Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-29
SOME NEW OIL WELLS.
They Are Not Showing for Gushers-Small
Producer East of OakdaIe - The Big
Ones Holding Up-A Surprise at Wittmer

They Are Not Showing for Gushers-Smal
Producer East of Oakdale - The Big
Ones Holding Up-ASurprise at Wittmel
Station-Two Sistersvi1le Producers.
The production of the Mcdonald field yes.
terday went up from $500 to $1,000 barrels
| In the gauges the Woodland Oil Company's
No. Scott heirs is reported to be making 81
barrels an hour, while ut the office of the
company it is reported as doing over 80 bar
| rels an hour.
| Knox Bros. & Co.'s No. 9 on the Scott farm
is making from 40 to 45 barrels an hour nc.
cording to parties who were at the well, al
= though the gauges place it at 35 barrels an
| hour.
The Forest Oil Company's No on the
Sturgeon farm, short distance east of Oak
dale, was reported last night to be almost
through the sand, with only a couple of
hundred feet OF oil in the hole. 1t may make
ten barrel a day pumper.
Greenlee & HartmanSNo. O. on the Potter
farm, south of the Meise pool, may make 100
barrels day from the Gordon sand. Their
No. Potter is due the first of next week.
Connors & Co.'S No. 2, on the Cook farm,
which adjoins the Potter on the west, is due
tomorrow in the Gordon, but owing to its
proximity to Gveenlee Hartman's No. 9
Potter otter they Z expect very light well.
acres is drilling in the l00-foot.
VIII Be in the Pay To-Day.
The Forest Oil Company expects to get the
fourth sand to-day in it's No. 2 on the Devine
farm in the McCurdy field.
Greenlee & Forst's No. l Rough, at Char.
tiers, is expected to reach the fourth sand
to-day and the pay streak tomorrow. Their
No. is ready for the last casing. Their No.
on the Aiken farm is drilling at 1000 feet
fifth sand at No. Woods on account of
shortage in the water supply.
The wheeling Gas Company was expect
ing to reach the fifth sand late last evening
at Its No. 2 on tile kelso tarm, which is 500
feet east of Knox Bros. s. Co.'s No. Scott.
They are rigging up Mt No. Kelso which is
opposite the Woodland Oil Company's No.
on the Scott heirs farm The Wheelinp's
No. on the Richard GLADDEN. farm was
drilling in the 50-foot yesterday. Their No.
on the j. p Scott will be in the 5O-foot to-
morrow, and they are ready for the l0-inch
casing at No. Giff1n, near Venice
Jennings Co. will be in the fifth sand to-
day ut their No. Sproul, near Noblestown.
Sinclair Co. are having streak of bad
luck at their No. on the Kirk farm, in the
Meise hollow. Some time ago the rig was
burned, and about q week ago the bull
wheels went up through the derrick, demol-
han,n; ishinS everything in sight. The tools
hole, and now they have just completed a
third rig and are fishing for the tools.
Deep Sand at Wittmer.
UNDERcLIEF-Rosenri's well at Wittmer
station surprised all of the old operators
yesterday. When it was drilled through the
3O-foot and third sands no oil was found. and
the owner decided to 20 deeper. Yesterday.
at depth of $50 feet, sand was tapped.
and little gas began to como to the surface
almost Immediately. 1t was only a short
time until the hole filled up 400 feet with oil,
and the well was shut down. This new sand
is 500 feet below the 100 foot and $50 feet
below the fifth sand. Whatever it may be
It contains oil, and may prove q revelation
to the operators in that locality.
Patterson u Sohn's Fucker farm we'll
30 feet in the 3O.foot sand ana has /, 700 feet
Of oil in the hole. They are moving back
the boiler.
Two Sistersville Producers,
s1srERsv1LLE-The Thistle Farm Oil Com
pany has finished up its No. Thistle and
it is showing for a good well. Their No. 8
is due tomorrow.
The Kanawha Oil Company's No.
Ludolph is in, and is good for 200 barrels a
day.
The Gauges Yesterday.
The production of Mcdonald was 10000
yesterday, 500 more than the day before;
Woodland Oil Company's No. Scott, 80 per
hour; Knox & Co.'S No 2 Scott, s5 per hour;
The runs from the sistersvilIe field were
II, ,S62 barrels on Monday.
Runs and Shipments Saturday.
The runs of the National Transit Company
were 2646l: shipments, 5s,779; Southwest
runs from Mcdonald we're l3. .92l; outside of
Mcdonald, 9.Os4; total, %. O05; Buckeye Pipe
Line runs from the Macksburg field, 1924:
shipments. 500; Buckeye runs of Lima oil
92 467; shipments, 1856; Eureka Pipe Line
runs, 1889; shipments, 2.st2: Southern Pipe
Line shipments, e4,a27; New York Transit
shipments, "a 743.
The runs of the Western and Atlantic Pine
Lines on Saturday were 3,3lL The shipments
were Alta
The saturday and Sunday runs of the W.
L. Mellon lines were 1888 barrels: shin |
ments. 1916; receipts from other lines.
none; total receipts, l2,643.
Pipe Line Runs on Sunday.
The runs of the National Transit Company |
were 2,7lS Southwest runs from Mcdonald. |
!, ,769; outside Of Mcdonald, 733; total, s,5Ol |
The Buckeye runs of Macksburg oil were |
8, ,522 Buckeye runs of Lima oil, Is, ,574; ship |
lnents 26, 125. Eureka runs, 9,9l5; shipments. |
j, 1908. Southern Pipe Line Company shin.
inents, l834L New York Transit Shipments,
q, ,542.
Runs of the Western and Atlantic lines on |
Saturday we're 70s; shipments, 2,2l5
Tidewater Pipe. Line Runs on SATURDAY. |
were 53l6; on Sunday, $50; total, LOG, ,9S6; aycr-
age, 1882. Shipments saturday, 20, 1856; on
Sunday, none total, 23l $40; average, S,69a