Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-27
OIL FIELD DEVELOPMENTS.
The Woodland Oil Company's No. Scott
Doing s5 Barrels an Hour-Two Gordon
Sanders Near Primrose-Big Gasser in


Forward Township.
ments in the lower oil fields yesterday, but
nothing of a startling character.
The Woodland Oil Company drilled Its
No. 2 on the Scott property for 20 minutes
in the morning, and for three hours after
ward it averaged IS barrels an hour. The
first hour after being agitated it put out 96
barrels. This is considered to be about the
limit of its output. as 20 minutes steady
drilling when it is well in the sand should
bring out its greatest possibilities.
Knox Bros Co.'s well, on the Scott was
reported to be making ~ barrels an hour.
The Wheeling Gas company's No. 2, on the
Kelso farm, which is located only a few hun
dred feet east of the Knox Bros we'll, was
near the top of the sand last evening, but
they did not expect to get it drilled in be-
fore tomorrow.
There were a couple of little Gordon sand
wells developed yesterday near Primrose,
two mile west of Mcdonald. They both be-
long to Smith & 30. The No on the Nc
Burney property is good for go ba rrels day,
and No on the Deblander is in the sand and
will make aboutan S0-barrel well.
Greenlee & Hartman's No. OH the Potter
farm, south of the Meise pool, was reported
to be in the fifth sand two bits with the
hole standing full OF oil.
Jennings & Co.'s No. Sproul, near Oak
dale, should be in the fifth sand tomorrow,
but their No. 10 Bell will not get the pay for
a couple of weeks at least
The Forest Oil Company's No. 8, on the
Sturgeon farm, just east of Oakdale, was on
top of the fifth sand last night. They will
drill it in tomorrow. Their No. 2, on the
Stirling rarm, Il drilling in the fourth sand.
j. NJ. Guffey & Co. have just finished put
ting the last casing into their No. on the
Shane arm, which is located In the lower
end of the MeIse district.
The Forest Oil Company is only 10 feet in
the fifth sand in its well on the A. Z. Clever
larn, in the eastern McCurdy pool They
have encountered very hard drilling and
have made only six feet in about as many
days Their No. 10 on the W. C. Heron
farm, north of Noblestown, is. down l,400
feet.
g reenlee & Forst will drill in their No. l
on the Rough farm at CHARTERS tomorrow.
Their No. is just through the l00-foot.
Getting New Work Started.
Down around the big Scott farm wells,
southwest of Mcdonald, the new work
which was decided upon as a result of these
wells is Just being started.
Knox Bros. & co. commenced to spud yes
terday in their No. 3 on the Scott farm.
The Woodland Oil Company had rigs up
for Nos and on its Scott lease, but ester
day they were taking down No. and NOV
ing it to the Berry farm, which joins Knox
Bros. Sc Co.'s Scott lease on the south and
west 1t also adjoins the George farm, on
which the Wheeling, Gas Company has
which well was drilled about year ago,
ioins it on the south and west. The Wood
land will be spudding in its No. Scott TO-
morrow.
A Tremendous Gas Well.
John A. Snee struck an enormous gas we'll
Thanksgiving morning ON the Bris Wall
farm in Forward township, Allegheny
10 hale
City. He tapped the vein at 276o feet and
the pressure is so great that no attempt has
yet been made to guase it or get it under
control. The roar or the escaping gas
many claim that it is a bigger gasser than
the famous Howe farm well, which was
struck a few months ago in this territory,
but has since then been almost exhausted.
The tarnegie Company will get the gas from
the Wall well. The Philadelphia Company
is also drilling on the Wall farm.
The Gauges YESTERDAY.
The production of Mcdonald was 1850
yesterday, the same as the day before;
Woodland OIL Company's No. Scott IS per
hour; Knox & Co.'s No. Scott, 40 per hour;
stock In field, $4,000.
The runs from the S1stersv1lle Held were
2,973 barrels on Friday.
Runs and Shipments Friday.
The runs of the National Transit Company
were 1926; shipments, 22,759; Southwest
runs from Mcdonald were 1866; outside of
Mcdonald, 7,6Os; total, q, 293; Buckeye Pipe
Lime runs from the Macksburg field, $685.
shipments, 1888; Buckeye runs OF Lima oil,
not in: shipments, 6622l; Eureka Pipe Line
runs, l5,00l; shipments, not in; southern Pipe
Line shipments 1850; New York Transit
shipments, .3O7.
The runs of the Western and Atlantic
Pipe Lines on Friday were 4,l9O The ship
ments were 4, ,595.
Tine Friday runs of the W. L. Mellon lines
we're ISIS barrels; shipments. 1858; receipts
from other lines, none; total receipts, 75lS
The runs of the Tidewater Pipe Line on
Wednes9aay as were oviT s on hursaay' os sSs aSs
total 2O5 1903: average, S,557. .
The Tidewater runs Friday were 4,459;
total for the month, 1O0, $40; daily average,
4034.