Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-30
FIFTY BARRELS AN HOUR
Is What Greenlee & Forst's No. q Mar
shall Came in at Yesterday Afternoon
One Good and One Light Gordon Sand
WeIl-ReDorts Fran Sistersv;IIe

Is what Greenlee " ForStS No. Mar
shall Came in at Yesterday Afternoon
One Good and One Light Gordon Sand
Well-Reports From Sistersville.
Tie Mcdonald field came 70 the front YES
terday and produced a well doing so barrels
an hour. 1t is Greenlee & Forst's No on
the Marshall farm, which is loca ed quar-
ter of mile south of Nobiestown.
Wednesday evening it was reported to be
two bits in the fifth sand and gassing but
showing no oil, and yesterday morning the
news from it was of such a character
as to give rise to the rumor that it was
duster.
At O'Clock in the afternoon, however,
when almost to the bottom of the sand, the
we'll started to flow, and in the first hour 1t
made so barrels, and was still flowing at this
rate when the reports were brought in late
last evening.
The same firms No Marshall fell below
20 barrels an hour. and WAS dropped from the
list o guages. 1t was the only one on the
list Wednesday evening, but by agitation
on the Robb farm, in the Gordon sand pool
in the Meise hollow, up to 25 barrels an hour,
and it took the place of the Marshall No. 6.
Just south of the Marshall lease, Greenlee
& Forst have lease of the Wood farm, on
which they intend to start Immediately a
couple of wells as a result of the Marshall
MOI.
Light Well in the Meise Hollow,
The sinclBir Oil Company's No. 3, on the
Kirk farm, located southwest of the Meise
No. 6, was reported yesterday to be almost
through the Gordon sand and showing for
light well.
The Devonian Oil Company's No. /, on the
Mertz farm in the southern part of the Nc
Curdy field, is almost through the fourth
sand with only small showing of OIL and
they have commenced to drill it to the ii fth
sand.
Their No on the Moorhead farm did not
reach the sand yesterday as anticipated but
is expected in to-day.
No. Mcdonald, also belonging to the
Devonian, is ready to case, and their Nos
and on the Elliott farm, and No. on the
Robb, which are located about q mile north
and northwest of Mcdonald, are due to get
the fifth the first OF next week
The Wheeling Gas Company's No on the
Wood farm, half a mile south of Laurel Hill,
is in the Gordon sand, and flowing at the
rate OF 275 barrels day. Their No. Rob-
bins is on top of the fifth sand.
The Sistersville Wells.
The reports of the big wells struck at
Sisterville, as published yesterday in THE
DISPATCH, was the currept topic of conversa-
tion among the oil men in Pittsburg. There
was much speculation as to the probable
extent of the field, and as to the capacity of
the biggest wells which it will produce.
There were no new wells reported in yester-
day, ana no change in the big ones
Hervey Bros. & Kelly expect to reach the
~,
Thistle farm, which is located east OF the
town.
Shannan, Pratt, Brenneman & Kelly will
be in the sand Monday or Tuesday on the
McCoach farm, which adjoins the Thistle
property.
The Gauges.
The production OF Mcdonald was 600
yesterday, the same as the day before. The
hourly gauges of the largest wells at Nc
Donald yesterday were as follows: Florence
Oil Company's No. Robb, 25 The esti.
mated production was q, 600; stock in field,
45,5O0.
Runs and Shipments Wednesday.
The National Transit runs were 4O, ,e6s:
shipments, 29. 462. Runs of Southwest Penn
sylvania from Mcdonald, 17,O6i; outside of
Mcdonald, S,6l4, total runs, 25.67S Buckeye
runs OF Macksburg oil, 1852: shipments,
none. Buckeye runs of Lima oil 64. .3S9:
shipments, 32,02L Eureka runs IA. 529: ship
ments, 2.79o; New York transit shipments.
44.0ll. Southern Pipe Line shipments, ll,476.
The runs of the w. L. Mellon Pine Lines
on W ednesday were $3.50; receipts from other
lines, 1873; total receipts, 7,sl9 shipments,
4O7S.
The runs of the Tidewater Pipe Line Com
pany Wednesday were 4.S99: total for the
month. sS $50; average, 8 l72; shipments, ,23O Ol5:
total, 2Is,9ss sewerage, 1921