Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-12
TWO MEDIOCRE WELLS.
No Gushers at Mcdonald, and the
Production Drops Again.
SAND DUE In FOUR HOLES TODAY.
Record of Southwest Wildcat Wells Fur
nished by an Expert.
DECEMBER PIPE. LINE STATEMENTS

them may, however, be drilled deeper into
the sand, and each may be improved. The
first was that of Guffey, Jennings & Co. OF
the Matthews farm. 1t is their No
4, and last evening was reported tc
be in the top of the sand, ant
showing for only 100 barrels a day.
The sand is exceedingly hard and may
not yield any more oil than it is doing al
! present. The well is located north of the
original Matthews we'll nearly half mile
near the boundary of the Gormley farm, and
has never been looked upon as prom
The other well belongs to the
Oakdale Oil Company, and is
known as their No. on the Baldwin farm.
1t is on the northern part of the farm and
near the Hutchinson property. Last evening
it was reported to be good for not more than
I 125 barrels dav. 1t is nearly 1000 feet
north of the Baldwin No. 1, which has pro-
duced almost 100000 barrels of oil.
Crowley Bros well at Willow Grove was
reported to be showing up for at least 200
barrels day.
There was no change yesterday in the
Wheeling Gas Company's well on the
Woods farm, south of Laurel Hill. Guck-
ert & Learn and the Jennings Bros. well
on the Reed farm, located nearly a mile
southeast of Venice, is shut down owing to
the crown sheet in the boiler having been
burnt out. Patterson & Jones No. 6 on the
Kelso farm in southwest McCurdy was drill
| ing on top of the fifth sand last night, and
their No. is between the fourth and fifth
sands. The Forest Oil Company's No. on
the John Mcdonald Glenn farm, and their
No. on the r. W. Glenn were expected to
reach the fifth sand last evening. The Oak
dale Oil Company expects TO complete two
wells on the Wallace farm this week.
Production Still Declining.
The production of the field took another
drop yesterday and is now down to %, 600,
while the stocks in the field have been re-
duced to 20, 500. If the decline keeps on at
the present rate it will only be a few days
until it is as low as the famous Wildwood
field was a year ago. The fac. is the field
as whole is going to pieces and
no producer can count upon his wells for
more than "a hours and even the largest
wells are liable to cease flowing at any
moment, as has been repeatedly illustrated
in the past The general decline in the
production is giving the operators in the
field the blues, while those in
other territory are praying for a
dissolution of Mcdonald, believing that
thereby the market will take a jump and
land at least in the eighties.
CALLERY-The McCalmont Oil Company
and Burke's No. .. on the Tilliman farm,
has been put to pumping and is now doing
so barrels day. Lupher Bros. & Clark S
No. Martin, which is over year old, is
still making over 100 barrels day.
PARNAsSUs-The Wes. Penn Gas Com
pany is drilling test well ou the Clements
farm, and one on the Anderson, seven miles
east of this place. The Clements well is down
1000 feet and has already gone through the
Pine Run and Murravsville gas sands. They
are now drilling for the Webster sand,
which they expect to get at ., 100 feet. They
are fishing in the Clements well at 400
feet. Billy Wallis. the well-known
contractor, is putting down the wells.
An Oil Mans Demise.
Tim Mullin, Jr., died at Parkersburg, W.
Va, late Friday night of heart trouble.
He has. made and lost several fortunes in
the oil country, and was one of the most
persistent wildcatters in the bust
ness. He opened up several pools,
notably Big Shanty, south of Bradford,
and Long Run, below Macksburg, o. He
also operated extensively in West Virginia,
and for several years was in the Wyoming
fields. Few men were better known in the
oil country, and none were more generous
of age, and leaves a wife and five children.
Record of Southwest Wells.
The following interesting record of wells,
which have been completed southwest of
Mcdonald, was compiled by an expert who
presented the result of his observations to
The DISPATCH yesterday He has been
over the ground continuously for years, and
is personally acquainted with the wells to
which he refers:
Much has been said about the territory
southwest of Mcdonald, and money is being
freely spent near West Middletown and In
depence, on 4Jo line from Mcdonald. What
those people are drilling for is a mystery.
Because if they wolld only investigate they
could learn that the Gordon, fourth and
fifth sands donot exist in that neighborhood.
There is slight show for the Gantz
sand and that is all. The old McGugin gas
ser, located southwest of Hickory, is the
only profitable oil or gas well that has been
found in that direction, although several
were drilled. Intact a complete line of dry
wells has been drilled commencing az or on
the Walker farm, southwest OF the McGugin
and extending as far as West Alexander.
The famous Buchanan deep well is west
of the McGugin. The Walker well, drilled
last summer by the Royal Gas Company is
southwest; the Phillips well is on the same
line, and was drilled by the Wheeling Gas
Company, in which very little Gordon was
found, ard no fourth or fifth sand. No trace
OF Gordon, fourth or fifth was found in the
Walker well.
Only six feet of Gordon was found in the
Reed well, northwest OF Buffalo village and
no fourth or fifth sands were found. This
well was drilled by the Philadelphia Com
pany. The same company drilled well on
the j. B. Maxwell farm, west o; Buffalo VII
lage, in which very little Gordon was
found, and no fourth or fifth sands
The Rush well was drilled by Mr.. Robins in
1855. 1t was reported as good Gordon sand
well. have it from Mr.. Robins and from
two of the men who worked on the well, that
only shell was found where the Gordon
should exist. 1t had light showing of oil
and gas, and no fourth or NTH sands. No
trace of Gordon, fourth or fifth sands were
found in the Wilson well hal'-mile south of
West Middletown, which was drilled three
years ago The Patterson Mills well was
drilled by Mr.. Robins about 1888. A fair
gasser was found in the Gantz, but no Cor
Patterson bought the casing in the old we'll,
and has ever since utilized the gas from the
well to supply his dwelling.
Two years ago the Wheeling Company
drilled IL well on the Hare farm, whiclsis on
a 45-degree line from Mcdonald. Nothing
that could be called Il sand was found below
the Gnntz and so foot. Eighteen months
ago the Natural Gas Company, of West Vir-
ginia, drilled n well on the Wilson farm,
two miles south of Bethany, in which II fair
Gantz sand was found, but no Gordon
fourth or firth sands.
There is no case on record where the
fourth or fifth sand is found to exist west of
Claysville, Taylorstown or Buffalo village,
and the Gordon crops out to very thin
dimensions. Nothing worthy of the name
of sand has been found about West Alexan-
der, though several wells have been drilled.
Gauges of the Wells.
. The gauges of the wells in the Mcdonald
field yesterday which are making 20 barrels
an hour and over were as follows:
Guffey, Jennings & Co.'S No. l Mathews,