Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-08-20
OIL AT GRANITE.
Valuable Discoveries Made in Greer
County, Oklahoma,

special despatch to the Austin, Texas
State Capital and the Topeka Kansas
! Capital
Mr.. w. NJ. Stephenson of Waco,
Texas has just returned from two
months investigation of the oil situ-
alton ia Greer county oklahoma, on
the Rock Island railway When ask
ed what were the prospects Mr.. Steph-
enson said that when FULLY developed
Greer county would prove to be the
largest oil producing field in the
world, not excepting Beaumont. He
said that at Granite, Greer county, u
reasonable show oi oil has been struck
at one hundred and seven feet which
would pump twenty barrels per day.
rhis oil is very heavy and suitable
| for fabrication. Mr.. Stedhenson said
that he n-ed it on his buggy just as
ony other axle oil is used and that it
was perfect lubricant. 1t is well
! known that salt and sulphur arc found
in every oil field. This belt is liter
ally charged with these substances, and
as gas escaping from the gaound is one
of the sures signs, then this country
! Will produce gushers which will make
,hc sp)uters at Beaumont pa'e into
! rs guifcanee. This StateflicLt is b1s
ed on Il well known cause.-the gast
pressIre 1t is the natural pressure
uf the case at Beaumont that makes
| he wells "gush". The puddles of
water on Spindle Top were constantly
bubbling with escaping case; at Sour
Lake he water is bubbling and in one
| pace actually boii,( with escaping
| gase) until the water is raised fully
ne inch above the surface. Mr.
| stephenson says that he has studied
the case indications very closely: and
as he has spent days at Sour Lake and
Beaumont watching and experiment
ing with the case he feels competent
to judge and says that he is actually
afraid to say what the consequences
W II be when the first well is drilled in
the case fields that he has witnessed in
| Greer county. The escaping case as it
comes through the water forces it up
rom twenty to one hundred times as
high as it does at either Sour Lake or
Beaumont, and that if the pressure is
any criterioO the casing will be shot
clear out of the hole and stuck in the
moon.
Prof. +. a. Edison of Chicago, and
oil expert, was enployed by the Gran
ite Lubr.cating AND Fuel Company to
test the we'll. 1he following Is his re-
port. Il have maDde careful inSpec-
lion OF Your oil fields and find the
kstartling evidences Of the richest de-
( pusits OF oil 10 be hSnnd in the United
/ States. Nature has prominently
Ethrown up its massive guide boards up-
on which | have been. able To deter
Smine these facts. AT the south$un
lterminus of the natnUal oil basin in
(which your fields are located range
Iot mountains is thrown up, expos ing
lOn rs walls the stains OF OIl carried up
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