Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-18
LOOK LIKE BUSTERS.
New Wells Which Got the Sand Are
Not Showing for Producers.
BIG GASSER NEAR MILLTOWN.
Peoples Gas Company Has Good Well
South Of Willow Grove.
OIL STRUCK At NEW MARTINSVILLE

OIL STRUCK AT NEW MARTlNSVILLE
The wells reported in the sand yesterday
were not showing for bonanza In fact
most of them will do we'll if they ever pay
for the drilling.
Greenlee& Eorst's venture on the Oak
Ridge Coal Company's property, located
pany's big No. 2 on the Gregg tract, was
half way through the fifth sand last evening
and showing very light.
This we'll was due a week ago, but
owing to strong vein of gas which was
developed in the fourth sand they have
been late in getting it down.
The Porter Oil Company's well on the
Miller & Mcbride farm, located short dis
tance north of Gregg station, was almost
through the sand yesterday, and is not
showing for n better well than 1t was Satur-
day evening.
The Peoples Gas Company. drilled in a
Gordon sand we'll on the Dixon farm, south
OF Willow Grove, Saturday night, which
started Off ut 35 barrels an hour, and yeSteI-
day morning it was keeping up that gait. 1t
was the only new woll in the list of gauges
yesterday. The Forest Oil Companys No.
1 McClelland fell below 20 barrels an hour
The Forest Oil Company got big gasser
yesterday on the Caldwell farm, in the Mill
town district. It's wells on the Ryan, the
Sniyely and the uamill farlES may reach the
sand this week.
Gardiner & Co. are starting to drill on
their No. 4, on tile Kennedy farm, west of
Gregg station.
The Forest Oil Company is fishing for q
bit in it's well on the Turner lot. just east OF
Oakdale.
1t May Turn Out Gasser.
UNDERcLIFF-Patterso & Sohns we'll on
the Erhmentrout farm, which is located
1000 feet south of their oil No. ! Kessler. was
reported to be drilling in the 30 loot yester-
day and showing little oil, but plenty of gas.
Failures Reported Near Zelienople.
BUTLER coUNrY-Lockwood & Patterson's
well on the Benner farm, southwest of Ze-
lienople, was reported yesterday to be so
feet in the sand with no oil. Their No. 2 on
the Bonzall farm is due this week.
John n. Patterson & Co.'s No. 2 Nagle, To-
Gated near Princeton, is down about 1000
feet. They are pumping their No. and it
is making a little oil. The boiler at their
No. blew up last week.
Guckert s. Steele's well on tho Gardn er
farm, in the Garvin pool, has not vet been
drilled to the second pay. Their wildcat on
Camp rnn is down 500 feet.
Cunningham & Stoobecker have taken up
a lot of lenses near Ellwood City, Lawrence
county, and will start to drill for gas next
week.
West Virginia Oil Wells.
SIsrERsvILLE-The Victor Oil Company re-
ceived information yesterday that its No. 4,
on the T. N. Wells farm, just below town,
was in the sand and showing for a good pro-
ducer.
An operator who had a daily production
of 1000 barrels in the field stated yesterday
to a representative of THE DISPATCH that he
believed the field was now corralled. He
a day. and leases for which he would not
sell a month ago TOR less than i've times
their cost he is willing TO dispose of at cost.
There the South PsnS has last strnsT evsing
big we'll in Doddridge county, W.. Va, but
the report cbuld NIT be confirmed. There
are now number of small producers
and q pipe line has been run into that
region.
The Farmers well ut New Martinsville
nine miles above Sistersville, which was re-
ported dry a few days ago, was reported
last night to be in the sand and showing OIL
The owners of the Corbett well. nine miles
east OF Sfstersville, are near the sand, but
are making mystery OF the well.
The Gauges.
The production of Mcdonald was 20, 500
yesterday. the same as the day before. The
hourly gauges of the largest wells at McDon-
aid yesterday were as follows: Forst &
Greenlees No. 6 Marshall, 20: j. NJ. Guffey's
No. SHAME %; Peoples Gas Company's q.
155 Dixon. 30. The estimated production
was % 500; stock in field, $4,000.
the runs from the Sistersville field were
u, $40 barrels on Saturday, and Il, sos barrels,
Sunday.
Runs and Shipments Saturday.
The Saturday runs of the National Transit
Company were 26,45: shipments, 1862
Southwest runs from Mcdonald were 1S SD;
outside of Mcdonald, 6,66l; total, 2Os40.
burg field. G. 465; shipments, not in. Buckeye
runs of Lima oil, 80 1885, shipments, 1850.
Eureka Pipe Line runs, l2.sS3; shipments.
2,055. Southern Pipe Line shipments, 1885.
New York Transit shipments, 49.724.
The Western and Atlantic lines ran 1886
barrels Saturday; shipments. 1857.
The runs of the w. l.. Mellon lines on Sat
urday were ], 2S4; receipts from other lines,
1,466; total receipts, g. 75S; shipments, 24l3.
pany on Friday were 350S: total for the
month, 1888: average. 303S: shipments
none; total, 81, 67S: average, $3.50 The runs
Of this line on Saturday were 3 36S
Runs and Shipments Sunday.
The National Transit runs Sunday were
1857; shipments none. Southwest runs from
Mcdonald, 632s; outside of Mcdonald, 637.
Buckeye runs of Lima oil, 10,358; shipments,
469l. Eureka Pipe Line runs, 1858; ship
ments, 1855. New York Transit shipments,
u. 1876
Tne runs of the W. L. Mellon Pipe Lines
on Sunday were 4,2ll: shipments none.
The Tidewater Pipe Line runs Sunday
amounted to 50 barrels; shipments, none.
The Oil Market