The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1904-05-05
LATEST KANSAS NEWS
NEW OIL FIND NEAR SEDAN.
It 10 Likely to Be the Center Of Devel'
opment This Summer.

SEDAN.-(Special) The center Of
the oil development in ChautauQua
county this summer will no doubt be
in what is defined as the Huffman
district, three miles south of Sedan.
The oil men all say that it is the best
prospective field in the county and
that there will be more drilling done
there this summer than in any other
place in the county. Until two weeks
ago this district was considered strict
ly a wildcat proposition, for the rea'
son that the wells were small and
very uncertain, But since the find in
Huffman No. "a 25.barrel well, and
what Is considered the best quality Of
oil in the state, testing 81 degrees
the oil men have begun to look at the
territory more favorably, and a number
Of new operators are endeavoring to
get hold Of leases.
Until the time Huffman No. 2 was
found there were but four wells in this
district, with an average production Of
five barrels per day, The drilling in
these wells was stopped in the first
sand at depth Of 1000 feet, and 1t
has been the idea all the time that
this was the paying sand. But when
Huffman No. 2 was drilled the first
sand was found to be dry and drilling
was resumed on 1t until it was drilled
200 feet deeper, where the second sand
was found. This sand is thought to be
the same as Is found in the Peru pool.
It Is very probable that the other four
wells in this district will be drilled on
down to the second sand. Some Of the
oil men think, though, that it would
pay the owners Of these wells to ex-
haust the first sand first and then drill
on down to the second sand, and in
that way profit could be realized
from both the strata.
The Huffman field can truly be said
to be a separate trend from that of
the Chautauqua field. 1t is two miles
west from where any wells have been
found. Another proof Is the fact that
the quality Of the oil is much better
than in any other part Of the county.
There are several advantages that
this field has over most new fields
that will tend to push the development
Of it. One is the pipe line advantage.
The line was built out there last fall
for the purpose of taking the oil from
the three small wells that have been
producing for some time, Another adj
vantage is the fuel for drilling. M. L.
Lockwood is piping gas from his well
at Jonesburg to where he will drill
near Sedan and his main runs through
the Huffman field. Mr.. Lockwood has
an abundance Of gas to supply almost
any number Of rigs that might be run,
1t is believed by the oil people that
the Huffman trend of oil Is much wider
than the Peru-Chautauqua trend, and
they have such confidence in the the
DRY that several of them have already
decided to spend some money this
summer trying to prove the fact. The
Prudential OIL and Gas company will
commence in a few weeks some wells
on the Easement place, two miles west
Of Sedan. The Syndicate Oil and Gas
company has already commenced one
on the A. W. Straight place, in section
TO- township "a, range TO- Two more
will be drilled just south of the Nc
Call place, where a dry hole was
drilled last fall. The exact location
of these two wells has not yet been
made. There are several other oper
ators who are figuring on drilling In
this field but have not decided yet just
where they will drill.