Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-04
NEW OIL DEVELOPMENTS.
Changes in the Big McDapald Producers
Two Good Fourth Sanders In East NC
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Changes in the Big MoDopald Producers
Two Good Fourth Sanders In East Nc
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lures Finished-Gasser at Lock No. 3.
There were number of interesting de-
velopmentsi yesterday in the lower oil
fields. The production of the Mcdonald
field fell from q, 900 to 20,5OO barrels, and
the Forest Oil Compahy,s No on the
Hugh Stirling farm was dropped from the
list of big ones In the "a hours ending yes
terday morning it was reported to have
made only 10 barrels an hour.
Jennings & Co.'S No. 1 on the Sproul farm,
south Of Noblestown, was reported to nave
increased from 80 to 30 barrels an hour from
the fifth sand. .
The Woodland Oil Company's No. Q ON the
scout heirs property, southwest OF McDon-
aid, fell from GO to 80 barrels an hour. ac-
eorolng TO the guagers, and Knox Bros. q
Co.'S No. Scott was reported to have
dropped from IS to 30 barrels an hour.
Tne Forest Oil Company shot its No. on
the u. X. Clever farm, in the fl itn sand yes
terday. The frat hour afterward it made SO
barrels and was still flowing. This was the
nrst well In the eastern McCurdy district IN
which any big oil was found In the NTH
sand.
In the CHARTERS field Greeniee Forst got
fourth sand well on the Rough farm, which
joins the Devine's, ON which the Forest OIL
time ago. They got the pay at 30 odd feet
In the sand, and according to the last re-
ports it wHs putting three inches, or nearly
nine barrels, an hour into 250 tank.
The Forest Oil Company's No.. Devine
was drilled deeper into the fourth sand yes
terday, and last evening 1t was making II
barrels an hour.
Oil and Water In the Gordon.
South of Mcdonald, W. P. Rend has I'm
fshed upa 65-barrel Gordon sander on the
j. D. sauters farm. It is his No. on this
property. Nos Is making about % barrels
OF oil and considerable water from the Cor
don. Both of these are good gassers from
the 6O-fo6t. In No. Q the best pay streak
was found in the bettom of the Gordon sand.
Greenlee & Forst's No. Wood, near Gregg
station, which has been shut down on top OF
the fifth sand for some time, will be drilled
into that formation tomorrow. Their Oak
Ridge No. was in the fourth sand yestor-
day and gassing. 1t should got the nth to-
morrow.
The Peoples Gas Company is down 600
feet in n well between Gregg's and Oakdale.
They are building a rig on The Kelso prop
the Stirling farm, ,oZthe Forest Oil Company.
The Florence Oil Company and Frank
Fertfg are starting well on the cemetery
lot, south of Oakdale.
Jennings Co. have made the location for
No. 2 on the Campbell farm, south OF
Noblestown. Their No. on this tarm was
the one which started the Sproul and Stir
Gordiner & Co. have Just finished up q
very light well at their No. Kennedy, east
of Oakdale.
Two SistersviIIe Wells.
6IsTERsvILLE-RusseIl & McMullen have
finished up their No. l on the Joseph Wilton
farm, on the Ohio side OF the river. 1t Is
good for 125 barrels day. They are starting
to drill at No. q
Patty Bros. & Co.'S No on the E. Wells
farm. south of town. has been finished up
and is good for only Is barrels day.
Among the Gas Producers.
The Philadelphia Company completed q
good gasser yesterday on the hill above
Lock No. 8, in the Monongahela river. They
are drilling three otherw wells at this point.
One is down 100 and another 2,20o feet.
They got the gas yesterday In the fifth
sand. whereas all of the wells drilled here
tofore found 1t in the Gantz formation.
The Philadelphia Company is drilling
test wei Tor gas on the Cameron farm, near
Cameron postofflce, on the Washington and
Monongahela pike road, and eight miles
from Monongahela City.
Oliver Bros. recently struck q fair gasser
on the Dickinson farm, two miles from the
Finley, Wallace & Calhoun are drilling
well for gas on the F. Emmett farm, in Pine
township.
The Gauges Yesterday.
The estimated production of the McDon-
aid field yesterday was 2051o barrels, 800
barrels less than the day before. The
Woodland Oil Company's No. . Scott was
making so barrels an hour; Knox Co.'S No.
Q Scott 80 barrels an hour; Jennings & Co.'s
No. Sproul, 35 an hour. The stock in the
field WAS 46. 500 barrels.
The runs from the Sistersville field were
16 1877 barrels
Runs and Shipments Friday.
The National Transit runs were %, 1s1;
q, ,093. Runs Of Southwest Penn.
sylvania from Mcdonald, 18 3Ss: outside Of
Mcdonald, s.0l6; total runs, 2l,4o4 Buckeye
runs of Macksburg oil. not in; shipments,
9O0 Buckeye runs OF Lima oil, Al, 1885, ship
ments, 562lo. Eureka runs, not in; shipments,
166l. New York Transit shipments, %, ,756.
Southern Pipe Line shipments, Is, ,096
The Friday runs OF the w. L. Mellon
pipe lines were, 1852 shipments, 6,s5S bar
rels; receipts from other lines, none; total re-
ceipts, 1852