Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-20
FOURTH SAND SURPRISE.


j.. NJ. Guffey and S. d. Robison's No. I
Living Starts OF at Nearly 100 BarrelS
an Hour-TwO Gordon sanders Looking
Dusty-Reports From S.stersvilIe.
The oil trade of Pittsburg and the lower
country was astonished yesterday when the
report began to be generally circulated
and confirmed that an so barrel an hour well
: had been struck on the Ewing farm in
tine northeast MeCurdy district and that
| it was producing from the :ourth sand:
| This is by long odds the biggest fourth
sand well ever struck, in any part of the
Pennsylvania oil fields. 1t belongs to j. NJ.
| Gufrey and S. d. Robson, and is their No.
I on the Ewing farm. The we'll was drilled
| over year ago to the Gordon sand and was
| a small producer from that formation but
! since the fourth sand in that locality began
| to show oil within the last ew months, Guf-
| fey Y Robson decided to drill 1t down to
the lower sand.
There are two pay streaks in the fourth
sand in northeastern McCurdy. One is
found on top of the sand and the other near
the bottom. The pay in the Ewing well was
struck near the top and in the hrst 90 min
ufes it put IL barrels into II 250-barrel tank.
1t afterw2rd increased and was reported
to be doing 100 barrels an hour. but at a Ia 70
hour last evening it was reported to be max
ing only 60 barrels an hour. This well is
just east of the big wells on the Mccoy
iarm, which were recently drilled into the
fourth sand by j. n. Guffey, Robson q
Stewart.
The No on the Mccoy was reported yes
terday TO be making 26 barrels an nour.
Two Wells Dry in tn Gordon.
The Sinclair Oil Company's No. s. on the
Kirk farm, in the Meise pool district. south
of Willow Grove, was reported yesterday to-
have been drilled through the Gordon sand,
and is dry.
The Belmont Oil Company's No. 2, on the
Morgan farm, west of the Kirk was reported
to be drilling in the Gordon and dry as ar
as they had gone. Both of these wells were
believed to have been well local ed, and the
owners felt confident of getting good pro-
ducers.
The Wheeling Gas ComDany's No. scots
will make about a 5Obarrel pumper from the
fourth sand.
The Woodland Oil Company's No. ! Berry
is down eco leet, and No. . is being spudded
in. The Wheeling Gas COmpany's No. !
George is through the salt sand.
Jennings & Co.'S No. 10 Bell is due to-day.
Greenlee & FOrst shot their No. Rough
yesterday. 1t had ], 400 ieet of oil in the hole
rom the fourth sand.
The Forest Oil Company has located No. I
on the VI. Z. Edmundson farm.
Greenlee & Forst's NO. l Aiken is down 700
feet.
The Deyonian OIL Company's No. Cub
bage, and their No. Mcdonald Bros. were
each reported to be in the ifth sand yeSter-
usly anu showing nOC0l0g from bldG IOrma-
ton The latter will be so or so barrel
pumper from the Gordon. No. 10 Elliott
and No. 4 Mcdonald are each down ], 100
feet.
Good Wells at Siste=sviTe.
SIsTERsvILLE-The Thistle Farm Company
has just finished up q couple OF wells on the
Thistle. No. is making $50 barrels a day
and No. 200 barrels day. No. is being
drilled, and the rigs are being built for Nos.
and G.
Murphy Bros. have five good wells down
On the Salisbury farm, and they are drilling
Nos. 6 and :.
The Dsvoniah Oil COmpany's No. T. NJ.
Wells and No. F r. Wells are due this week;
their No. Smith is down 500 feet, and No. I
F. r. Wells is 400 leet deep.
Guider & Co. have found some oil in q
well at New Castle, o., about nine miles due
north OF Sis; erSvi!le. It was reported to bO
good for 100 barrels day but party who
left it yesterday claims thar it will not make
over five barrels dry. Tre oil is found in
the Berea grit at depth of 200 feet.
Reports From Underclif.
UNDERCLIFF-The Devonian OIL Company's
we'll on the Henricks farm is being drilled
to the fifth'sand. 1t is no good in the 3O-loos
or third sands.
Mercer & McClurg's well on the Herman
farm is q gasser in the 3J-foot. They are ne
aotia:ing with Pittsburg parties for the dis
posal Of it.
GnS OautSeS 1eSIerudy
The estima ted production of the Mcdonald
field yesterday was $50 barrels 500 more
than the day before. The Woodland Oil
Company's No. Scott was making 45 barrels
an hour: TIual Oil Company No. 8 Marshall,
% per hour. The stock in the field was $500
barrels.
The runs from the sistersville field were
Is, ,269 barrels.
Runs and Shipments Saturday.
al, NJ ok
shipments, 81, ,95S. Runs of Southwest Penn
sylyania from Mcdonald, "A 22l: outside OF
Mcdonald. 6.34S; total runs, 2O,56S- Buckeye
runs of Macksburg oil, IA, ,546; shipments, 99l.
Buckeye runs of Lima o !. 81, ,26S: shipments,
80, ,S75 Eureka runs, 81, ,954; shipments, 1574.
New York Transit shipments. 5l.726. South
ern Pipe Line shipments, l5,G37
The runs of the w. j.. Melon Pine Lines
were II lS2; receipts from other lines, none
on saturday and Sunday; total receipts,
Il, IS2 shipments, 10 5Z8.
The runs of the Tidewater Pine Line Com
pany on Saturday we're 4,6I4; tOJaI, 1888;
average, 4.25I shipments none; total, ia, 649;
average, 9,643 barrels.
Runs and Shipments SundIy.
The runs OF the National Transit Company
were 3405. The Southwest rms from Nc
Donald were g, ,199; outside of Mcdonald 448.
Total, 9647. The runs from Sistersville on
the 18th were l2C05. Buckeye runs of Lima
oil were S,7l; shipments. g. 1875. Eureka
Pipe Line runs were 10, I23: shipments 92A.
Southern Pipe Line shipments none. New
York Transit shipments Il, ,5J5
The Western and Atlantic runs on the 18th
we're 4,53l; Shipments 2.695 The runs on the
l7th were 1,92S barrels; shipments, 1925.
Runs on the 18th were 40 barrels; ship
ments, 3,255.
The Oil Market.
Range of the January option: Opening,
j25sc; highest, 531Sc; lowest, 525sc: closing,
&c.
Refined oil-New York, 5.45c; London, 40
l5sd; Antwerp. l21sE
NEW . oRK, Dec. l9-Petroleum was stag
1ant throughout the day; no sales.
OIL CITY, Dec. I9-Opensd, 531sc: highest,
'31sc; lowest, 5Sc; closed, 53I5c. sales. 10 900
1arrels: clearances, u, 900 bHrrels; shipments,