Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-28
OIL OPERATORS IDLE.
Not a Walking Beam Moving in Several
Districts Owing to Water Lines Being
Frozen Up-Wells Due This Week-New


Not a Walking Beam Moving in Several
Districts Owing to Water Lines Being
Frozen Up-Wells Due This Week-New
Ones Located.
Every we'll in the Will ow Grove, Mobiles
town and Oakdale districts was reported
yesterday to be shut down on account of the
water lines being frozen up, and no water
could be had to run the boilers. Not even
the many pumping wells could be kept GO
ing and everything was at a standstill.
The Peoples Gas Company's No. 159 Wal
lace and their two wells on the Dixon farm
which were expected in the Gordon sand,
were shut down.
The Forest OIL Company is rigging up its
No. and on the Stirling farm below Oak
dale and are starting No. ! on the Waters
No 3 ON the r. W. Glenn farm. located
northeast OF Noblestown.
This company's No. on the A. P. Clever
farm in the eastern McCurdv field is through
the lO0foot sand and should get the filth
this week. 1t is located opposite to their
No. 6 on the d. K. Clever farm. Their No. 5
on the William Aiken farm is drilling in the
1OO-foot. They have made q, location Tor
No. ] on the w. E. Edmundson farm.
Greenlee & Forst;s No. l, on the James
Aiken farm, IN ea5tern McCurdy, is in the
top of the l00-foot.
The Devonian Oil Company's No. g. on the
4. Mcdonald farm, has been shot in the
Gordon, and was being tubed yesterday. 1t
will be light pumper, Their No TO- on the
Elliott, and No. 4, on Il. Mcdonald farm, are
both on top OF the l00-toot sand.
Clark & Lupher have finished light gas
well on the Aiken farm, IN the Moon dis
trict.
The operators in the Undercliff field are
being delayed by frozen water lines, and
there is scarcely string of tools running in
the field.
The Gauges.
The estimated production of the Mcdonald
field yesterday was 1880 barrels, or 500
less than the day before. The Woodland Oil
Company's No. Scott was reported to have
dropped from 30 to % barrels an hour. The
stock in the field was 1900 barrels.
Runs and Shipments saturday.
The National Transit runs were 16,6ls;
shipments, 4s.76l. Buckeye runs of Macks-
burg oil, 79J; shipments, not in. Buckeye
runs of Lima OIL, 29,779: shipments, 9l64S.
New York Transit shipments, 1850. South
ern Pipe Line shinments, 1850.
The runs of the Tidewater Pipe Line Com
pany on saturday and Sunday were 1910;
total, lo5 OO2; average, 400; shipments none;
total, 2lS975; average s,7j9 barrels.
The runs OF the Western Atlantic Pipe
Line on Saturday and Sunday were 1924 and
the shipments 2,27O barrels. Runs OIL Mon
day, none; shipments, 1929 barrels
The runs of the W. L. Mellon lines for Sat
urday. Sunday and Monday were Il, 1872; de-
liveries, Il, S25 barrels.
The runs OF the National Transit Company
on Sunday were ia; shipments, 1855; runs
on Monday, 1866; shipments, l507 Buck
eye runs of Lima oil on Sunday were 6,02s;
on Monday, 36, 1856; shipments Monday were
%. 1888 Southern Pipe Line shipments Mon
day were 49, 2262. New York Transit Com
pany's shipments Sunday were a3,S5s; on
Monday, 32,441.
The Tidewater Pipe Line runs on Monday
were 1854; total, l07,S56; average, T. l4s.
The Oil Market.
Range of the January option Opening,
521sc; highest, 5Slc; lowest, 521sc; closing,
53c.
Refined oil-Eew York. 5.45c; London, 40
45sd; Antwerp. l91sE
NEW oRK, Dec. 27-Petroleum was dull
and neglected. Pennsylvania oil, spot sales,
none. January option, sales, none 59c bid,
6S2s asked. Lima oil, sules none; $50 bid, zoe
asked.
OIL CITY, Dec. 27.-Opened. 5Sc; lowest
58c; highest. $3.50; closed, 531sc. Sales. 5000
barrels; clearances, 600O barrels; shipments
269, ISL barrels; 1uns, 49, 565 barrels.