Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-12

hour production of the larger wells from 40
barrels, which it was on Wednesday, to l45
an hour yesterday.
The Forest Oil Company's No. 8 on the
McClelland farm, northeast of Oakdale.
which was reported to be showing for q well
Wednesday, had made ll5 barrels up to
o'clock Yesterday morning, and they were
deep enough in the sand to have struck any
second pay that might be there.
Greenlee & Forst will start to spudding to-
day at their No. on the Noble heirs farm
west of the old Fife pool. They have made
location for No. on the Marshall farm
just south of Noblestown. C. d. Greenlee
said last evening that their No. 8 McMurray
occasionally went as high as rs barrels an
hour.
Devonian Absorbing the Victor.
The Devonian Oil Company has recently
acquired a three-fourths interest in the
Victor Oil Company, which is operating
in the sistersville region. When the
Victor began work in that
Held few months ago the
Devonian held only three-eighths in
terest.
The Devonian shut down on top of the
Gordon yesterday at its No. 2 Moorhead,
southwest of Mcdonald, to move the boiler.
The Duquesne Gas Company is drilling a
wen on the Semple farm, two miles south
west of Perrysville.
The well in the sistersville field which
was creating so much talk last evening be-
longs Gg to Jennings Galloway, Mcouaid 8
farm, about two miles northwest from Sis
tersville on As line, and on the Ohio side Of
the river. McQuaid, one of the owners, told
w. B. Lambing at Sistersville yesterday that
the well was only foot in the sand, and
had made 500 barrels in the 16 hours ending
at O'Clock yesterday morning. Ii this Is
she hS case 1t Is the biggest surprise a9
1t is away Off to the northwest, and less
than 60 rods due north of dry hole drilled
by Connolly Bros. & E. T. johnson on the
producer on the 7. Elliott farm.
There are no completed wells northwest
of it, but the Buchheit Oil Company expects
to finish up well this week on the Buchheit
farm about 100 rods to the. northwest. In
the vicinity OF the new we'll the Kanawha
OIL Company owns lot OF leases.
Among them are the farms Of George
E. Thiel, L. Rosalie, Issac Sole and John B.
Chatter. If the Jesse Rowels well is as good
as reported it will boom operations In that
direction.
The Victor Oil Company has finished up
No. on the Wells farm just below town,
which is reported as good for 200 barrels.
They are down 700 feet on the Mrs. T. r.
Wells farm, east OF Wells Island.
The market advanced again yesterday,
going as high as 673s bid. Tho sales amount
to about 200 barrels.
The Glenshaw Oil and Gas Company was
reported to have struck oil on the Heron
and Western Railroad yesterday. There
was also well reported at Leetsdale on the
Ohio river, but no particulars regarding it
were obtained.
The Gauges.
The production of Mcdonald was 10000
yesterday. The hourly gauges OF the larger
wells ut Nc Donald yesterday were as follows:
Sinclair Oil Company's Nos. 1 and 2, 35;
Greenlee & Forst's No. 8 McMurray, 80: Peo-
ple's Gas Company's Nos. 146 and 14s, 40;
Royal Gas Company's No. 1 Mark Robb, 20.
The estimated production was 10000; stock
in the field, $4,000.
Runs and Shipments.
National Transit Company runs on the 10th
were 81, 763; shipments, H,11S.
Southwest Pennsylvania runs from Nc
Donald were 60, 592 Buckeye runs, Macks-
burg division, 2, 1859; shipments, none. Ship.
ments from the Lima division, 57,06l; runs,
A, S,637. The Eureka runs were 1927; ship
ments, 2,137. Southern Pipe Line shipments,
1904. New York Transit shipments, 27,4O.
The Tidewater Pipe Line runs yesterday
were 5000: total. 1861. Shipments, none;
total, 81 A,297; average, 5,429.