Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-16

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weeks, make all preparations for handling
40, 600 or $4,000 barrels of oil a day. Will
a gang of about 300 men, they have laid il
the aggregate 20 miles Of pipe Throughout
the teld. They now have three
large stations in operation. The first
! in the town of Mcdonald has capacity Of
5000 barrels day; the second at Willow
Grove, half a mile northeast of Mcdonald
has capacity of 1000 barrels day; and
the last at Gregg Station, mile northeast
OF Oakdale, can pump away 1000 barrels
day. They have completed three iron
tanks at Gregg Station, and altogether leave
finished, and in course of contraction, tank
age for over 500, 900 barrels of OIL The main
stations pump the oil into the large
storage tanks and to the trunk lines. There
are three stations termed local stations,
which send the oil to the main stations.
One of these is on the Heron farm back OF
Noblestown and below the Matthews well,
and has sc, 900 barrels day capacity. The
second is ON the Robinson farm, near
Elliott No. 1, with a capacity OF
10000 barrels a day, and they are
completing one with capacity of 5000 bar
rels day on the Baldwin farm, below
Baldwin No. 1. They have in use from 40
to 50 small duplex pumps scattered through
out the field to take the oil from the wells
to the local stations. There are 16 pumps
at the main stations, each of which can
pump away from 200 to over 900 barrels an
hour. The steam to run these pumps
is generated in 16 boilers of S5 horse power
each; and 10, 25 horse power boilers. -Four
stationary boilers of so horse power each
are now being put up at Gregg station. The
same size battery is also being set up down
at Mcdonald. There are at present one
Ir1aI i 8 t,nh1 linz
ming from the field to the main lines, and
another four inch line will soon be COM
pleted.
Best Time in the Field.
The best time claimed by any drillers in
the field is 291% days. So far this is the
shortest on record, and was made by d. S.
10y and Charles Waite on the Connell
farm back of Noblestown. They drilling
for Russell & McMullen, contractors. The
well unfortunately was small one.
Gauges of the Wells.
The following is an hourly gauge of the
wells taken yesterday morning: Matthews,
200; Bell, $50; Bell No. 2, $50; Heron, $50;
Baldwin, $50; Forst g. Greenlee, 240; Elliott
No. 1, 140, Elliott No. 3, 225; Sam Sturgeon,
16O; Sturgeon heirs, 80; Miller No. l, 100;
Miller Nos. and 3, 100; NJ. Robb, 80;
Mevey, 25 Fayall No. ., %; CHARTERS No
3, 20.
Sale of Gas Territory.
WEST ELIzABETH-John A. Snee, of
PittsBhrg, has purchased a one-half inter-
est in the Maple farm, one mile south of
here, for S21 900. The tract consists of II
acres; 1t is fine bottom land, and lies along
the Pittsburg, Virginia and Charleston
Railroad. Mr.. Snee bought it for specula-
tive purposes, it is understood, although it
is good gas territory.
Little Activity at Present.
THORN RUN-There is little of the activ-
ity noticed in this field to-day which was
apparent three months ago. Coraopolis,
Moon and Thorn Run are at present on the
retired list. These three fields with the
Cliff Mines 10O-foot pool made 1000 bar
rels during the month of July, which was
the highest point they ever attained. They
are now making about 41,000 barrels a
month, or less than Mcdonald does in
single day. Mellon & Emerson have start
ed to drill No. on the Ritter farm. The
Galley Bros. are drilling on the Watson
property, and the Coraopolis Oil Company
is building rig for its No. 2 on the Watson
lot.
Its Glory Is Gone.
WAsHINGToN-Therea are only two wells
of any importance now drilling in this
field. These are the Washington Oil Com
pany's No Z on the H. C. Noble farm, which
is down 900 feet, and their No. 9 on the
same farm, which has a bad fishing job at
2, 500 feet tbs once magnificent field is
practically dead. Its glories have departed,
and never again will it enjoy the boom and
splendor which enveloped it few short
of ba ornif
of its career no oil field in the country
rivaled it. Standing alone, as it did in the
southwest, it toyed with the affections of
the operators and they bowed to its every
whim. 1t can never regain its prestige,
some more drilling NAV be done
when the price of crude goes up. Standing
isolated and alone, without an outlet, it is
gradually sinking again into the depths of
oblivion where it was hidden before the oil
men discovered it. When the history of
tine oil country is written Washington will
be given prominent place in its pages, and
it will always live in the memory of oil
men as a field which during its existence
eclipsed all others.
Work in Advance.
Since the Rend we'll is showing up in the
fifth sand the wildcat wells to the south and
southwest of Mcdonald have commenced to
attract more attention than usual An out
let for the Mcdonald pool is looked for in
that direction. There are at least score of
ventures under way in entirely new territory,
and some of these ought to strike the
belt, providing, of course, that there is any
to strike. Guckert & Learn have well drill
ing at $50 feet on the Reed farm, four miles
south of Mcdonald, which they located on
a 45-degree line northeast from the Gordon
sand pool at Bridgeville, and half way be-
tween Mcdonald and Morganza on q As
degree line. 1t is also on a direct north
line from the Washington field.
They have block of 900 acres around it.
The Wheeling Gas Company has a well
down 800 feet on the Moore farm, and a
short distance south of the Moore farm we'll
they are drilling on the Patterson farm at
500 feet. A mile southwest of Mcdonald
the Wheeling Gas Company has a well
down ], 400 feet on the W. B. Moorhead
farm.
Will Push Operations.
BUSH CREEK-The lease of the Nesbit
farm, containing 20 acres, has been purchased
from Fowler & Co. by the Galley Bros for
81 900. 1t is east of Hendersonville about
three quarters of mile. Galley Bros. have
! rig up already and are preparing to push
operations in this locality as fast as possi-
Die.
Oil in Beaver County.
BEAVER FALLs-Last evening the Brady
Run Oil Company struck oil on their well
IN the CIeis farm, about two miles west of
this place, at depth of 900 feet. The own
RS believe the we'll is, good for 20 barrels
per day at the present depth, but they will
lrill deeper. A great deal of excitement is
among the farmers at the unex-
,ected strike.
Yesterdays Market Features.
About Il OGO barrels changed hands. The