The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-04
KANSAS NEWS.
June Was a Good Month for
Drilling OF Wells.
Oil District Shows Four Hun.
dred and One Were Sunk.
FIFTY-SIX WE'RE DRY
Months Production Amounts to
7,642 Barrels.
Most Active Operations Were in
Montgomery County.

Independence. Kan. July -four
hundred and one wells were drilled in
the Kansas and Indian Territory fields
during the month of June. OF the num-
Der thirty-seven were gas wells and
fdfty-six dry holes; 3OS were producing
wells The months total production
amounts to 1912 barrels. The average
production of the sos wells is "A 2-3
barrels a. day. Two wells in the Usage,
doing 800 barrels a day. were reported
as doing 200 barrels each. In compiling
this report, the aim has been to give
the production the well will probably
be making at the end of thirty days.
The question is asked, ''Win the wells
maintain even this estimated produce
tionY' Two instances in reply Andrew
Benson'S No. I well, Wayside pool, was
reported at the time it was drilled in,
six months ago. to be good for twenty
five barrels. Today it is actually doing
thirty barrels a day: w. H. Milliken's
NO. !, Chautauqua county, reported at
time of drilling as a 175-parrel producer.
after filing fifteen 250-barrel tanks. did
800 barrels in twenty-four hours. 1t is
believed the runs will justify the esti
mate of production.
satisfactory comparison of June
with May cannot be made. The first
report of the entire field was compiled
in May. Many wells were undoubted-
" included in that report that were
L
essary to get a base on which to build
future reports and returns received
were all included. Thus the May re-
port was much larger than June. For
instance, 4O1 wells were completed in
June, whereas SCI were reported for
MAJ. Yet there is but little doubt but
that there was as much work done in
June as in May However, even the fig
ures as they stand show we'll for June.
May reported sixty-one gassers and
sfxty-six dry holes. In June there were
thirty-seven gassers and hfty-six dry
holes. The average production over
May was a trifle over twenty barrels to
the well, against "a 2-3 barrels a well in
June. The most active operations for
the month were in Montgomery county,
which is represented in the report by
Creek. Cherryvale, Tyro. Jefferson,
Caney and Coffeyville fields. In Mont
gomery there were 153 wells completed;
of these. eighteen were gas and twenty
three dry. The total new production
of these wells is 3.0SS barrels, or nearly
one-half Of the production of the en-
tire fields. The Eisminger well with
its big production helped very mater
tally in swelling these figures.
Chautauqua county comes next with
seventy-seven wells completed and
credited production of 1,729 barrels
Seven were dry and four gas
Chanute and Erie fields. is reported
sixty-two wells completed, with a new
production of 1853 barrels. This county
drilled four gassers and five dry holes.
Allen county completed twenty-four
wells. added 449 barrels to her produc
tion and brought in one dry hole. This
county embraces the Humboldt field
Wilson county. which includes the
Neodesha district. brought in fifteen
wells. with 155 barrels new production;
two gassers and three dry
The Indian TerritoTy completed forty
eight wells. of which four were gas and
eleven dry. The new production
amounted to 1.277 barrels.
On June 80 the report shows 352 wells
drilling and forty-six rigs up. making a
total of 39S wells drilling and rigs The
three wells of Andrew Benson. drilling
in the Wayside pool, were inadvertent-
" left out of the tabulation. which
brings the report up to 4O1 rigs and
drilling wells. The report as it stands
shows an increase of sixty-three drill
ing wells over May and a decrease of
thfrty-four rigs; a net increase of TWEEN
ty-nine. May 80 there were thirty rigs
and 2S9 drilling wells. a total of 500.
Law and Death in Race.
Wichita. Kas., July death and