Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-28
ANOTHER M'DONALD DUSTER.

ducers Expected in Soon-No Authentic
Reports From Elk Fork.
SThe talk in oil circles on the local Wall
street yesterday was nearly all in regard to
the No. Noble of Greenlee & Forst, in
the Mcdonald field, and about the reported
well at Elk Fork, eight miles east OF Sisters
vile, in Tyler county, W. Va
The No. Noble of Greenlee & Forst is
duster. 1t is located on the western belt
and only short distance southwest of their
big well on this farm, which came in several
months ago and led to the drilling of a large
number OF wells in that locality. the Noble
good 90 ID wells % We're V drilled. Greeniee & Forst
got duster Wednesday on the Noble farm
at their No. g. which is only few hundred
feet south of their No. l.
just south OF No. 3 Noble, two wells are
being drilled by Batemen & Watson on
portion OF. tho Wfttengale farm. They are
their Nos. and g. and are down about 200
Onnnother part of the wittingale farm,
which is also south of the Noble, the
Devorinan Oil Company had four wells
drilling. but since Greenlee Forst,s no:
Noble came in dry, the Devorinnn Oil Com
pany has shut down its No. W1ttengale,
which was down 500 feet and Offset the No.
8 Noble.
The Devonian Oil Company's No. 2 Wilton
gale is down 1000 feet: No. is drilling at
I,4OO fee 4, and No. 5 is down about 1900 feet.
Southwest of the Wittengale farm the Oak
small casing in the No on the Hopper
farm.
Drilling Wells Shut Down.
The Devonian Oil Company has shut down
its No. 10 on the Elliott farm on account Of
the dry holes on the Noble.
In the same pool the No. Walker, of Fitz-
gibbons & Co., is down LOO feet. 1t is north
east of the other wells.
The Moore Oil C 'mpany's gas well, on tho
Oak Ridge property east of Oakdale, has
been tested and showed a pressure of 4s0
pounds to the minute.
Brown, Robson & Co. expect to get the
Gordon sand tomorrow at their No. 4, on
the Nc Murray property, which IS iocateo
Just east of Noblestown. They are looking
for oil IN the fifth sand.
The Woodland Oil Company's No. on the
Scott farm, which is located almost two
miles south OF Mcdonald, is down 2, 250 feet.
sand and they do not expect to reach that
formation at less than 1850 feet.
s. D. Robison's we'll on the Miller farm
aed ne WESTERN Raiiroad in the ae Unaerc 0f
field, is through the 30-Ioot and dry in that
rock. 1t is due in the third sand to-day,
where oil is expected.
The Duquesne. Gas Company struck a big
gasser in the lOOi yesterday, u miles
northwest OF Pittsburg, near the Mt. NeDo
pool.
That West Virginia Well.
The reported strike at ELK Fork eight
miles east of Sistersville, in Tyler county,
w. Va. occasioned a great deal of comment
yesterday. The rumor of the strike was
current on the streets Wednesday, and the
information was given to The DISPATCH by
one of the owners that the well was making
60 barrels an hour. A number of operators
left for the well yesterday morning, but the
report had not been confirmed OF substan-
TALLY denied last night.
The Gauges.
The production OF Mcdonald vas Il, 500
yesterday, the same as the day before. The
estimated production was 1850; stock in
The runs from the sistersville field were
IL. 7s9 barrels on Wednesday.
Runs and Shipments Wednesday.
The Wednesday runs of the National Tran.
sit Company were 20, 154; shipments, Is O26
Southwest runs from Mcdonald were 10 419;
outside of Mcdonald, 10,4l3; total, 1882.
Buckeye Pipe Line runs from the Macks-
burg field. s,297; shipments. not in; Buckeye |
Eureka Pipe Line runs, 14,67I shipments,
,S94 Southern Pipe Line shipments, u, 1856; |
New York Transit shipments, 1858.
The Western and Atlantic lines ran 1867 |
barrels Wednesday: shipments, 2,3l9.
The runs of the W. L. Mellon Pipe Lines on |
Wednesday we're $3.50: shipments, s,573.
The runs of the Tidewater Pipe Line Com
panv were 7Ss Total for the month, 70, ,76s;
,verage. 3,06s. The shipments on Wednesday,
we're not in; total for the month, 18O, 1858;
average daily shipments, 6.937.
The Oil Market.
Range Of the November option: Opening,
05sc; highest, 5Oslc: lowest, 5O5Sc; closing,
O5Sc. Sales $1,000 TO 20 900 barrels.
Refined oil-New York, &c; London, 4zS0
l5-l6d; Antwerp, 1897
OIL CITY, Oct. 27-National Transit Certif-
,ates opened at 5O7sc; highest. 5016c; lowest,
015c closed, 501ac: sales, 5000 barrels; clear
Inces, 10000 barrels: shipments, s0,222 bar
els; runs, 81, 156 barrels.
NEW YORK, Oct. 27.-Petroleum opened
eady and ruled dull and featureless dur
ng the remainder of the day: Pennsylvania
I'll, spot Sales none: November ption. sales,
.OcO barrels ut 5Ossc; Lima oil, sales none; lac
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