Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-11
MORE FIFTH SAND OIL.
The Kelso Farm Well Is Making
Eighteen Barrels an Hour.
SMALL DECLINE IN PRODUCTION.
Twenty Locations Reported in the Territory
Fast of Verona.
DRY GORDON WE'LL AT BHIDGEvILLE

Uh1 UVhpUN WILL Al DhlDUEf lille
The Wheeling Gas Company's well on the
W. j. Kelso farm was drilled deeper yester-
day, and its production was increased from
10 to IS barrels an hour. This well is located
two miles southwest of Mcdonald and about
half a mile northeast of Knox Bros Apple
& Elyea's well on the Scott farm. The kelso
well is in the fifth sand. and the nearest well
to ii is that on the Scott farm.
1t is an important test of this territory,
and Will doubtless be the cause Of great
deal OF drilling in the region southwest of
Mcdonald. The Reed well and that on the
Scott, to the southwest of the Kelso, had oil
in the fifth sand. The result of the deeper
drilling in the Kelso well proves con-
clusively that there is plenty of fifth sand
oil in the vicinity, and there are operators
VINO believe that some Smali-s1zed guSherS
Will be found near the kelso No. !.
The Woodland Oil Company's well on the
Crawford farm, southwest of the kelso, is
down 80 feet. and they have made location
ON the j. 7. Scott farm. north of the well of
Knox Bros. Apple & Elyea. on the Scott
1arnl. This company has block of 900 acres
IN this locality, and it is considered as gilt
edged as any IN the region.
Kirk & Co.'S well, on a portion OF the
GLADDEN. farm, was reported to be in the
Gordon sand last night and showing for
well.
Two Light Wells Showing.
Greenlee & Forst's No. ., on the Wade
farm, located a short distance south of Nc
Donald station, was reported in the sand
last evening and showing rather light
storey & Co.'S well on the Nicholson lot. at
Noblestown, is almost through the fifth
sand and is practically no good. The sand
is hard and fine and of a very inferior
quality.
Guffey & Co.'S well on Mrs McMaster's
farm, northeast of Oakdale will be on top
of the tth sand this afternoon.
j. NJ. Guffev & Co. Nos. and 3 on the
john NJ Glenn farm. a few hundred feet
north of Willow Grove, should reach the
Gordon sand early next week.
Guckert & Steele's No. ,, on the BurchInal
lor, viii also get the Gordon within the next
Tve days
The Mansfield Oil Comrany's No. l. on the
Davies lot at Willow Grove, is on top OF the
Gordon, and will be drilled in to-day or to-
morrow
Shrefller & Co.'S well east of Willow Grove
j. III the top OF the third sand and is show
ing some oil.
The production of the field fell of 500 bar
lclS Yesterday and stopped ut q, 800, the same
a. reported Wednesday morning.
Heard~lev & kerr's well on the Robert Nc
owan farm, near Bridgevslle, is reported to
b. through the Gordon sand and dry in that
iormation. They are putting it down in the
Gutfey & Co.'s we'll on the Mary Sturgeon
farm is reported to be good for 200 barrels
q from the Gordon.
Operations Rack of Verona.
There is considerable activity under way
back of Verona on the Allegheny Valley
Railroad. Twenty locations are reported to
have been made recently in the vicinity of
Mnltown, and by the time the flowers have
b'ocred in the spring several important
test wells should be completed.
The Philadelphia Gas Company is down
40l feet on the Hotaling farm. located four
miles SOUTH west of Nilltown. The Equitable
Gas Company has started to drill on farm
adjoining the Hotaling- On the Hess farm
the Mutual Gas Company has just COM
pleted gas well which has minute
pressure of $50 mounds.
Patterson & Jones are down several hun
dsed feet on the Huey farm, and other
operators are getting ready to drill
O'Hara & Co., on the John Hogan farm,
located 81 miles northeast OF Scio, Allegany
county, \. Y, have fishing job on hands at
$50 feet.
The Whiteley Oil Company's well on the
Vance farm at Mt Morris is in, and Will not
make more than 50 barrels a day.
A test we'll is being drilled on the Daugh-
erty farm at Crown by unknown parties.
Mallory Bros well. on the Eminger farm,
Mt Crown. will be finished early next week. |
It IS being drilled for gas for the National
Fergus & Co. have started rig on the
Lewis Snyder farm, in the Washington field.
The Mcdonald Gauges.
The production of the field was "a, 500 yes
terday, SO barrels less than the day before.
The hourly gauges were as follows: Matthews
No 5, 20: Jennings, Guffey & Co. Heron No.
4, 90; Guffey and Queens No. l Samuel Wet
more. %: Devonian Oil Company's Nos. and
Boyce. 35: Oakdale Oh Company's No. Nor
gan heirs. 20; Nos . and Baldwin, 35: Nos. l
and Wallace. 20: Forest Oil Company's No
J NJ. Wright 80; Guffey, Murphy & Co.'s Nos
land sam Sturgeon, 20: Oakdale Oil Com
uauv's No. . john Wetmore 20: Brown Bros
Robson & Co. : No. McMur1ay. %; produc-
tioa, q 500: stock in the field, Sc 600.
The runs of the Southwest Pennsylvania
Pipe Line Company from Mcdonald Wednes-
day we're 1892: outside of Mcdonald. 42SS
THe National Transit runs were 36.643; ship
nIemts, l5,265. Buckeye runs, Sc 2is: ship
743. New York Transit runs. 3l,35a Macks- |
burg runs. 7S2. Eureka runs, ,lS3; ship |
nents, 1888 |
Yesterdays Market Features.
The report of the National Transit Com |
pany for February shows these results. |
Credit balances, increase, 1Sll,l2l: certifi- |
Gates. decrease 1925 stocks, increase,
559, SIC. The increase in tile credit balances |
is significant as showing that producers are |
holding on for higher prices. Trading was |
GnlmDortant and so were fluctuations. The |
opening and highest was, 595sc; lowest and !
closing. 5917c Daily avera"e runs. 1882; |
daily average shipments, 1856
NEw York, March l0.-Petroleum opened |
steady, and, after declining i per cent. be- |
came dull and remained so until the close. |
PENNSYLVANIA oil. spot sales none: April op- |
tion, opening. 5s5sc: highest, 5955c: lowest, /
So C; closing, 591ac Lima oil, sales; total |
sales Is, COO barrels
OH CITY, March lO.-National Transit certifi- |
Gates opened al 5913c; highest. 59l%c: lowest, |
595sc: closed, a93sc sales. Is 600 barrels: clear
ances, 10000 barrels: shipments. G4, ,905 bar- |
rels: runs, S916 barrels.
BRADFORD March l0.-National Transit GER !
tiIicates opened at 5915c: closed at 59ssc; |
highest 5954c; lowest, 59;sc; cearances, $1,000
barrels.
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