Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-06
NEWS In THE Oil FIELDS.
Wells Now Drilling in the Mcdonald Pool,
Their Depth and Condition-Increasei in
the Estimated Production-Operations
Around ST. Mary's,

Wells Now Drilling in the Mcdonald Pool,
Their Depth nd northumberland in
the Estimated Production Operations
Around St. Mary's,O
The work in the oil fields yesterday was
rather light No new developments of a
startling character were made.
The estimated production of the Med on
aid field went up from 10000 to 20, 800 bar
rels. The Florence Oil Company's No 8
Robb, which was the only well reported
Tuesday to be making 20 barrels an hour,
was dropped from the list, but two others
were added to it.
They are the Forest Oil Company's No.
on the W. C. Heron farm, mort of Mobiles
town, and Clarke & Co.'S No. S on the Free
man properly, which is located about
quarter of a mile southwest of 0akdale.
The Devonian Oil Company expects to
bring in its \ TO- on the j. W. RoDb farm
and its Nos and on the Elliott this week.
Its No. 9 on the Elliott farm is in the 100
foot.
Greenlce & Forst's No on the Oak Ridge
Coal Company property, east OF Oakdale,
was reported yesterday to be on top OF the
sand
Lentz, Schlegel & Fried have started to
drill at their No. on the Noble heirs farm,
and Mcfarland & Co. are down 500 feet on
the Gregg property.
Greenlee 6 Forst have commenced to
drill their No. 8 on the Kirk farm, in the
Meise hollow, south of Willow Grove.
The Woodland Oil Company's No. Alex
ander is reported to be through the salt
sand. Their No. on the Scott heirs is down
1000 feet.
Knox Bros & Co. are down 400 feet in their
No. Scott located two miles southwest OF
Mcdonald. Their old No. on this farm,
which was drilled into the fifth sand last
February, is still making rs barrels a day.
knp adrrG G. 70 Sc "
nedy iaIm is drilling at 900 feet Fitzgib-
bons & Co.'S No. on the Fisher farm may
reach the sand Saturday or Monday.
Operations in Ohio.
ST. MARY's. O.-The Ohio Oil Com
pany has just completed 6Obar-
rel well on the southwest corner of the
E. II. Wiehe farm, in the southwest quarter
OF the northwest quarter of section 20. ST.
Mary's township, Auglaize county, and to
the southwest about two miles from the
pool opened up several mouths ago along
the canal leeder and in the ST. Mary's gas
field.
The same company has completed No. i,
located on the southwest corner of the j. r.
Alderman farm, on the southwest quarter
OF section 23, Noble township, same county.
1t is good for so barrels after being shot
Tne same company has completed No. on
the southwest corner of the Thomas Doute
farm, situated on the northeast quarter of
section 81, same township. 1t was shot and
is only good for eight barrels.
Reilly, Milligan Co. have completed 25
barrel well on the northeast corner OF the
Isaac Sheely farm, situated on the southwest
quarter of the southeast quarter OF section
10, Franklin township, Mercer county, and
south of the reservoir.
The Gauges.
The production of Mcdonald was 2O5Oo
yesterday, 500 more than the day before The
hourly gauges OF the largest wells at Nc
Donald yesterday were as follows: Forest
Oil Company's No. Heron 20: Clarke &
Co.'s No. Freeman 20. The estimated pro-
duction was 10000; stock in field, 4, 600.
Runs and Shipments Tuesday.
The National Transit runs were 2s,s04;
shipments, 3o,Ss6 Runs of Sou thwest Penn
sylvania from Mcdonald, 1862: outside of
Mcdonald, 1908; total runs, % 1855; Buckeye
runs of Maciisburg Oil, 6,299; shipments,
not in Buckeye runs OF Lima oil, 80 9Il
shipments, 1886; Eureka runs, 14,0l9; SHIP
ments. l94l; New York transit shipments,
"; 800; Southern Pipe Line shipments, l6, &C.,
The runs of the Iidewater Pipe Line Com
pany tuesday were 3,4S; total for the
month. ll,42O; average, 1855; shipments,
none: total, none: average, 2,2l3
The estern and Atlantic Pipe Line runs
were 2,S49; shipments 260s.