Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-21
M'DONALD DROPPING.

Its Production Below 10000 Barrels The
Peoples Gas Company Loses the Rig al
Their McMurray Well, Near Greggs-
A Couple of Big Wells at SistersviIe.
The estimated production of the M,Don.
aid field has again fallen below 10000 bar.
rels day. 1t was given out yesterday q.
being 10, 500 barrels There is still only
one well on the list making 20 barrels ar
hour.
The rig at the Peoples Gas Company.
No. 156, on the McMurray farm, located
between Oakdale and Gregg station, was
burned yesterday. The origin of the fire
was rather peculiar. They engaged in shoot.
ing the well. A shot had been
put in, but the goodwill failed to explode 1t.
The shooter then dropped squib, and just
as he did so the we'll made flow, throwing
the lighted squib up into the derrick, where
it exploded and ignited the rig. The burn.
ing well is only short distance from the
Forest Oil Company's No. Gregg, and 1t
was only by the hardest kind of work that
it was saved. 1t is the first accident of the
kind that has happened in the field. :,
The Forest Oil Company's No. on the
Clever farm in the northeastern part Of the
McCurdy field reached the fifth sand yester.
day morning and made n 25-barrel flow. 1t
was drilled for gas in the fourth sand, but
rs iu was q failure in that formation they
put it on down to the fifth saad. This is the
sand in this part of the field. The well is
located about three-Quarters of mile south
west of the wells on the Mccoy farm. and
there are some fifth sand gassers between
them.
Greenlee h Forst are down 1900 feet in
their No. 8 Kirk, located in the Meise Cor
don sand pool Knox Bros. & Co. are drill
ing at 500 feet in their No. 2 on the Scott
fa fun mil Mcdonald
The Forest Oil Company is spudding in its
No. Devine, In northeastern McCurdy, and
they are building rig for No. B.
In the same locality the Mccoy Oil Com
pany, formerly known as Robson & Stewart.
nave the first casing in their No. Mccoy
and have just started to spud at No. l.
GALLERY JUNcrIoN-Guckert & Steele
REACHED the second pay yesterday a. il their
pool, southwest of this place, and it made q
20-barrel flow. They have rig up on the
Knauf farm. $500 teet northwest OF the
Gardner.
UNpERoLIFF-S. D. Robson expects to
reach the 30-foot sand to-day on the Miller
farm. 1t is located three-quarters OF mile
west of Patterson & Sohn's 30-foot we'll on
the Kessler farm. II it Is dry IN the 30-foot
he will drill it to the fifth sand.
Two Good Sistersville Wells.
sIsTERsvIILE-Ac couple of good wells were
drilled into the sand in this field yesterday.
was reported at the office OF the company to
be good for 800 barrels day. 1t is in the
center of developed territory on the Ohio
side.
Jennings & Grace's we'll on the southern
end of Wiliamsons Island was reported to
be good Tor 300 barrels u day. It is two
miles above Sistersville.
The Gauges.
The production of Mcdonald was 10 800
yesterday, 500 less than the day before The
hourly gauyes of the largest wells at McDon-
aid yesterday were as follows: PEOPLES
Gas Company's No l55 Dixon. 20. The es.
timated production was Il. 500; stock in field,
46OOO.
The runs from the sistersville field were
ls,0l2 barrels on Tuesday.
Runs and Shipments Wednesday.
The Wednesday runs of the National Tran.
sit Company were 81. 200: shipments, sl4a5;
Southwest runs from Mcdonald were I3. 23o:
outside of Mcdonald, 1896; total, p, ,2a6.
uckeye Pipe Line runs from the Macks.
burg field. 1851: shipments, 25a Buckeye
runs of Lima oil, 5O,6s3; shipments, IS 59s.
Eureka Pipe Line runs, 19.722 shipments,
eS yop9 s1pthsrn Pips Line
The Western and Atlantic lines ran 3l26
barrels Wednesday; shipments, s0a
The runs of the WI. Mellon lines on
Wc0ucSuNy WSEC v, T0CclptS from other
lines, I2t4; total receipts, zoos; shipments.
5,S4l
The runs of the Tidewater Pipe Line Com.
pany on Tuesday were 39l2: Total for the
month, A,S76: average. 3,049: shipments.
none; total, 1855 average. 6,s52.
The Tidewater runs ON Wednesday ware
3,474; total, $3.50; average, S,07l; shipments,
none.
The Oil Market
Range OF the November option; openfnp
Sic: highest, 6lc; lowest, 5o11sc: closing,
50Tc.
Refined oil-New York, &c; London. xs<0
15-l6d: Antwerp, 1871.
OIL CITY, Oct. 20.-National Transit certifi.
Gates opened at Sic; highest, Sic: lowest.
50Ec: closed, 5016c. Sales. ls 600 barrels:
clearances, 50 0O0 barrels: shipmcnts s5 aai
barrels: runs. l06.5lo barrels.
Flour in the Northwest.
MINNEAPOLIS, MIMI, Oct 2o.-The North.
w7ste,n Miller says: The mills did not get
out quite as much flour last week as in the
week before, partly on account of a loss of
time by one of them from Q break down.
The amount Of -four made was 2al. 97o bar.