Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-13
SPURT AT MCDONALD.
ew Wells and Nitro-Glycerine In
crease the Production.
HARD LUCK FOR THE OAKDALE.
he Speer Well Northeast of McCurdy Has
Stopped Flowing.
ell FOUND IN LAWRENCE COUNTY

,rsterday. For the first time in severa
weeks it advanced 1000 barrels in one day
Three new wells were added to the list o.
those making 20 barrels an hour or more
Cne of these was brought up by the liberia
;,~e of nitro-glycerine and the other two are
;:eSh wells.
Only one we'll in the list declined and that
rs the Lynch, Buckheit & Co.'S No. l or
the Mcise which the pipe line gaugers re
ported to have dropped to 40 from As bar
rcls an hour. Two of the other old
mes advanced. j. NJ. Guffey & Co.'S
%. McMichael went from 90 to 81
= hour, while the Forest Oil Company's No
lane Stewart went from 20 to 25. Forst &
eenlee's No. on the McMurray at Mobiles
'.wn. was shot and started off Mt so barrels
an hour These changes brought the esti
mated production of the field up from q, SOC
800 barrels.
The most unexpected development was at
Davis Bros. & Browns well on the W1lkln-
SON lot east of J. NJ: Guffey,, Russell, Nc.
Mullen & Co.'S No. 3 WettengeL 1t is little
south of west from Oakdale and got the oil
ut seven feet in the sand at late hour
Wednesday evening. Yesterday it was max
ing 50 to 10 barrels an hour. 1t flows from
two to three times an hour, and makes on an
average from Is to 20 barrels at flow.
Good Well Back of Oakdale.
The Peoples Gas Company finished up a
we'll OH the McMurray farm, back of Oak
dale, yesterday and it started off at IS bar
rels an hour. 1t is known as their
l2s, but they had already drilled
several wells on this farm which were
also good producers The same company is
drilling q couple of wells on the Wallace 4
Miller farm, east of Laurel Hill and almost
due south of Willow Grove. They should
be completed within a short time, and one
of them was reported yesterday to have de-
veloped strong pressure OF gas in the 3D.
foot.
Tba Eorae+ OIL Co,npopr,s veu oD tba
Mrs. Campbell farm back of Oakdale was
drilled through the fifth sand yesterday and
will scarcely be worth rigging up Tor pump
ing. This company is spudd1ng in two wells
on the Campbell farm, near the Mcise and
has made locations for two others on the
same farm.
farm, south of Mcdonald, has developed
into strong gasser in the 5O-foot sand,
which will delay them in drilling it in tho
Gordon. Their No. . on the No McMur-
ray lease, located between Noblestown and
Oakdale, is due in the fifth tomorrow or
Monday.
GormIey Farm Wells Dry.
The Oakdale Oil Company has been
afflicted with streak of unusually bad
luck. They have completed within the last
ten days five dry holes, or so near dry that
they will not pay to pump. These were
all located on the Gormley farm,
located northeast of the big Matthews
farm from which Guffey, Jennings & Co.
took hundreds of thousands OF barrels. They
still have n well drilling on this farm which
will be finished up within a few days. North
of the Gormley is the Wetmore pool, and it
was owing to this fact that SO many wells
were started on the Gormley, the owners of
which believed that the Wetmore belt e1-
tended through their property.
Rider, Aiken & Staley's well on the Speer
farm, in advance of developments northeast
of McCurdy, has stopped producing. 1t
started off at $50 barrels day about a week
ago, and the owners put up three tanks.
The well was drilled by the Philadelphia
Gas Company. with the condition that If it
should prove to be paying oil well it should
be turned over to Rider, Aiken & Staley, who
were to pay the Philadelphia Company the
cost of drilling it.
Frank Fertig & Co. are starting a well on q
town lot in Oakdale.
Davis & Browns well, on the Wilkinson
lot. is not over so feet in an air line south
west of the well which Gordiner, Snyder &
Co. drilled in the Malt House lot at Oakdale.
