Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-12
DRILLING In THE SAND.

Several Places Where the Bit Is in the
Rock, but Produced No Oil-Develop-
ments Expected To-Day-GoOd Showing
Made by Pipe Lines in October.
There were few changes yesterday in the
oil wells which are under way. Several of
them were drilling in the sand, but not
deep enough to produce any quantities of
oil.
In the Mcdonald field Guffey, Jennings &
Co. got duster on the Mark Robb farm,
Local ted mile north of the town of McDon-
aid and west of the Royal Gas Company's
wells on the Mark Robb farm. Not much
was expected from this we'll. as there are
some other busters developed recently In
the same locality.
The Philadelphia Company's we'll on the
Martin Clever farm which is being drilled
down from the Gordon to the fifth sand, was
reported to be in the fourth SAND yesterday
afternoon with no OIL
Brown Bros. Robinson's well on the Dill
enbach farm, i'll the CHARTERS district was
reported to "a feet in the fourth sand Inst
evening with no oil. They expect the pay at
2S or 80 feet in the sand.
Forst s. Greenlee have started to drill on
the Jonathan Aiken farm, and the Forest
Oil Company has got the walking beam NOV
ing on an Aiken farm adj dining.
The Wheeling Gas Company's No. on the
Patterson farm, near Venice, is due in the
drilling at 800 feet: No. j. P. Scott At 200
feet; Kelso No 2 should reach the 5O-foot
sand Monday. and they are starting to drill
at No. GiffiE, near Venice, and on the
The Woodland OIL Company's No. 2 on the
Scott heirs farm, two miles southwest OF
Mcdonald, was on top of the fifth SAND last
evening and will be drilled in in the morn
ing.
The Peoples Gas Company is drilling two
wells on the Dixon farm, three on the James
Wallace and one on the Nc Murray property,
near Oakdale.
THE Forest Oil Company's well on the A.
P. Clever farm, in Northeast McCurdy and
$500 feet sonthwest of their big Clever well.
was in the fourth sand yesterday. 1t was
an old well in the Gordon.
The Tidal Oil Company's No. Kirk, which
was located by C. ID. Greenlee and confirmed
by George Nesbit is making $50 barrels
day from the Gordon.
Dry in the Thirty-Foot.
UNDERcL1FF-Patterson& & sohn's well on
the Kleiiz farm was drilled through dry
3O-foot sand yesterday. Their Fucker well
is in the top of the 30-foot and showing for a
well.
MILLTowN-The Peoples Gas Company
will drill its Leopold well into the sas sand
to-day. 1t was showing for q good gasser
last evening.
Good Pipe Line Showing.
The total receipts of Pennsylvania oil by
barrels, OR an increase OF SO IT'S over Septem-
ber The deliveries for the month were
8, 1881 1881 barrels, an increase of 5s,62l over
September. The deliveries were 159. .621 bar
reis in excess of the runs during October.
The net decrease in net stocks during Octo-
ber was 764 Ala barrels. The stocks at the
end of October were IS GS0 523 barrels. There
was an increase of 1853, ,20S barrels in sedi-
ment and surplus during the month, or a
total of 2,29l ,Sl2. Acceptances and other
,al,n hour of l,or
and an increase OF credit balances OF 5,622
barrels. Buckeye acceptances increased
500 600 barrels. and net stocks of Lima oil
decreased 349, ,342 barrels in October.
The Gauges Friday.
The production of Mcdonald was 1900
yesterday. the same as the DAY before: stock
IN field, "A, SEQ
The runs from the Sistersville field were
a. SSl barrels on Thursday.
Runs and Shipments Thursday.
The runs of the National Transit Company
were 2s557; shipments, 1l,6Sl; Southwest
runs from Mcdonald were 1903; outside of
Mcdonald, 1871; total, 2O.650: Buckeye Pipe
Line runs from the Macksburg field, 5.765;
shipments, not in: Buckeye runs of Lima oil
shipments. S6,3SO: Eureka Pipe Line
runs Ii, ,53l; shipments. l,920; Southern Pipe
Line shipments, A,s52; New York Transit
shipments, 2.9l2
day we're 4,2S5 barrels: shipments, 2,36l
The Thursday runs of the W. l.. Mellon
lines were 7.240 barrels; shipments, S.275; re-
ceipts from other lines, 643; total receipts,
1883.
The Tidewater pipe line runs on Thursday
we're 3422: total for the month, sc, 05O; aver
age, 36G5. Shipments, none; total, 70s70;
averge, 7,0S5.
The Oil Market.
Range of the December option: Opening,
5lSc: highest, SIC; lowest, 5l1c; closing,
Refined oil-New York, 5.sOc; London, 4sld;
Antwerp. 13ssf
OIL CITY, PA, Nov. 1l.-National Transit
Certificates opened 51Hc; highest, SIC; low
est, 5l74c; closed SIC. Sales $1,000 barrels:
clearances, $4,000 barrels: shipments, s3,32s
barrels: runs, 1910 barrels.
NEW YORK, Nov. 1.-THE petroleum mar
ket opened ieatureless and was dull through
out the day. Pennsylvania oil, spot sales,
none: December option sales, 5000 barrels
at 5lHc. Lima oil, sales. none; lac bid. Total
sales, 1000 barrels.