Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-16
TWO GORDON SAND WELLS.

They Were Developed Yesterday South Of
Willow Grove-Fertig & Co.'s Wen,
South of OakdaIe, Is Making 400 Bnr-
reIs a Day-Producers' Companies to
Consolidate.
Two nice Gordon sand wells were reported
yesterday in the lower end OF the Meiss
pool, which lies south of Willow Grove
about mile and a half, and two more are
expected to reach the pay to-day.
j. N. Guffey & Co.'S No. g. on the Shane
property was one OF the wells developed
yesterday. It was drilled only a short dis.
tance into the Gordon when it began to put
ont Is barrels an hour, and according to late
reports last evening it was holding up to
that gait.
The other we'll was Greenlee & Hartman'S
No. 9; on the Potter farm. which has been in
the Gordon sand for several days. Ie was
drilled through that formation yesterday,
and is making l6 barrels an hour.
The Sinclair Oil Company's No. >. on the
Kirk farm, in the same locality, was drilling
on top Of the Gordon yesterday, and should
reach the pay to-day. They have had Q
streak of bad luck at this well, as one rig
was burned owing to a pocket OF gas being
struck In the salt sand. and a few days after
they started to drill in the new rig the bull
wheels " ent up through the derrick, rip
ping 1t into kindling wood.
The Belmont Oil Company's No 2, on the
Morgan farm, which is located ior u good
we'll is due i'm the Gordon sand to-day.
Frank Fertig & Co.'s No. l. on the Gibson
property, near the cemetery, half n mile
south OF Oakdale, has been shot in the flfth
sand and has been making 400 barrels a day
since last Saturday. They started to spud
in No. on the game property yesterday.
Robson & Brown Bros. are starting we'll
on the Jarvis farm, near the Gibson, and the
Forest Oil Company has located No. ], on
the Waters, in the same locality.
The Forest Oil Company is starting Nos.
and on the Sterling farm, and their No. 10
on the W. C. Heron farm, north of Mobiles
town, is due the first of next week. They
expect to start No. on the Devine farm in
the eastern McCurdy field next week.
Gas From the Gordon Sand.
The Oakdale Gas Company's well on the
Lutz farm, which was dry in the fifth sand,
is good gasser in the Gordon.
The Peoples Gas Company has well on
the Wallace farm, south OF Willow Grove,
which is due in the Gordon sand this week,
and one on the Dixon Is due the first OF next
week.
Jennings, Guffey Co.'S No TO- on the Bell
farm, north Of NOblestown, is through the
Gordon sand and should get the fifth to-
morrow. Their NO. ii Bell is down 600 feet,
and they are starting No. s OH tine Matthews
The Forest Oil Company's well, on the
Duncan arm, near Hendersonville, in But
Ter county, is showing up light in the 100
foot.
MILLrowS-Carnegie & Co. are down / 300
feet in No. on the IIaffey farm, and No. 3 is
drilling at !, 400 feet.
Making Thirty Barrels an Hour.
Late last evening information was re-
ceived in PiStsburg that the No. Mccoy Of
j. NJ. Guffey, Stewart & Robson. was making
30 barrels from the fourth sand. This well
is located in the eastern McCurdy district,
and is the biggest fourth sander which has
been struck in that field
They VIII Probably Consolidate.
The Producers and Refners' Pipe Line
Company. which will commence Monday
to pump oil from Corapolis to Titusville,
will have four pump stations. Each station
is a fac simile OF the others, fitted with
double-compound, high and low pressure
pumps, capable of forcing 5000 barrels n day
through the four-inch line The lower station
will be at COrapolis. the next will be known
IS the Jefferson station, near Herman, in
Butler county: the third will be ut DOtterS,
two miles above Emlenton, and the fourth
at Oil City. Oil will be delivered to the
Producers Refinery at EmlentOn, to S. Y.
Ramage at Reno; to the Independents Re-
finery at Oil City, and to over half 4 dozen
individual ref1neries around Titusville 1t
is the intention OF the directors in
the two companies to consolidate
the Producers Oil Company and che Pro-
ducers' and Refiner5 Pipe Line Company, IS
the same people practically control both.
The charter office of the former is at War
ren, while the headquarters OF the latter are
Mt Titusville. Harry Breckenridge, who 10
the general superintendent of the Pro-
ducerS and Refiners' Company, will probably
have charge OF both lines, and Thomas
Lowry, who now has charge OF the fuel de-
partment OF the Producers Oil Company,
will have the SAME position in the CONSOLE
dated companies.
The Gauges Yesterday.
The estimated production of the Mcdonald
field yesterday was 19, 500 barrels 500 less than
the day before. The Woodland Oil Com
pany's No. Scott was making 40 barrels an
hour: Knox Bros & Co.'S No. 2 Scott. 20 an
hour. The stock i'll the 1eld was As 500 bar
rels.
The runs from the sistersville field were
16,565 barrels.
Runs and Shipments Wednesday.
The National Transit runs were 30, 1854; ship
ments, IL S03 Runs of Southwest Pennsyl-
vania from Mcdonald, 1851; outside OF Nc
Donald, 9.673; total runs, 1881 Buckeye
runs OF Macksburg oil, 1923; shipments,none.
55465. Eureka runs, Is, l09; shipments, !, So
New York Transit shipments, 1881 South
ern Pipe Line shipments, 1851.
The Western and Atlantic Pipe Line runs
for Wednesday were $500 barrels and the
shipments were 3,027 barrels.
The runs of the w. L. Mellon Pipe Lines
were 824l: receipts from other lines, none;
total receipts. S,24; shipments, 1884
The runs of the Tidewater Pipe Line Com
pany on Wednesday were 1858; total, 60 SIS;
average, 4,322: shipments, none; total, A3.S5O;
average, 10, 239 barrels
The Oil Market
Range OF the January option: Opening,
5314c; highest, 5S9sc; lowest, 5S1&c; closing
Isefined oil-New York. 6.45c; London, ~
OIL Cry, Pa, Dec l5-Opened, 531Sc; high
est, 533Ic; lowest, 5377c: closed, $3.50; sales,
%, 900 barrels; shipments, S.OO5 barrels; runs,
S,0lS barrels.
NEW YoRK, Dec. I5-PetroIeum neglected;
no sales reported; Pennsylvania oil, Janu-