Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-02
IN WEST VIRGINIA
The Sistersville Pool Is Spreading
and Enlarging Every Day.
M'DoNALD QUIET YESTERDAY
There We're No Gushers Reported From Any
of the Fields.
THE GAUGES AND RUNS TUESDAY

The work in the field yesterday was no
by any means extraordinary owing to tn,
work which had been planned long before
and which was then under way.
There are several phases of the oil busi
ness which cannot be explained by simply
putting two and two together.
The SistersviIle field is the one which il
now attracting the men of the oil region
There is no doubt that this pool is now
drawing more adventures than any othel
which is now recognized as part of the oil
business.
The first we'll drilled in the Sistersville
field was that OF Ludwig & Moonery, which
was known as the Polecat we'll. 1t was
drilled to the Big Injun sand, and developed
an enormous flow of gas which afterward
turned to salt water and almost literally
ruined the we'll. The Polecat we'll wa.
located on the Russell farm and was located
o mile and half above Sistersville.
First Hit at Sistersvil!e.
On the flats about Sistersville the Big In.
jun sand is found at depth of 1,345 feet.
The second pay is found at depth of ], 1870
feet and the third pay at 1,403 feet.
The pay streaks are from to s feet in
thickness
johnson & Duel have finished up well
at Sistersville, and it was reported to be
good for from 20 to So barrels a day. The
Miller's Run Oil Company, on the c, Colorn
farm; and located on the west side of de.
velopments, came in dry last week, and gave
black eye to that part of the field which
is under the personal supervision of James
G. Blaine, Jr.
The Kanawha Oil Compsny's No. l, on
the Whitney farm, is showing for Q small
we'll in the Big In un sand. They intend to
put 20 quarts of glycerine in this well be-
fore many weeks and they hope to hold it
up to the standard at which they have main
tanned 1t for years to come.
It was only recently that Robson & Co.
put the tubing in their we'll on the English
farm.
J. G. Tennant & Co. drilled one of the
last wells at Sistersville. 1t was put down
on the Fand & Russell farm and is liable to
be completed any day. Tennant s. Co.
have just completed we'll on the Lover
lot in which is now doing ten barrels an
hour.
The Mcdonald Gauges.
The estimated production of the field
Tuesday morning compiled from gauges was
2, 500 barrels. 1000 barrels less than the day
before. The hourly gauges were as follows:
Jennings, Guney & Co.'s No. 8 Matthews, S.:
Heron No. 4, 40; Matthews heirs No. 2, 20;
Guffey and Queens No. Samuel Wetmore.
20; Devonian Oil Company's Nos. l and 2
Boyce, 45: Oakdale Oil Company's No. Nor
gan heirs, 20; Nos. and Baldwin, So; Nos.
and 2 Wallace, 80; Forest Oil Company's No.
! NJ. Wright, 20; Guffey. Murphy & Co. Nos.
and 2 Sam Sturgeon, 30: Oakdale Oil Com
pany's No. John Wetmore, so; Brown Bros.
Robson & Co.'S No. McMurray, 80; produc-
tion, q, 500; stock in the field, 60,000
Tho runs of the Southwest Pennsylvania
Pipe Line Company from Mcdonald Tues
day were 49, DOL; outside of Mcdonald, 17.4SL.
The National Transit runs were 81, 5l4; ship
ments, 2s,43s. Buckeye runs, 66,390: ship
ments, 1907. Southern Pipe Line runs, q
~ New York Transit runs, 49, H7. Macks-
burg runs. l,5ss. Eureka runs, SOL; ship
ments, 2s37S.
Struck the Sand.
The. Forest Oil Company's No. 8, R. W.
Glenn, struck the sand yesterday afternoon
and is making from 16 to Is barrels an hour.
Brown, Robinson & Co.'S we'll on the
McMurray lot at Noblestown is making
from 80 to 35 barrels an hour. 1t
was being agitated yesterday afternoon.
Mackin & Co. IS we'll on the belmont lot
is on top of the sand and has 800 feet of oil
In the hole.
The Forest Oil Company's No. Eta
Glenn was expected to reach the fifth sand
last night.