Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-26
OIL AND GAS BELTS.
No Petroleum Found East of the
Brady's Bend Anticlinal.
1T is OVER 200 MILES IN LENGTH.
Features of the Pinhook Curvature
Noticed by E. C. Eeardsley.
WELLS IN THE GORDON AT M'DONALD

the geological surveys of the oil and gas re-
gions of Pennsylvania, and Prof L. @.
White, of West Virginia, E G. Beardsley,
of PittsDurg, has probably greater practi-
cal knowledge of the geological formation
of the oil and gas belts than any other man
in the country.
He was in cheerful mood yesterday after.
noon when THE DISPATCH scout en-
countered him. Mr.. Beardsley is a large
man in every particular. He is considerably
over feet high, and with his massive body
and full beard might easily be transformed,
with the exercise Of q little imagery, into a
giant OF the olden legends.
Branching out on the subject of geological
forma tions, he said: "It is a curious fact,
but nevertheless a fact, that no paying oil
well has been found east of the Brady's
Bend anticlinal, or fifth axis. as it is known
This is one OF the longest anticlinals we
have. 1t is plainly traceable from the
mouth Of Woods Run, on the Ohio rfver.
just below Ptttsburg, to Smethport, the
county seat OF Mexican county, distance of
200 miles. 1t is called the Brady's Bend
anticlinal because it is most prominent near
Brady's Bend, where 1t crosses the Alleghe-
ny river.
1.-The biggestgas wells have all been found
east OF this anticlinal, but as l stated no
oil in paying quantities has yet been dis
covered. As nearly every school boy knows
the whole appalachian range of mountains
is due to pressure, and not to volcanic action
a6 are tno ROCKIES.
illustrating the Earth's Contraction.
''These anticlinals are the result of pres
sure, or the contraction of the earth's
surface. To illustrate more fully. Take an
apple, place 1t on a. mantel
will be covered with little ridges. 1t was the
same way with the earth. In the center of,
or rather on top of. the round ridges on the
earth'S surface, which have thus been
thrown II on
1.-THE Chestnut Ridge and the Laurel Hill
anticltnals have been faulted, or cracked.
and the gas has escaped which, probably.
would otherwise have been found in them.
speaking of gas recalls the Plnhook anti
clinal. 1t is named from the little town o.
Pinhook down in Washington county, near
ticed by Prof. White. 1t runs northeast and
crosses the Monongahela river near Brad
dock. At the latter point it is fat.
"Anticlinals are not uniform in curvature,
nor do they run in straight lines, but like
the ridges on an apple, will twist and turn in
several directions. Their general trend,
however, is northeast and southwest.
"After leaving Braddock the Pinhook be-
comes more prominent, and reaches its
greatest curvature back of Verona, but as it
nears the Kiskiminetas it again f1attens, and
leaves little hope Tor oil or gas.
"The Murraysville and the Grapevflle anti
ciinals, which are entirely separate, are
both east of the Pinhook. The Mt. Sebo, also
a separate antclinal. is Off to the west, and
others are traceable as far west as Lawrence
county.
"The Hickory gas field was formed by a
cross-cut, or, as Prot. White termed it, q
hog back There was a fork in the anti
elinal, and a short distance above the fork a
cross cut had risen, which held an enormous
amount OF gas in the triangle thus formed"
Showing for Gordon Sanders.
NoBLEsrowN-Greenle ee Il For5t's No. 3 on
the Marshall & Chaltant lease, located half a
mile southwest of this place, was reported
FSA hn tn. fha 0-d0
sand and showing for Is or 100 barreIS day.
Their No. on their No. / Marshall lease is
in the Gordon and will make a well from
that for formation: H. Nh II Is n1rsn Oh the railroad
Millison, Friel & Co. reached the Gordon
sand yesterday in their No. 4 on the Shatfer
farm in southwest McCurdy, but had no
The Forest Oil Company's No. 8, E. Wright
No. l. Mrs. Campbell and their No. John
McEwen will probably reach the oil-bearing
The wells started several weeks ago in the
northeastern part of the McCurdy field are
getting in the neighborbood OF the sand.
The Philadelphia Gas Company's No. l |
Cole 10 down ,45O feet. The same company's |
No. Peet is drilling at 300 feet and No. |
Leech is 400 feet deep.
The Lockhart Iron and Steel Company's |
No. . on the Mccoy farm is in the 100-foot
sand.
Anderson, Dupuy & Co. have rig up on
the Arbuckle farm and will rig up for drill
ing the first of the week. These wells are
all being drilled for gas.
The Mcdonald Gauges.
The following estimates were submitted |
by the gaugers of the Southwestern Penn |
sylvania Pipe Line Company:
The production of the field yesterday was |
% 500 or 500 less than the day before. The |
hourly guages we're as follows: Lynch 6 |
Co.'S No Meise, 80; Brown, Robson Co.'S |
No. 3 McMurrav. 90: Oakdale Oil Company's |
No. 9 Morgan. 35: Forest Oil Company's No. 2
Campbell, 25: No. McClelland. 20; Forst &
No. 8 McMurray, rs; No. Mar
shall, 20; Friday, Kei & Co.'S No. 3 Mrs. Robb.
30; Porter Oil Company's No. 4, Miller 6
Nc Bride. 25.
The stocks at the wells are reported at
So 900 barrels. The runs from Mcdonald
Friday were AOl9 barrels. Outside of
Mcdonald the Southwest Pipe Line runs
were 1885, National Transit runs, 3s,slO:
shipments, 1864; New York Transit runs
10 s2s; Southern Pine Line, u, 45S Eureka
runs, 10,4e3; shipments. a,2l3: Buckeye ship
nents of Lima oil. 425: Buckeye runs of
Lima oil, 40 2S6; Macksburg runs, 2,4lS:
shipments, none.
The Tidewater runs for Friday were 3092;
;otaI, "a 243: average, 1925. Shipments, none;
otal, lS7, Alb; average, 7,s0S.