Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-26
OIL IN THE SIXTH SAND.

SmithviIle, Washington County-Sman
Producer on the Arbuclkle Farm AT
| Chartiers-Another Tremendous Gusher
Reported In Ohio.
The deepest oil or gas we'll in WASHINGTON
county was finished up yesterday. 1t is 8, lS4
feet deep, is located on the Barr farm, near
Smithville and belongs to Weixel Co.
Smithville is six miles northeast OF Wash'
| ington, and is on tho line OF the Baltimore
| and Ohio Railroad.
A little oil was found In the sixth sand at
a depth of 2 Se4 feet. 1t was very light Oil
and would be valuable If found in paying
| quantities. A rock pressure of gas OF 600
the sintb 10 same apd this Will be usilize
| Some months ago .Weixel Co. drilled q
well a mile and a half from the present weu
| in which an extraordinarily big eas
pressure was developed in the Elizabeth
| sand The latter well was shut down on
| top of the sand but the strong pressure
! broke the little barrier OF earth remaining
| between the sand and the bottom of the
hole. 1t rushed to the surface with such
| enormous force that the derrick was blown
to splinters and it was some time before the
gas could be gotten under control. The
| pressure ut the time was reckonod as high
as 1000 pounds to the inch. The Elizabeth
| sand, in which this gas was found, was
struck at a depth of $500 feet.
These two wells mile .idn and aaf "a apart
|
| last well being a couple of hundred feet
| higher than the first. Not sign of the
| Elizabeth sand was found in the latter, al
though they went "a feet below the point
where it should have been found If 1t
| existed.
Arbuckle & Stewards No. 2 on the Ar
buckle farm. in the CHARTERS district, was vas
| fifth sand. 1t is fl ty barrel producer from
| the fourth. The Lockhart Iron and Steel
| Company drilled the we'll and were to have
| 81, te1,~ ~t,lr 1No q
| & Stewart were to have the oil.
The Forest Oil Company's we'll on the
A. 2. Clever farm has not vet reached the
last pay in the fifth sand. The sand is fine
| ing about 20 barrels n day from the first pay.
Stewart & Robison's Nos. and on the
Mccoy farm are each drilling in the 100 foot.
Greenlee Forst's No. Oak Ridge, which
is located east of Oakdale. is ], 800 eet deep,
and shut down on account of shortage OF
wafer. Their No. l Woods, near Gregg's
station, is shut down on top OF the dfth Tor
lack of water.
Mercer & McClurg ire shut down on top of
the 30 loot, at Undercliff, for want OF water.
Starting New Wells at Sistersville.
SIsTERsvILLE-The w. G. Henry Oil Com
pany is preparing to start ten wells on the
Ohio side of the river. This is the firm
which purchased the property of the Mil
lers Run Oil Company.
Dutton & Daley are drilling No. on the
Mccoy and are building rig for No 5.
Sistersvlle parties have rig up on the
Smith Bros. farm, a mile south OF town, and
adjoining the Wells farm on the east.
Lawrence County Test Well.
LAWRENCE ooUNTY-Mahaney & Co. are
drilling test we'll ON Snake run, about
mile and half northeast of Wampum. 1t is
down 900 feet, but drilling has been sus-
pended for several days.
An Ohio Gusher Reported.
Torrno wildcat uall sold to ba
making from 700 to 900 barrels an hour, was
reported to have been struck yesterday on
the HoIlister farm, section 20. Portage town.
ship, Wood county.
1t is near the line of the Toledo. Columbus
and Cincinnati Railroad. The well was
started two years ago, but was delayed by
litigations. The tools were thrown from the
hole, according to the report and the oil
high into the derrick Tor several hours.
The Gauges YESTERDAY.
The production of Mcdonald was Is, 500
yesterday. the same as the day before;
Woodland Oil Company's No. Scott so per
hour; Knox s. Co.'s No. Scott, As per hour;
stock in field, 1880.
The runs from the Sistersville fold were
16,0l barrels on Wednesday and Il, 204 on
Thursday.
Runs and Shipments Wednesday.
The runs of the National Transit Company
were q, sos; shipments, 23,5l5; Southwest
runs from MCDOndlu were l4,Sl4, OuCSlQe Oh
1870; total, % GA; Buckeye Pipe
Line runs from the Macksburg field, 5,025
shipments, not in; Buckeye runs ot Lima oil,
43. sos; shipments, 49,50l; Eureka Pipe Line
runs, 1851: shipments, l.S64 Southern Pipe
Line shipments, 6.Soe; New York Transit
The runs of the Western and Atlantic
Pipe Lines on Wednesday we're 2.s0s. The
shipments were 2, 759.
The Thursday runs of the W. L. Mellon
lines were 4,99l barrels; shipments 1859:
receipts from other lines, none; toral re-
ceipts, 1891.
The runs of the Tidewater Pipe Line on
Tuesday were 5,65l; total, s9.C72: average,
4.o49. Shipments, none; total, rs, ,Osl; average,
s, l4l.
Runs and Shipments on Thanksgiving.
The Thursday runs of the National Tran
sit Company were l3,459; shipments. 1885,
Southwest runs from Mcdonald, II 055; out
side of Mcdonald, 2,s73; total, 49, ,92S. Buck |
eye runs of MacksburC oil. 5,595 Buckeve |
runs of Lima oil, 3S423; shipments, 49, 49s |
Eureka Pipe Line runs, l3,s6s; shipments.
ISIS. and Southern Pipe Line shipments, |
2O,6C2. New York Transit shipments |
70 767.
The runs of the Western and Atlantic |
Line on Thursday were $40: shipments, 2,240. |
The Oil Market.
Range of the December option: Opening, |
52Ac:, highest, 5s14c; lowest, 6211c; closing,
Refined oil-New York, 5.7oc; London, 40 |
E1sd: Antwerp, l3f.
OH CITY Nov. 25-National Transit certifi-
Gates opened Mt 5lHc; highest 5215c; lowest, |
5l7Sc: closed, 52Ac Sales, 1000 barrels; clear.
inces 64. 700 barrels shipments, l56, S37 barrels
runs, l92Sl2 barrels.
NEW YORK, Nov. 25.-Petroleum opened
ng, 5a1lc bid: highest, 5sNc; lowest, SIC
nd; closing, SEC bid. Pennsylvania oil,
spot sales, none; December options, sales,