Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-07
THE MEISE IMPROVED.
1t Was Drilled Deeper and Is Doing
Fifty Barrels an Hour.
WELLS RESPOND TO GLYCERINE.
Five Ventures Are Expected to Reach the
Bottom Sand Rock To-Day.
sIsTERSvILLE'S PRODUCTION is 1900

Mcdonald led the oil field yesterday in
point of interest and activity. 1t is not
yet dead, as many may suppose, as there
are now at least a dozen new rigs going up
in the neighborhood of the Meise we'll and
south of Willow Grove.
The production Of the field went up anotl.
er 500 barrels yesterday, and Is now 22.000
barrels. Lynch, Buchbiet & Co.'s Gordon
sander on the Meise a mile south of Willow
Grove was drilled deeper. and for time
made as high as GO barrels an hour, but the
gauges give it as doing 5oan hour. It's a
by long odds the biggest which has
been struck at Mcdonald in this sand. In
Washington there were some which were
much larger, but they were not the rule even
Greenlee Forst have started to spud on
the Kirk farm. Their location is 800 feet
southwest OF the Meise.
The Forest Oil Company will commence
spudding to-day at No. 1 on the Mary Camp
bell and at the No on the Robert Wallace
farm. They are starting rig for NO. Nc
Keown, all in the vicinity ofthe Meise.
Sharp 4 Co. are starting rig on Morgan
property, which is also in that locality, and
unknown parties are building several other
rigs.
kedick was making II barrels an hour yes
terday.
In the Sand Last Night.
/ j. NJ. Gutfey, Russell, McMullen & Co.
were drilling in the top of the sand at their
No. g. on the Wettengel farm. last night, and
it was showing for well. 1t is located on
the south side of the railroad, just west of
Oakdale.s They have started to drill No.
on the same farm,
Several wells are due in the fifth to-day.
J. NJ. Guffey & Co.'S No. 6, on the Connell
farm was on top OF the fifth last night. 1t
is good well in the Gordon.
The Wheeling Gas Companys No. !, on the
w. B. Moorhead farm, is due in the fifth
to-day. Their No. l Robbins, southwest
Of the Moorhead, is down 2,loo feet
cased today, No is spudding in, and they
are building rig for No. 8. Their No. 2
Moorhead and No. l j. P. Scott are each
down 1890 feet. The same company has
started three gas wells near Venice, five
miles south of Mcdonald. They are on the
Griffin, Patterson and Morean farms.
j. NJ. Guffey, ReeG & Co.'S No. 8 Manke-
dick, at Willow Grove, is through the Big
1njun, and No. 10 on the same farm has just
been cased.
Kennedy, Marshall & Co.'S No. 1 sudekim
at Noblestown has been cased through the
salt sand.
Greenlee Forst's No on their No. 2 Nc
Murray lease is down about 1.5oO feet, and
they are rigging up at their No. on McMur-
Should get the Gordon Monday or Tuesday.
Brown. Robson & Co.'s No. McMurray is
down l. 400 feet.
VIII Be n Small Well.
The Forest Oil Company's No. 4 on the
E. Wright farm is almost through the firth
sand and is good for only 80 or so barrels u
day.
Greenlee & Forst shot their No. on the
National Coal Company's property at
Noblestown, and increased it's production
from almost nothing to As barrels an hour.
The Peoples Gas Company shot its No. 4
on the McMurray farm, north of Oakdalc,
and brought its production up to 80 barrels
an hour.
The Bear Creek Refining Company's No. 1
on the Lorain farm in Western McCurdy is
due in the fifth to-day. Their No. Camp
bell at Noblestown has been cased through
the salt sand.
The Fort Pitt Gas Company has purchased
j. M. Patterson & Co.'S well on the Stone
sipher farm at McCurdy and is drilling it to
the fifth sand for gas; If oil is found the
Fort Pitt is to receive the purchase monev
back, and turn the well over to Patterson &
Co.
Bowman 4 CO. are drilling their No. on
Scn1ede farm at westview TO Tho fifth sand
with expectation of getting gas.
Co.'s well on the E. Wells farm is improving
and showing for one of the best wells in the
field. 1t has better sand than has so for
been found in any of the wells drilled.
Hannah & Co.'S well on the Elliott farm 215
miles north of the Wells, and on the Ohio
side of the river is showing for big well.
The production of this field is now 1000
barrels. There are % producing wells COW
erins territory several miles i'll diameter.
The Mcdonald Gauges.
The following estimates were submitted
by the gaugers of the Southwestern Pennsyl-
vania Pipe Line Company:
The production of the field was % 900, or 500
more than the day before. The hourly gauges
were as follows: Matthews No. ), 90; Devon
ian Oil Company's Nos. l and Boyce. 20:
Oakdale Oil Company's Nos. 2 and Baldwin,
20; Forest Oil Company's No. ] Jane Stewart,
35: j. NJ Guffey & Co.'S No. . McMichael, 25;
Lynch & Co.'S No. Meise, 80: Greenlee &
Forst's No. l McMurray, 40 Production,
%, ,000 Stock in field, 80, COO.
The runs of the Southwest Pennsylvania
Pipe Line Company from Mcdonald Thurs
day were 2o,OSs outside of Mcdonald, 1851
The National Transit runs were Sc. 95S; ship
ments, p $50. New York Transit shipments
were 32,Sl6. Macksburg division OF the Buck
1921: shipments, 59,602 Southern Pipe
Line shipments. 22,6S4; Eureka, $3.50; ship
ments, 2,307.
Yesterdays Market Features.
Trading and fluctuations we're of the mar
row gauge order. The opening and highest
was 5719, lowest 571l, close 512s. Refined at
New York, 6.lOc; London, 51Sc; Antwerp,
l31d. raily average runs. 1892: daily aver
age shipments, 634l5; clearances, 5000 bar
res.
OIL CITY, PA, May 6.-National Transit cer-
tificates opened at 57ssc: highest, 5714c: low
est, 57Hc; closed, Size. Sales, $4,000 bar
rels: clearances g., ,00G barrels: shipments,
81, ,797 barrels; runs, rs, 5S5 barrels.
New YORK, May 6.-Petroleum opened
steady, declined nc, then became dull and
remained so until the close. Pennsylvania
oil-Spot sales. none; June option, opening,
5715c, highest. SIC, lowest, SIC; CLOSING,