Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-02
THE WALKER ADUSTER
It Cuts OFF an Outlet for the Fife Pool
to the Northwest.
TWO NEW FIFTH SAND PRODUCERS.
They Are East and South Of Noblestown
and. Are Showing Good.
OTHERS ARE DUE TO-DAY AND MONDAY

There were some surprises in the McDon
aid field yesterday. South and east o
Noblestown two nice ffth-sand producers
were drilled in, while on the western edg'
of Developments well was drilled through
the fifth, and is as dry as stranger in Pitts
burg on Sunday.
1t belongs to Schlegel, Lenz 3 Fried
and is their No. on the Walker farm. Il
was started after the old Fife No Of the
New York Oil Company came in at IS bar
rels an hour. The Walker is located about
700 feet west Of north from the old Fife
we'll. The Fife pool is thus cut off to the
north, while Schlegel. LEM 3 Fried!
No. ! Fife, located 500 feet northeast
for an outlet in that direction. If there IL
any extension to the pool it must be to the
south or west.
Several wells which have been drilling in
reached depth of ]. 200 feet, have been shu
down, as the owners believe 1t would be
useless to continue.
The Two Fifth sanderA
The fifth sand wells which were developed
near Noblestown belong to Greenlee & Forst
and to Marshall, Kennedy & Co. Greenlee
Forst's No. l. on their No. Marshall lease, il
located 500 feet south Of the Jolly Oil Com
pany's well, and is making 10 barrels an hour
They are only O few feet in the sand and the
owners believe it will improve with deeper
drilling.
Kennedy, Marshall & Co.'s No 1 on the
McMurray lot was making from II to 20 bar
rels an hour last night. II is located only
200 feet south west from Brown, Robson &
Co.'s well, and is about 800 feet northeast
from Greenlee & Forst's we'll which came In
'11ys Mercer + Mcc1urs's well, which is on a
toned. was drilling in the fourth sand yes.
terday. It Is making nearly 100 barrels a
day from the Gordon and will hardly get the
fifth before Monday.
vesey & Co.'s well, on the McMurray prop
erty, should be in the fifth this afternoon or
Monday. 1t is located beside the railroad
just east of Noblestown.
Greenlee & Forst's No. McMurray, east OF
their National Coal Company well, was. ex-
pected to reach the fifth late last night.
Their well on the Potter lot is in the Cor
don. 1seman & Co. are almost to the fifth
on the lumberyard lot
The Bear Creek Refining Company's No.
on the Campbell farm, located 800 feet south
west OF the Wettengel well, is in the 100
foot.
Due in the Fifth Monday.
Guffey, Queen & Gufey's No. g. h. H. Wet.
more is due in the Fifth sand, Monday.
Their No. on the Sam Wetmore farm is in
the 100 foot. and showing considerable oil.
Mfllison, Fried and Mfller's No. Q on the
Henry shaffer farm, in the western part OF
the McCurdy field, is through the 100-foot.
No: is down 1,20O feet.
The Devonian Oil Company has rig on
the Mcdonald Bros.' property.
The Philadelphia Gas Company is down
1,400 feet on the Spear farm, a mile northeast
Of McCurdy. The Devnioan has made loca-
tion on the Mrs. E. Springer farm, southwest
of Mcdonald, and in building rig for No.
on the W. MOorhead
The Wheeling Gas Company drilled its No.
on the Moorhead deeper yesterday and
struck vein of salt water.
Butler, Schlegel, Lenz & Cos. well on the
Critchlow farm, at Brownsville, is three bits
in the sand and makes small flows every
hour. The indications are for agood well.
The Mcdonald Gauges.
The following estimates we re submitted
by the gaugers Of the Southwestern Pennsyl-
vania Pipe Line Company.
yesterday, 1,5OO less than the day before. The
hourly gauges were as follows: Matthew'S
No. 9, %; Jennings, Gufrey Co.'s Heron
No. l. So; Devonian Oil Company's Nos. and
and Baldwin. 46; Forest Oil Company's No.
l NJ. Wright, 35; No. Jane Stewart, so; Bus
sell. McMullen s. Co.'S No. l Wettengel. 25;
forss Go So Go.
pany 40; production 25,OOO Stock in field,
So, ,50O
The runs Of the Southwest Pennsylvania
Pipe Line Company from Mcdonald Thurs
day were 81, 2S2, outside of Mcdonald 18. 949.
The National Transit runs were 6O,lN;
shipments, 50,420 Buckeye runs, "A, 9S2;
shipments, S5.65s. Southern Pipe Line
shipments, 2O,763. New York Transit ship
ments, 42,4A. Eureka shipments, 2,220.
runs, ISIS
Yesterdays Market Features,
There was something OF rally in the
price, as usual at the opening Of a new
month. First sale Of the May option was
'61ac, advanced to SIC, dropped to $3.50 on Oil
City selling, reacted and closed at 56Nc
incident to the last day of the
month aggregated ZIG, 600 barrels. The larg-
est business of any day in March was 10000
barrels. There was no change in refined at
New York, London or Antwerp.