Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-01
SISTERSVILLE BOOMING.

Its Daily Production Is Now Over 1900
Barrels, and Increasing Old Wells Re-
vived by Nitro-Glycerine at Mcdonald,
and New. Ones Developed-Activity al
Midway.
The Sistersville field is attracting more
attention at present among the oil men than
any other locality in which operations are
being carried on. Things are booming at
that place, to use the expression of a ma
chinery man who came up yesterday, and
tie boom has been largely brought on by
the recent big strikes in the field.
Tue production of the pool is estimated at
1880 barrels, exclusive of the following
wells: The Island il Company's No. 1Jacob
TuIl. which is making So barrels an hour;
which is doing so an hour; the Millers Run
Oil Comnany's No. Stewart, 20 an hour; and
Jones & Tenants No. Mccoy, which is
putting out so barrels an hour.
These wells have a com bined daily output
OF $50 barrels, which, If added TO the l3 500
given for the balance of the wells, would
bring the total production up to 17.46o bar
rels, or almost as much as the whole Of the
Mcdonald field is now producing.
Jones & Tenants No. on the Talbot farm
was reported last night to be in the sand
and showing for a good well.
j. r.. kno1's well on the Mitchell prop
erty, below town, was 3S feet in the lime
stone yesterday, and had struck a good
vein of gas. 1t is down l56S feet. They
expect to get the sand at 600 feet.
The remains of Theodore Davis, who was
burned to death at the pipe line station
Thursday evening, were brought to Pitts
burg yesterday. They will be taken to Mer-
Ger, his former home, for interment. He was
widower. and leaves two sons.
rig alta well belonging to Forsythe &
Brenneman, which had just been rigged up
for pumping, was also burned Thursday
evening by flames from the pump station.
Reviving Old Wells at Mcdonald.
The estimated production of the McDon-
aid field went up from 90 200 to 20 500 barrels
yesterday. Two new wells were added to
the list of those in the gauges.
Greenlee & Forst shot their No. Marshall
for the first time, and at the office of the
firm yesterday it was reported to be making
z Marshall to be doing IS barrels an hour, but
in the pipe line gauges it is given at p bar
rels.
The Forest OIL Company's No. on the
John McEwen farm was reported to be Is
feet in the Gordon sand, and will not be bet
ter thana 5o-harrel we'll Their No. 9 Her
ron, back OF Noblestown, and No. McClel-
land, east of Oakdale, are due in the fifth
sand the first of the week.
The Woodland Oil Company's No. on the
Crawford farm, two miles southwest of Nc
Donald, is no good in the fifth sand, but is
making so or 60 barrels naturally from the
Gordon, in which it will be shot
In the northeastern end of the McCurdy
field the Rupert Oil and Gas Company
drilled its No. James Moore into the fourth
sand yesterday, and at first they thought it
was going to be gasser, but in few Hours
II began to spray oil, and last night had
drilled itself in and was making eight bar
rels an hour.
The Forest finished up its well on the
Getty farm at Coraopolis this week. 1t will
make only a fve-barrel well. Their No
on the ID. K. Clever farm is due next week.
In the Garvin pool south and west OF Gallery
junction their Maeder farm well will make
60 barrels day.
Activity Around Midway.
There is considerable activity lust now in
the Midway pool located two miles west of
Mcdonald. The oil is obtained in the Cor
don sand.
Royce. Hallowel Meldren's No. j, on the
McBurney farm, is making so barrels day
naturally. They intend to shoot is next
week. They are starting Nos. 2 and on this
farm. Meldren & Co. are starting a well on
the Kriss prsperty.
Smith Co.'s old well on the Taylor farm
is still making % barrels day naturally and
they are drilling q well on the McBurney
property.
Harold & Co.'S first well on the Robbins
lease is doing 40 barrels q day, and they
have commenced to drill No. 2 on this farm.
Two Butler County Wells.
Guckert & Steel are down 800 feet in their
No. Gardner, in the Garvin pool, southwest
of Gallery junction. They will commence
TO rig up Monday at Camp Run, near the
Beaver county line, five miles west and
north from Harmony. They are rigging up
well ut Powhatan, O., ten miles below
Wheeling, on a northeast extension of the
Sstersville field.
Oil Struck Near Hornellsville.
HoRNELLsvILLE. n. Y, Sept. ss-oI has