Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-12
ONLY ONE LIGHT WELL
Ouietness Reigned in the Mcdonald
Field Yesterday.
SEVERAL WELLS NEAR THE SAND.
Operators Waiting for Developments
Around sistersyille.
PIPE LINE STATEMENTS FOR APRIL

Only one we'll reached the fifth sand in
the Mcdonald field yesterday, and it was
showing for a light producer. 1t belongs to
the Forest Oil Company, and is located on
the Mrs Campbell farm, north of Oakdale.
Brown, Davis Bros s. Co. will have q
we'll in the fifth to-day on the Wilkinson
lot located east of the Wettengel No. of
J. NJ. Guffey, Russell, McMullen & Co.
Should it prove good it will extend the No
blestown pool at least 500 feet to the east
ward.
The Devonian Oil Company's advance
we'll on the Cubbage farm was below the
fourth sand last night, and may get the
fifth to-day. 1t will proba bly, be similar to
the we'll drilled by the Grover Cleveland
Oil Company on the Kelly farm in the same
locality, which got nothing in the hfth, put
had a showing of oil in the fourth sanu the
same as in the Cubbage.
The Venture Oil .Company's WELL on the
Robbins farm, mile and nall southwest
OF Mcdonald, was 1900 feet deep yesterday,
and as it is located on the TOP of one OF the
highest hills in the region they do not eX-
pect the Gordon for couple OF davs.
The Woodland Oil Compaty's No; !. on the
Crawford farm, will he in the Gordon sand
this week. Their No. on the same farm
and their No. on the Scott, a short distance
southwest of the Craw ord, Will be finished
up next week unless they meet with streak
of bad luck.
Greenlee & Forst's Nos. and 6, on the
Wade farm, should be in the Gordon to-day
Oh tomorrow.
Watching Sistersville Wells.
Many of the operators in Pittsburg are
now waiting to get the results of three or
four wells which are near the sand in the
Sistersville field. The greater part of the
territory is held by Pittsburg parties who
will go ahead and operate their leases If the
test wells now drilling prove to be produc-
ers. The only drawback to this field is the
salt water which is found in such quantities
as to prevent the wells from flowing oil and it
is only by weeks and months OF pumping
iE some cases, that a well can be put on
paying basis. The enormous pressure of
water keeps the oil in the hole. and this
pressure must be taken off before the oil can
he reached.
Grace & Co.'S we'll on the whitten farm,
which Is just being drilled in is said to be
the only well in the field in which salt water ter
northern part of the field on the Ohio side of
the river
The field as it stands now is probably at its
most interesting period of development
There have been just about enough wells
completed to show tnnt oil in paying quanti-
ties is possibility, but the size, or direetion
OF the belt If there Is any, is still unsolved.
Does Not Believe in a Belt.
One of the pioneers in the field said yester-
day:
Il scarcely believe that any regular belt
will he developed The Big Injun sand
underlies all of that country, and it all con-
tains oil. My opinion is that it is spo tied.
and in some spots more Oil will be found
than in others, but not Il regular northeast
and southwest belt, as at Mcdonald, for
instance"
Yesterday morning two contemporaries
published as a fact the sale of the Millers
Run Oil Company's property at Sistersville
to the Standard Oil Company's Ohio COM
pany for $ll5 900. 1t was denied absolutely
by Messrs. Younason and Brown. members
OF the Miler's Run Oil Company. There is
an option on their property, but no sale has
been made. They have six producing wells.
acres Of land, all in Ohio. They are now
drilling No. on the Rudolph farm, and No.
on the Stewart. and have made locations
Tor No. Jacob Rowls, No. Mittendorf and
No. on the Ben Rowls farm.
Apple Mercer & Patty were putting tub
ing in their we'll on the E. Wells farm yes
tertlay, mile below town, and will start to
pump the salt water out OF it to-day. 1t has
not been making any oil recently owing to
the pressure of water. 1t has the best sand
yet found in the field, and the owners be-
lieve that it will eventually be one OF the
biggest wells.
Hoffman & Co. are finishing at 1,eOO feet in
their well on the Thistle farm. 1t is located
about a mile east of the town.
Ludwig & Mooney were reported to have q
good we'll at No. 9, on the J. Russell farm,
near the mouth OF Polecat run. 1t is half a
mile northeast of their big well on the E.
Russell farm, which is making 600 barrels OF
oil and g. 500 barrels of salt water day.
Pipe Line Statements.
The pipe line statements for the month of
April have just been published. The
net stocks of Pennsylvania oil were
increased during the month by 4S3,-
l5O barrels. The combined receipts of all
the lines, the Tidewater, National Tran-
sit, Octave, Southwest Penn, Eureka,
division of the Buckeye,