4 good fifth sand was found in the latter
well, but little oil.
New Work Near the Meise.
Operations are active in the neighborhood
of the Meise well of Lynch, Buchhert & Co.
The Peoples Gas Company is making loca-
tions in this vicinity for eight or nine wells.
Sinclair & Co. are starting a couple on the
Kirk farm. Greenee & Forst are starting
four and the Patsey Oil Company made a
location yesterday on the Mrs. Cook farm,
southwest of the Meise.
J. NJ. GufTey. Russell, McMullen & Co. have
located No. on the Wettengel farm.
The Frisbee Oil and Gas Company is re-
ported to have struck we'll on the Newell
Bros farm. near Moravia. Lawrence county,
and three miles south of New Castle. 1t is
reported to be making from 10 to 20 barrels
q day. and the oil is similar to the old Slip
perry Rock oil.
A well has been started on Ninth street
Mckeesport. An effort to stop it by an in
junction was unsuccessful, and spudding
was commenced yesterday.
Persopar
Pm Shannon was in Warren, Pa, yester-
day attending a meeting of the Executive
Committee of the p. p. A. and n directors
meeting of the Producers Oil Company.
George B. McCalinont, n well-known oil
country attorney, who is now representing
a Pennsylvania syndicate in the oil field of
Satrona county, Wyoming, was elected an
alternate delegate to the National Cnnven-
tion by the Republican National Conven-
tion at Cheyenne. Two ladies are on the
list of delegates with Nj. McCalmont. He
addressed the convention. and the local
press reported-him under the caption "An
Eloquent Newcomer"
P. c. Bovle, of the Oil City Derrick. was at
the Seventh Avenue Hotel last night.
The Mcdonald Gauges.
The following estimates were submitted
by the gaugers of the Southwestern PennsyI-
vania Pipe Line Company:
The production of the field was % 500 or Q 900 |
more than the day before. The hourly gauges |
were as follows: Matthews No. 8, 20: Oak |
dale Oil Company's Nos. . and 3 Baldwin, 20:
Forest Oil Company's No. Jane Stewart, 25: |
J. NJ. Guffey & Co.'S No. . McMichael, 20: |
Lynch & Co.'S No. Meise, 40; Greenlee & |
Forst's No l National Coal Company, 25;
No McMurray So Davis & Browns No, l |
Wilkinson, so: Peoples Gas Companv's No
12S Wallace, IS. Production, % 500. Stock in
field, s., ,000
The runs of the Southwest PENNSYLVANIA
Pine Line Manonald W.droe
Gay were 20 4s2: outside OF Mcdonald. 10 $685.
The National Transit runs were "a 944: shin
ments. 6,372. New York Transit shipments
were 3l6O. Macksburg division of the Buck
eve Pipe Line Company, 1745. Buckeve runs
shipments, l5,0s9. Eureka shipments, 7l9Z
Yesterdays Market Features.
Proceedings were uninteresting in busi-
ness as well as fluctuations. The opening
and highest was 5713c, lowest and closing
57ssc. There was no change in refined |
Daily average 1uns, 69,S55; daily average
shipments, $780, broker said: 1.-THE mar
ket is in bad shape in all branches. Many
holders would like to sell, but know that a
movement of this kind would cause an i'm
mediate break in the price. Besides, there
are few buyers"
OIL CITY, May I2-National Transit certif-
Gates opened ut 5719c; highest, 5715c: lowest,
573sc: closed, SIC: sales, l3 600 barrels: clear
ances, 80 GOO barrels; shipments, 5000 bar
rcls; runs, ,SS,3S3 barrels
NEW York, May l2.-Petroleum opened
dull, declined &c on few sales and closed
dull. Pennsylvania oil-Spot sales. none: |
June option opening at 573sc: highest 57ssc;
lowest, SIC: closing, BIC. Lima oil-Saies
rels