Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-15
FOUR FOURTH SANDERS
All Located in the Eastern McCurdy Dis
trict, and One on the Mccoy Showing for
Good WeIl-A Clever Farm Well Dry
in fhe Fifth

trict, and One on the Mccoy Showing for
Good Wen-A Clever Farm Well Dry
in the Fifth.
There were four wells drilled into the
fourth sand in the Eastern McCurdy, or old
Grafton, oil field yesterday. Only one of
these is showing for big we'll 1t is j. NJ.
Guffey, H. S. Stewart and S. D. Robison's
No. on the Mccoy farm.
When q short distance in the pay it began
to put out ten barrels an hour and drilling
was suspended. This we'll is only few
hundred feet from the Forest Oil Company's
No. on the Devine farm, which has made
20 barrels an hour, and is still making about
Is barrels in the same time.
Guffey, Stewart & Robison's No. on the
Mccoy farm was reported late last evening
to De almost through the fourth sand and
making five barrels an hour.
The Forest Oil Company's No. 8, on the
Devine farm was making oil at the rate of
25 barrels day yesterday from the fourth
sand. Their No. !, OH the Edmundson farm,
was drilling in the fourth sand yesterday,
but had found no OIL This is an old well
which produced for q long time from the
sand, The Forests No. /, on the D. K. Clever
farm, was drilling in the fifth sand yester-
day. 1t was also lacking in oil from that
formation.
! The Forest Oil Company is also drill
ing its No. on the Ackelson farm from the
Gordon to the lower sands.
Greenlee & Forsts No. on the Rough
farm which has been shot, will make about
so barrels q day from the fourth sand. Their
No. 2 on the Rough was in the bottom of the
fourth yesterday and had about 500 feet OF
j. NJ Guffey, Mellon & Emerson's No. on
the Ewing heirs farm will get tho sand this
week, and Guffey. Robson & Co.'S No. on
the Speer property may be in to-day.
j. ii. Guffey & Co.'s No. 6 on the Shane
farm, located in the Meise pool, south of
Willow Grove, was three bits in the Gordon
yesterday morning, and had made good
flow.
Phillips Co. are starting well on the
BazeDella property, near Midway. This is
the lease at which they we've led to use force
to get possession.
Gettman Wenke have just finished rig
on the Hanly farm in the Wildwood district.
1t was reported yesterday that the Pro-
would start to pump oil from Coraopolis to
Titusville on Monday.
The Gauges Yesterday.
The estimated production of the Mcdonald
field yesterday was 10000 barrels, the same
as the day before. The Woodland Oil Com
pany's No. Scott was making IS barrels an
hour; Knox Bros. & Co.'s No. 2 Scott. 20 an
hour The stock i'll the held was 46. 900 bar
rels.
the runs from the Sistersville field were
H553 barrels.
Runs and Shipments Tuesday.
The National Transit runs were 29 S31; Ship
ments, g, 645. Runs of Southwest Pennsyl-
vania from Mcdonald, 2,47O; outside of Nc
Donald, 1929; total runs, 2oo99. Buckeye
runs of Macksburg oil. 1908; shipments none.
Buckeye runs OF Lima OIL A 79i; shipments,
49, 797. Eureka runs, 1874; shipments, 229S.
New York Transit shipments. 81 OF. South
ern Pipe Line shipments, u, 1853
The Western and Atlantic Pipe Line runs
for Tuesday were s, 1853 barrels and the ship
ments were 8, ,235 barrels.
The runs OF the w. L. Mellon Pipe Lines
were 9,l59; receipts from other lines, none;
total receipts, 9.159 shipments, 6. $50.
The Oil Market.
Range of the January option: Opening,
5511c; highest, 5s19c; lowest. $3.50; closing,
535sc.
hetined oil-New York, 645c; London, ~
@4ss& Antwerp. 19Hf.
NEw YoRK, Dec. A--Petroleum was neg.
lected throughout the day. being the second
day that not a single transaction has been
effected. Tho nominal quotations at the
close were .53c bid and $3.50 asked.
OIL CITY, Pa. Dec. M.-opened. 5ssfc; high
est, 5SsSc; lowest, 5S7sc: closed. 53ssSc; sales,
5000 burrels clearances 49,, GOO barrels; ship
ments, l22,5l6 barrels; runs, 81, lss barrels.