Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-25
GORDON T0THE FRONT.
Another Big Third Sander Struck
South OF Willow Grove.
THE PRODUCTION BROUGHT UP.
List Of Wells Which Have Been Finished
on the Monongahela
OIL FOUND IN A NEW YORK WILDCAT

The Gordon sand in the section south Of
Willow Grove is coming rapidly to the
front as frst-class producing territory.
Last fall no one could be induced to look
at this stuff, bu since the Meise farm well
came in SO big none of the neighboring
farms can be leased for less than a sma II
fortune.
Another big we'll was opened in this sand
yesterday morning. 1t is ]. NJ. Gutfey & Co. Is
No. Z on the Mankedick farm, and Is located
9 500 feet south of the Willow Grove railroad d
station. Yesterday morning at early
hour it was drilled into the third sand, and
according to the first reports it started OF at
IS barrels an hour.
The pipe line gauges report it to be doing
so barrels an hour. There are other Gordon
wells within a short distance of it, but none
of them are anywhere near as large as the
one struck yesterday.
The estimated production of the field yes
was SCo snan ths
while the reports for yesterday morning
place it at 23 500.
Besides the well on the Mankedick farm
two others were placed in the list of those
making 20 barrels an hour or more. These
we're j. NJ. Guffey 4 Co.'S No. 2 McMichael
reported at 20 an hour, and the Peoples Gas
Company's No. 1913 on the McMurray farm.
which was shot and brought up to 25 an
hour.
What the Guages Show.
The nine wells in the gauges at the foot of
this column foot up $50 barrels an hour, and
5000 a day. This will leave the other 4j0
wells in the field doing only II, 500 barrels, an
average of fraction less than SO barrels
day for each.
The Peoples Gas Company is starting con-
siderable new work in the McDona d field.
They are drilling No. 124, McDonald; No. 139.
on the Wallace & Miller lease, which should
the McMurray farm. Their No. l42, on the
McMurray, located back of Oakdals, should
get the fifth next Monday.
~ The asa same company has located -, No; lSs lon on
Guthrie & Patterson, and No l4s on the Nc
Murray. The rigs are being built for their
Nos. 45 Mcdonald, l46 McMurray, and l47 on
the Mankedick farm. The rigs are up for
their Nos. 14s on the Miller and Wallace
lease and IA on the Wallace farm.
They have started to spud in their No. 1l
so producing wells in the Mcdonald field,
and two gas wells. The latter are No. l29 on
the Vincent Miller farm, and No. 1876 on the
McCandless.
Jane Stewart No. 2 Has OIL.
The Forest Oil Company's No. 2, on the
Jane Stewart farm, was reported early yes
terday morning to be making 25 barrels an
hour from the top of the sand. Later this
was found to be nearer than 25 an hour.
Gormley farm, has Il set of tools stuck in the
top OF the fifth sand. 1t Is making go barrels
q day from the stray, however.
There is an Oil well reported in wildcat
territory four miles from Andover, N. Y. 1t
is on the Pease farm on the Greenwood
road and the hole is reported to be full of
oil. 1t will be shot in few days and the
owners and neighbors believe that they will
get gusher. There is great excitement in
the region over the strike and already farm
ers have commenced to put up prices on
their lands.
John A. Snee is doing lot of drilling up
the Monongahela. His Woodward No. l, on
the east side of the West Elizabeth, is down
!, 200 feet: No. 2 Woodward is 300 feet deep
and an is building N rig for for No. No Wright.
On the west side of the river, his Bicker-
ton No. is good gasser. 1t is 1859 teet
deep. No. Bickerton is a big gasser at 2,5so
feet. No. 8 has some gas, also Wray No. l
and q and Peterson No. l.
some on on the Monongahela.
A little oil was found in r. Bickerton No.
No. l and Large No. l are gassers, but Large
No. 9 was abandoned at 1850 feet.
His Tepe No. / is 2,5S5 feet deep, and is
pumping Is barrels of oil a day. Nos. 1and2
Wylie are producing some gas. No. 8 is fish
ing at 2,470 feet, and No. 4 Is a big gasser. His
No. Cohnelly is big gasser. and No.2 is
SS~h So I's iess stiliey lev % Was abandoneg R ID med i at
a7lo feet. No. Pierce was dry
at. s,s75 feet and was abandoned
No. /, at the Forks of the Road, is down 20o
feet. No. Gilmore was put down 2. $50 feet
and abandoned. No. Dean is big gasser
at 2, 500 feet and No. . is drilling at 500 feet.
No. l Roberts is gasser at $500 feet.
The Philadelphia Company has big gasser
in stilley, No. l, at e,545 feet. No. is a
gasser and No was plugged at 2,640 feet.
No; isa big gasser, but No. was plugged
at 1850 feet.
u. NJ hoI 0sI
was abandoned at 2,eS2 feet Their No.
Stevens and No. Jones are shut in. There
Is some oil in each. The Stevens well is
down 1850 and the Jones 2,465 feet. The
Glass Company Is fishing at 1880
feet on the Campbell farm.
Joseph Walton & Co. have abandone
their well on the Walton farm at 2,67S feet.
Tho Mcdonald Gauges
The following estimates were submitted
by the gaugers of the Southwestern Penn
sylvania Pipe Line Company:
The production of the field was % 500. or
500 more than the day before. The hourly
gauges we're as follows: Matthews No. 8, 20;
Forest Oil Company's No. Jane Stewart, 20;
Lynch & Co.'S No. Meise, 80: Morgan No. 2,
35; Brown, Robson & Co. No. McMurray,
Is; -MaIarkey & Co.'S No. Freeman, 95; j. NJ.
Guffey & Co.'S No. MankeGick. so: No. Nc
Michae,, 20; Peoples Gas Company's No. l2S
McMurray, %. Production, 2S,5Oo. Stock in
field, 81 600.
The runs OF the southwestern fennSVlV0-
MIA Pipe Line Company from Mcdonald
were c2,271; outside of Mcdonald,
a. I4S. The National Transit runs were
Il ,O22: shipments, 9,aA. New York Transit
shipments were 30,5s6. Macksburg division
If the Buckeye Pipe Line Company, 1885
rms, 49.52S: shipments, 8, $685.
Pipe Line shipments, SIS. Eureka
runs, s,0S6.
Yesterdays Market Features.
Trading was lighter than the day before,
when it reached 194, 900 barrels. The market
nadlittle support, and was weak at the fin |
sh, which was at the lowest point of the |
lay and big fraction under the opening. |
Opening and highest -575<c; lowest and |
.lose, 5611c. Daily average runs, 1871 bar.
.els: daily average shipments, 70, ,90l barrels. |
Refined was unchanged |
OIL CITY, May 24.-National Transit certifl- |
,ates opened at 573sc; highest, b7ssc; lowest,
100000 barrels; Shipments 81, ,4S4
,arres; runs, 81, ,S44 barrels.
NEW York, May 24.-Petroleum was very
narrow; opening steady; declined No on
mall sales and closed steady. Pennsylvania
,il, spot sales. none; June option sales. 5000
barrels: opening. 565sc: highest, 56Mc: low
st, 56sSc; closing, $3.50. Lima oil, no sales.
Total sales, 5000 barrels.
MAnE THEM CI.EAN HOusE