The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-08
DEVELOPMENT IN THE
KANSAS OIL FIELD
Special to the indianapolis Journal.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
COFFEYVILLE, Kan, April bad weather
and a spell of the blues" superinduced by an
other Scent cutin the price of crude. has caused
the development of the past week to show up
pretty light. the operators taking things pretty
easy for lime. No wells of any particular size
have been brought in. and the number of small
wells mas been only fairly good.
In the Coffeyvie field, Hymen & Chambers
of Topeka brought in a nice oer the Jas
per Swan farm six miles north of the city. The
sand was got at depth of $50 feet. and was Of
splendid thickness. The oil high in the tub
ing after the shot. and it is estimated that the
we'll will flow about 80 barrels daily.
The independence field has shown up fairly
well tho past week The Consolidated Oil, Gas
and Marketing Company has been doing the
most strenuous development for the past few
weeks. and the week just ended is no exception
to the rule The company ha~ large number of
rigs engaged to work .or it and they achieved
some good and desirable results the past week.
On the A. Joyce farm a good 3o-barrei well was
brought in on another pt -tion of the farm was
found producer of % barrel size. On the J. d.
Atkinson the company got very dry hole The
first of this week, the Consolidated brought in
its No. 10 the Sticks farm. This is one of the
best wells OF the and starts off with a
nice production of so barrels daily The sand was
As thick
The Globe Oil Company on the Giger farm,
struck a gilt-edged producer this week The well
IS s75 feet down and will produce so barrels n
day
spirited \ popularity is that there were but
few small wells, mostly good-sized producers.
coveted bunch of oilers this afternoon. Their
well the Brooks farm was brought in
barrels a good flow for the thickness OF the
sand. on the Sam Johnson place, the same COM
barrels a day The company brought in a third
well that will make good settled production Of
80 barrels daily This well is located on the c.
The Mission Oil and Gas Company got a splen-
did little well on the E E Custer nd farm The
will probably yield % barrels day.
In the Bartlesville, L. T., field. the results were
few. The cudahy oil Company got two good
wells in the Cherokee Nation The first was on
depth Of LABS feet 1t is good for II barrels The
second was found on William Johnstone's farm.
hole is good for production of fully 80 barrels.
The flow is strong and may increase The Cuda-
ny pS,.psh of small Wells was brought in in the
Chanute district this week. The Logan Oil and
Davis land Saturday 1t will run about Is bar
rels II is the twenty-sxth well for the Logan
The Exchange oil and Gas Company found
three good producers on the farm of William
wells. brought in by the company. The
first well vii! run about barrels and was found
a !.
barrels under the pump, and the third will give
barrels. pumping: The Heath oil Company got
? wells the Hall farm in Big Creek township.
The first will run abaut barrels and the second
barrels
There was fair amount Of development in the
Neodesha field. The Prairie Oil and Gas Com
pany got number OF wells. on the Skles place.
the companys twenty-eighth hole proved TO be
an oiier of 10 barrels capacity. The No H. on
the I-averty, will yield 10 barrels The ninth on
the Calender will be of l5-barrel calibre
In the Humboldt field, the Owl Creek Com
pany got n 3o-barrel well on the farm belonging
To them in Logan township. The Ajax Company
got a fairly good well on the Hendricks farm
Cottage Grove township The Crescent Compa ny
got 5-barrel we'll the Martin Hendricks
farm. The Mckinney Crude Company got a fair
I2-barrei well the Mckinley farm. There were
a number of other small wells brought in in the
Humboldt field, but not enough to make men,
ton.