
well, on the McMurray property at Mobiles
town, through the sand to-day and if it does
not improve they will shoot it tomorrow.
1t is making 125 barrels day.
The Oakdale Oil Company is building rigs
for Nos. 2, 3, 4 and 5 on the Gormley farm
Learn. & Brueson's well, at Willow |
Grove. is good for from $50 to 400 barrels
day from the Gordon sand
The Oakdale got the shot off in its No 5 |
John Wetmore yesterday. The glycerine
was put in several days ago, but cave oc-
Cured Immediately afterward, and the ''go- |
devil would not go down. At imminent |
risk of running the we'll they run the tools, |
broke the bridge and succeeded in getting |
the shot off without making Junk of the bit |
and auger stem. 1t bridged over after the
shot, and has not yet been cleaned out.
Stewart, Robson & Co. have sold their
SdsSCA oH luc IuCSoy ldrIl, nOTUneaSG OF
McCurdy, to Charles Lockhard, who is Law
ing line from it to his mill at CHARTERS.
1t has minute pressure of almost $50
pounds, and its price was more than four
times the cost of drilling the well.
e. ID. Robbins has sold one-half interest
in the j. I. McMichael farm, adjoining the
Martha Wright on the west, to the Forest
Oil Company for $4,000. j. M. Guffey
owns the other half.
Nitro-GIycerine Shooters Busy.
The nitro-glycerine men in the McDon-
aid field claim that they are buster now
than they have been at any time in the his
tory of the pool. The producers are using
every effort to keep up the production of
their wells and instinctively resort to glycer-
Inc. 1t has little effect, however. on wells
which have been big producers and then
suddenly stopped. Where well produced
thousands of barrels day for weeks and
months it naturally drained all of the sand
for hundreds of acres around, and all the
ylycerine which could be poured into the
hole will not bring it to life again.
SISTERSvILLE-Shav & Smiths well in
Sstersville is in the sand and showing for
small well. 1t is filled up with salt water
out they are drilling for third pay If it
S not found an effort will be made to ex-
,aust the water by pumping. 1t is the
econd well on the Virginia side of the river
It this point.
Mellon Declares 1t Was a Fake.
There have been many stories going the
ounds among oil men recently in regard to
,ipe line deals. They have all been not
'nly mysterious, but turned out to be
Mythical.
The pinnacle Of imagery was reached,
however, yesterday when a morning
PAPER published a story to the effect
hat the Standard Oil Company had
'fered w. L. Mellon & Co. S4, ,O0O, 900 for
heir pipe lines and oil territory. The offer
vas reported to have been refused, as Mel
on & Co. were said to be unwilling to part
With their holdings for less than So, 600, 000
The story created considerable comment
mong producers who had contemplated
litching on to Melons lines. They were
Inclined to hold off until the story should
'e denied or verified, as one Of them said:
We do not want to connect to MELONS
ines and then be dumped back Immediately
nto the Southwest Pennsylvania lines"
When asked about the report last even
ng, Mr.. Mellon replied: 'It is fake, pure
nd simple. There have been no negotia-
ions between the Standard and myself, and
do not know what gave rise to the re-
,ort'
A pipe line man said, in speaking of the
tory: Sin the first place the figures are en-
irely too high. -Four million dollars would
lmost build two pipe lines between this
itv aud, the seaboard, with everything com
leted. MELONS lines are only local ones,
unning between Pittsburg and the McDon-
Id oil field, with two or three small pump