Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-25
STOPPED FOR WATER.
Many Drilling Wells Are Now Shut
Down in This District.
INCREASE IN M'DONALD's OUTPUT
Nitro Glycerine Revives Greenlee & Forsts
No. 6 on the Marshall.
TEST WELLS In ALLEGHENY COUNTY

wells are located in the vicinity of large
streams The great majority Of them are
back in the country, far from a steady sup
ply of water, and in many cases they are on
hill tops where the water which they do
get has to be pumped up to them.
As a result of the dry spell dozens OF
are wisttully looking tor rain to swell the
rivulets and fill their boilers. Every sum-
mer there is usually short period during
which the wells have to be shut down on
account of scarcity of water, but it is sell
dom that this period has been Of such
duration as the present season.
The Mcdonald field especially Is affected
as it is devoid of large streams. The coun-
try is very hilly and water hard to get In
| this field there are at least q score of wells
| now shut down on account of lack OF
water to run the boilers.
The estimated production of the McDon-
aid field yesterday was 18, 500 barrels, or
| 1000 barrels more than the day before.
The No. Marshall of Greenlee & Forst,
located south of Noblestown, was shot
Tuesday evening, and yesterday morning it
was reported by the gaugers to be making
! go barrels an hour.
The Peoples Gas Company's Nos. 146 and
15S were dropped from the list of those
making 20 barrels an hour or more, and
| there are several others which are holding
| on by very narrow margin.
New Location Near the Gregg.
Greenlee & Forst have made a location
for their No on the Oak Ridge Coal Com
pany's property. It is about 1000 feet
Southwest of the Forest Oil Company's No.
2 on the Gregg farm, which is still making
% barrels an hour. They have shut down
their Nesbit wildcat on account of a short
aga in their water supply, and this morning
they intend to put shot in their No. on
the McMurray, East of Oakdale, which is
reported to be doing 20 barrels an hour.
The Woodland Oil Company's No. 8, on
the Crawford farm, two miles southwest of
Mcdonald, is down !, 200 feet, and their
No 2, on this farm, is still making from IL
to 15 barrels an hour
w. P. Rend expects to finish up his No.
| 3, on the Sauters farm, mile southwest of
| Mcdonald, Saturday or Monday, and his
| No. 2, on the same farm, is shut down on
account of the scarcity of water
Patterson & Sohn's we'll was reported
Yesterday to be flowing at the rate of 250
barrels a day. For a 24-hour gauge 1t
| showed an average production of 8 inches,
or 12H barrels an hour. There was a re-
port current last evening that it had been
drilled deeper, and was making from II to
20 barrels an hour.
Up in the wildwood district the Phila-
delphia Company is drilling two wells on a
piece of property adjoining the Duff farm.
Dixon & Co. shot their we'll on the Lume
farm yesterday, butt it made only inches,
or 15 barrels, in the "a hours ending at
o'clock yesterday morning.
Ehe Peoples Gas Company's No. on the
Mankedick farm at Willow Grove, which
II H. vrho Il -, hos
been shot and Is now making 125 barrels q
day from the Gordon sand. The same
company is starting to drill at No 8 on the
Wallace farm, south of Laurel Hill They
have four strings of tools running east of
Verona, in the Pinnook anticlinal gas
district
Thefe is string of wells now being
drilled in Allegheny county, north of the
Ohio river and east of the Allegheny.
They commence at Leetsdale on the south,
and. excepting short break back of
Allegheny City, extend almost to and be-
yond Patterson & Sohn's well on the Kess-
Ter farm. near Undercliffe.
The West Penn Gas Company il drilling
two wells south of Leechburg. One is on
the David Watson farm and the other on
the Mclaughlin. They have completed
altogether about 20 wells in this district
Personal.
Barney Forst, of the firm of Greenlee &
Forst, returned yesterday from a months
vacation, with his family, which was spent
at Bedford Springs and Atlantic City.
Thomas Chester, the Pittsburg agent of
the National Transit Company, and his
family are taking vacation at Nantucket.
The Gauges.
The production of Mcdonald was IS 500 yes
terday, or LOCO more than the day before.
The hourly gauges of the larger wells at Nc
Donald yesterday were as follows: Sinclair
Oil Company's Nos. and 2, 20; Greenlee &
Forst's No. McMurray. 2O No. Marshall,
The estimated production was Il, 500; stock
in the field, 46,5O0.
Runs and Shipments.
National Transit Company runs were 33, 557;
shipments. %, l91.
Southwest Pennsylvania runs from Nc
Donald we're 2O,S69. Outside of Mcdonald,
10,675. Buckeye runs Macksburg division,
1855; shipments. none. Shipments from the
Lima 1G & o runs oO s;a ns snnaheKa
Pipe Line shipments, 13, 7l8 New York Tran
sit shipments, 1893.
Indiana and Ohio Producers.
Montpelier, Ind.-The Northern Indiana
Oil Company has completed No. 2, on the
Danield Hilton farm, in section 81, Not
tingham township, Wells county. It is
good for 100 barrelL
ST. Marys, ,O.-The Mars Oil Company has
completed No. 4, on the W. G. Kishler,
State land, in section eight, st. Marys
township. Augalize county, on the east
bank of the reservoir. 1t is good for 80
barrels.
The Ohio Oil Company's No. /, on the A.
Glass farm, situated in section nine, Noble
township, same county, Is good for 40
barrels
Portland, Ind.-Waldron & Scott have
completed a 50-barrel natural producer on
the L. w. Edmondson farm, situated in
section l, Penn township, Jay county 1t
now looks as though the field would extend
into this township. This we'll is only
located about one mile west of the dry hole
on the Brighton farm, in jackson township,
and shows the territory to be very spotted.
One-half mile west and two miles south Of
the Edmondson farm producer is dry hole
on the Hunt farm, while one-half mile
south and one and half miles west, is the
light producer of Flat town.
The Oil Market
Range Of the September option: Opening,
b5Ac; highest. 561f: lowest, 55Nc; closing, $50
bid.
There were only few trades on the local
floor, but one Of the brokers alone did