Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-11

| trying to extend the pool beyond McDona!o
on 45degree line, but without success. 1t
stopped short at Mcdonald and has never
| gone beyond. except in the case OF a lew
| small wells.
It's Production Has Increased.
j. NJ Guffey, Russell, McMullen & Coz
| No. on the wettengel lease, south of the
railroad and west Of Oakdale, was making
from 80 to IS barrels an hour yesterday after
noon 1t appears to have plenty Of gas and
| is showing Tor almost as good well as any
| in the Noblestown pool.
The next well due due pesE it is Brown Davis
about 400 feet east of the wettengel No. 8.
| No. L. on the wettengel lease, belonging to
J. NJ. Guffey. Russell, McMullen Co. is
| down $50 .eet.
sand the ass 5f this 10 " week eek at
esse ssss Me- Near the on wassense tas M0h9Te Thsy
also have two wells due this week on the
| are their Nos and 6con this farm. They
have about dozen wells now drilling
around Noblestown, and one near the Merse
The Forest Oil Company's No. on the
Gregg farm, south of the railroad near
Gregg, ,has been drilled through the A fth sand
the is
The Bear Creek Refining Company's test
well. on the Lorain farm, located west of the
old McCurdy wells, is through the firth sand
R. G. Gillespie & Co.'S No. O.. on the Jane
dry. 1t is in the hcCurdy field.
Through the Fourth Sand.
The Devonian Oil Company's No. ], on the
Cubbage farm, located about three miles
south and west of Mcdonald, was drilled
through the fourth sand We sterday 1t will
not make more than a 10 or 12-barrel well
from that sand. They are drilling it to the
fifth.
brown, Robson & Co.'S No. g. on the Nc
Murray farm, is down 700 feet.
Guffey. Galley Co.'S mo. I, on the Con-
nell farm, was reported last night to be
rather light in the fifth sand, but it has been
making over 160 barrels day from the Cor
don.
spud ON the Guy lot, located just west of
Oakdale.
Gardiner & Co.'s No. 2, on the Kennedy
farm. east and north OF Oakdale, is down
Tho Forest Oil Company's No. 2. on the
Sam Sturgeon 1nrm, near the Kennedy, is
about ZOO feet deep.
Bailey & Roland's well, on the school
house lot at Willow Grove, is not as large a $
first expected. 1t will probably make 100
barrels a day from the Gordon.
The quickest record yet made in drilling
well to the fifth sand IN the Mcdonald field,
was made at j. NJ. Guffey, Russell, McMullen
& Co. s No. 8 on the Wettengel farm. 1t was
put down in exactly 26 days by E. d. Nc
the championship for fast drilling. They
went about POO feet. This is about three
days faster than has been made in the Held
heretofore.
Big West Virginia COMPANY.
A charter has been granted at Wheeling
for the Battle OIL Company of w. Va. The
headquarters of the company will be at
Mor1antown. To show that they mean
business they have placed the capital stock
at $500, coo. with the privilege of increasing it
to IS 100000. The incorporators are all we'll.
known h sent,emen Wh;an s,,. They @ are Clarence B
McDermott, D. II. Courtney, all OF Morgan.
town, W. Va, and A. L. Lowrie, of Pittsburg.
The rig OF the Carnegie Gas Company's
Station, washington county. was burned
Sunday. John W. Leonard, the contractor,
will have to stand the loss. which will
amount to almost 81 900.
Fergus & Co.'S wildcat we'll on the Snyder
farm, in Washington county, is down 900
feet 1t is south of {. D. Robbens' well on the
Shields farm and ii good will open up u big
lot OF territory.
Personal.
Henry Cooper, Of the Raccoon Oil Com.
pany, left last evening for Buffalo to attend
the funeral OF an s-yearoid son OF W. C.
Kelly, also of the Raccoon. The boy died of
pneumonia, at 1896 Main street, Buffalo.
Captain Peter Grave. of the Kanawha Oil
Company, left last evening for his home at
jamestown, N. Y. He is operating the Sis
tersville region.
The Mcdonald Gauges
The following estimates were submitted |
by the raugers of the Southwestern Pennsyl.
vania Pipe Line Company:
The production of the field was 2l 500 or Zoo |
less than the day before. The hourly gauges |
were as follows: Matthews No. 8, 20; Oak
dale Oil Company's Nos. and Baldwin 20:
Forest Oil Compnny's No. Jane Stewart 30:
j. NJ Guffey & Co.'S No. McMichael, 20;
Lynch a Co. g No. Meise IS; Greenlee q
Forst's no. / National Coal Company, 45
Production, 500. Stock in field, $1,000
The runs of the Southwest Pennsylvania |
Pine Line Company from Mcdonald Mon
day were 2s, 1885, outside of Mcdonald. ii, llO
The National Transit runs were 40 5O7: ship
ments 2o4s9. New York Transit shipments
were 81, .SL Macksburg division of the Buck.
ave Pine Line Company, 2,A7. Buckeye runs
"A 9s5. shipments, 81, ,5Sl, southern Pine Line
shipments. 4o,ess. Eureka shipments, 1905
Yesterdays Market Features
The general tenor Of the pipe line report
was bearish. There was an increase FOR the
month OF SIS, 900 in stocks, which is 10000
more than expected. There was decrease
in certificates, while in credit balances there
was n large increase. The field price of
Lima oil was advanced from IS to 371a The |
openina and lowest was 81. highest SIX. |
close 57sx Refined at New York, sos; Lon.
don. 81; Antwerp. lSk.. Daily average runs,
GiIr daily MaH 1s @
Gates opened at 6Ghc; highest, 57xc: lowest,
58xc: closed, 67Skc; sales U.s. 900 barrels: clear.
ances, 2s 900 barrels; shipments 91,260 bar
reis; rune, 97,64l barrels.
NEW York, May 10.-Petroleum opened
steady, advanced kc, then became dull and