Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-08
THE 10000 BARREL MARK
Still the Rule In tho OIL Fields-A Quiet Da,
without Startling Devoiopments-Ths
Mcdonald Territory Losing Interest
Work at Sfstorsville.

| Still the Rule In tho Oil Fields-A Quiet Day
without Startling Developments-The
Mcdonald Territory Losing Interest
Work at Sistersville. o..
The developments in the oil fields yester.
| day were of an unimportant character and
none of the wells completed in any way af
feeted the general situation in the field. The
Mcdonald field is losing interest and there
| will be nothing new of i'm portance in the
Sistersville field for some days.
The 10000 Barrel Mark Holds
The tenacity of the production to hang at
| the 20, 900 barrel mark has been strikingly
| illustrated in the past three days On
] Wednesday it succeeded in maintaining its
| position by an accident The Brown &
i Davis we'll on the Wilkinson lot, an old
| producer, was shot and the production in
| creased to 20 barrels an hour. 1t was only
a spasmodic effort on the part OF the we'll,
as it almost Immediately declined.
Yesterday the production was the same as
the previous day, decline having been
| & Co. No. 2 on the Freeman lot at Mobiles
| town. 1t started off at the rate OF Is barrels
an hour. Owing to its close proximity to
No it will hold a position in the list of
gauges for only short time.
Another fairly good we'll was drilled in
late last night southwest of Mcdonald.
, The well is owned by Kirk, Amsler & Co.
and is their No. on the Lewis lot, near the
Wheeling Gas Company's No. 2. Richard
Gladdon. 1t started at Is barrels an hour.
Pitts, McMannus & Co. were drilling in
the Gordon yesterday at their No. on the
to late hour last evening.
In the northeast quarter of the field the
Forest Oil Company has drilled its No. 5, E.
Wright, through the fifth sand and have
scored failure. South of Willow Grove
the same company's No. 8, McEwen, was
several feet in the Gordon, but was not
showing for % much OF IA well; o, The 70 location is
same farm, will get the Gordon tonight
Their test well on the Wallace, the farthest
and the most important well drilling in this
part OF the field, barring accidents, Will get
McGinnis & Co. have started to rig up on
the Shaffer No. g.
Between Mcdonald and Venice.
In the Southwest, between Mcdonald and
Venice, the Wheeling Gas Company will get
the sand at their No. Richard GLADDEN.
on top of the 50-foot. Their Griffin No. is
in the fourth sound and the hole stands full
OF fluid from that formation. The Philadel-
Rhia Gas GSompanys Ss o0nd NO on d the Sterling,
hundred feet OF oil in the mole.
The Wheeling Gas Company's No. Nor
rean is a strong gasser from the 60-foo-. Their
No. Patterson Is drilling at l750 feet They
have made locations for three more wells in
this part of the field-one on the N. G. Cooke
No. 4, W. B.. MoorheadA and No. ., T. B.
Robbins.
The Work in the West.
In the West, pear the Fife pool, the
Walker No. 4, of FitzgiDbons & Co, will be
due early next week. The New York OIL
Compsn y is drilling in the salt sand at No.
3, Fife. Brackney q Co. are down 600 feet
with No. on the Starkmyer farm. Fitzg1b-
bons, Williams & Jennings are in the salt
sand with their venture on the Mckee farm.
Sistersville.
Nothing new has developed in the Sisters
Vile field within the past three days. Tho
De vel 4 Fergus well, on tho Moore farm.
two and half miles south " est, will be good
for Is barrels day. This opens consider
able extension to the field in that direction
The Gillespie Bros we'll on the G.. W. Stock.
ing will make q producer good for 20 bar
reIs day.
The Millers Run on Company, on the Ohio
side. will drill in q we'll on the M1ltendorf
this week. Jones q Tennant will also have
three wells in along the river this week.
Gauges Of Mcdonald.
The gauges Of the big wells yesterday
were ~ follows:
Lynch q Co.'S No. / Aeise. 70; oakdale