Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-01
FIVE WELLS DROPPED.
They Fell Below the 20-Barrel-an'
Hour Class Yesterday.
ONE FIFTH. SANDER REPORTED
The Oil Report for the Month Shows Many
Bearish Features.
AN INCREASE ALL THE WAY THROUGH

The effect of Memorial Day on the Nc
Donald production was very bearish.
few more holidays with similar effects AND
no big wells would be left.
The output is down to %, 500, and there
are now only six wells in the list of those
reported to be making 20 barrels an hour ol
more.
Five wells were dropped from this list
yesterday. They were the Forest Oil Com
pany's No. Jane McGill; Brown, Robi-
son & Co.'S No. McMurray;
Malarkey & Co.'S No. l Freeman
Forst & Greenlee's No. 2 McMurray and
NJ. Guffey & Co.'S No. Z, on the Mankedick
farm, was agitated short time and in
creased from % TO 30 barrels an hour. There
WAS no change in the others.
Tho Peoples Gas Company's No. 13l, on
the McMurray farm, back of Oakdale, was
reported yesterday afternoon to be good for
Is barrels an hour, but later and reliable in
formation was to the effect that it would
probably make $50 barrels a day from the
fifth sand. The Keil Oil Company's No. 3
Wetteneel is in the bottom OF the fifth sand
and good for $50 barrels day.
The Forest Oil Company's No. 2 on the
James McGregor farm is very light.
More Gordon Wells Du,.
]. NJ. Guffey & Co.'s Nos. s land on the
Mankedick farm. south of Willow Grove
station, are expected to get the Gordon sand
tomorrow or Friday.
The Peoples Gas Company is starting a
couple of wells on a portion of the Manke-
dick Iarm, which lies east of the lease of
Guffey & co. on which their good well is
located.
j. NJ Grffey & Co.'S No on the wetten-
gel lease, located north of Oakdale, is in the
100-foot. Their No. on the same lease is
through the salt sand.
The Forest Oil Company has struck a
strong gas vein in the salt sand at their No.
Meise well.
and Chalfant lease, and their Nos. 2 and on
the Marshall lease No. are due this week
in the Gordon sand.
The Woodland Oil Company's No. ]. on the
don sand ana is Deing drilled to the fifth
sand. Their No. !, on the John Scott farm,
has also been cased through the Gordon.
The Devonian Oil Company's No. 2, on the
W. B. Moorhead farm, should be IN the fifth
sand to-day or tomorrow. 1t had neither
oil or gas in the Gordon Their No. i, on the
Mcdonald Bros. property, is OH top of the
Gordon sand.
The Mcdonald Gauges.
The following estimates were submitted
sylvania Pipe Line Company:
The production of the field was @, 500
or 500 less than the day before. The
hourly gauges were as follows: Mat
thews' No. g. 20; Lynch Co.'s No. Meise,
80; Morgan No. ., 40; j. NJ. Guffev & Co.'S No
Mankedick, 30; No. l McMichael, 20; Peo-
pies Gas Company's No. l2s McMurray, 20;
The runs of the Southwestern PennsyIva-
mia Pipe Line Company from Mcdonald
Monday were none; outside of Mcdonald,
none. The National Transit runs were
shinment6. % 1877 Sit
shipments were mono. Macksburg division
of the Buckeye Pipe Line Company, 1856.
Buckeye rms, 6,456: shipments, none
Southern Pipe Line shipments, S6 1853. Eureka
runs, none; shipments 2,c35.
The southwest runs Sunday were none.
National Transit runs, 6.4lO: shipments, "a
443. New York. Transit shipments, Is, 7O4;
Saturday shipments, 2,672 National Transit
shipments Saturday were ss5 Buckeye
Pipe Line runs Saturday were 4035l: ship
ments, 4, ,272. SUNDAYS runs were 494; ship
ments, 100. tMacksburg division runs
a.so2. sournern Pipe Line runs Saturday
The Monthly OIL Report.
The monthly oil report for May shows a
total new production of 7,795 barrels, an in
crease of p34 over April. The report the
way through is bearish. The average pro-
duct OF wells in May was 81 barrels, an in
crease of 6 2 10 barrels
There Is Il slight increase for Nav all
the way through the report. Even the dry
holes show an increase of IL. or the lS3
wells completed, ia were in the southwest
district Butler shows up better than in
OF ,230 barrels, as against ,023 barrels for 43
wells in April. The average size of the
southwestern wells is fraction less than
81 barrels each.
The following table gives a synopsis of
the Work of the month:
Recapitulation.
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