Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-17
SHOOTING THE WELLS.
Mcdonald Operators Are Hard at
Work With .Nitro-Glycerine.
TUE PRODUCTION TAKES A JUMP.
Operations Active in Several Parts Of the
Indiana Field.
GOOD WELLS ARE BEING BROUGHT IN

of the Mcdonald field yesterday, and it
looks very much as though this territory
may be kept up for an indefinite period by
the free use of nitro-glycerine.
The output increased from 19, 500 to 90, 900
barrels, and several Of the wells were
brought up from 8 to 8 to 10 and 10 barrels
an hour.
Greenlee & Forst's No. 6 on the Mar
shall farm, which has been making from II
to Is barrels an hour. vas given a shot
yesterday and Immediately increased to 30
barrels an hour, which it was making at q
late hour last evening.
The ROYAL Gas Company's No. 1, on the
Mark Robb farm, was reported to have
fallen off from 40 to 80 barrels an hour.
The Peoples Gas Company's Nos. 146 and
14S were reported to have dropped from %
to 20 barrels an hour. Outside of these
there were few changes reported in the big
wells, although number of others had
been shot and their production very mate
rally increased.
The No. 4, ON the Boyce farm, belonging
to Hussler, Davis & Bott, and located in
the southern part of the McCurdy field,
was expected in last night.
The Devonian Oil Company's No. 8, on
the W. B. Moorhead farm, was reported to
be in the Gordon sand and showing for
fair we'll
Developments In Indiana.
The developments in Indiana are Just
now attracting considerable attention. This
field is comparatively new, but it is inter-
esting, and the chances are that after the
Pennsylvania regions have been drained,
the Indiana region will loom up with q
record, and be one of the factors in the pro-
ducing busines.
E The No well of S. Breckenridge & Co.,
on the George Updegraft farm in Noting
ham township, Wells county, has been fin
ished up and shot, and is good for 165 bar
rels day. 1t is without doubt one of the
best producers in the State.
Waldron & Scott have almost finished a
well on the Edmonson farm, in Wells
county.
The No. of Wheeler, Langmade & Stow
on the Alex. Bolds farm in Nottingham
township, Wells county, is in the sand and
is showing very light.
The No2 on the G. S. M. Auker farm In
Oil Company, has been finished up and
shot, and is good for about 80 barrels dav.
W. T. Baker & Co.'S. No. 1 on the William
Brighton farm in Jay county is duster
The Elm Peeler Oil Company's No. on
the Amanda T. Wilson farm in jaw county
Is good for $50 barrels day, and their No.
b on the same property is near the sand
In Adams county the Northern Indiana
Oil Company has completed and shot its
No. on the G. Glendenning farm, in Hart
ford township 1t is good for about 40 bar
rels day.
Van Wormer & Mosher have finished up
q ten barrel we'll on the Lyon farm in Hart
ford township.
LIMA, O.-The Shawnee Oil Company
has completed No. 8, on the j. F. DeLong
farm, situated in section 25, Shawnee town
ship, Allen county. 1t is good for IL bar
rels.
The Ohio Oil Company has shot No 8,
on the ]. A. Jacobs farm, section 21, Perry
township. 1t is good for 12 barrels. The
same company has shot No. 1, on the Wine
garden farm, and for the first "a hours it
produced 55 barrels.
The Gauges.
The production of Mcdonald was 10000
yesterday The hourly gauges of the larger
wells at Mcdonald yesterday were as fol-
lows: Sinclair Oil Company's Nos. and 2,
%; Greenlee Forst's No. 8 McMurray, 30;
No. Marshall. 30: People's Gas Companv's
Nos. 46 and ll8, 20: Royal Gas Company's
No. ! Mark Rorb, 30 The estimated pro-
1uct1on was 20 900; stock in the field, A, 50o
Runs and shipments.
National Transit Company runs on the
18th were 81, 702: shipments, 1882.
Southwest Pennsylvania runs from Nc.
Donald were 25,s72. Outside of Mcdonald. O..
go. Buckeye runs, Macksburg division. 3,43S
shipments. none. Shipments from the Lima
division, August 15 3l549 runs, 47.S6s The
Eureka runs were l2,42l; shipments, 1S9S.
Southern Pipe Line shipments, 1874 New
York Transit shipments. 80, ,920.
The Tidewater Pine Line runs yesterday
we're LAS: total, 1851. Shipments none;
'otal, I77ll; average, 7,lsO.
The runs from SistersvilIe Yesterday were
,.s49: on the 9Th thev were 1883; on the 9.h.
$50; ON the 1lth {, 721, and on the I2th TO- 66i
)arreIs
The OIL Market.
The September option ranged as follows:
)penin 571sc; highest, 5715c; lowest 55s<c;
closing. 500 The weakness was occasioned
,y realizing sales on the Oil City Exchange.
sales on the local floor, 5000 barrels.
Refined oil-New York, 6loc; London, 40
13 l6d; Antwerp, 14f.
NEW YORK, Aug. 16.-The Petroleum mar
ret opened weak, declined 1Lc, closing
weak. Pennsylvania oil, spot sales 10000
barrels: opening. 5634c; highest 5654c: lowest,
SIC; closing, 5515c. September option sales,
s. 600 barn els; openiny, SIC: highest, SIC; low
70 al sales, IS 0OJ barrels.
OIL CITY, Aug. H-Opened. 571lc; highest.
SIC; lowest. 55ssc; closed. 5533s. Sales, $1,000 !
,arrels: cearances. 462 600 barrels: shin |
nents, l02, 604; runs, 9s, $50 barrels.