The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-12-01
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Preparing 60 Develop Big Fields 90
Greek country.

There was filed In the Office Of the
secrei ary OF ihe territory today arti-
eies Of incorporation Of the Newspa
Der Mems Oil Company with its
principal place Of business al Oklaho-
ma city. oklahoma territory. and
branch Office az Red Fork. !. r., where
is properties are located This com
many Is capitalized at one hundred
thous ana dollars divided into one
fhousaad aharas OF one hundred dol
lars each. fully paid and non ASSESS
Able end II will begin the drilling OF
a well on its property at Red Fork In
the great oil and gas field OF the Creek
nation a. once.
This company owns by warranty
deed plot Of ground seventy by sew
entyfve feet in block eixte in the
townsite OF Red Fork. Creek na.ion.
Z r.. which is the same block In
which has been bored the famous
Ininoius oil and gas well. which when
completed few weeks ago threw a
solid stream Of oil to ihe height Of
one hundred feet, and is aaid TO b. the
greatest well yet discovered in the
Greek and indian territories and Is 10
Gated within less than two hundred
feet from the land belonging to the
Newspaper Mems Oil company The
company gets is name from the fact
that number OF the leading news
paper men OF the Oklahoma and In
dian territories. have united with cap
italisas. who are interested in the Red
rork h1ld. in the drilling Of this well
and the exploiting Of the business Of
this company THAT it will be sue
cess there can be no question when
Is +. ad below
Red Fork. Creek nation, Indian ter
rfsaey is an incorporated village 10.
aa,M on the st ouis ana San Fran
cisco Railway system one hundred an
aftecn miles from Oklahoma Ci'y.
norihea {. and it has more natural
advantages than any Town site that
has ever been loca ed in either OF the
two territories. possessing as it does
an OH and gas field which is being
rapidly developed. there now being
alehs producing oil and gas wells o.
this townsite. all located within the
past yea- and mere are being drilled.
An OF these wells are producers.
J Ia tba Rcd Fork field. wells have
been ,auk 10 a six hundred feet level.
aud 70 fourteen hundred feet level.
and at both OF these levels oil aud gas
have been discovered ia great quau-
ti;ie aud experts state that there is
stiI a lower level at about twenty one
hundred feet Ia the two stratas hat
have already been designated the
wells that have been d-illed are 10 b
gushers, so called. /. e.. flowing wells
aud wells that require being pumped
The OH is OF very high quality Of H.
Illuminating petroleum and now com
mands a price Of one dollar per barrel
ca ihe tracks at Red Fon1
Various tests Of the Illuminating
euali.ia Of this oil have been made
and The analysis show that II is sixty
nve per cent Illuminating, and the re
maiuder is between heavy and ligh.
lubricant Tho pressure Of gas in al
thcse wells is exceedingly strong, SO
much 40 in fact that the entire town
site Of Rcd Fork "a lighted and hcate
from par of the iiow from one well
The Indianola well. brough in a
few weeks ago. showed flow Of forty
harrel of oil In six minutes This
well was bored to the second strata
and n thirteen hundred and ffy fee
asep. The Red Fork oil and Gas
company wen No. 1. bored TO the 4 S
leyct at Ave hundred and fifty elgh
feet flowed the first day over one hun
ared barrel These are but two OF tn.
numerous wells that have been drill
led. aud all Of them are as good II no
lstter than these wells
Red Fork has ON iss townsita anC
in the immediate vicinity, in addition