Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-27
ANOTHER OAKDALE WELL.

1t Was Reported Late Last Night to Be Max
ing 60 Barrels an Hour-Several Wells
Now on Top of the Sand-Dry Holes
Near Wildwood.
There were few new wells reported in the
oil fields yesterday. The production of the
Mcdonald field was estimated at 20, 800
barrels the same as was given on
Saturday.
Greenlee & Forst No 2, on the Noble
heirs farm, and their No 6 on the Marshall
property are each making 25 barrels an
hour, while the stock in the field has crept
up from As, 500 barrels on Saturday, to $1,000
barrels yesterday.
The Woodland on Company's No. 8 on the
southwest Of Mcdonald, was drilled
through the Gordon sand yesterday, and is
making 60 barrels day from that forma-
tion. 1t is being put down to the lower
sands.
They got no water in this well and conse-
queutly they have much easier drilling than
some or their neighbors.
The Woodland Oil Company's No. l on the
GLADDEN. farm was on top of the fifth sand
last evening and in the Gordon and fourth
sands they got nice showing of oil and it is
making IS barrels day from these forma-
this afternoon.
The Forest Oil Oompanys No. on the
Getty farm, located southwest Of Coraopo-
lis, was reported last evening to be on top of
the sand.
Wells on Top of the Sand.
The North American Oil Company's No. 8
on the Stevenson heirs farm, in the Moon
district southwest of Coraopolis, was re-
ported last night to be on top of the sand
and shut down.
Greenlee & Forst No. on the Marshall
farm, south of Noblestown, is due in the
fifth sand to-day.
The Metropolitan Oil Company had rig
blown down on the Golfer farm at Wild
wood during the storm Sunday evening.
The Philadelphia Company brought in
good gasser yesterday on the Howe farm
in the Elizabeth field, located within l50 feet
of the big well of John A. Snee on the Howe
farm.
MILLrowN-The well of Carnegie & Co. on
the Herney farm made couple of flows yes
terday from the 1OO-foot. Most Of the wells
in this district showed oil in the 100-foot, but
the Herney farm well had enough gas to
make it flow.
The Malarl1ey & Co. No. Freeman lot,
thought to be dry last Saturday, was shot
with 40 quarts yesterday afternoon and
began to flow at the rate of 70 barrels an
hour. At P. NJ. 1t was holding up at so
barrels an hour.
The Iron City Brewery is down 900 feet in
a well at its plant at Thirty-fifth street and
Penn avenue. They are drilling for gas A
year ago they drilled 2,70O feet, within 300
feet of the present well, and found no Oil but
a lS0-pound rock-pressure gasser.
Barnsdall & Klein have finished up dry
hole in the third sand on the Joe Moon farm
in the western part of the Wildwood field.
They started to drill it to the fifth sand yes
terday.
Personal.
Mrs J. H. Kelly, daughter of John j. Ben
zinc, superintendent OF the Oil Well Supply
shops on Twenty-third street. died yester-
{ r,tio tha oF
her parents, 2O2 Perfysville avenue. j. H.
Kelly is one OF the proprietors of the Erie
Times. Mrs. Kelly will lie buried in High
wood Cemetery at o'clock tomorrow
morning.
The Gauges.
The production OF Mcdonald was 2O5OO
yesterday, the same as the day before. The
hourly gauges of the largest wells at No
Donald yesterday were as follows: Greenlee
shall, 25. The estimated production was
20, 800; stock in field, 50,000
Runs and Shipments Saturday.
The National Transit runs were es, $50;
shipments, 1888. Runs of Southwest Penn
sylvania from Mcdonald, 17,051; outside OF
Mcdonald, 6,944, total runs, 1886. Buckeye
runs OF Macksburg oil S.732; shipments,
none, Buckeye runs of Lima oil. 56,6ss and
on oath. 49, 40; shipments. none. Eureka
runs, IA 494; shipments none. New York
transit shipments, IS, l0l. Southern Pipe
Line shipments, 9,llS
The runs of the W. L. Mellon Pipe Lines
on saturday were G, l4l; receipts from other
lines 6sS; total receipts, 1854; shipments,
6,63S.
The runs OF the Western and Atlantic Pipe
Line Company Saturday were 1858; ship
ments, 2,752.
The runs of the National Transit Com
pany on Sunday were 3.S77; shipments, none.
The Southwest Pipe Line runs on Sunday
were 64R, BuCkeVe runs of Mackshury
oil were 4,611 Buckeye runs of Lima OH
were IS 239. Eureka runs were 907l New
York Transit runs were l5475.
The runs of the L. Mellon Pipe Line on
Saturday were 3,443; receipts. from other
lines l,l44; total receipts, 4,sss; deliveries,