The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-12-23

I note in a recent issue of your paper,
an account, of the oil and gas fields OF
Kansas, and especially of lola, Chanute.
Humboldt, ard Neodesh1. Most of this
information is obtained fro United States
Geological surveys; but the trouble with
these surveys Is that they can not keep
UP with the development. The writer has
bulletin No 1s4 referred to in this arti-
Gle, and it is noteworthy that, as stated.
il gives a very inadequate idea of actual
conditions so that the only thing OF
value in the report is the technical in
formation as to the geological Formations.
etc. which will always be good But as
to the geological formations the mthm
actual development work. the outside
world is but family informed Enough
is known now to warrant the conclusion,
concurred in by the hest authorities, That
this is the most extensive OF and gas
field in this country, if not in the world.
1t does not follow, of course. that the
biggest things in the .'oil world are to
be found there, although good judges say
that big surprises are in store for the
prospec:or. and that the biggest good
as it is, has not been found yet, but 1t
means that the field. as a whole. is des-
tined 10 outstrip anything that has yet
been found in oil and gas. While devel-
opmetn work in some sections like Bel
ton has been quite extensive yet even
there Ii has not yet reached point where
definite conclusion as to the boundaries
of that particular point can be deter
mined.
The most significant feature of the
whole situation is the conspicuous activity
of the Standard Oil Company in every
part of the field. 1t is spreading its ten
tacles all over the field in the shape of
pipe lines. and a great deal of this work
seems to be in anticipation of what it
seems to think is coming in the near
future. They have a pumping station at
Caney, and on the northwest, another
reaching to the Usage Nation.
Both these lines have reached the terri
tory line and are waiting permission
from his Royal Slowness, Secretary
Hitchcock, to get through to the oil fields
at aBrtlesville and other Indian Terri
tory. points. New strikes are being made
every week. and soon it will be every
day for it is impossible to keep track
of the different companies and their oper-
alton.
In the vicinity OF Caney there are no
less than ten companies operating, ard
now that they have pipe line facilities.
they Will soon be putting oil into the
lines. The Caney Gas Company has been
three weeks, and the showing is quite "a
surprise for where they expected very
small product there seems to be many
times much as they expected. The well
promises not less than % barrels a day.
and possibly more, as it yields barrels
an hour during the day time when pump
ed The Cheyenne Company has pump
ing plant just about completed TO pump
one of their four wells and the indfca-
tons are as good as those of the we'll
the Caney people are pumping. Mr.. Con-
over, for his company, composed of Hi
nois parties, has two fine wells on the
Forearm farm four miles east of Caney,
which he is getting ready to pump. Mr.
Lockwood has a fine well just west of MIR.
Conover. brought.in last week. Still fur
Their west the New York Oil Company has
struck a big well within the last few
days and drilling contractors can not
begin to keep up with the work as fast
as it is wanted.
Lands Unbiased command fabulous
prices, and leases are enormously high as
compared with a year ago. One man at
Bolton has two wells on his farm, and he
leased his quarter section for $4,000 and
half the oil. Development work is spread
ing out along the trend from Bolton
southwest and now where there are ten
drills, there will be a hundred in six
months. This field promises to eclipse
Chanute for it is Il different propos ton.
Both oil and gas are deeper here, and 1t
is the deep stuff that is lasting and mora
permanent. The whole country is over
run with oil men from Pennsylvania
West Virginia. Ohio and Indiana, and
they all express the same opinion. except
| an occasional smartaleck who is esotisti-
| cal enough to think he has caught lot Of
| suckers out here in Kansas, and with the
view of landing some Of them begins to
| discredit everything in the field. This
| species of genus asinus does not last very
| long. North and norteast of Caney the
! Vulvan oil Company has three fine wells.
and the Prairie Oil Company is now drill
| ing at HAVANA on two wells. On the
/ northwest near Niotaze. A. A Truskett
| is pounding away, and has good show
! ing of both gas and oil. Still further
/ northwest is the wonderful Peru field,
I where the town is actually honey combed
/ with oil wells Due west from Caney is
Jonesburg and Chautauqua Springs.
where extensive strikes o. gas and oil
( have been made. Enough development
has been made to show that this whole
section is in its infancy as far as gas and
/ oil is concerned. II takes time. patience
and money. but We are assured of being
right in the very heart. these are all COM
/ ing This whole gas and oil field is the
most wonderful and promising country
for investment in the world. An oil well
| does not stop for panic. and an oil GER
/ .,6,o,o layal faDdar