Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-20
SMALL WELLS YESTERDAY.

SMALL WELLS YESTEKUA1.
One Dry Hole, and q Couple of Little Pro
ducers at McDonald-Many Which VII
Reach the Sand This week-Reportt
From a Number of Small Pools and
Wildcats.
The field reports yesterday were not en-
couraging to the men who have wells com
ing in. Information from the wells due
was that they were showing light. The
estimated production of the Mcdonald
field dropped from p 800 to 21,OOO barrels.
Campbell No. 2 of the Forest Oil Company,
located in the Meise pool, was
dropped from the list of those making 20
barrels an hour.
Only one well showed an increase 1t is
the Kirk No. 1 of the Sinclair Oil Com
pany, which went up from 35 to 40 barrels an
hour. All of the other wells which changed
at all went down. The No. 2 Morgan, OF
the Oakdale Oil Company, fell from 30 to %
an hour; Greenlee & Forst's No. McMur-
ray went from 30 to 25, as did the Wood
land Oil Company's No. 2, on the Crawford
farm. The Woodlands OLD No. l. on the
Gamble, is still making from IS to 40 barrels
an hour.
\,
Walker farm, located southwest of the old
Fife well on the western horizon of the
field, was reported last night to be almost
through the fifth sand and no good.
Greenlee & Forst's No. l. on the Noble
farm, located LOO feet southwest of Fitz-
gibbon Co.'s No. Walker, will be in the
sand tomorrow evening.
Slagle, Lenz Fried's No Noble, also in
the Fife pool, is in the Gordon sand and
showing gas in that formation.
The Devonfan Oil Company's No. ], on the
Nancy kelso farm, in the sourthern part of
the McCurdy field, is small well.
The Forest Oil Company shot its No. on
the M. Geiser farm in the McCurdy field
Yesterday, and it will not be better than a Is
Tho Forests No. 8 on the Mrs Campbell
farm in the Meise pool, was two bits in the
Gordon sand at noon yesterday, and had no
showing of oil at that time. A fishing Job
delayed them in No. 2 Robert Wallace, but
they expect to get into the Gordon this
morning. Their No. Campbell is expected
to reach the Gordon some time to-day.
Reports From Many Fields
The Royal Gas Company is still working
away in the lower end of the Mcdonald
field. 1t has three wells due this week.
They are No. Ga the Mcdonald brothers
property near Midway, No. s on the Ed Nc
Donald farm, No on the Mark Robb and
the No. Moore, located south of Venice.
The Woodland Oil Company has started to
drill No. 5 on the Crawford farm, located
two miles southwest of Mcdonald
John NJ. Patterson & Co. 3 No. 2 on the Nc
Carr farm, in the western mart of the MIC
Curdy. field is due in the sand to-day.
LEKTsDALE-There are half a dozen wells
finding gas. They are located on botf the
north and south sides OF the river. The Ohio
Valley Gas Company, of Sewickley, is drill
ing three wells and has just started one on
the Neeley farm.
The Bridgewater Gas Company is drilling
two and the Penn Brick Works has one un-
der way.
MT NEBo-J. W. Craig has just completed
q well on the Ford farm. 1t is a light gasser
HoMEsrEAD-MunhaT & Co. are drilling a
well for gas on the Cox farm, located about
two miles south OF this place. tits down 1,2O0
feet. They expect to get the gas in the Eliz-
abeth sand.
PoRTERsvILLE-John NJ. Patterson & Co.
started to pump their well on the Nagel farm
Saturday, but no oil has been brought up
1t is making salt water.
SIsTERsvILLE-Daniel Wheeler, an oil man,
belonging in Washington, Pa, was killed
near this place Monday evening by falling
Billy johnson says his we'll on the Moore
farm, four miles south of town, is good for 100
barrels day; He is tubing it at present His
making 200 barrels day. Nos. and are
now being drilled.
The McGrew well on the Ohio side Of the
river above town is due this week.
WASHINGTON, PA.-Information has been
received here that the well that supplies gas
for the Touring mill and citizens of Eighty
Four, on the farm of w. j.. Smith, blew up
on Sunday. The well was blown off Satur-
day afternoon and how SO much gas could
gather in so short a time is a mystery The
gate and quantity OF the pipe as well as
about two-thirds of the derrick were blown
away. A hole eight or ten feet in diameter
at the mouth of the well was caused by the |
force of the gas |
menced on a monster tank on the line of the |
Crescent Pipe Line Company, about seven
miles south of this city. The purpose is to
have it filled with oil, which will be used |
largely for fuel by the Cambria and johnson
Companies, to whose plants it will be con.
yeyed through small pipes. |
The Gauges
The hourly gauges of the larger wells yes-
terday were as follows: Aeise No. l. Lynch &
Co, 20; Morgan No. 2.Oakdale Oil Company, 25; |
RobD No. 8, Florence Oil Company, 20: Sin. |
ford No on %dodsgnd SS Oh dompan2 49, Cray
Forst & Greenlee's No, McMurray, 25; Oak |
dale Gas Company's No. Robb, 30 The esti- |
mated production was 2l 1000; stock in the |
field, 1,OOO.
Runs and Shipments.
National Transit Company runs on 18th, |
36, AT: shipments, 5,795
Southwest runs, Mcdonald division, on the |
18th. 23,s9s Outside of the Mcdonald.
II, ,745. Buckeye Pipe Line, Macksburg divis.
ion, 3,2l5. Lima division, 43 623: shipments,
d, lOU Lu1Ckd lpc Liucb lZyoio, SQlDmentS.
l ,Ssl. New York Transit shipments, 36.l59'
Pipe Line shipments were ATS.
Tidewater runs Monday were 3,463: total,
5s 753: average, 8,264. Shipments, 25, 49, total,
l5S, 903; average, 6S2L
The Oil Market.
Range Of the August option: Opening,
52llc; highest, 52lc; lowest, 515sc; closing.
5lsSc: Sales, 5000 barrels.
Refined oiI-New York, &c; London, 4sSd:
1877; Bremen, 5S5f
on Cry. July 19-NatiOnal Tran off c>rti8 Il
oates opened at 52sSc; highest, 52sSc: lowest.
5l8c; closed, 5lssc; sales, 600 barrels: clear.
inces, 81, 600 barrels; shipments, llO,7l7 bar.
rels; runs, 81 lS0 barrels.
NEW YORK. July I-The petroleum mar
Set opened weak on forced fiquidating sales
ind declined nc, but later reacted to the
opening and closed steady. PENNSYLVANIA
,il, sales, 5000 barrels, at 6IAc. Au-
rust option, sales, $1,000 barrels; opening.
DC; highest, SIC; lowest, SIG; closing.
&c. Lima oil, no sales. Total sales, 5000
THE CORnAGE CDMpTN TYou