Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-19
ANOTHER OIL POOL.
Patterson & Sohn Strike a Big Well
Back of Sharpsburg.
PRODUCING FROM THE SO-FOOT.
Possibilities Considered Good for De-
veloping New Field.
ONE SMALL WE'LL IN AT M'D0NALD

What may prove to be the initial well in
anew oil pool was opened up within few
miles of the heart of Pittsburg yesterday
1t belongs to John NJ. Patterson, who
opened the McCurdy field, and Henry Sohn
The latter stated last evening that they
were one bit in the 30-oot sand, and tha
the we'll was making 35 barrels an hour
Mr. Patterson said that it had made e1
actly So inches in four hours, or an ayerag,
OF 80 barrels an hour.
He is elated over the success of the We Mt
ure, and confidently believes that he ha
discovered new pool The well is located
in the Kessler heirs farm, aud is about 1
mile and halt northeast, on % degree
line from Underclife on the PIttsburg and
Western Railroad, and about the same dis
tance northeast on a 45 degree line from
Glenshaw. 1t is scarcely over three miles
from Sharpsburg, and there is no other well
within a mile and half of it.
Dixon & Co. drilled well on the Lauty
farm, a mile and half northeast OF Patter'
son & Co.'S Kessler well, some time ago.
They got considerable oil in the third sand,
but the we'll tailed to hold up, and is now
making less than ten barrels day. Patter-
son & Sohn have 400 acres leased in the
vicinity of the Kessler well and will de.
velop it as fast as possible.
1t was about the only topic discussed
among the oilmen yesterday, even the
market was forgotten for the time being,
and the possibilities of a new pool being
opened up in Allegheny county were con-
sidered good. The old Wildwood field is
only q few miles northwest OF the new de-
velopment, but there have been many test
wells put down between the two places.
Little Change at McDon, I'D.
There was little change in the Mcdonald
region yesterday The estimated produc-
tion fell off from 19, 800 to $4,000 barrels
No new wells were added to the list of
those making 20 barrels an hour.
Forst s. Greenlee's No. 6 on the Mar
shall farm, dropped from 80 to % barrels an
hour as did the ROYAL Gas Company's No.
/ on the Mark Rolf farm.
The runs from the Sistersville field took
a decided jump yesterday and were reported
as 1862 barrels.
The Forest Oil Company's No. on the
Jshn McEwen farm, a mile southwest of
Willow Grove, was finished uD yesterday
and will not make better than a ten barrel
well in the Gordon. Their No. 2 on the
Gregg farm, east of Oakdale, was due in
the sand last night. 1t is test well and is
being watched with considerable interest
Mcconnell & Co. are starting to drill on
the r. c. Brown farm, south of Mcdonald.
The Wheeling Gas Company has a claim on
this farm and the matter is now in the
courts
The Ruppel Oil and Gas Company is
down 200 feet in d well on the Moore farm,
located in northeast McCurdy.
Personal.
Colonel P. M. Shannon returned vester-
from Wyoming, where he is interested in
oil territory. He says there is only one we'll
now being drilled in the State, and that is
being nut down by Western parties. He
has drilled three wells in Wyoming, and sot
oil in only one of them.
The Gauges.
The production of Mcdonald was 1900
yesterday. The hourly gauges of the larger
wells at Mcdonald yesterday were as fol-
lows: Sinclair Oil Compapy's Nos. / and 2,
%; Greenlee 4 Forst's No. 8 McMurray, 25;
No. Marshall. 25: Peoples Gas COMPANY IS
Nos. LAG and las, 20: Royal Gas Company's
duction was 1900; stock in the field, 1900.
Runs and Shipments.
National Transit Company runs on the
18th were 81, ,075: shipments, IS. 437.
Southwest Pennsylvania runs from Nc
Donald were "a, 1876. Outside of Mcdonald, g.
974. Buckeye runs, Macksburg division. 6, $50;
shipments. none. Shipments from the Lima
division, August IL, 55, 1885, runs, 81 Isl The
Eureka runs were 1854; shipments, 1852
southern Pipe Line shipments, 1924 New
York Transit shipments, not in.
The runs from Sistersville yesterday were
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