Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-03
M'DoNALD ADVANCING.

Your Wells Making Over go Barrels an
Hour, the Production FL 200 Barrels .
| Day-The Market Buliish - B7tler
County News-James Deems Dead.
The estimated production of the McDon~
aid field is up again to 21, 600 barrels, and
there are now four wells in the field which
are reported to be making over 20 barrels
an hour. The No. Sproul of E II. JeB-
| nings & Co. was added to the list yesterday,
and is reported as doing 80 barrels an hour.
1t is in the fifth sand district south Of
Noblestown and not far from the Forest on
Company's venture on the Stirling, which
was reported tolhave fallen from % to 20 bar
rels an hour yesterday.
There was a substantial advance in the
market yesterday, and the producers we're
consequently elated. The sales on the fioor
of the Pittsburg Oil Exchange amounted to
75,oOO barrels and 541< cents bid was the
closing price. The producers still insist
that the advance is due to the bulltsh char
ter of the November oil report.
The Forest Oil Company got pay streak
at 40 feet in the fourth sand at its No.
Devine in the CHARTERS field yesterday, and
1t is making about five barrels an hour.
Their No. on this farm is drilling below the
l00foot.
Greenlee Forst's No. Rough 200 feet
east OF the No. Devine, was 30 feet in the
fourth sand last evening, but had struck no
Oil.
UNpERcLIFF-Patterson & Sohn's Fucker
farm well made a number OF gooo nows
Thursday nighs and Yesterday morntng; norm ,9:
barrels a day from the 3O-foot.
Two Butler County Pools.
BRowNsDALE-Collins & Heasley have
started to drill at their No. on the Thomp-
son farm.
McJunkin & Slater will get the sand in a
q few days on the Mary Cowan farm.
Beers & Mckee are rigging up on the Mary
Cowan property.
The Butler Oil Company is starting we'll
on the Miller farm in advance OF the
Thompson 80 the southwest.
Unknown parties are drilling on the BOYD
and starting on the Fulton farm.
Thomas ". Phillips has started weH on
the Nicholas farm, near the McCalmont
OF Mars. is on top of the sand.
GARvIN DisTRICT-Guckert Steeles van
dervorG we'll is due in the sand this week.
The Snyder Oil Company's No. Lucy Is
down 800 feet.
Griesbaugh & Co. IS No. 2 Gardner is 40 feet
in sand and making three barrels an hour.
Guckert & Steele's Moss No. is dry in the
l00-foot
No Outlet in the Southwest.
S1sTERsv1LLE-The Williamson farm we'll |
is dry beyond DOUBT. 1t was very i'm
portant venture. as it was about two miles
of the Moore we'll on go line.
and If there is any outlet for the pool to the
southwest it must go between the William |
son farm well and the river, which would
leave 1t a very narrow margin. |
Jennings & Grace's No. on the Witten |
farm is good for l5O barrels day. They are |
starting No. on their Williamson Island |
lease. |
The Kanawha Oil Company's No. s Lu- |
dolph is due in the sand to-day.
James Deems Burned to Death.
An accident occurred Thursday morning |
at Ludwig & Moneys we'll, on the Dunfey |
farm, two miles southwest of Sistersville, |
which resulted in the death of james Deems |
and the burning of C. W. Mooney and Will
lam Robinson. They struck pocket of gas
in the salt sand which ignited. A terrific
explosion followed. Deems was knocked |
to the derrick floor, but was
dragged out by his companions. He was
terribly burned and died at $50 Thursday
and lived in Parkersburg. Mooney and
although badly burned about the
lace and hands, will recover.
The Gauges Yesterday.
The estimated production of the McDon-
lid field yesterday was $1,000 barrels, 800
barrels more than the day before. The
W Woodland Oil Company's No. Scott was
making 60 barrels an hour; Knox & Co.'s No.
Scott, 35 barrels an hour and the Forest Oil
Company's No. Stirling, 20 barrels an hour; |
Jennings & Co.'S No. Sproul, 80 an hour.
rhe stock in the field was 1000 barrels.
The runs from the SistersvilIe field were |
Z, 799 barrels.
Runs and Shipments Thursday.
The National Transit runs were 81, ,3S9;
hipmepts, 1859. Runs of Southwest Penn
ylvania from Mcdonald, 9,l3t; outside Of
icDonald. 4.669; total runs. 1903. Buckeye |
uns of Macksburg oil. 1920; shipments, not |
n Buckeye runs of Lima oil. I02, 36l ship |
nents, SO. 46l. Eureka runs, lS,s9S; shipments,
,O0a New York Transit shipments, 40 IA |
southern Pipe Line shipments, 1853
The Thursday runs of the W. l.. Mellon
els; receipts from other lines, ,725; total re.
efpts. e,52s.
The Western and Atlantic pipe line runs
we're. s7s: shipments. e,s7o.
The Tidewater Pipe Line runs on Novem- |
'er 80 were $500; total, 127, 179; daily average
uns for the month, 4,2S9 Shipments, none;
otal for the month, 234 $40; average, 1928
suns yesterday, Z, ll9; shipments, none.
The Oil Market.
The market was active and higher to-day, |
he transactions amounting to $1,000 barrels.
of she ao Spop &c.
Refined oil-New York, $500; London, 455sd;
1877
Sc; closed 5lAc. Sales, 1000 barrels; clear
noes, 10000 barrels; shipments, SL359 |
arreis: runs, 7s,2O5 barrels.
NEW YORK, Dec. 2.-Petroleum opened firm
nd developed strength as the day ad-
anced closing strong: opening, 52Zc: high |
st, 541Sc: lowest, 5231c; closing at 5416c. |
oil-Spot sales, none; January
ption, sales % 900 barrels. Lima OIL sales, |
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