Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-26
ONLY SMALL WELLS.
The Drill Produced No Gushers in
the Oil Fields Yesterday.
TWO DRY HOLES WERE FINISHED.
There We're Two Light Wells, One Fifth
and One Gordon.S Sander.
PITTSBURGERS TESTING WYOMING

| menus IN the OIL nelus yesterday. Iue OIL
one of any importance, more than the ord
nary, is Greeplee & Forst's No. 1, on tn
Noble farm, two miles west of Noblestown
Mr.. Greenlee stated yesterday that it wa
making 20 barrels an hour. The owner
stated early last week that it would doubt
less be fair well, as there was a small wei
just north of it, and q dry hole still mort
: of the light we'll
This led to the conviction that the bel
! for which they were looking ran south o
the small we'll, and it is evident that they
have struck the belt
There will be more wells drilled in thi!
part of the field before October, and tn,
chances are that the old Fife pool, of which
it is q part, may be extended. For q lonj
time 1t looked as though no opening would
be found to this pond, and one firm put
down five dry holes in a vain effort to ge
an outlet. They spent over $50, 900 and no
one of their wells will produce 175 barrels
day.
Greenlee 8 Forst's No. on the Marshall
farm, south of Noblestown, was on TOP
Of the fifth sand last night, and reported by
Mr.. Greenlee to be showing for well from
that formation. Their No. Wade, which
was reported as good for $50 barrels from
the Gordon, is making only 40 day.
Found No Second Pay Streak.
The Forest Oil Company's No. 5, on the
Mrs Campbell farm, south of Willow
Grove, is through the Gordon sand and
will not do better than 100 barrels q day.
Contrary to the usual formation in this
region, no second pay was found in the No.
Campbell.
The Forest expects to finish up its No.
on the Mrs Campbell, No. 1 on the Kate
Shane, and the Campbell heirs No. 8, this
week.
Fitzgibbons, Jennings & Co.'S we'll on
the Mckee farm, northwest of Oakdale, was
finished up yesterday and is a small well.
The New York sOil Company's No. 2 on
the Fife farm, west of Noblestown, was re-
ported last night through the sand and dry.
! Guffey, Jennings & Co. s No. Z, on the
Heron farm, was on top Of the Gordon
sand yesterday afternoon.
The Wheeling Gas Company finished a
| rig yesterday for its No. on the Robbins
farm, and has commenced to spud at No. 4
on the w. B. Moorhead.
earning, Ward & Jennings test well on
the Oak Ridge Coal Company's property,
east OF Oakdale, was through the Gordon
yesterday and had no oil 1t is being
| drilled to the fifth sand.
Mt. NEBo-J. w. Craig gas well on the
Ford, which was reported in The DISPATCH
last week, was finished up yesterday.
The Philadelphia Gas Company is pre-
pairing to test the Mt Nebo territory. 1t
is building rig on the Riley farm and one
on the Schurlng. South of Wildwood the
same company is putting up rig on the
Steel and one on the Boyle farm.
Patterson & Jones will case their well on
the Kessler farm, back of Glenshaw, to-
morrow.
Work Down tho Ohio.
SIsTERsvILLE-The Millers Run Oil
Company's well on the Ben Rowls farm is
in the sand and making 100 barrels day.
The Kanawha Oil Company has we'll on
the Jacob Rowls farm that is due to-day.
Gillespie Bros well on the Stocking
farm Is making between 400 and 500 bar
rels day.
CANoNsBURG-John A. Snee is drilling
8 wildcat well near Houston's Run. The
erritory in this section has only been
lightly tested, and if it proves,good it will
open up large amount of good property.
The Manufacturer Gas Company is get
ting ready to case its well through the Big
Injun sand on the McNary Bros farm in
North Strabane township this week.
The Light and Fuel Company cased its
well on the White farm last week
The Philadelphia Company is drilling on
the Weller farm in North Strabane town
ship.
The hourly gauges or the larger wells at
Mcdonald yesterday were as follows: Ropb
No. 8. Florence Oil Company, 25 Sinclair Oil
Company's No. !, so; Forst & Greenlees No.
8 McMurray. 20: Woodland Oil Company's
No. . Crawford, 20. Peoples Gas Company's
production was 1850; stock in the field,
49Oo0.
National Transit Company runs on the 2sd
were s., 8sl; shipments, mono.
Southwest runs, Mcdonald division, on the
ed. 25.l85 Outside of the Mcdonald,
6.6l7. Buckeye Pipe Line. Macksburg divis-
ion. 2aA Runs, Lima division, s4,2so
shipments. 2,25s New York Transit ship
ments, 627. Southern Pipe Line shipments
were 0,62O.
The runs of the Tidewater Pine Line satur
day were 3.446; t. tai, 81, 5s4; average, $685.
The shipments were none; total lsO, 96s; aver
age, s,295.
The National Transit Company runs Sun
Gay were 4, 1893; shipments sc, CPS From
Mcdonald, 11,729; outside of Mcdonald,
126. From Macksburg the runs were $50;
shipments, 322. Lima division of the Buck
eye runs were 1885; shipments, 2O,3ss
Eureka shipments, 1,2S5 Southern Pipe
shipments, 1851
Tidewater shipments Sunday were %, 972;
total, 204, ,491; average, 8,539.
Phtsburgers Drillin. in wyoming
The Derrick, of Casper, Wyo., has the fol-
lowing history of work done in the Wyom-
ing oil fields BY syndicate of which p. NJ.
Shannon, of Pittsburg, is the head:
fall oil companies thus far organized to
operate in Wyoming, the syndicate of |
Pennsylvania Independent producers, with |
Hon. p NJ Shannon, of Pittsburg, at the |
head, ranks first and foremost. They did |
not come here merely to speculate in oil |
land, but to demonstrate that the oil is |
here; and in this respect they have accom- |
plished more than all others combined.
True, for several years there have existed |
flowing wells near Lander, but they were |
SO far remote from railroads and SO little |
was known of them that many people even |
in Central Wyoming doubted the existence |
of the same, or thought that even if thew |
were there it might indicate small pool of |
oil only, and by no means demonstrated |
that the oil area extended over a consider |
able portion of the country.
Finally Attracted Pennsylvanians.
The attention of number of independ- |
ent producers in the Pennsylvania fields |
was finally attracted to the Wyoming |
fields They became interested, and during |
the winter of 1890 sent the necessary ma. |
chinery here with which to put down test
WELL Drilling was commenced, and in |
February, 1890, at depth of something
over 400 feet an artesian flow of water, ac- |
companled by considerable natural oa,