Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-14

Tools in the Sand in Several Localities, and
Oil in Most of the Holes-New Territory
Opened in Northern Sistersville-Othe1
Oil Notes.
There was slight decline yesterday in
the estimated production of the Mcdonald
field. Greenlee & Forst's No. 2 Noble heirs
was dropped from the list as it was making
less than 20 barrels an hour.
The Wheeling Gas Company's No. l on
the N. G. Cook farm, was reported to be in
the Gordon sand Yesterday afternoon, and
filling up with OIL 1t is located on the same
farm as Connors & Co.'S. venture which came
in good lew days ago Their No. 3 on the
Robbins farm which wasreported dry in the
fl fifth, has been rigged up for pumping and
Will make a small pumper
The Peoples Gas Company's No. 156 on
the McMurray farm, north OF Oakdale was
reported last evening to be seven bits In the
fifth sand, ana without q showing OF oil.
Their well on the Miller properly, down
near Willow Grove, which was dry in the
Gordon, may reach the fifth to-day. This
company is drilling five wells for gas in the
MilltOwn district. None OF them will be in
the sand for at least ten days.
The Porter Oil Company's No. on the
Miller & Mcbride farm, below Laurel Hill,
be drilled in this morning.
The Forest Oil Company was drilling its
No on the McClelland farm deeper into
the fifth sand yesterday afternoon. 1t was
making 80 barrels an hour.
Their well on the Turner farm, east of
Oakdale, will probably be finished up next
week.
In the Milltown region they expect to
finish up their well on the Cald we'll farm to-
day or tomorrow. Their wells on the Ryan,
Hamill and Snively farms are due next
week. John NJ. Patterson has one-half in
terest in all OF these wells.
The DpvOnian Oil (lOO1 pq nu'o No FlIint
north OF Mcdonald, has been cased through
the 100-foot and will be in the Gordon sand
to-day. No. 8 on the Elliott is due Monday,
as is their No. 3 OH the j. W. Robb farm.
Their No. on the Wettengel has been
cased: Nos. and 4 are in the salt sand and
No. is being started. Their No. 3 on the
Mcdonald Bros. farm is down l,5OO feet.
UndercliT and Sistersville.
UNDERoL1FF-J. NJ. Patterson s. Sohn's we'll
on the Erhmentrout farm will get the %
foot, the pay sand, tomorrow.
They will case their well on the Fucker
farm to-day. and their well on the Teresa
Klitz iarm is down 400 feet.
Jennings & Co. are down 200 feet on the
Herman farm.
Fisher Bros. are starting couple of wells,
one on the Martin, and the other ON the Sill
farm.
Unknown parties are starting we'll at
the Hunter ice house, and well is being
started on the Klouse farm by unknown
parties.
Up at Heckert station, half way between
Wildwood and Brush Creek, Egbert & Co.
are drilling in the l09-fOot on the Heckei t
farm. They got a showing of oil in the top
OF the sand.
yesterday on the Gardner farm in the Gar
vim pool, south OF Evans City. 1t was show
ing for good producer.
SIsTERsvILLE-The Emery Oil Company's
test well on the Whitten farm, and located
Of &c i'm rho RI
ing for good WELL 1t is on the Ohio side
OF the river, and occasioned considerable
surprise.
art farm. on the West Virginia side. is in the
sand and showing for well.
Personal.
Mike Silk, his wife and Mrs. Gross, of
Warren, Pa, who have been visiting B. F.
Bartlett and wife, of Forbes street, returned
home yesterday. For many years Mr.. Silk
was passenger conductor on til. Oil Creek
road, in the palmy days of oi,dom, ana is
well known TO all old-timers. He has since
made fortune in the oil business.
P. c. Boyle, of the Oil City Derrick, was on
Fourth avenue yesterday afternoon and
he first met in years gone by.
A. +. Denniston, the glycerlne man, has
just returned from a trip through II States.
activity in New York, and he says the Demo-
Gratis seem to be afraid of treachery in their
ranks.
The Gauges.
The production of Mcdonald was $500
yesterday, 500 less than the day before.
The hourly gauges Jof the largest wells at
Mcdonald yesterday were as follows:
Forst & Greenlees No. Marshall, 80; j. NJ.
G uffey's No. 5 Shane, 25: Forest Oil Com
panyS No. McClelland, 25. The estimated
production was 20, 800; stock in field, 1000.
The runs from the Sistersville field were
l6 543 barrels.
Runs and Shipments Wednesay.
The Wednesday runs of the National Tran
sit Company were 3l,35l; shipments, not in;
Southwest runs from Mcdonald were Il. .264;
outside of Mcdonald, sos; total, %, 1879;
Buckeye Pipe Line runs from the Macks-
burg field, 1871; shipments, none. Buckeye
runs of Lima oil, 46, l29: shipments, on the
llth, $3.50; on the 12Jh, 47,72l; Eureka Pipe
Line runs, II, H,36S;shipments, 2,246; Southern
Pipe Line shipments, october Ii, 7,716; 18th,
ls $40; New York Transit shipments, October
Ii, 28 l0S; 18th, 81. .08l.
The Western aud Atlantic Lines ran 3,5A
barrels Wednesday,; shipments, 2,3A.
Tha runs of the W. L. Mellon lines on
Wednesday were 6.739; receipts from other
lines, 1,662, total receipts, S,4O2; shipments,
3.O46
The Tidewater Pipe Line runs Tuesday
we're 1921: total, 80, ,957; average. 3,OS7. Runs
Wednesday were 2, la; total, &c. l3l; average,
',O10; shipments none; total, 81, 1888 barrels.