Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-12
GORDON AND FIFTH SAND OIL

The Kirk Farm Presents q Pair Of Good
wsIIs-A Fifth Sander Improvsd-sev-
eral Light Wells in tho Gordon-An
Old " ell Started to Flow.
The production of the Mcdonald field did
not bulge yesterday from the position it
took on the previous day.
Two wells are due to the list They are
located on the Kirk farm in the Meise pool
and the two are credited with 40 barrels an
hour The Peoples Gas Company drilled
their No. LAG, on the McMurry, deeper and
increased the production from 20 to 25 bar
rels an hour. The Forest Oil Company's
No. 1 McEwen has been drilled through the
sand and will be good for $50 barrels day.
No Son the same farm, has also been COM
pleted. A small pay was found at the bottom
of the sand and it will possibly produce 15
barrels day.
Thi, company's No. Wallace and No 4
Mary Campbell, both in the Meise pool,
with no hard luck, will get the Gordon this
week. Their No. Geyser, in the McCurdy
fold, is also due in the fifth sand this week.
In the Southwest.
The Wheeling Gas Company's No. %, Glad
den, is two bits in the sand and making
seven barrels an hour. Their No. on the
same farm is showing for 80 barrel pumper.
The Greenlee Forst No. Is, Mevey, per-
formed o queer freak this afternoon. The
we'll has not been producing much Tor some
time, but OF its own volition started to flow
at the rate of seven barrels an hour. Their
we'll on the Mclean lot at Noblestown was
in the Gordon last night but was not show
ing any Oil.
The gauges OF the larger wells yesterday
were as follows: Meise No. !, Lynch & Co.,
20; Morgan No. 2, Oakdale Oil Company, Is;
RobD No. 3, Florence Oil Company, 80; Kirk
Nos l and 2, 40; McMurray No. lag, Peoples
Gas Company, 25. The estimated produc-
tion was 20, 500; stock In. the field, 66, 700.
Runs and Shipments
National Transit Company runs on 9th,
2s, ,00446: shipments, 23,4sl9S on the 10th,
runs, sS3.56.
Southwest runs, Mcdonald division, on the
9th, % 65s.1O; outside, 6si2.0s; total 3O,47ols
On the 10th, Mcdonald. 13.6s9 50; outside,
3H.19; total H0S6.T. Buckeye Pipe Line,
Macksburg division, on the 9th, runs, 1,62l.33;
10th. 5s5.s5. Lima division, 9th, 30 982 10: 10 n,
5,s.s.lI; shipments from the Lima division
for the Sth. 9th and 10th. inclusive, l22, 155 9s
Eureka Pipe Line, Och, Il, 5ss.A 10Th, 9i5 ";
Southern Pipe Line Company: Shipments
9th, s,0a5S; New York Transit Company:
Shipments 9th, 43 1912. Tidewater Pipe
Line: Runs Saturday, 4,347.63; Sunday, 9i3 rs.
IOCais zo,V4Ioo ANcTdRo Z,cV4 ~. Sn1pm6ntS
Saturday and Sunday, none Total, 5O,76s 50.
Average, 5,07636
The Oil Market
OIL CITY, July 1l.-National Transit certifi-
Gates opened at 5234c; highest, SIC; lowest,
523zc; closed 527sc; sales, 10 900 barrels; clear
ances, l32 900 barrels; shipments, TO-, sos bar
rels: runs, los 06S barrels
No sales occurred OH the floor of the local
exchange, and the only quotation was estab-
lished by bid of 53c for the August option.
Refined oil-New York, &c; London, 4ssd;
Antwerp, 135sf.
NEW YORK, July 1.-THE petroleum market
opened steady. There was a lar ger business
tnan usual OF late. but fluctuations were
almost too narrow to record. The market
closed steady. Pennsylvania oil, no spot
sales: option salcs, 5000 barrels; opening,
63c; highest, 531lc; lowest, 5!5Sc; closing, So.
Lima oil, no sales. Total sales. A, ZOO barrels