Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-25
who confidently believe that the next big
oil field will be found near Sistersville.


oil field will be found near Sistersville.
Harmony and Butler County.
! HARMoNy-Dude No. l, Eichnour farm,
is 40 feet in the sand, and made several
| small flows Of water and very little oil.
Sutton, Hooks & Co.'S No. 2, Schott
| farm, expect the sand tomorrow.
Campbell, Westerman & Co.'S No. 4,
Frederick farm, is making 80 barrels pei
| dav.
| Lockwood & Co.'s No. /, Meyer farm, has
| been shot and slightly improved.
Sutton & Co.'S No. l. On the Meyer, is
| through the sand and flowing. 1t will be
good for 150 barrels.
The Brenner farm well is reported no
| good; the sand is black and hard.
Bettman No. ., Holleman farm, is max
ing 70 barrels per day.
Guckert No. /, Schell farm, is through
the sand and was shot yesterday. Its capacity
cannot be estimated.
Wolfagle & Co.'S No. 2 Frank truth, at
Jefferson Center, is IA feet in the sand and
showing for good well.
Hovis & Co.'S well on the Anderson
fam, in the Brownsville district which
was good in the third or fourth sand, and
which was shot in the 100-foot sand, started
10 pumping night before last and made 26
inches in r go barrel tank the first "a
hours. 1t will probably settle to a 25-bar-
rel well. 7
Another Big Ohio Well.
BOWLING GREEN-The largest producer
completed in the Ohio field for many day
has just been finished up by the Brown Oil
> Company. 1t is No. 9, on the z. j. and G.
NJ. Brown farm located on the northeast
corner of the southwest quarter of section
%, Plain township, and 1 200 feet south of
N ha far1r Tor fha Hrcf
hours it produced 400 barrels natural This
is considered good field, as the Bowling
Green field has been rapidly declining in
its production.
Production and the Gauges.
The estimated production of the field
Monday morning compiled from gauges
was 26,500 barrels, the same as the
day before. The hourly gauges were as fol-
lows: Jennings, Guffey 4 Co.'S No. 3 Mat
thews. 90; Heron No. 4, 40: Guffey & Queens
No. l Samuel Wetmore 80; Devonian Oil
Company's Nos. and Boyce, 45; Oakdale
Oil Company's No. Morgan heirs. 90; Nos.
and Baldwin, so: Nos. / and 2 Wallace, 80;
Forest Oil Company's No. NJ. Wright. 90;
Guffey, Murphy & Co.'S Nos and 9 Sam
Sturgeon, 81; Porter & Co.'S No. Miller, 90;
production, 800: stock in the field, 60,0OO.
The runs of the Southwest Pennsylvania
Pipe Line Company from Mcdonald Tuesday
were 9,5lS: outside OF Mcdonald, IL ,S43 The
NdllOHui IIaHSiI runs MOnQay were 900;
shipments. 1880 Buckeye runs, A, 42l; ship
ments, s46. Southern Pipe Line runs, 12-
S0l. New FORK Transit runs 346sO. Macks-
burg runs. $685. shipments, 1,049.
Yesterdays Market Features.
Trading was very light. The price
touched the lowest point since last Novem-
Der. Production at Mcdonald was the
smallest for six months. This was bullish.
The bearish influence was selling by the
weary longs The opening and highest was
591s, lowest 5s3a, closing 5s]5 There was no
change in refined. Daily average runs,
81, 55l; daily average shipments, 10 6S2.
OIL CITY, Feb 24.-National Transit cer-
tificates opened 59lIc: highest, 5914c; lowest,
$50: closed. 5s3sc Sales, IS, 900 barrels: clear
ances, 2s6,o0o barrels; shipments, 1O3,S79 bar
rels: runs, l0l 303.
BRADFORD, Feb. 24-National Transit cer-
tificates opened at soc; closed at 5s3sc:
highest, SOC; lowest, 575sc; clearances. 10000
New YORK, Feb. "a. - Petroleum opened
weak and declined 1c under pressure to sell
some small lots, then rallied &c and closed
weak. Pennsylvania oil-Spot sales at 5S11Sc:
March option opening, SOC: highest, $50; low
est, 5sc; closing. $3.50. Lima oil-No sales
Total sales, 5000 barrels