Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-31
LOSING ITS GUSHERS.
Only One Well at Mcdonald Is Now
Making 20 Barrels an H0ur.>
FOURTH SAND OIL in THE DEVINE
The Undercliffe Well Reported to Be- Max
ing 1000 Barrels.
BUTLER AND SIsTERsvILLE NEWS

For the first time in over year there II
| only one we'll IN the Mcdonald field that is
making 20 barrels an hour. At one time
last fall there were nearly 30 wells which
were each putting out from % to 800 barrels
an hour. Now the only we'll reported is
the Royal Gas Company's No. 1 on the
Mark Robb farm, mile north of McDon-
aid, and it is doing only 20 an hour.
There was a report current last evening,
which seemed to be based on good authority,
| that j. NJ Patterson and Sohn had drilled
their we'll deeper on the Kessler farm. back
OF Undercliffe, and that its production had
been brought up from IL to 30 barrels an
hour
The Forest Oil Company's test we'll on
the Devine farm, in northeast McCurdy,
struck oil at the first bit in the fourth sand,
and it filled up 1900 feet. Yesterday it
made several flows and is showing for good
we'll They were moving the boiler back
yest6fday.
Stewart and Robson will start No 3
this week on the Mccoy, which joins Devine
on the southwest. No Mccoy is q gasser,
and No. 2 is making so barrels day
from the fourth sand.
Greenlee & Forst's No. GLADDEN.,
southwest of Mcdonald, was drilled
through the fifth sand Yesterday 1t is dry
in that stratum, but will be a small pro-
ducer from the Gordon.
The Dsvonian Oil Company's No. W.
B. Moorhead is making from 75 to 100 bar
reis day from the fourth sand. This is a
decided novelty in that locality. Knox
Bros & Co. shot their we'll on the Scott
farm yesterday.
Roy, Curtis. Tomlinson & Co. are down 500
feet on the Brown iarm, mile south of Nc
Donald.
Mercer and McClurg are starting rig on
the Miller farm. located 1000 eet west of
Patterson and Sohn's well on the Kessler
farm at Undercliffe.
Dry Holes Near Brow,sdaIe.
BuTLER-Hovis & Co. have just finished
dry hole on the Hamilton farm, ahead of the
Brownsville field.
Smith & Iydecker's Stett farm well at
Brownsdale is in, and no good.
7. W. Phillips No. Zeigler is in the sand
Gibson & Co. have completed 3lbarrel
dale.
the Forest Oil Company's No. J. A.
Wmtmeyer is % feet in the sand and show
ing good.
HERMAN-T. W. Phillips No. 4. on the Eliza
Barr is on top of the sand. His No. En-
erick is in and light. The Fisher OIL Com
pany's No Eichenlaub is good for 25 bar.
Schauffner & Co.'s we'll on the Schautfner
farm, southwest of McCalmont, Is in and
dry.
GLADE RUN-The Evans City Gas Com
pany's No. ], on the John Marburger, is in,
and good for about 20 barrels day.
T. w. Phillips well on the Nicholas farm,
northwest of McCalmont, is in the land ana
showing good. His No. %, on the Mccall
mont tract, has been easel. He is starting
well on the Nye farm at Bonny Brook.
SIsTERsvuLE-The interest in this field
yester iay centered at the Schiever well of
Friday, Keil & Co., which is located two
miles south o. town. 1t was drilled into the
sand. and our dispa CHI last evening stated
that it was flowing steadily and looked like
q good well.
The Emery Oil Company's No. 8 on the
Wnitten farm, on the Ohio side OF the river
was reported to be in and making from 200
to ESQ barrels a day, which is better than
either of the first two wells on this farm
made.
The Gauges.
The production of Mcdonald was 1s 900 yes
terday, the same as the day before. The
hourly gauges of the larger wells at McDon-
aid yesterday were as follows; Royal Gas
Company's No. i Mark RObh, 20. The esti-
mated production was $500; stock in the
field, 1000.
Runs and Shipments
National Transit Company runs were
E5 ss5; shipments, 1853.
Southwest Pennsylvania runs from Nc
Donald were 20.555. Outside of Mcdonald, !
l3 43l. Buckeve runs, Macksburg division, i
i037; shipments 800. Shipments from the
Lima division, 6707; runs, 81 ,6l2. The Eureka |
runs were ,443: shipments, l,S00. Southern |
Pipe Line shipments. 36,91l. New York |
Ira ansit shipments, 1888.
The runs from tile Sistersville field on the |
10Th were ii S6I ba