The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-19
Northern District, Humboldt and
Allen Go.

| This is the center of the northern oil
district and the only city in Kansas
that has an independent oil refinery.
HUMBOLDT 1lelds do not cost as much
to develop as the fields further south
and almost all the prospectors for oil
lands stop there. The Humboldt fields
have quite an advantage in disposing
of their oil as the Independent refinery
takes off a large amount daily and it's
capacity for refining will soon be in
creased.
Too much can not be said for this in
stftution as the refinery is strictly a
Kansas production ard should have the
support of the entire state for it is by
our own financial and moral supports
that we build up institutions of this
kind and complete the success of Kan
sas institutions. Humboldt is one of
the best of fields for developers as they
have a very few percentage of dry
holes. In fact this field has high
grade of oil and the cost of getting is
very low. There are not many com
panies doing business in Humboldt but
the few companies that are there have
been very successful. Thousands of
acres of undeveloped land lies around
Humboldt awaiting development and
all of it land that has been proven to
be first class oil propositions It is
only a matter of time when this field
will be a very center of oil and the
opportunities will be lost for those that
do not get in early. The Oil found in
this district is of an exceedingly high
grade as is proven by recent test by
the deputy state oil inspector. The
| Humb oldt Herald says:
Dora Herod, deputy state oil inspec-
tor, was in town Friday and tested the
second lot of oil refined by the Web
ster refinery. The result was very
gratifying to the Tnanag cement of the
refinery, and settles beyond a doubt
the character of the product of this in
stitution. The certificates issued show
that the coal oil tested 125 degrees, Is
more than the state law requires, and
the gasoline IS degrees, more than the
| law requires.
1.-The high quality of the Webster re-
finery oil establishes two facts: the high
grade of the crude oil found in the
Humboldt field (for as yet all the crude
oil used has come from this field, and
the very thorough and scientific man
ner in which the crude product has
been treated at the refinery"
The Chanute Sun, in commenting on
the second test, has the following to
say concerning it:
1.-THE result of the second means more
to oil operators than the first lot did.
test and shows that there was no
! crooked work. The refined oil yester-
day tested higher than the first lot and
the gasoline was considered very fine"
Just why these fields are not as thor
/ oughly worked as those in the south is
not quite clear The land is a little
cheaper and the chances of getting oil
are just as good. Humboldt has been
slow to tell the outside world of the
wonderful resources of her fields and
while many Topekans have interests in
Humboldt it is not quite as much
talked of as territory farther south.
Humboldt, however, will come to the
front and will be one of the prosperous
cities of the south. Manufactures are
i what Kansas wants and she has all
the inducements to offer for them
When once the eastern manufactures
wake up and realize that in many in
4 stances they can operate cheaper in
ansa5 than In the east they will
come, but a great many that could be