Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-20
THE UNDERCLIFFE WELL.

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1t Was Holding Up Strorg stsrday-
Hundreds of Op rators and Contract
ors Visit d It During the Dsy-Good
Well Showing Southeast OF Gallery
function.
Mcdonald and Sisterville were lost sight
of yesterday by oil men, who had no time to
talk about anything but j. M. Patterson
and Sohn's lucky strike on the Kessler
farm, back of Glenshaw and Undercliffe, on
the Pittsburg and Western Railroad.
Every morning train carried scores of
operators and contractors to the spot,
each anxious to verify the reports
concerning it, They were not disappointed,
as they found two 2590arrei tanks full of
petroleum, and it was estimated that 500
barrels had flowed on the ground during the
night Tank builders were hard at work
putting up more tankaae. ana il was only a
few hours until the lines were turned into
the new tanks and the gauae pole showed
the well to be making from as to 80 barrels
an hour
The National Transit Company had put a
ang OF pipe screwers at work Thursday
pumping oil from the well. Ie was not
drilled any deeper yesterday. but the owners
intend to stir it up in day or two.
The farmers and landowners In the yicin-
farms were pesieged all day by operators
and sca!pers, each anxious to get q hand in
the new pie and work it Tor all it is worth.
There still seems to he a question among
those gentlemen who are known TO outsid-
ers rs experts as 10 what sand the oil is COM
in from.
The well has not been measured up scicn-
tifically, but both Mr.. Patterson and Mr..
Sohn claim thnt II is in the 80 foot. Mr.. Pat
trrson stated that they got the oil at about
$50 Ieet below the top of the 100 foot and Mr.
c N ted a NO IN a
50 feet below the bottom OF the lc0-fnot,
which would make their statements about
agree. Prof John f. CARL. the geologist, is
inclined to believe that it is from the third
sand, in which Dixon & Co. got their oil in
the Lautz well.
Thirty Foot Wells Fave Be-n Light
The 3O-foot wells in Allegheny county
have not been noted as stayers. The Jacks
Run wells got their oil in the 3O-ioot. but
there WAS only one, Dimick & Co.'s stone
quarry well, that made any money. 1t was
the biggest well in that field, and started at
65 barrels an hour. 1t made 60 barrels in
the first "a hours, but rapidly declined to
less than lOJ barrels day. The other wells
in the vicinity were all light.
There were no new wells reported in the
production fell off from 200 to is 900 bar
rels. The runs f!om Sistersville dropped
from 1852 barrels on Thursday TO 9031 yes
tcriay
Munnall & Scott have finished up a 200
pound gasser on the Cox farm couple of
miles south of Homestead, and are prepar-
ing to put down several Others
CALLERY-Lentz, Schlegel 4 Co.'S No. l. on
the Ben Garvin farm, three miles southwest
of this place, lie reported to be one bit in the
pay and making $50 barrels day. 1t is To-
Gated only a quarter of q mile west OF their
old Newton Garvin well, southwest OF the
Perrysville plank road in Cranberry town
ship. which was struck a year ago and
burned for ten days while making 26 barrels
an hour.
BRowNsDALE-Gib & Johnson's we'll, on
the johnson farm, is doing 40 barrels a day.
T. w. Phillips No: Zeigler has been shot
and will make a 30-barrrl we'll.
MUDDY CREEK-Smick & Co.'S Kreiss well |
was burned this week. J. d. McFarland's |
No. W. B. Mccullough is in the sand, and |
q wildcat on the keener iarm near Salt Lick |
in Armstrong county. |
SEMPLE-Durfng the storm yesterday two |
| ,2Oo-barrel tanks at Smith station were |
burned, together with 400 or 500 barrels of |
Dill They belonged to the National Transit |
Company.
The Gauges.
The production of Mcdonald was is, 900 |
1000 barrels less than the day |
before. The hourly gauges of the larger
wells at Mcdonald yesterday were as fol-
ows: Sinclair Oil Company's Nos. / and 2,
3; Greenlee & Forst's No. 8 McMurray, 25; |
No. Marshall, 25: Peoples Gas Company's |
nos. Jag and l4s 20: Royal Ga. Company's
NO. L MARK hObD, 70. The estimated pro-
iuction was 5000; stock in the field, 4s,O00
Runs and Shipments.
National Transit Company runs on tho
Sth were 80, ,655; shipments, &c, 1885,
Southwest Pennsylvania runs from Nc
Donald we're l9, l02. Outside OF Mcdonald, l.
7s. Buckeye runs, Maeksburg division. 3,0I2;
shipments. none. Shipments from the Lima
livision, "A, 7l2 runs, 81 054 The Eureka runs
we're l0967; shipments, 1898. Southern Pipe
line shipments. So,2s4. New York Transit
@, 253.
The runs from SistersvilIe yesterday were
,03l
The Tidewater Pipe Line runs were 1880:
.verage or the month, 3469. The shipments
we're 29, S34 total for the month, 1S7, ,O45; aver
ge, I6l5.
The OH Market.
Trading was unusually active on the local
Ioor, between 10000 and $1,000 barrels
hanging hands. The dealing, how-ver, was
{ the expense of values, the days opera
ions resulting in a net decline o. &c. The
lew oil strike WAS quoted as the cause of the
Feakncss.
Range of the Sentember option: OPENING.
SIC; highest, 555sc; lowest, H1Sc; closing,
&c.
3 Retined FIN oiInNsT York. alOc; London, 40
OIL CITY, Aug. l9-opened. 55szc; highest,
55zc; closed. 553zc; lowest 54s4c Sales, ISL, ,0Go
arrels: clearances, $4,000 barrels; ship
1ents l2O. 6O7 barrels: runs, 7s, ,4ss barrels
NEW YORK, Aug. 19.-The Petroleum mar
ct opened steady, fell &c, then rallied kc
nd closed steady. Pennsylvania oil, spot
ales, none. September option, sales,
1000 barrels; opening. 5531c; highest, 55sIc; |
,west, 55c closing, 55lc. No sales of Lima
il.