Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-30
STARTING THE OIL WELLS.

Auo FROST LeeunS OP anu "AOer AAnos
Thawed Out-Fiye Wells Are Due To-
Day and To-Morrow at Mcdonald
New Producers in Ohio.
The frost seemed to be letting up on the
operators in the lower fields yesterday, as a
number CT them succeeded in getting their
wells started up and the water lines
thawed out. This was particularly the
case in the Eastern McCurdy district.
Greenlee Fnrst got their walking beam
| moving at. their well on the Aiken farm,
and unless some unforeseen accident hap
| pens they hope to be in the fifth sand early
next week. This well is located south and
| west from the Forest Oil COmpany's No. on
| the d. h. Clever farm, which came in at 60
| barrels an hour some time ago. The Aiken
| well Is expected to define the value OF the
territory tn the west. This is the only well
Greenlee s. Forst are drilling in that To-
| cality.
The Forest Oil Company also got started
| up yesterday at its No. / on the W. e. Ed
mundson farm in the McCurdy district. and
| on the Aiken farm. They are drilling down
on the A. ?. Clever, and expect to get in next
| week.
There are four wells belonging to the
| Peoples Gas Company which should be in
| this week-No. l62 on the McMurray farm,
| near Greggs station; No. 159 on the Wallace,
| and Nos l60 and l6l on the Dixon farms, in
| the Meise pool. The Wallace and Dixon
| wells are expected to be Gordon sanders,
| but they will not open up anything new.
Jennings, Guffey & Co.'s No. II, on the Bell
| farm, north of YOUNGSTOWN, is due in the
| fifth saEd tomorrow or Monday. Their No.
Mat .hews is drilling at 400 ieet. and Jen-
| nings Bros. No. Sproul is down 800 feet.
Murphy, Jennings & Co. are down about
| 900 feet in their test we'll on the Underwood
| farm, in Doddridge county, W. Va. 1t lies
between couple of wells that were drilled
by the South Penn Oil Company each of
1 which showed considerable oil.
New Wells in Ohio.
BOWLING GREEN, O.-Harmon & Co. have
/ just finished up a 30-barreI well on the
Tibus Beck farm, which is an agreeable
surprise for lease holders in that vicinity.
WertZ & Wilcox are in the sand on the
BRYANT farm in Middleton township
The Ohio Oil Company shot its No. on
the William Legally farm, in Plain town.
ship, yesterday, and in the following "a
hours it made 500 barrels. This company is
drilling q couple OF test wells in Middleton
township, one on the Bowers heirs and the
| other on the l.. Bowers property. II pro-
ducers they will extend the belt considera-
bly, to the east. An important well on the
Nelson Poe Tarm, in Liberty township Han
cock county, will be finished next week.
They are starting No. Doterlnan and No.
j. H. Smith, in Bloom township, Wood
county.
limerick farm may be finished this week.
They leave cased No. on the Charles Mercy
farm and have rig up for No. l on the
George Ireland farm in Liberty township.
A wildcat is being drilled a little north
and east of Haskins by Mccullough Har-
man.
WooDvILLE-Neeley & speIlacy's test well,
on the c. a. GRADER farm, in advance of de-
velopments bout a mile to the southwest,
has been finished up and shot and is good
for 20 barrels day.
James Knappenberger's No 2, on the Bal
linger farm, in Franklin township, is 20
The Manhattan Oil Company's No. 2
Schroeder, in st. Mary's township, is 25-
barrel well.
Smith Ewin has completed a 50 barrel we'll
on the William Schrader farm.
observation-disclosures & VOLTS No. Delhi
will pump - barrels day.
The Palmer Oil Company has just finished
$50 barrel well on the Trapnell farm, in
Portage township.
The Nolan Oil Company has fair produ-
Ger at No. Sewing which mas just been COM
pleted.
The Gauges.
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 reported to have
increased from 20 to 25 barrels an hour. The
stock in the field was 46, Coz barrels.
Sfsterville runs were 20, lS9 barrels.
Runs and Shipments Wednesday.
The National Transit runs were 23,O63
shipments, %, 7O2. Buckeye runs of Macks-
runs of Lima oil, 1875; shipments, 35,OlO
New York Transit shipments, S5 l65. South
ern Pipe Line shipments, 2,l43. Southwest,
Pa, Pipe Line runs from Mcdonald were
r. $50; outside of Mcdonald, 1865; total,
Is lO4; shipments, 297 barrels. Eureka Pipe
Line runs, 1875; shipments, 1000.
The runs OF the Western Atlantic Pipe
Line on Wednesday were 1859 and the ship
ments 5646 barrels.
The runs of the W. L. Mellon lines for
Wednesday were 6,520; deliveries, 10, 1856 bar
rels.
The OIL Market.
Range of the January option: Opening,
521Sc; highest, 525sc; lowest, 5234c; closing,
5254c.
Refined oil-New York 5.4Oc; London, 40
@45zd; Antwerp, 1255f
NEW oRK, Dec. 2a.-Petroleum was dull
and barely steady; Pennsylvania oil, SPOT
sales, none; january options. sales, 900
bbls at 5215c, closing quotation at 5214c bid,
5!1dc asked; Lima oil, sales none; 1Sc bid,
20c asked. Total sales, 1000 bbls.
OIL CITY, Dec. 29.-Opened, 5Sc; highest.
5Sc; lowest, 525Sc; closed, > &c Sales, 81. 900
barrels; clearances, 5000 barrels; runs,