Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-21
STOPPING ON SUNDAY.

Only Recently That Drillers Have Been
Sander observation-disclosures Reported in
Nearly All of the Producing Wells
Good Gasser Struck Near Mt. Nebo.
There was little change in the condition
of the drilling wells in any of the oil fields
yesterday from what was reported in THE
DISPATCH Sunday. There are now few
fields in which the drill is kept moving on
Sunday. A few years ago such thing as
shutting down on the Seventh day was not
even considered by any contractor in the
business. That was when the bulk of the
oil was being found in the northern coun-
ties, and the wells were located at dis
tance from the haunts Of civilization.
gheny county, and the blue law bogie man
came into circulation the drillers were forced
to recognize him, and follow that sage bit of
advice given to the gentleman about to visit
Rome. The owners we're even constrained
from pumping their wells onISunday, which
entailed heavy loss to many of them as
the salt water which would accumulate by
the we'll being allowed to stand over
Sunday would necessitate pumping day or
two in order to again reach the oil.
The Ststeryille pool is so impregnated with
salt water that when the wells get down to
pumping the walking beam will have to be
kept moving continuously.
Changes in Producing Wells.
The production of the Mcdonald field
which was up to "a 500 barrels Sunday morn
ing, fell off to 90 500 barrels yesterday. There
was change in nearly all of the producing
wells. The old Gordon sander on the Noise,
belonging to Lynch & Co. went up, under
agitation, from % to 30 barrels an hour.
Guffey & Co.'S No, Mankedick, just south
sof Willow Grove, which has been producing
from the Gordon 600 barrels q day for several
rcnOrted have drOnDed
about 500 day.
Fitzgibbons, Hairy & Company's No. on
the Walker farm, located on the western
Fife well, fell off from 80 to 20
much like soda Mater e. pool With
from 125 to 20 barrels an hour. This, how
ever, seems to be one of the invariable char
acteristics of the wells in the western part
OF the field. =
The Forest Oil Company's No. 2, on the
Mrs. Campbell iarm located about LOCO feet
west OF the Meise, was making 30 barrels an
Saturday it was making from 40 to As an
hour.
Forst & Greenlee agitated their No. l on
the Kirk farm, located 900 teet south and
west of the Meise, and brought it up from 20
to % barrels an hour.
Gordon Sander on the GLADDEN..
Greenlee & Forst brought in their No. on
Galdden farm, southwest of Mcdonald, yes
terday, and it is good for probably l5O bar
rels day from the Gordon sand.
The Forest Oil Company has struck gas
vein in the salt sand in No. l on the Shane
farm. 1t is located 900 feet south and west OF
the Meise farm. Their No. l on the Robert
sand in order that the gas lound i'll that
formation may be used in the other drilling
wells. No. 2 Robert Wallace is down 1000
feet.
Friday. Keil s Co. have started No. on the
Mrs Robb farm.
Pew & Emerson, or the Peoples Gas Com
pany. has located No. 3 on the kelso farm
within q Jew hundred feet of the Forest Oil
Company's No. on the Mrs. Campb ell.
The Greensburg Oil Company expects to
get the sand this week in the well which is
Mcdonald. 1t is located 500 feet west of
the old Taylor well, drilled by Smith & Co.
last winter. -.
Milison, Fried & Co. expect to get the
first sand the last of this week in their No.
on the Shaffer farm, in the McCurdy end of
the field.
Gas Well Near Mt. Nebo.
The Forest Oil Company is in the 1oofoot
sand in its No. OH the Wright heirs farm,
in southern McCurdy.
on the McGarr farm, in the McCurdy field.
The Wallace Oil Company has developed
fine gas well on tho Ro bert B. Wright farm,
near Mt. Nebo in Franklin township.
The Peoples Gas, Company expects to
finish up a well this week on the Mill
property, near Milltown, three miles east of
Verona.
.SIsTERsvILLE-Th Devonian Oil Company's
well at Padens Valley. three miles up the
river from Sistersville, was reported yester-
day to be IL feet in the Big Injun sand, with
no showing oroil.
Murphy Bros. have started to spud on a
town lot.
Hervey Bros. will start to spud this week
on a town lot near the railroad station.
Ra r.
on the rambler property.
Ludwig & MONEYS No. Dunfer may get |
the sand to-day. 1t is located a mile east of |
town. Il
The Mcdonald Gauges.
The following estimates were submitted |
by the gaugers Of the Southwestern Penn
81 Ivania Pipe Line Company:
The production of the field yesterday was
23 500 or 1000 less than for Saturday. The
hourly guages were as follows: Lynch
Co.'s No. Meise, 30; J. M. Guffey & Co.'S No.
Mankedick, 20: Fitzgibbons & Co.'S No. 3
Walker, 20; Brown, Robson & Co.'S No. 3 Nc
Murray, 20: Oakdale Oil Company's No.. 2
Morgan, 80: Forest Oil Company's No 2
Campbell, 35: No. 9 McClelland, 35; Forst &
Greenlee's No. Kirk, 25; No. McMurray, 30;
Friday, Keil s. Co.'S No. 3, Mrs. Robb so.
The stocks at the wells are reported at
80 900 barrels. The runs from Mcdonald
the southwest Pipe Line runs
were 6,01. National Transit runs, 29,65O;
none: New York Transit runs,
q, ,S4s; Southern Pine Line, 3o544; Eureka
runs, % 49O; shipments, 2,17l; Buckeye ship
ments OF Lima OIL 30,059; Buckeye runs of
Lima oil, 3, 1853 barrels; Macksburg runs,
?, AIS: shipments, 80. 1885,
The Tidewater Pipe Line runs were 4,305;
average, 1852; total, 7I9l5; shipments, none;
average, S263; total, 57,0O9.
The Sunday runs from the Mcdonald field
we're IL, Sal. Outside OF Mcdonald, LOTT. Ma
tional Transit runs, 1887; shipments, 1852.
New York Transit runs, IA, 1853. Eureka runs,
3,27l. Buckeye runs OF Lima oil, 2, l6o; ship
oil, 707.