Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-05
BIG FOURTH SAND WELL.

The Ruppel Oil and Gas Company Makes q
Lucky Strike in McCurdy Mcdonald
Wells Fall or in Productton-On In
Tifin, O, Venture.
There was only one we'll In the Nc
Donald field reported yesterday to be do
ing over 20 barrels an hour, and that was
| one which has not been on the list for
many weeks. 1t is the Florence Oil Com
| pany's Gordon sander on the Robb heirs
farm south of Willow Grove. Yesterday
morning it was given strong dose OF
glycerine, and responded by starting on ut
the rate of 80 barrels an hour. The same
company's No on the Robb farm fell below
20 barrels an hour and was dropped from
the list.
Clark & Co.'S No. on the Freeman prop
erty, southwest of Oakdale, which was
doing So barrels an hour Monday. also fell
below 70 an hour and was dropped.
The estimated production OF the 1eIo Is
still 20, 600 barrels, the same as the Gay De-
fore.
Fifteen Barrels an Hour.
The Kuppel Oil and Gas Company's well
on the James Moore farm, in the northeast
ern end of the McCurdy field Is reported to
be making Is barrels an hour from the
fourth sand. This is Dy long odds the biggest
fourth sand well which has been struck in
the Mcdonald or McCurdy fields.
The Forest Oil Company's No. on the W.
C. Heron farm is good for about 100 barrels
q day.
The Peoples Gas Company is in the sand
at its No. 154 on the McMurray farm. north
of Oakdale, and their No lo6 on the same
property Is down l,500 feet.
The Philadelphia Gas Company's No. on
the Stirling farm Is on. top of the sand, and
their No. 4 is down 1000 feet. Smith Co.'S.
No on the Taylor Is down 400 feet.
Fitzgibbons s. Co.'S. No. on the Walker
is
drilling at 800 feet.
Tomiinson & Co.'S well on the Brown farm
should be in this week.
The Philadelphia Company expects to
bring in two wells this week near Milltown
in the Pinhook gas field. The same CON-
pany is starting we'll on the warner ana
one on the Walters farm, north OF Wild
wood.
S1sTERsv1LLE-The Thistle Farm Oil Com
pany has had to plug up its No. Thistle at
1000 feet, and is starting second hole.
They are building the rigs FOR NOS y ana 4.
Oil at Tiffin, O.
T1FFIN, O.-The Sloman gas well has been
shot and has developed flow of 100000
cubic feet of gas per day, with rock
pressure OF $50 pounds. The Wenner-Stalter
well, which is 500 feet deep, is level full OF
Oil and will be shot this evening. The THIN
oil field may now be said to be certainty
and a success.
The Gauges.
The production of Mcdonald was 10000
yesterday, the same as the day before. The
hourly gauges OF the largest wells at Nc
Donald yesterday were as follows: Florence
Oil COmpany's No. 3, Robb, 30. The esti-
mated production was 10000; stock in field,
49, ,0O0
Runs and Shipments Monday.
The National Transit runs were 32,924;
shipments, Il, 506 Runs of Southwest Penn
sylvania from Mcdonald, 2O,OsO outside of
Mcdonald, 6,249; total runs, 26.330; Buckeye
runs of Macksburg oil, q, l22; shipments,
not in. Buckeye runs of Lima oil, 80 627;
shipments, 4,32S; Eureka runs, 1850; ship
ments. 1851; New York transit shipments,
"a. $50; Southern Pipe Line shipments, 81, ,05S.
The runs OF the W. L. Mellon Pipe Lines
on Monday were 5,743; receipts from other
lines. l,4s4; total receipts, 1928; shipments.
6,636.
The runs of the Tidewater Pipe Line Com
pany Monday were 3,504s total for the
month. 1882; average, 26A; shipments,
none: total, none: average, 2,2l3.
The Western and Atlantic Pipe Line runs
were 1885, shipments, l,652