The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-06-17

One ..undred citizens of Lawrence
Kas., have subscribed 800 each to
und bciug raised There for the pur
,ose OF prospecting for Oil and gas
rhe money is paid in five monthly in
,tallments. The company Is now
Advertising for bids on the drilling OF
our wells, which they hope To COM
mence in a shert time. Twelve thou
and acres of land have been leased
ia the neighborhuod of the city ano
.ne company hope to ultimately test
jhe whole territory.
The Grinnell Oh & Gas Co. brought
n aud shot its first well Monday.
rhe well is on the K. O'Connor place
n section q 2S.1S, four miles south oil
,own. The well has % feet OF sand
TAD flowed over The tOr sooG after the
shot. The company is Que recently
,rganized by r. c. Rawlings and Is
composed manly Of Grlnnell, Iowa
arties. They have holdings on about
$50 acres in the carlton field.
Arkansas City. Kas.-A gas well
lriIled here was shot Monday. This
is one of the few Kansas gas wells that
have been shots nd the results are hIgh'
ly sati factory. The flow of gas lncreas
Cd three times what it was before IL
was shot. More wells are to be drilled
at once. The we'll is $50 feet deep
aud has twenty feet OF sand. Forty
quarts of nitroglycerine were used.
The P. G.. G. Oil & Gas Co. have
Drought in an oil we'll on the Ieagal
arm in the north end OF the Mundy
trend.
The material for the pipe line from
Chautauqua to Caney hasbeen hauled
AMI IS now on the ground. The III e
is expected to be completed within a
mouth.
The Norton Oil s. Gas Co. expect TO
commence drilling on the M. Brown
lightly. One-fOurth Of mile north II
carlton, the first of the week.
w. C. Myers of Norton, Kas., is in
the city at present looking after his
oil interests. Mr.. Myers is interested
in the Norton Oil & Gas Co., a COM
Dlny organized not long ago by IL. Z.
Rawlings Of this city and whose
Stockholders are chiefly Norton, kas,
CAPITALISTS. This is Mr.. Myers trs'
trip to the Chanute oil field. He says
he is very we'll pleased with the out
ook for the success OF his company.
Oil men returning from the east say
that the large amount OF Oil produceo
this spring in Kansas has had the
Eject of curtailing field operations IT,
Ohio and other eastern fields. j. T.
Donnell, of the Standard. says this l.
not desirable. That's why Kansas oil
will be cut in price. Mr.. Donneli says
there is no escape from it.-lndepend
nee Reporter.
At Dallas, Texas, the other day the
United States board of agricultur
lipped cattle in crude Oil for Ia
removal of ticks. The experiment IL
reported to have been success. This
IS another use FOR oil. The Kansas
OF oil will have to increase
rapidly If il is to be used to sprinkle
.ity streets and battle Texas steers,
The Kansas City Oil & Gas Co
in a strO0g gaser On the Hy-
,apd farm in section 32-26-l9. TmSls
tine first well for this company. They
have 24O acres under lease IN this
,ract and it is all proven gas territory.
1t is reported that the large pro-
luction of oil in the Kansas held is
:urtailiDg developments in the eastern
ield.
Mr.. Geiser, formerly of this place.
Is now mayor VI IcWdud OhO DiS VI
NJ Queer OF I "a locality.
The Kansas City Oil and Gas Co.
Drought IN a great big gasser north
asst of Chanute, Monday
Several stockholders of the Kansas
No Company were heing driven over
he field last Sunday.
The territory south of Chanute,
which was counted little doubtful
turing the Early development, is now
oeiug rapidly tested and is proving to
he rather a rich field after all.
The well shot Sunday on the O'Con-
nor land. between Chanute and Earl
ton, is reported to be an unusually
fine producer. Watson Stewart who
drilled the well, reports it at least a
fifty barrel we'll of steady production
The lease is held by the Grinnell Iowa
company.
From Humboldt.
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