Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-06
BELOW SISTERSVILLE.
Patty Bros Well on the E. Wells
Farm Flowing Every Half Hour.
ANOTHER SHOWING NORTH OF 1T.
This Field Predicted by Titusville Citi-
zen Four Years Ago.
MD0NALD AND MOON OPERATIONS

Sistersville was more talked about yes
terday than Mcdonald. There were no
wells expected in at Mcdonald, and except
in the south and southwest it has been
pretty thoroughly drilled over.
Two of the wells drilling at Sisters
vile came in yesterday, and as
they give greater outline to the
scope of the field they are
two of the most important which have been
drilled in that field. One of them. that of
Patty Bros, Mercer, Apple, Elyea 4 Co., on
the E. Wells, was announced in THE DIS
PATCH yesterday morning as showing for a
good well. 1t is located three-Quarters of O
mile below the town OF Sistersville, and ex-
tends the field just that much further to
the south and west.
Tele2rams received from there yesterday
gave the information that it was flowing
every 80 minutes and was improving. As in
all OF the Sistersville wells it was making a
good deal of salt water at every flow, but
not much found in some OF the other
wells.
About % miles northeast OF it on 22155
degree line the well of the Emery
bard farm was in the sand and
showing for a well. 1t is on the Ohio side of
the river and about a mile and three-quar-
These two wells, with others that have
been drilled, Indicate that there Is a large
pool in the locality almost as long as Nc
The only well which has indicated that it
might prove better than 100 or $50 barrel ter
ritory is Ludwig MONEYS on the Russell
farm, located northeast of Sistersville on
the Virginia side OF the river.
A Story of sistersvIIle.
Apropos of SistersviIle the following
statement was made TO THE DISPATCH scout
Yesterday by well known geologist and
oil operator OF Pittsburg. -Four years
- said he 81 talking Iona than
Watson, a well known resident or Titus
willie. He was somewhat of a Spiritualist,
and during the conversation he said that
the spirits of two of his friends had told
him that there was oil around Sistersville.
"Sistersvile had not been heard OF at that
miles below Wheeling on the Ohio river; Mi.
Watson replied. l then asked him whose
spirits had told him. He said that one was
RouSeville, and the other, David Crossley,
a well-Rnown upper country man. thought
no more about it until oil was found less
than year ago at Sistersville. and then re-
called Jonathan Watson's words"
The Victor Oil and Gas Company's we'll on
the Pollock farm, four miles up the river on
tie West Virginia side from Sistersville, and
opposite Williamson's Island, has been
Duel & johnson are casing on the John
Moore farm, four miles below Sistersyille
the east side of the river.
]. c. Tennent has a rig up on the Eliza
Williamson farm. just above town.
p II. Gaffney has started a rig on the
Frank Sine lot, above town.
E. j. Murphy is building a rig on the
Wharry property, now owned by the Mccoy
Bros.
Parker Bros. have located No. 2 on the
Cherry property, in the town.
The well on Steele Bros. lot above town is
due this week.
Patty, Apple. Mercer Co. have leased
Theodore Wright's land for bonus of 500
and monthly rental OF 500.
Oil Found at Burning Springs,
There was a report in circulation last night
that the jackson Oil Company's we'll at
Burning Springs had struck the Big Injun
sand at l. 100 feet and had made IN excellent
showing for well.
Mrs. McCaw's well, on the Poor farm at
Elizabeth, w. Va, which was started nearly
two wears ago, has been drilled through
the Gordon sand, in which a little oil was
found. They are now drilling Tor the BereR |
grit, which they expect to strike at q $50 1
feet They got the Gordon at 1900 feet If |
no oil is found the machinery will be moved |
to the Jacob Baumgarner farm where Mrs. |
McCaw has located another well.
The production of Mcdonald went up |
yesterday from 81 900 to q, 500 barrels. This |
Murray which was shot and its production |
increased from 800 barrels a day to 60 an |
hour.
Wallace, Patton & Co.'S Gordon sander |
south of Willow Grove, increased from 10 to |
i barrels an houryesterday and at times did |
20 an hour.
The Woodland Oil Company's Nos. l and |
on the Crwfcrd farm, southwest of Nc |
Donald couple of miles, are down about |
1900 feet The Devohian Oil Company has
salt sand. Their No. i Mcdonald Bros is
down 200 fecu, and they are building q rig
for No. kelso in McCurdy. They are put.
ting 1890 feet of ca sing in the Cubbage well |
to shut off the salt water in the Gordon
sand.
The Eureka Oil Company shot its well on
the kelso south of Willow Grove, and it will |
do bout 100 barrels q day,
Showing for n Well.
The Forest Oil Company's No. 4 NJ. Wright |
is in the fifth sand and showing for n well. |
The Bear Creek Refining Company's No. |
Ioraiu, west Of McCurdy, was in the fourth |
sand last night.
Lockhart Co.'S gasser on the Mccoy |
northeast of McCurdy. has been drilled |
deeper and is now gasser of the first magni- |
rude.
NOOK PcsToFFIcE-F. E. Boden & Co. arc |
down l,5G0 feet in their No. s, on the Steven
son farm. Coast & Co. are drilling at the |
Gas Company's test well on theJamesChum-
bers farm at Beers postoff1ce got three or
four feet of sand yesterday, and is a very
small gasser. 1t may not be turned into the |
lines.
There was no truth in the report that pay
IN" oil had been found in Finley, Helen &
Co.'S wildcat at Good Intent, five miles south
of Claysville, in Washington county.
The Mcdonald Gauges.
The following estimates were submitted
by the gaugers of the Southwestern Pennsyl-
vania Pipe Line Company:
Tho production of the field was 81 800 or 800 |
more than the day before. The hourly gauges
were as follows Matthews No j. 90; Devon
ian OH Company's Nos. l and Boyce, 20:
Oakdale Oil Company's Nos. . and Baldwin, 4
20; Forest Oil Company's No. Jane Stewart,
35: J. NJ. Guffey & Co.'s No. ? McMichael, 25;
Lynch & Co.'S No. Meise, %: Greenlee & |
Forst's No. l McMurrav. co. Production,
81 500. Stock in field, 50COO
The runs OF the Southwest Pennsylvania
Pipe Line Company from Mcdonald w ednes-
day were %, los: outside of Mcdonald 1881
The National Transit runs were 81, ,Ssl; ship
ments, $40 New York Transit shipments
were BIS SIS. Macksburg division of the Buck
eye Pipe Line Company, 9S3. Buckeye runs,
2G796: shipments. 56, l36. Southern Pine |
Line shipments, Eureka, 5,55s; shipments,
Yesterdays Market Features.
Business was light and fluctuations unitn-
portant The opening and highest was 573<,
lowest 573s, close 5719. There was no change
in refined at New York London or Antwerp