Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-09
NO PAY STREAKS HIT.
Light Wells We're the Rule and Old
Producers Dropping OF.
ONE EXCEPTION WAS REPORTED.
Robbins Well at Willow Grove Struck
Bad Spot in the Gordon.
CORLOPOLIS TO HAVE A REFINERY

C0RAOPoLIS TO HAVE A REFINERY
The was another slump in the production
of Mcdonald field yesterday and it wen
down 80 barrels and came to full stop a
24.5OO. Several of the wells which have
been making over 20 barrels an hour fell of
Yesterday and tended to decrease the pro
duction. Jennings s. Co. S No. 8. on the
Matthews farm. dropped to less than q
barrels an hour and was dropped from the
list of wells given in the guages- The Oak.
dale Oil Company's Nos. and 3, on the
Baldwin farm, went from 45 TO % barrels an
hour, drop of almost one-half
The wells which were reported as in the
sand Yesterday were, with one exception,
showing light.
The exception was ]. NJ Guffey & Co
No. 1, on the Mankedick farm at Willow
Grove. 1t was in the Gordon sand yester.
day afternoon and had the appearance oi
eventually proving good producer.
Hussler. Davis & Bott got surprise in
the southwest McCurdy field. Their No. 2
or the Rovce farm, was drilled through the
fifth sand and was dry in that formation
This well is however, phenomenon in the
fourth sand as ii is ma king over 100 barrels q
day from that formation, and Is the onIy
we'll in the field which is producing from the
Their No. 8, on this farm, is in the loo-foot
sand and they have a rig completed 1or
No.. 4.
The Devonian Oil Company's No. e. on the
Boyce farm, should be in the fifth sand py
Friday Their No. is pumping about IL
barrels a day.
Activity in Southwest McCurdy.
Patterson & Jones are drilling four wells
in the southwest end of the McCurdy field,
but none of them will be completed within
= the next ten days. They are drilling No.
Kelso, No. s McCurdy, No. Finch and No.
Terrence They are also drilling well on
the Boyd farm, back of Freeport, and one on
the Huey farm three miles back OF verona
Kirk Co.'S well. on the Giaaaen larm, r
Companys No. ], on the w. d. Moornead
farm was on top of the Gordon sand last
niuht.
There was a rumor in circulation last night
that the Wheeling Gas Conpany's well on
the W. J. Kelso farm, which had been
making ten barrels an hour had been drilled
The report could not be confirmed, however,
and it was generally discredited:
The Forest Oil Company's No. :, on the
fifth sand and will not be better than a 10 or
y barrel well. Their No. l. on the Jane
Stewart farm, is in the Gordon SAND and
showing
the Jane McGin iarm, should be in the fifth
sand this week. They have made location
for a well on the oyer Iarm 900 feet nortn-
east of the Devonian OIL Company,s No,
on the Boyce farm. They are also building
rig on the Gregg farm, south OF the rail-
road Gregg station.
The Trio Oil Companys well on the Abra-
ham Bell farm, adjoining tie Fife, is down
500 feet.
Not So Large as First Reported.
Do1, Rnh
property, west of Willow Grove, which was
enormously reported Monday night to be
making fromeight to ten barrels an hour from
the Gordon, was not making anything yes
terday, and was almost through the
sand. What gave rise to the report
was that it made few nice
flows from the top of the Gordon Monday.
AS they drilled deeper into the sand they
developed an inferior quality of sand. which
continued as they went deeper. This well
is not over $50 feet from Guckert, Learn &
Co.'s big Gordon sander on the Cunningham
lot, and only short distance from Guffey
Co.'S No 8, Mary Sturgeon, which is good for
200 barrels q day from the Gordon.
Learn & Burson's well on the Vanescott
lot. in the eastern part of the town OF Will
low Grove, is down l6oo feet.
1;ttle ere oS Mere omnnw mo veil nn the Isttle
property, yesterday, at Noblestown.
Story & Co. did not reach the fifth yester-
day on the Nieholson lot as expected. ed
q lot in Willow Grove.
The New York OIL Company's No. Fife is
down 500 feet The New York Oil Company
was known as Hirsh & Co. until q few days
ago
Henry Cooper is starting well on a two
acre lease of the Abraham Bell farm.
The Forest Oil Company has made a loca-
tion for No on the Neeley farm.
The Grover Cleveland Oil Company's No.
j on the Kelly farm between Mcdonald and
Venice, has developed a strong pressure of
gas in tie 50foot sand.
Mover & Co.'S test we'll on the Harper
farm. near Venice, is down about l.500 feet.
The Fort Pitt Gas Company's we'll on the
Slemmings farm at Stoops' Ferry is drilling
at i, 500 feet.
Carr Bros well at Independence is report
ed to be through all sands and dry. Mellon
& Co. s well on the Boles farm is practically
plugged and may be abandoned. Greenlee
Forst have rig up on the Beall Knob
farm, but do not intend to drill at present:
The daily production of the Sfstersville
field is now given as 600 barrels day.
A refinery with a capacity.of from 5000 to
1000 barrels a month is being built at Cora
tracted with W. Z. Mellon to furnish them
with crude oil.
The Mcdonald Gauges.
The production of the field was "a, 500 yes
terday, 500 barrels less than the day
before. The hourly gauges were as fol-
ows: Jennings, Guffey & Co.'S Heron No.
4, 40 Guffey and Queens No. j Samuel Wet
more, 81: DeVOnlan Ou company 8 n OS. anQZ
Boyce, 40: oakdale Oil Company's No Nor
gan heirs, 90; Nos. 2 and 8 Baldwin, Is: Nos.
and 2 Wallace, 20; Forest Oil Company's No.
NJ Wright 50; Guffey, Murphy & Co.'S Nos.
] and sam sturgeon, 90: Oakdale Oil Com
pany's No. John Wetmore, 90: Brown Bros
Robson Co.'S No. McMurray. 25; produc-
tion, "A, 500; stock in the field SC, 500
The runs of the Southwest Pennsylvania
Pipe Line Company from Mcdonald Mon
day were 1892: outside of Mcdonald. IL 39l
The National Transit runs were "a, 406; ship
ments, 1896. Buckeye runs. IS. lag: ship
ments, 57,44s. Southern Pipe Line runs 81
burg runs 957. Eureka runs, 1888; ship
ments, l,767
Yesterdays Market Features.
First sales were at 5976c, advanced to 60ssc
and reacted to the opening figure, which
proved to be the final quotation. Refined
was marked down at Antwerp to l43xd
There were no other changes. Clearances
were 81 600 barrels.
OIL CITY, March 6-National Transit certifi.
Gates opened at 595Sc; highest 6Ossc: lowest,
59szc: closed 59c: sales Ill, 600 barrels: clear
ances 126 900 barrels: shipments, 99,es4 bar |
BRADFORD March s.-National Transit GER |
tificates opened at $3.50; closed Mt 593Ic;
highest, 6O3sc; lowest, 595zc; cIea1ances 10000
barrels.
NEW YORK. March s-Petroleum opened |
strong on the execution of 4 small buying |
order, then became dull and resnained so |
until the close. Pennsylvania oil, spot sales, |
60c; lowest. 595sc; closing, 59Ic Lima oil, no |
sales; total sales, i, 600 barrels
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