The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1903-06-12

hat Il is selling the Same oil In
another place as lubricant It is
not believed that 1t will ever at
tempt to refine any OF this oil. 1t
is generally understood that it will
sell Baths lubricating oil just as 1t
is selling that Of Knox, but to
whom no one seems to know. That
the c. and o. will take at least
part OF this production is probable,
but not known to be fact.
The price that the Standard is
getting for The Wage oil in Knox
and the price it will get for the
Bath oil remain to be ascertained.
1t is thought the Wage oil is bring
Ing three or four times what the
Standard is giving for it, which is
now fiity.seven cents per barrel.
The operators In Knox county, |
though they believe that the lubri-
eating oil which they are produc-
ing is worth much more than the
Standard offers for it,yet they have
never protested against the price
as vigorously as have the operators
OF Bath. The reason for this is
that the production Of lubrlcating
oil in Knox is limited and the COM
panies thai produce 1t produce in
much larger quantities the light
brown illuminating oil, which is
known as the Jones oil, as the lu-
brlcating oil is known as the Wage
oil, for the want OF better name;
In Bath county the only produc-
ton is that OF lubricating oil. The
mon most interested in Bath have
talked OF refining the heavy oil
them selves. Some want to sell the
oil Just as the Standard is doing.
While the New Domain, the pro-
ducing branch Of the Standard in
Kentucky, is the strongest conf
pany operating in Bath and prob
ably has the most territory,y yet the
Licking Valley and few other
companies are not far behind il
producing ability. The New Do
, main has the old Ragland farm, or
: which the first work in Bath coun
: ty was done, the Ewing farm, con
e tanning some ten thousand acres
/. and the Wolly farm, almost a
n large. On the l30.acre Raglan'
0 tract there are twenty-five well:
:, with an average depth OF from 30
n to 800 feet. On the Ewing Their
Il are ten wells, all little deepe
s than those on the Ragland becaus
e the Ewing farm is higher grounc
u The No. IL is now drilling. Th
y Licking Valley has the two MI
70 Kinney farms and the William
e farm besides smaller tracts, all 0
% the Bath side OF tho Licking rive
Is and east OF Ragland. The con
lie pany's production Is on the low'
Mckinney farm. Here thrice
rs wells are pumping regularly, thr,
lie have just been shot and put in
v condition to pump; there are tW
t. wells at work on the William
to lease. The thirteen wells that hay
in been at work for some time a
he making from 100 to $50 barrels p
I'd day. The other companies he
lg are not pumping at present, a q
n the tanks are full. About tv
CHI miles east Of Ragland the he
i'm lucky Raglard has twelve wells
tn the Thomas farm and eleven on
ne Jones farm. All but one of the
CHI wells are at work. One well
ay now drilling on the Thomas far
800 Just above the Licking vail
ter property are the holdings Of t
on Black Rock, on which are sevel
las wells most OF them producers.
OF the same vicinity are the wells
,od the Flat Rock and Central II
pie lucky. Just across the river fro
Of the Ragland farm are the wells
he the Morehead, none OF which q
me pumping. There is at present l:
, OF 600 barrels OF oil tanked in Bi
do county. The 37,000-barrel stor'
set tank now used by the STANDARD
on full and most OF the small wooC
ade tanks have beenstanding full
! the heavy lubricant for mont
age Not until this oil is taken out (
md the companies go to work in ca
lies est.
the The field has one more pipe
OF than ii has use for. Not until
,y's production of Morgan county
lille put on the market or light oil
lies found in Bath or some other co
the ty near its northern terminus
to the forty-one-mile line from
uls. yersville to Ragland be used,
W. f. FAULKN FL
ard -s-
eby Ladies' and Children Invite
,ath All ladies and children who car