Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-29
TROUBLE AT M'DONALD.


Gas and Water Giving Out and the People
Indignant - Pumping Wells stopping,
and the Production Going DOwn-Big
Gasser Near Shousetoun.
The Mcdonald pool is slowly but gradu-
ally passing toward the zero marx. and If
the present cold weather continues and all
of the pumping wells have to shut down ON
account of the scarcity of water it will be
Dut few DAYS before it will not be produc-
ing as much per diem as SistersvilIe. which
has been frequently sneered at by many of
the Mcdonald operators.
The estimated output OF the field wAsI
900 barrels: IL drop of 500 barrels. The Wood.
land Oil Company'S No. on the Scott farm
is down to 20 barrels an hour, and unless
agitated it is liable to be entirely out of the
list TO-DAY
The residents of Onkdale, Noblestown and
Mcdonald were complaining loudly of the
want OF gas yesterday, and q meeting was to
be held at Oal1dale last evening and a pro-
test sent to the companies which are sup
posed to supply these towns The people
claim that there is plenty OF gas in the vi
cinity which is available with the outlay OF
few dollars. The owners of the More Oil
Companys gasser. which is on the Oak
Ridge tract, half mile east OF ORkdale, has
a minute pressure of from 400 to 45O pounds,
and a rock pressure of more than 200 pounds.
Mr.. Pew, of the Peoples Gas Company,
stated yesterday that his company has
nearly all of its water lines buried, but that
drilling is progressing very slowly at the
wells which are being put down, and he
does not expect to get the sand in the
Wallace OF Dixon farm wells before Satur-
day.
j. NJ. Guffey & Co. are building rig for
their Nc. on the Shane farm, which is 10
Gated in the southern part of the Meise
pool, and about mile and half south OF
Willow Grove.
Berry farm, in the Scott pool, is down ], 100
feet. and No. Is 500 feet deep.
The Wheeling Gas Company's No. on the
George farm, in the same locality, has been
cased with the 6N casing, and their No. J
Giffin, near Venice, is due next week. Ihe1r
No. on the Robbins farm has been tuoed
and will make about 15-bartel pumper
Laughner 4 Co, who have been drilling
near Shousetown, struck big gnSser Tues
day night. They have not taken gauge,
but the pressure is strong enough to lift the
tools, and it is throwing pebbles against the
crown pulley.
The Gauges.
The estimated production of the Mcdonald
field yesterday was 49, 900 barrels, or 800
less than the day before. The Woodland Oil
COmpany's No. Scott WIS reported to havs
dropped from 25 to 20 barrels an hour. Inc
stock in the field was 46, 500 barrels.
Sisteryille runs were 20, lj2 barrels.
Runs and Shipments Tuesday.
The National Transit runs were 22,5S5;
shipments, L, s93. Buckeye runs of Macks-
burg oil, 2, ,3=2; shipments, not in. Buckeye
runs of Lima oil, A, 594; shipments, 5S,s5s.
New York Transit shipments, 40265- South
ern Pipe Line shipments, rs 366.
The Southwest runs from the Mcdonald
field Tor the 24Gh, 25th. Z6CH and 9th were
IS, 1886 barrels, and outside of Mcdonald were
1855 The Eureka runs for the same time
were 81, ,066 barrels, and the shipments, 5S.95S
barrels.
The runs of the Western Atlantic Pipe
Line OH Tuesday we're 1852 and the ship
ments 1870 barrels.
The runs of the W. /. Mellon lines for
Tuesday we're 6,S52; deliveries, 4,e07 barrels
The runs of the Tidewater Pipe Line Com
pany on Tuesday were AIS; total, 1881
average 4, l7O shipments none; total, 2lS9 $40;
average lilo barrels.
Well on the LUdolph.
SIsrERsvILLE-The Kanawha Oil Com.
pany's No. on the Ludolph farm, on the
Ohio side of the river and north of town,
has been drilled into the Big 1niun and 10
good for lOO barrels day.
The Oil Market.
Range of the January option: Opening,
523Ic; highest, SIC; lowest, $780, closing,
SIC. Sales, 1000 b0ls.
Refined oil-New York lower, at 5.4Oc; Lon
don, 412la5sd; Antwerp, 1213t
NEW URK, Dec. 28.-Petroleum dull; Penn.
sylvania oil, spot sales. none; January op-
tion, sales, 400 bbls at 53c, closing at 52s1c
bid, SIC asked. Lima oil, sales none; lsc BID,
20c asked Total sales, 90 bbls.
OIL CITY, Dec. 2S.-Openpd, 53c; highest,
53ISc; closed, SIC: lowest, J27sc. Sales, 5000
barrels; runs, l65.Ol6 barrels: shipments,
1855 barrels; clearances, 10000 barrels.