Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-27
ONE M'D0NALD WELL.
Forest Oil Company Gets Producer
on the McGill Farm.
GETTING OIL AND GAS AHEAD.
The Outlook Considered Good for New Pool
in Rutler County.
REPORTS FROM SCATTERED WELLS

evening it was making 80 barrels an houl
1t entered the fifth sand early yesterda
morning and for the first four or five screw
it was showing for almost a duster. Th
pav was tapped later in the day. The we
is located about a mile east of north fror
Oakdale
The production of the field fell 500 barrel
yesterday and closed at $4,000. The Fores
Oil Company's No. / Jane Stewart, whic
has produced over 100000 barrels, wa
dropped from the list of those making 9
barrels an hour, but their Jane McGill No.
was added
wells given in the list at the foot OF thi
column are being kept up by nitro-slycel
inc, or almost daily agitation. For thi
reason it is claimed that almost 3,G0O barrel
of the production OF the field may be terme'
an efferveScPnt output
J. VI. G1ffey & Co.'S No. on the Man
kedic6 farm. which is still making SO barrel
an hour from the Gordon, may be drille'
deeper to-day, when the owners expect tina
il will show a big increase.
Their Nos and on this farm should b.
in the Gordon next week, and their No. 10 i
now being drilled. They expect to pu
down a couple more wells on this farm.
J. NJ Gufley & Co. are drilling two well
on the Saane farm, located directly south
east about a third or a mile from Lynch
Buchheit & Co.'S big Gordon sander on tht
Meise farm.
Success in Southwest Territory.
The Wheeling Gas Company and its pro
duciug end, the Venture OIL Company, are
meeting with success in their south
western ventures. The Wheeling was
one of the first companies to go into
the re~ion southwest of Mcdonald
1t opered up the big Gordon well on the w,
B. Moorhead. and has put down test wells
over big block of land which has never
Jailed thus lar to bring in producer, or a
The Wheeling's No. j, on the j. P. Scott
fRrn, was drilling in the 50-foot sand yester.
day and had a fair showing of gas in that
foTma tion.
Tle,rNo. /, on the Richard GLADDEN. farm,
is til ough the 50-foot and is a nice gasser.
1t is being drilled on down to the lower
sands. They are drilling two other wells on
this farm. On the Robbins farm their No. ]
is through the Gordon sand. They we're
putting in four-inch casing yesterday and
will pack off the gas, after which the well
will be put down to the fifth sand.
The Wheelings No. ., on the W. B. Moor
head iarm, is through the 50-foot sand, in
which only light gas pressure was encoun-
tered. 1t is being drilled to the third. Their
No. on the Springer farm is down about
1890 feet
They intended to shoot their No j on the
Woods fnrn south of Laurel Hill yesterday
afternoon. This well was drilled early last
fall. The three gassers which the Wheeling
Is drilling near Venice are each down about
900 feet. Theyare located on the Patterson,
May Trove a New Pool.
What may prove to be the initial well in a
new Butler county pool Will be developed
within the next three or four days 1t be-
longs TO john NJ. Patterson & Co., and is
located on the Phillip Nagel farm. within a
mile and half of Portersville, Muddy Creek
township. 1t is in the western part of the
county. and at a distance from any other
developments. Yesterday the well was re-
kind of n showing for producer from that
formation. PorJersville is about eight miles
due north of the Harmony field, 10 miles
north of west from Butler, and l. miles
southeast from New Castle.
Golden, Husselson & Kelly are getting
ready to start we'll on the Duncan farm a
mile northwest of Pottersville This is also
a rank wildcat.
The Forest Oil Company's No. 2. on the
James McGrcgor farm, north o. Oakdale, is
duo to get the fifth sand tomorrow.
The ZieEler farm well of T. w. Phillips, at
brownsville, Butler county, is in showing for
a well. There is a rig up for No. on tho
same iarn. John Arters & Co. have drilled
well on the Moon farDl, four miles north OF
Butler, through all sands, and il is dry.
Root Co.'S venture on the Fogle. south
the first of next week.
Test Wen Above Perrysville.
Unknown parties are starting a test well
on the Emmett property, located five miles
northeast OF Perrysville.
SIsrERvILLE-J- NJ Guffev & Co. have
started a well on the Ohio side of the river
The well on the George Stocking lot is a
good punper. The well on the Rev. George
Stewart lot above town is showing for a pro-
ducer. A rig is being built on the T. J.
Deloe lot below town.
The Kanawha Oil Company has rig up on
the z. ID. johnson farm, below the dry hole
which Duel & johnson drilled on the Pfeil
farm
s. NJ. Manson. rig builder. was struck by
an accommodation train near Willow Grove
yesterday morning and instantly killed. He
vas 80 years of age, married, and leaves
three children. When killed he was on his
way to Noblestown, where he had COM
menced to build house. He has been in
the lower oil country for several years, and
formerly lived in Franklin
The Crescent Pipe Line had l60 miles of its
telegraph line up yesterday, and IS miles of
pipe screwed together.
The Mcdonald Gauges
The following estimates were submitted
by the gaugers of the Southwestern Penn
sylvania Pipe Line Company:
The production of the field was $4,000, or
500 less than the day before. The hourly
gauges were as follows: Matthew'S No g. 20:
Forest Oil Companys No. Jane McGill. 30:
Lynch & Co.'S No. Meise, 80: Morgan No. 2,
IS; Brown, Robson s Co.'S No. McMurray,
Gutiey & Co.'s No. I Mankedick. Is: No. / Nc
MichaeI, 20: Peoples Gas Companys No. l2s
McMurray. 90 Forst & Greenlec, No. Nc
Murray, 80. Production, $4,000. Stock in
field, 81 900.
The runs Of the Southwestern Pannsvlva-
mia Pipe Line Cnmnany from Mcdonald
Wednesday wore 2, ,OS5; outside of Mcdonald,
sill The National Transit runs were
5i,aZ7: shipments, 1904. New York Transit |
were 81 404. Macksbury division |
OF the Buckeye Pipe Line Company, 1907. |
Buckeye rms, 45 l53: shipments A0S7. |
Soutnerr Pipe Line shipments, 6, ,s02 Eureka |
runs, 9S5; shipments, 1854 |