Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-21
THE EWING DECLINING.

Big Fourth Sand Wells Do Not Seem to
Barrels an Eour-GOod Response to a
Shot-Other Oil Notes.
The fourth sand well in the Northeastern
McCurdy field on the Ewing farm has
proven to be disappointment in a certain
sense OF the word. 1t started off big, but in
the "A hours following it declined rom 90 to
10 barrels an hour
This is accounted for by the fact that it is
in the top of the SAND only a FOOT or two, and
the owners believe that it has only pped
the pay. 1t is well known that there is q
second pay streak in the bottom of the
fourth sand in this locality and the owners
of the No. Ewing expect TO drill down to it
by the end of this week.
j. NJ. Guffey, Robson & Stewart, who con-
troll the well, think they have struck q
bonanza which will develop into even a
bigger well than it is at present when it is
drilled deeper. The sand is thick and there
is plenty OF chance Tor them to get big pay
streak below that which they have just
struck.
stewards No. on the Mccoy farm, which
Joins the Stewart farm on which the biz
one was struck Monday, was reported yes
terday to be making 26 barrels an hour.
The account is probably exaggerated, as IL n
old operator who had been at the well yes
terday claimed that it was making only 20
barrels an hour. Be that as it may, it is
we'll of the firSt-clasS and will make money
for the owners Their No. on the Mccoy
farm is also good well. The Belmont Oil
Company and Cutters No. on the Morgan
farm i'll the Meise pool, south of Willow
Grove, was reported last night to be through
the stray sbove the Gordon, and to have
filed UP several hundred feet with oil.
Two Wells Increased Last Night.
j. NJ. Guffey and S. D. Robson drilled
their No. l Ewing in Northeast McCurdy
deeper into the fourth sand ;ast evenin"
ano it was increased from u to 80 barrels an
hour.
The Forest Oil Company shot its well on
the ID. h Clever Iarm last night and its pro-
duction went up from 10 to As barrels an
hour.
The Gauges Yesterday.
The estimated production of the Mcdonald
field yesterday was 1880 barrels 500 less
than the day before. The Woodland Oil
Company's No. Scott was making 40 barrels
an hour; TIual Oil Company No. Marshall
25 per hour. The stock in the field was 40, ,OOU
barrels.
The runs from the Sissersville field were
19,G71 barrels.
Runs and Shipments Monday.
The National Transit runs were eS. eO2:
shipments, 1127s. Runs of Southwest Penn
sylvania from Mcdonald, 1881: outside OF
Mcdonald, S,70l; total runs, ,05L Buckeye
runs of Macksburg oil. Il, ,6O2 shipments, none.
Buckeye runs OF Lima o |. 4, 346; shipments,
b7, l56. Eureka runs Is, Dos; shipments, 2 2S4.
New York Transit shipments, 53 al. South
ern Pipe Line shipments, 29,422.
The runs of the W. L. Mellon Pine Lines
were 4.236; receipts from other lines, none;
total receipts, 4,=36; shipments, 324L
The runs of the Tidewater Pipe Line Com
pany on Monday were 5,SSS; total 81, ,9lo;
average, 43ll; shipments p SO; total, POI, 40;
average, l0,603 barrels.
The Western and Atlantic runs on Monday
were 3,6S7; shipments, 3, AS
The Oil Market.
Range of the January option: Opening,
52sc; highest 522sc; lowest, 5215c; closing,
526c.
Refined oil-New York, 5.45c; London, 4z@
45sd; Antwerp, 127Sf
NEW DIRK, Dec. 20-Petroleum was neg
elected throughout; not a single sale was re-
ported; Pennsylvania oil, January option
62c bid, 5211c asked. Lima oil, l7c bid.
OIL CITY, Dec. 20.-Opened, 521Sc; highest
521sc; closed, 52ssc; lowest, 52c. Sales, 81, 600
barrels; clearances, $1,000 barrels; shipments,
l43, 40 barrels; luns, lOS, ,62O barrels.