Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-08
ONE GORDON SAND WELL.

VNE UVhUVN DdNO VGAAs
j. M. Gunrey Drilled in q 20 Barrel an Hour
Producer in the Meise Pool-A Wild
cat South of Willow Grove Has q
Showing Of Oil-Southeastern Sisters
vile Disappointing.
There were several wells reported In tho
sand yesterday, but mono Of them are mar
ket breakers
The only we'll of any size is j. M. Guffey's
No. 4, on the Shane farm, which was re-
ported to be making 20 barrels an hour
from the Gordon sand. 1t is located about
q mile south and west Of Willow Grove, and
is only u short distance southwest OF the old
Meise No. /.
There was no change in the estimated
production OF the Mcdonald field Yesterday.
1t Is still 2l0O0 barrels. There were two
wells dropped from the list OF big ones.
They are Clarke & Co.'s No. on the Free
man lot and Greenlee & Forst's No. 2 Mar
shall. Each went below 90 barrels an hour
Greenlee Forsts No. Noble heirs 1eii
from 30 to 25 barrels an hour.
The Florence OIL Company shot its NO.
on the Robb heirs farm, south of Willow
Grove, and last evening 1t was making ~
barrels an hour. Their No on the Kob5
property should get into the Gordon SAND
The last OF next week.
Oil in q wildcat Venture.
On the Miller farm, which is located over
two miles south of Mcdonald, the Florence
Oil Company was six feet In the Cor
don sand last evening, and the well
had filed up 1,6cO feet with oil. They
expect to get the bulk OF any oil the we'll
may produce in the fifth sand. It is a rank
wildcat, and may open up a big block OF
The Woodland OIL Company is down 1900
fect on the Scott farm, two miles southwest
of Mcdonald.
Fitzyibbons & Co.'s well on the Fisher
farm, which Is located O mile and half
north OF Mcdonald, was in the Gordon sand
yesterday, and should reach the fifth Mon
day.
The Devonian OIL Company's No. on the
Elliott farm is due in the fifth sand the first
Of the week.
Duster Southeast of SistersvilIe.
SIsTERsv1LE-Thep pipe line runs from this
field yesterday were Is, COL barrels.
There was good deal of disappointment
expressed yesterday over the report that
Apple, Mercer & Co.'s we'll on the Michael
farm. southeast of the town, is dry. This is
the third dry hole which has recently been
cut off the pool TO the south and southeast.
The Emery Oil Company and Matson got
200barrel well in their No. on the Whitten
1arm, on the Ohio side OF the river.
The Gauges.
The production of Mcdonald was 2l,000
yesterday, the same as the day before. The
hourly gauges OF the largest wells at Nc
Donald yesterday were as follows: Forst 8
Greenlees No. Noble. 25; Florence Oil
Company's No. Robb, 90 The estimated
production was Il ,00O; stock in field, $4,000.
Runs and Shipments Thursday.
The National Transit runs were 267l2;
shipments, l6,022. Runs Of Southwest Penn
sylvania from Mcdonald, 16,44l: outside of
Mcdonald, $3.50; total runs, 22,s4l; Buckeye
runs OF Macksburg oil, Alb shipments,
499. Buckeve runs of Lima oil, 81 SOL;
shipments, S,60s Eureka runs, 1876; ship
ments. 25l4; New York transit shipments,
60.623; Southern Pipe Line shipments, %, 69L
The runs of the Tidewater Pipe Line Com
pany Thursday were not in: total for the
month. h45a !; ess. sverage 2ss.; shipments,
The Western and Atlantic Pipe Line runs,
were $3.50; shipments, 2.679
The runs of the W. L. Mellon lines on
Thursday, were 1879; shipments, $3.50.
The runs from the Sistersville field were
1891 barrels.
Canonsburg Oil Items
The Manufacturers Natural Gas Company
got a good well on the James McNarry farm,
in Peters township.
The Jefferson Gas Company IS drilling
well on q farm near the Speer oil well. The
latter is said to be pumping Is barrels q day.
The Philadelphia Company expects to
have their l6-inch line from the Linden field
to the Cook well, north of town completed
and the gas turned in by Saturday evening.
Good Well North of fNoblestown.
Late last evening information was re-
ceived from Noblestown that Guffey, Jen.
nines & Co.'s No. on the Heron farm was
in the fifth sand and making 20 barrels an
hour 1t is located north of Noblestown
almost u mile.