Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-24
OIL OPERATIONS In OHIO.

Wood County Continues to Be the Banner
Producing Region-Some Good Wells
and a Few Dusters-Work in McCurdy
and Lower Mcdonald.
NORTH BALTIMORE, O., Dec. 2S-Wood
county still continues to be the banner oil
producing county in the Buckeye State.
The old fields are hanging on with marked
tenacity and enough new territory has been
developed to keep the talent busy. The
Gibsonburg and Woodville fields show the
most activity. and will for some time con-
tinue to hold the attention OF the energetic
Ohio operator.
markable for anything in the nature OF
gushers, but, as a rule, the wells have heen
of the paying kind and so long as the Buck
eye operator can get fairly remuneTat1Ve
wells, the search for new pools viii con-
tinue
At Oil Center, in Bloom township, o. A
Browning & Co. have just completed nice
producer on the c. Hannah farm that is
good for l50 barrels a day.
A. Stahl & Co. have finished up their No.
on the Stahl farm, located in Perry town
ship, that showed production OF 80 barrels
in the first "a hours after completion.
The Ohio OIL Company's No. s. on the
Henry Delhi farm in Freedom township,
has been completed, and the first "a hours
thereafter showed production OF 80 bar
rels. The well is located 200 feet from the
north line OF the farm and is regarded as
test of some importance.
L. D. Langrinoch has completed his test
well on the r. W. Porter tarm, In Plain
township 1t is producing ~ barrels q dav
since it was shot.
ParnelI, Zorn Co. have completed a salt
water producer, located on the z: f. Clan
sing farm, in section No. of Woodville
township.
In Middletown township, Marchka & Ker-
rigan have completed and shot their No.
on the G. C. Emmerick farm, and have 20
barrel producer.
In the same township Harmon & Co. have
completed their No. on the Charles Oster-
hart farm and il is not good for more than
10 barrels a day.
N BowIin has completed and shot his
No. I on the Cunning farm, located in the
same township, that will be good for 26 bar
In Portage township o. A. Browning &
Co. have finished up No. on the S. j. SIM
mons :arm and it is making % barrels day,
Hughes & Barnum have completed No.
on the William Sargent farm, in Liberty
township, that is not showing Tor more than
10 barrels a DAY.
In Perry township the Ohio Oil Company
has finished up and shot duster on the
James Perrine 1arm- This was the second
venture on this farm, the first proving only
light producer.
In the same township NJ SchailI completed
No. 1 on the J. Wiseman iarm yesterday
and scored q duster.
The Sun Oil Company has completed and
shot its No. on the Frank Blond farm, in
section No. of the same township, that is
showing Tor a 40-barrel pumper.
Operations in Sandusky County.
Operations in this county have Quieted
down. The most important well recently
completed, and one that may stimulate
operations. was drilled by'Jesse Stephens
on the Hutchison farm, i'll Madison town
Tr nil No q nd
showed q production OF 225 barrels the first
day after il was completed.
G. j. Green has just completed his No. on
the Nj. A Wegg farm, in the same township,
that is good for 80 barrels Gay.
The Sun Oil Company has completed its
No. 5 on the 7. Rinehart farm, in Jackson
township, chat proved rank duster.
No Oil in the Edmundson.
McCURDY-The Forest Oil Company's No.
on the W. E. Edmundson farm was re-
ported last evening to be 10 leet in the fifth
sand and showing no oil. The sand, also,
was of an in erior quality, although there is
yet q fair chance for it TO improve.
Gutfey Robison's fourth sand we'll on
the Ewing iarn was reported yesterday to
be making only six barrels an hour. 1t is a
very strong gasser, and IL is the opinion of
the operators who have been over the
ground that it is located on the edge OF the
pool and that the oil Will all be blown out
within few weeks, unless a stronger pay is
found deeper in the sand.
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Forest Oil Co. on the Aiken 1arm will not
be I'm for at least a couple of weeks. The
Forests No 10 Heron averaged 81 barrels
an hour yesterday.
The wheeling Gas Company's No. Giffin
is due early next week. Its No. GLADDEN.
was shot in the Gordon Thursday, and in
creased from 100 to Us barrels day. No. 4,
on the MOOrhead, WAS shot Yesterday after
noon. No. Robbins has been tubeG and is
ready for pumping. George No. has been
cased, and the Woods No 3 is shut down on
account of a shortage in the water supply.
Presented With Gold Watch.
The employees of the Oakdale division of
the Crescent Pipe Line Company presented
their superintendent, G. A Groslode, with a
gold watch yesterday.
The Gauges Yesterday.
The estimated production of the Mcdonald
field yesterday was 1900 barrels, the
same as the day before. The Woodland Oil
Company's No. Scott was making 80 barrels
an hour. The stock in the field was A, 600
barrels.
Tho runs from the Sistersville field were
1881 barrels.
Runs and Shipments Thursday.
The National Transit runs we're 27,73s;
shipments, 81 ,5ll. Runs of Southwest Penn
sylvania from Mcdonald, l2. .421; outside OF
Mcdonald. 1854: total runs, 19, Ia Buckeye
runSof Macksburg oil. {, 800; shipments, none.
I4,SSl Eureka runs, l6 $50; shipments, 3, ,S03.
New York Transit shipments, A,37L South
ern Pipe Line shinments % ITO.
The runs of the Tidewater Pipe Line Com
pany on Thursday were g. SCI; total, 9s, OOl;
average, 4455; shipments II, ,526; total, 2IS g75;
average, 99j3 barrels.
The runs of the W. L. Mellon Pine Lines
were 62l6; receipts from other lines, none;
total receipts, 6,2l6; shipments, $3.50.
The runs o. the Western Atlantic Pine
Limo were 1852, and the shipments S6S
barrels.
The Oil Market.
Range of the January option: Opening,
5216c; highest, 5255sc; lowest, 5216c; closing,
525Sc.
Refined oil-New York, 645c; London, 4150
45Sd; Antwerp. 1215f
New oRK, Dec. 23.-Petroleum was dull
and steady. Pennsylvania oil. spot sales,
none. January option, sales, 1000 barrels,
at 52159525Sc. closing at 525sc bid. Lima oil,
sales none; lsc bid, l9c asked. Total sales,
1000 barrels.
OIL CITY, Dec. 23.-Opened, 525Sc: lowest.
523Sc highest, 525sc; closed, 525sc. Sales 10 600
bal rels; clearances, 81 600 barrels; shipments
lO5. 403 barrels; Iuns, Sc, POI barrels.
Miscellaneous Church Mention.