Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-09
WELLS ARE FALLING OFF.
Noblestown Producers Seem to Lack Stay
ing Qualitfes-Fife No. Drilling in an
Inferior Sand, and Looks Like Failure
-anotber Well nm the NcCartv

Noblestown Producers Seem to Lack Stay
ing Oualities-Fife No. 2 Drilling in an
Inferior Sand, and Looks Like a Failure
Another Well on the McCarty.
The reports from the Mcdonald field yes
terday were rather cheering for the bulls.
The production dropped off from 1900 to
%, 900 barrels, notwithstanding that one 90
barrel an hour we'll was added to the list
of big ones. It is Isman & Co. IS
No. 1 on the Short 8 Wade lot and was
reported in The DISPATCH yesterday.
Thirty barrels an hour was its estimated
capacity, but deeper drilling did not i'm
prove it, and like the other Noblestown fifth
sanders, it fell off gradually to 20 barrels an
| hour 1t seems to have as much oil as any
of the others, but it lacks the gas to bring
out the petroleum. They intend to shoot it
to-day.
were off Yesterday morning. j. M. Guffey,
Russell & McMullen's No. Wettengel
dropped from 40 to so barrels an hour; Green
lee & Forst's No. National Coal Company's
No was down from 40 to %; their No. Nc
Murray, from so to 70; the Lumber Yard Oil
Company's No. l fell off from 40 to %. and
the Bear Creek Refining Company's No.
Campbell dropped from As to 80.
The only we'll scheduled to get the fifth
sand Yesterday was the New York Oil Com
pany No. on the Fife farm, northwest OF
porred last evening to be three bits in avery
inferior sand, and the chances are it will be
dry hole, % or at most very Y small; dn The ths
Ulrich is still doing 80 barrels a day was the
cause of drilling half dozen wells in this
locality. Dry holes have now been drilled
all around the original well except on the
west and southwest. North of west from 1t
Fitzgibbons & Co. recently finished up 200
barrel well on the Walker farm, but north
west of it Schlegel, Lenz q Co. got dry mole
on the same farm
The Trio Oil Company's No. on the A.
Bell farm is due to reach the fifth sand this
l, but between the latter and the Bell well is
a dry hole on the Fife which was drilled by
Miliison. Fried & Co.'S No. 2. on the Henry
McCurdy field, is showing for about 40 bar
rels day. They were 81 feet in an excel
lent sand last night. 1t is located l,sOO feet
west of their No. l, on the same farm, which
never made over so barrels O day and did
not make a barrel until it was shot.
Bailey & Roland's No. on the school
ploded yesterday, but fortunately no one
Brown & Co.'S well, located Just below the
school house, was on top OF the Gordon
Mellon & Wilson'S No. on the McCarty
farm near Midway was in the Gordon sand
yesterday and showing for good well IN
No. on this farm, which for months pro-
duced 80 barrels a day.
The Mcdonald Gauges.
The following estimates were submitted
by the gaugers of the Southwestern Penn
sylvania Pipe Line Company.
The production of the field was 2s, 600,
1000 less than the day before. The hourly
gauges were as follows: Matthew'S
No. 8, 25 Jennings, Gutfey s. Co.'s HERON
No. 4. %; Devonian Oil Company's Nos. and
Boyce, 25; Oakdale Oil Company's Nos.
and Baldwin, 45: Forest Oil Company's No.
l NJ. Wright. 80: No. lJane Stewart, 60; Rus
sell, McMullen s. Co.'s No Wettengel, 30;
Greenlee 4 Forst No. l National Coal Com.
pany, 25; No. l McMurray, 70: Lumber Yard
Oil Company's No. l. 25 Bear Creek Refining
Company's No. 3 Campbell, 3d. 1seman &
field 81, coo.
Pipe Line Company from Mcdonald Thurs.
day were 1884: outside of Mcdonald, l0,9l6.
The National Transit runs were 35. lO7; ship
ments SEC Southern pps, Line ship
29, 1874. Eureka shipments, 1887; runs, 6.s5s.
Macksburg division OF the Buckeye P. L. Co..
799. Buckeye runs, 35.4l9; shipments, 62,3S4.
Yesterdays Market Features.
As on the previous day, the finish was bet
ter than the beginning. Trading aggregated
about %, 0cO barrels. The opening was 5614c;
highest and close, s57c: lowest, 5Gl4c. There
was no change in refined. Daily average
runs. "A, $50 barrels: daily average shipments,
73 $50 barrels; clearances, 81, 0O0 barrels,
OIL CITY. April s-National Transit Certi-
ficates opened at 56ssc; highest SIC: lowest,
565Sc; closed at 567Sc. Sales. 81, 600 barrels; |
clearances 74O0O barrels; shipments, 69,94l
barrels; runs, s5,45s barrels;
BRADFORD, April s.-Market discontinued. |
NEW YORK. April S-Petroleum opened |
steady advanced nc and closed dull. Penn |
sylvania oil, SPOT. sales. none; May option |
opening, 56]6c; highest. SIC: lowest, 5615c: |
closing 57c: Lima oil, no sales; total sales,
I, 200 barrels.