Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-20

Its Production Increased From 2O,5OO to
| 21,500 Barrels-A Good Producer South.
west of SistersviIle-Butler County OPP
erations-Rosenri's Wen at Wittmer
Station Is Dry.
There was an increase of 1000 barrels
! yesterday in the estimated output OF the
| Mcdonald field. 1t went from 20,5OO to 2l,-
/ 5O9
| The Woodland Oil Company's No. Scott,
! in the new southwest territory, is still max
| ing 75 barrels an hour. They intended to
drill it deeper yesterday but were prevented
owing to some difficulty with the casing
| head.
Knox Bros. Co.'S Scott No. was not
drilled any deeper yesterday, and its pro-
duction remains the same, 80 barrels an
| hour.
| The Devonian Oil Company got a good
well yesterday on the F. R. Wells farm, a
| mile south Of Sistersville. 1t is their No.
| on this property, and last evening it was
| reported to he flowing at the rate of 100 bar
| rels day. They are still drilling in the
| sand
The Devonian is drilling a number of
wells in the vicinity of Mcdonald. Their
| Cubbage No. 3 which is located southeast of
Mcdonald borough and short distance
north of Venice, is down about 1900 teet.
The No. on this farm. which was drilled
nearly year ago, made about 60-barrel
Cubbage, produced good fourth sand well,
which was developed by the Florence Oil
Company.
The Devonian Oil Company's No on the
Mcdonald Bros. farm is down 100 feet;
their No. Wettengale was due in the fifth
sand last night, and their Elliott No. 10 is
down 100 feet
Rosenrfs well at Wittmer station on the
T. q W. Z. r. is through the third sand and
dry.
Butler County Work
HENDERsoNvILLE- -Caruthers, Peters & Co.
have their No. on the N. 3. Duncan farm
pumping, and ir Is making l2 barrels per
hour. Their No. on same farm is ten feet
IN the lOO-foot and showing equally as large
as No. l. There are three more wells due to
come in in this field next week.
MARs-The well on the Hays farm, east Of
Mars, has been pumping for three days. 1t
IS rumping through three-inch tubing;
plenty OF water, but very little oil as yet.
The Forest Oil Company's No. 3, WhitTire
farm, is 80 feet i'll the sand and showing for
% barrels. Marshall. Burk & Johnston's
well on the Gillespie farm is 65 in the sand
and looking good. Boyd, Marshall & Co.'S
No. 8. Joseph Douthett iarm, is l5 ieeJ i'll the
sand and no oil yet. Hespenheide Oil Com
pany's No. 2 Mrs. Marshall farm, started to
pumping at the rate of Is barrels.
The Gauges Saturday.
The production of Mcdonald was 81 500
yesterday, 1000 more than the day before;
w OOuldnu VII COIllpdlly > NO. : OCOLIS 10 per
hour; Knox & Co.'S No. 2 Scott, 55 per hour;
stock in field, 46.0O0
The runs from the SiSterSville field were
5.0l5 barrels ON Friday.
Runs and Shipments Friday.
The runs of the National Transit Company
were q, ,354: shipments. AZ 424: Southwest
runs from Mcdonald were l6,l7S; outside Of
Mcdonald, 1856; total. "a, 04: Buckeye Pipe
Line runs from the MacksUurg field g. 730.
shipments, not in; Buckeye runs of Lima OIL
not in; shipments, 73. 702 barrels; Eureka Pipe
Line runs, 10, 355: shipments, 1851: Southern
Pipe Line shipments, Il, 35l; New York Tran
sit shipments, 26, sos.
The Friday runs of the W. L. Mellon
receipts from other lines, none; total re-
ceipts, 9O24.
The runs of the Western and Atlantic
Pipe Lines on the 10Th were 1872: on the 18th,
8 023 and on the 18th, 3, 160 The shipments
on the is h were 2, l72; on the 17th, 3, ,437, and
on the 18th, 725.
The Tidewater Pine Line runs on the 18th
were $3.50; total, 6S.606: average, 4036 Ship
ments, 2S,559; total, 150 SOB; average, $685.
The runs on Friday were 4572; total, 70, us;
average, 4,065. Shipments, none.
The Oil Market.
Range of the December option: Opening,
51Hc: highest, 5214c: lowest. 5l7sc; closing,
52Ac-
Refined oil-New York, 5.sOc; London, 47la
41ad: Antwerp. 1897
OIL CITY, Nov. i9.-NationaI Transit Ger
titcates opened. 5l7sc; highest, SIC; lowest,
5lsc; closed, 521lc. Sales, 5000 barrels; clear
ances, 10 coo barrels.
NEW YORK, Nov. 19.-Petroleum was
dull and neglected. Pennsylvania oil, spot
sales none; December options. sales none;
5l7sc bid, 5l1sc asked. Lima oil, sales none;
l7c bid