Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-26

| III bHe gauges DelOW. 1HeSe cdu all
give thanks for the tavors which fortune has
seen mt to bestow upon them. They are not
drop in the bucket, however, to the hun
dreds, or rather thousands, of operators in
In the upper fields who are grumbling and
! growing on account of the vast amount of
oil which is now being produced
within 20 miles Of Pittsburg. They
| believe that but for this immense
production oil would be from 80 cents to 81
a barrel, and as few of them have produc-
| tion of over eight or ten barrels a day to
| the well, the drop from IS to 80 cents,
which they had been getting few months
| ago, to the present price makes big differ
ence in the size of their pocket books.
Many of them had purchased their prop
erty with the intention of paying for
it from the production, but now they are
being compelled to either throw it up, or
get an extension of time. Within the last
| year Pittsburg has become firmly estab-
lished as the center of the oil producing in
dustry of Western Pennsylvania: Pitts
| burg is now the headqu uarters of all the
| leading operators. contractors, and oil well
supply manufacturers, and within the
next year the headquarters of all the
various pipe line companies will be located
in Pittsburg.
A well-known resident of Bradford stated
to THE DISPATCH scout this week that,
while looking over poll book for 1884 the
other day, he concluded to ascertain how
many voters had left his ward, the Second,
and the city since that time. He saw at a
glance that those who remained were in the
minority, and to save time he counted the
latter. The total number of names in the
book was 4S5, and of these all but 162 had
moved to other places, the ma ority to Pitts
burg. Other people, he said, had taken
the places of those who had left, but the
newcomers were not engaged in the oil
business.
The Moorhead's Output Increased.
The Venture Oil Company's we'll on the
Moorhead farm was still the talk of the
trade yesterday. 1t was drilled deeper into
the Gordon sand Tuesday afternoon, and its
production increased about 200 barrels a
day. Some operators who visited
the well yesterday claimed that it
was good for at least 800 bar
rels day. Three 200 barrel tanks at
the well are full of oil, and the produc-
tion was going on the ground yesterday
afternoon. Drilling has been stopped until
pipe line can be laid to the well and the
oil taken care Of Greenlee & Forst are
getting out timbers for rig, which will be
located on the j. r. GLADDEN. farm 200 feet
southwest of the Moorhead The latter is
II feet in the Gordon sand.
The Royal Gas Company was running the
tools in its we'll on the Moore farm at
Venice Yesterday. They claimed to be 10
feet in the fifth sand and drilling in hard
she'll. 1t seems to be the general belief,
however, that they are only in the fourth.
The Oakdale Oil Company's No. 3, on the
Wallace farm, got the sand at 8 o'clock yes
terday afternoon, and started off at 60 bar
rels an hour. 1t is located 600 feet south
west of No. .. The Woodland Oil Com
pany's No 9, on the Gamble farm has been
drilled through the fifth sand, and is
is down 1,75O feet. Gutfey, Jennings & Co.
drilled their No. ], on the Mathews heirs
farm, little deeper into the sand last
evening, and it increased from
65 to $50 barrels an hour.
They have started to drill their No. 2 on the
same property. The Nos. 2 and 3 on the J.
j. Mathews farm, belonging to the same
parties, should be completed next week
The Oakdale Oil Company's No. 2 on the
Morgan heirs was reported to be in the fifth
last night and making 80 barrels an hour.
Gordnier, Snyder & Co.'S venture on the
malthouse property at Oakdale was eight
feet in the Gordon sand last evening with
no oil.
Moon and Stoups Ferry.
A dry hole has just been drilled on the
Postoffice, by the Mahoning Gas Company.
Ii. was drilled through the fifth sand, and
the only showing was little gas in the
third sand. The same company has just
finished fair gasser on the
Daily farm, few hundred feet
north of Sharon. The gas comes from the
fourth sand, and it is believed to be an ex
tension of the Narrows Run gas belt. The
Bridgewater Gas Company is drilling on
the Settler farm, 800 feet north of the Daily
farm. The Fort Pitt Gas Company is start
ing we'll on the Patton farm in the town
of Stoups Ferry. The same company will
a well on the Martha Burns farm
this week 1t is west Of the gas develop
ments on Narrows run.
Gauges of the Wells.
The gauges of the big wells Yesterday
showed the following to be their average
per hour: Guffey, Jennings & Co.'s No. 1
40; their No Heron, 80; Nos.
and 4 Heron, 800; Bell No. 2, 60:
Bell No. 4, IA; Dakdale Oil Company's No. 1 |
%; Mathews heirs, 13O; No 1 Wal
lace, ITO; No. Wallace. rs; No. Morgan
heirs, 46; Sturgeon heirs No. % Guffey,
Murphy & Galey's No. 1 Elliott, 20: No. |
8 Elliot, 49, No. Sam Sturgeon. is: No. 2 |
Sam Sturgeon, 175; Forest Oil Company's
No. 1 Eta Glenn, 115; No. J. M Glenn,
%: Robert Glenn, %; No. 1 Scatter, IS; No.
3, Shaffer, 10; No 5, Shaffer, 9; No 3, Heron,
SO; No. T. Heron, 115; Forst & Greenlee's |
No. ], Mevey, 65; No. 4, Mevey, 75; No 1,
Gamble, So; Royal Gas Companys No 1 NJ. |
Robb, 16; Devonian Oil Company's No. l |
Elliott, y; Hoffman & Co. s No 2. Moore, IA;
Woodland Oil Company's No. 1, Gamble,
10 w p RonI'e No Rand IN. P1o,L oy |
Go. S No. 1, Sauters, 2S; Miller & Co. s No.
|, Mcdonald, 1S; Patterson & Co. S No 1,
Sauters, %; Wheeling Gas Company's No |
|, Cook lot, 10; Guckert & Steele's No 8,
Mevey, 80; Patterson and Jones' No. 2,
kelo, %; No. Kelso, 80; Gordiner & !,
CO. s No. 3 Mertz, IA, Guffey s. Queens
No. 1, Wetmore, 10: Devonian Oil Com
psny's No. 1, Boyce, $50; Forest Oil Com
pany's No. 2, Wright, SO; Davis & Browns
No. 1, IA; Thompson & Co. s No 1, Norm
ongrig, 25; Brenneman & Co. s No 1 Til |
mont, 80; Brown & Co. IS No. 1 Montgom-
ery, 80; Forest Oil Company's No Ewing,
20; Oakdale Oil Company's No. Wallace, |
30. The production of the field Yesterday |
was estimated at 67,7OO barrels The stock |
n the field was reduced to 145, 900 barrels.
Yesterdays Market Features.
There was no Improvement. Trading was |
light and the price lower. This is usual, |
however, toward the end of the month. The |
Morehead we'll was reported doing 10 bar |
-els out of the Gordon. The opening and |
highest for December was 59L. The lowest |
md closing was 5Ss4. There was no change |
n refined. Daily average runs, 12l, $50: daily |
average shipments, H,26. prominent |
broker said the Standard would establish
ts producing headquarters in Pittsburg
within year.