Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-30
Boston stocks-Closinr Prices.
SOME SMALL OIL WELLS.
Three of Them Reported in the Mcdonald
Tie;d-A Duster Between Mcdonald
and North Star, and One at Whitmire
Station-West Virginia Wildcats.

Three OF Them Reported in the Mcdonald
Fie;d-A Duster Between Mcdonald
and North Star, and One at Whitmire
Station-West Virginia Wildcats.
There were three light wells and some dry
holes reported in the local oil fields yester-
day. There was no change in the estimated
production of the Mcdonald field, but the
runs from sistersville went up from 1857
barrels on Thursday to II. 9s1 yesterday.
The Forest Oil Company's No. Clever, in
the extreme northwestern part OF the Nc
Curdy field, was reported to bc making 80
barrels an hour.
Two of the light W ellis were in the vicinity
OF Greggs station, on the Panhandle, mile
The Forest Oil Company's No. 5 on the Nc
Clelland heirs farm was almost through the
sand and showing for only Is or 20 barrels a
day, and the Peoples Gas Company's No.
l57 on McMnrray property, in the same
neighborhood, is of about the same caliber.
The Wheeling Gas Company's No. l. on
the N. e.. Cook farm, q mile and a half south
OF east from Mcdonald is good for 100 bar
rels o day.
Richards & Co.. who have been drilling a
test well about halfway between the town OF
Mcdonald and North Star, were reported
yesterday to be through all sands, and in
possession of a dry hole.
Robson & Coz we'll on the Miller farm, at
Whitmirs station, on the Pittsburg and
Western Railroad, was also reported to pc
through the third sand and dry. 1t is nearly
O mile southeast OF Patterson & Co.'s well
on the kessier farm.
Some of the Drilling Wells.
The Woodland Oil Company's No. on the
Crawford farm. two miles southwest Of Nc
Donald, was in the Gordon sand yesterday.
They are loo king for oil in the fifth.
Greenlee & Forst's No. on the Noble
farm ana No. on the Kirk are due this
week. The Noble is in the old Fife district,
,fAl. 1,on
only busters recently, and the Kirk is in tho
Gordon sand region south of Willow Grove
They have just put the 81 casing in their
Nos. and 10 Marshall, at Noblestown, aud
in No. Woods, which adjoins their Oak
Ridge property east of Oakdale.
The Philadelphia Company has made To-
cation in Northeastern McCurdv on the
Martin Clever farm, and within $50 feet of
Clever.
Tho Wheeling Gas Company's No. May,
at Venice. is drilling in the l0O-foot
The Forest Oil Company has started to
drill at its No. on the Sam Sturgeon farm,
east of Oakdale, and ut No. 10 on the Her
ron property ncrth Of Noblestown.
Important Wildcats Drilling.
SrsrzRsvILLE.-J. NJ. Guffey & Co. are down
LOO feet in very important test well on the
johnson farm, at Middle Island, six miles
south and west Of this place, and four miles
southeast Of the river
Poole, O'Donnell, Uhlman & Lewis are
starting a test we'll near Waverly, "a miles
below Sistersville and one mile from the
river, on the West Virginia side. 1t 10 on
the Corbett farm and seven miles above Ma
rietta. '.''-'' '..-,
The Gauges Friday.
The production OF Mcdonald was $4,000
yesterday, the same as the day before:
stock in field. 43 500.
The runs from tho Sistersvtlle field were
"A, ,8S1 barrels on Friday.
Runs and Shipments Friday.
The Friday runs of the National Tran
sit Company were S5,e24; shipments, 1s.so7;
Southwest runs from Mcdonald were a. I07;
outside Of Mcdonald, S.s01; total, 22,9Cs.
Buckeye Pipe Line runs from the Macks-
burg field, .ssa; shipments. rot in; Buckeye
runs OF Lima oil, not in: shipments, not in;
Eureka Pipe Line runs. f5,S16; shipments.
1915; Southern Pipe Line shipments, 1885;
New York Transit shipments, "a. 430
The runs of the W. L. Mellon Pipe Lines on
Friday were S.524: shipments, 2s9.