Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-16
BIT AND TEMPER SCREW.
Slight Decline in the Production of the
Mcdonald Field-Greenlee u Forst's
Noble Well Slightly Gordon Sander
South of Mcdonald and Scattering Wells

Slight Decline in the Production of the
Mcdonald FieId-Greenlee u Forst's
Noble Well Slightly Of-Gordon Sander
South of Mcdonald and Scattering Wells
The Mcdonald field was practically ut
standstill yesterday. No new wells of any
caliber were reported. and the estim ated
production fell off only 500 barrels, but this
is Liable to be brought up again to-day.
Greenlee & Forst's No. 2, on the Noble
farm, which was stirred up Wednesday and
increased to 200 barrels an hour, fell off to
l2O which it was reported to be doing last
evening by the gaugers.
The Philadelphia Compsny's well on the
Leech farm. located in the northeastern
end Of the McCurdy field, was reported yes
terday afternoon to be about 40 feet in
the fourth sand and filled up several hun
dred feet with oil.
The Woodland Oil Company and the Oak
sand to-day in their No. = well on the John
Robb farm, located north of Oakdale. 1t
has been delayed several days by fishing
job.
The Wheeling Gas Company's No. on the
Robbins farm, in the territory southwest of
Mcdonald, was reported yesterday to have
reached the fifth sand and to have made
several flows.
Half mile southwest Of the old Meise
well and a mile and half southwest of
Willow Grove, j. M. Guffey expected to drill
his No. on the Shaur'farm into the Gordon
sand last evening. His Nos. and on the
same farm are in the salt sand;
and on the Mark Robb farm, and has
started No. 4. Their No. Q on the Stirling
farm, near Venice, five miles south OF Nc
Donald, is down 1900 feet. No. ! on the
Stirling property, which was gasser in the
60-foot sand, is being put down to the lower
formations.
Patterson & solens we'll on the Kessler
farm, at Undercliffe. on the Pittsburg and
Western Railroad, was making seven bar
rels an hour yesterday, or at the rate OF l6S
Jennings Co.'s we'll, on the Myers farm,
near the Kessler, will reach the third sand
next week.
Shannon, Pratt 6 Brenneman's well on the
Stewart firm, in the Sistersville field, is
down 400 feet and their Coach farm well,
where they are having trouble with the cas-
ing. is down about the same distance.
up good gas well at Eilwood, on the Pitts
burg and Western Railroad. 1t is reported
to have pressure of 290 pounds to the inch.
The Gauges.
The production of Mcdonald was q, 500 yes
terday, 500 less than the day before The
hourly gauges of the larger wells at McDon-
aid yesterday were as follows: Fitzgib--
bons & Co. No. J. Walker, IS. Greenlee &
Forst's No. Marshall %. No 2 Noble
heirs, 100 The estimated production was %,
500; stock in field, $4,000
Runs and Shipments Wednesday.
The National Transit runs were 1924;
shipments, 2S,35S. Runs of Southwest Penn
sylvania from Mcdonald, q, ,42O; outside of
McD onald, 9,6l7. Buckeye runs of Macks.
burg oil, $50; shipments, none. Buckeye
runs of Lima oil, 49, 354: shipments, 43sl3.
Eureka runs: l5,6s7; shipments, 1,525. New
York Transit shipments, 29,252. Southern
Pipe Line shipments, Is, 1871.
W. L. Mellon Pipe line runs, 5,225; ship
ments, 5,6l3.
The runs Of the Western and Atlantic line
on the 14th were 1, 4,7ss; shipments, 2,946.