Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-17
TWO M'DONALD WELLS.

The Florence Oil Company Got Good One
ducer Developed at Midway-Reports
From Sistersville and Milltown.
There was another well added to the list
of big ones in the Mcdonald field yester-
day. 1t is Gordon sander, located in the
Meise hollow, mile southwest Of Willow
Grove, and belongs to the Florence Oil
Company, which was formerly known as
Friday, Keil & Co.
The well is their No. on the Robb
heirs farm, located on the southwest side
of the property near the John McEwen
farm, and is given in the gauges as doing 25
barrels an hour.
W. J. Friday, one of the largest stock.
last evening: "The drilFhas only broken the
shell into the sand proper and short time
ago received word that it was making 70
barrels an hour. 1t is one of the strongest
gassers that has been developed in that
locality and we believe it may run up to at
least 200 barrels an hour when we drill it in.
Our No on the same farm is down l,2oo
feet"
j. NJ Guffey's No. 8 on the Shane farm,
located in the southwestern part of the
Meise pool, was expected to get into the
Gordon last evening, but at q late hour
nothing had been heard from it.
The No. John Robb. belonging TO the
Oakdale Gas Company and the Woodland
Oil Company. and located mile and a half
the same farm will be finished
up the first of next week. They are drilling
their old No. ! on this property deeper into
the Gordon, with the expectation of increas-
ing its supply of gas. and ii they are d1sap-
pointed in this they will drill it to the fifth
sand for oil as it is located on line between
the old Wetmore wells and their John Robb
we'll.
Harold s Co. recently finished up we'll
on the Robbins farm. al Midway, located a
which is making from 150 to $50 barrels OF
oil a dav.
The Wheeling Gas Company's No. on the
Robbins farm, southwest of Mcdonald. IS
good for about 100 barrels day in the Cor
don sand Their No. Moorhead has
showing in the Gordon, but they were still
drilling yesterday.
The Woodland Oil Companys No. 8 Craw-
week.
Milltown and Sistersville.
MILLTowN-There are now. % strings of
tools running in this field, and the Pinhook
gas territory will soon be full of holes
Gutfey & lueen have just finished up
light gasser on the Ritter farm, located
mile southwest of Milltown.
The Chambers Gas Company struck
small gas vein in the third sand on the
Logan farm Yesterday. Gibson & Giles are
down 1850 feet on the Dempster farm, back
of ParnassuS.
SIsTERsvILLE-Friday, Keil & Co.'s we'll on
the Schiever farm, three miles south of town,
is AZ feet in the sand and putting out a large
amount of salt water with considerable oil.
johnson & Duels' well at the Hog Wallow
school house, three miles down the river, is
pumping 40 barrels day. Gillespie Bros.
well on the A. and S. Thistle farm, which
was reported dry. has been put to pumping
and they may yet make q well.
The Buchheit Oil Company has started to
drill No. 2 on the Buchheit farm on the Ohio
side. No. is Il fair well. Jours Tenant
have finished up a light well on the Russell
farm on the OHIO side of the river.
The Gauges.
The production of Mcdonald was %, 500 yes
erday, the same as the day before. The
hourly gauges of the larger wells at McDon-
aid yesterday were as follows: Fitzgib-
Forst's No. Marshall, % No. 2 Noble
Robb heirs, 25 The estimated production
was %, SOC; stock in field, $4,000.
Runs and Shipments Thursday.
The National Transit runs were 0,625;
shipments. 6O,S53. Runs of Southwest Penn
sylvania from Mcdonald, 1926; outside OF
Mcdonald, 9,532 Buckeye runs of Macks.
burg oil, 4430; shipments, none. Buckeye
runs of Lima OIL, 49, 7a2: shipments 43.707.
Eureka runs. Is sos; shipments, 2,l47. New
York Transit shipments, 5s22S Southern
Pipe Line shipments, 2O,3lo.
W. L. Mellon Pipe line runs, 7,49l; ship
ments. 5492.
The Western and Atlantic Pipe Line runs
were ., 1853; shipments, l006l.