Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-31
is DRILLING ITSELF In.

Stewart & Co.'S Well, on tho Robbs North OF
oaidale, Is Showing for n Producer
No Change In McDonaid's Production
Yesterslay-The Crescent Line Ready to
Pipe Oil.
There were few new developments in the
! oilfelds of the Southwest yesterday.
Stewart & Co.'S No. 1, on the Robb prop
ertv, north and west of Oakdale, which was
reported to be showing rather light Friday,
had improved somewhat yesterday. 1t is
Just in the top of the fifth sand
and was shut down until the boiler
! was moved back. Friday night it seemed
TO be drilling itself in ana made several nice
flows. The owners expected to get it drilled
in late last night.
1t is located on the same property as the
we'll of the Oakdale Gas Company and the
Woodland Oil Company. on the Robb acre,
which started at IS barrels an hour.
The Forest Oil Company did not get its
No. on the Kate Shane into the
Gordon yesterday as expected, but with
good luck it will be drilled in tomorrow. 1t
is only few feet from Greenlee Il Forst's
No, Kirk in the southeastern end Of the
Meise pool
Tho Forests Nos. and on the Mary
Campbell farm, in the MeiSe district, and
No. 3 on the Mcclellan heirs, located north
week.
The Roval Gas Company's No. on the Ed
Mcdonald property, located about half a
mile up the hollow back of Mcdonald, was
reported yesterday to be in the sand and
flowing at the rate of 100 barrels day.
The Royals No. on the K. Mcdonald is
due to reach the sand tomorrow. Their No.
on the Moore farm, south of Venice, is
reaching 55 barrels a day from the fourth
sand, and No. l on the same farm, which
reached the fourth last fall ana started at
~ barrels day, is now making from 90 to IS
barrels day from that rock.
Greeniee Forst's No. Z, on the Wade
farm, south of Mcdonald, which was shot
last week. is now making about l4e barrels a
day from the Gordon sand.
Guffey & Queen are only drilling one
we'll at present. 1t is on the Joseph
Ritter farm, in the gas district back or
Verona, and is down 1869 feet. They expect
to go 1880 feet, and will have to put in 1850
feet of casing.
Apple, Mercer & Co. have rigs up for Nos
2and on the Eph. Wells farm, below Sis
tersville, and have started to drill on the
Michael property.
Owing to the Saturday half holiday there
were no statements of the runs and ship
ments OF the various pipe lines given out
1t was reported last evening that the Cres-
cent Pipe Line would be ready to pipe oil
TINS week to its tanks in the vicinity of
The Producers Company has secured all
the rights of way for the line which it con-
templates constructing to the refneries in
the upper country.
The Bradford bfar of Friday SAYS: WV.
montgomery leaves to-day for Sumatra
nnoer q one-year drilling contract for the
Royal Netherlands Oil Company. His father,
w. IS. montgomery, has been in Sumatra for
over year drilling for the same company.
80 lar only one well has been drilled but
That Is ''stayer." For the last six wears it
has nowed zoo barrels day.
The Gauges.
The production of Mcdonald was un-
changed yesterday. The hourly gauges
OF the larger wells at Mcdonald yesterday
were as follows: Robb No. 8, Florence Oil
Company. 90 Sinclair Oil Company's No. |, 80;
People's Gas Company's No. las, 30; Oakdale
OIL Company's No. 9 Morgan. 20; Forst a
Greenlee's 40. 6 Marshall. Is; j. NJ. Guf.
fey's No. q Shane, 20; Woodland OIL Com
pany's NO. Crawford, 90. The estimated
production was p, 500; stock in the field
As, 500.