Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-25

barrels a day. He has started we'll on the
John Parker farm, which lies two mile;
southwest Of the Moore No. ], doing 80 bar
rels day, which was bought Friday by the
! Victor Oil Company.
The Kanawha Oil Company hns some wells
under way on the Ohio side. Their No. Z on
Ludolph Iarm WAS reported yesterday to be
drilling in the top OF the sand. No: 3 La, ,s
| building rig for No. 10. Their Calvin, No.
| ., Is drilling at 600 feet.
In the Fourth Sand Pool.
The Ewing fourth sander of Gufrey &
| Robson was reported to he making less
than 100 barrels day. This Is more re-
markabe from the fact that less than a
week ago it came in Mt 100 barrels an hour.
Notwithstanding the rapid decline in this
well, tine indications are that operations
| will be active next month in northeast Nc
| Cur1v.
s. ]. Fleming, who has ten acres adjoining
| the Mccoy farm, has started to build o rig
| on his proner;y. -
Guffey, Robison s Stewart will be ready to
| rig up this week al their No. on the Mccoy
| 1arm. Their No. is making about 240 bar
rels day from the fourth sand.
The Forest Oil Company has q we'll on the
Aiken tarm in the I00-foot, and Guffcy & Co.
ale about the same depth on another Aiken
| farm.
The RuppeI Oil and Gas Company's No.
moore Is down 200 feet.
Tie Forest Oil Company's No. ], on the
| w. E. Edmundson farm, was "a feet in the
NTH sand last evening and had thus Tar
| failed 10 find OIL
The Peoples Gas Company's No. l59. on the
wallace farm, south OF Willow Grove, is due
in the Gordon sand tomorrow. Their No.
loS wallace is making us barrels n day ma
tnrdlly. They have started to drill their No.
IS2, IN old Gordon sander, to the fifth sand.
II has just been cased through the Gordon.
The Peoples are starting new we'll on the
Mcdonald properly.
The Belmont Oil Company's No. 2, on the
Morgan farm, in the Noise pool, is deep In
we'll.
Work in Auglaize County, Ohio.
Operations in this county are confined al
most exclusively to the south of the reser-
voir, and the prospects for healthy exten-
sion to the pool are quite favorable.
The Ohio Oil Company completed yesteT-
day its No 2 on the William Mackenzie
and after being shot started to produce at
the rate of 81 barrels Il day.
Tho Manhattan Oil Company completed
its No. on the w. II. VOrnholr farm in st.
Mary's township,and have q dnster.
;, j. IL Van Wormer Co. have completed a
light producer on the Eliza Buxton farm in
Franklin township that is not good for more
than II barrels day.
Operations in Indiana.
The spotted nature of the Jay county pool
has been more fully demonstrated in the
past two days. Oil gushers and roaring
gassers stand side by side and in such close
proximity that the derricks almost touch
Many of the wells that show nothing but gas
when first drilled in, develop into good oil
producers after they have been shot.
The Portland Natural Gas Company's No.
Hidy did not show Tor moro than ten bar
els Il day, but 4 60quart shot started it at
300 barrels day.
The same company's No. drilled in yes
terday, on the same farm, ana started of at
e. ID. Robbins has completed his No. l, on
the'Joseph Lewis farm, and has small
gasser.
Gibson Giles developed light gas
pressure at their No. 2, on the Stansbury
ship.
Personal.
Myron Matson, President of the Matson
Oil Company, operating at Sistersville,
passed through Pittsburg last evening OH
his way from Sistersville to his home in
Bradford.
T. j. Vandergrift, of the Woodland Oil
Company, has gone to his home at James
town for the holidays.
Captain Peter Grace is in jamestown. n.
T., putting in Christmas with his family.
Major NJ. Murphy. the active and pushing
operator, VINO enjoys the reputation of be-
ing second.to none i'll opening new pools,
aud in persistent wildcatting ranks with
Captain Grace. has left the wilds of Oodd-
rid 1e county, W. Va, where lie is drilling u
couple Of wells, and has gone to his home in
Philadelphia.
d. S. Wakenight, the oil scout OF the Oil
City Derrick, has gone to Portland, Ind, to
assist tile Hoosiers in welcoming Santa
Claus.
Colonel John Galloway, who is reported
to have recently created a sensation among
the natives living along the Wabash river
by remarkable feats OF ,pedestrinnism, has
retired to jamestown, n. Y, for O weeks
rest Ia the bosom OF his family.
The Gauges Yesterday.
The estimated production of the Mcdonald
field yesterday was $4,000 barrels the
same as tho day before. The Woodland Oil
Cumpany's No. Scott was making 30 barrels
an hour. The stock in the field was "A, 900
barrels.
Tue runs from the Sistersville field were
Il, no barrels.
Runs and Shipments Friday.
The National Transit runs were 26,67l;
shipments, not in. Runs of Southwest Penn
sy1vania from Mcdonald, 9,79J: outside of
Mcdonald, o. lS7: total runs, 1889. Buckeye
runs of Macksburg oil, 64s5; shipments, 29l.
Buckeye runs of Lima o /, 4S, III: shipments,
not in. Eureka runs, l3 304 shipments, 1924.
New York Transit shipments, not in. South
ern Pipe Line shinments, not in.
The runs of the Tidewater Pipe Line Com
pany Friday were 4262; total, l02, q63;
average, l. 446; shipments none; total, 2lS975; |
average, 9,52l barrels.
The runs OF the Western Atlantic Pipe
Line were 3464. and the shipments 9, 2S7
barrels.
The runs of the W. L. Mellon lines Friday |
were 1919; deliveries, 6.029 barrels.
The Oil Market. |
Rance of the January option: Opening,
525sc; highest, 527sc; lowest, 525Sc; closing, |
52Ec.
Refined oil-New York, 5.45c; London, 40
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