The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-02-07

super-heated carbon field while on the
east we find the remains of the formation
of the burned-out. volcanic center of the
Ozarks over two hundred miles in extent,
in southern Missouri and western Arkan-
sas where tremendous subterranean heat
for centuries fused metals. melted and
conglomerated the rocks. and separated
and filtered the liquid and gaseous car
bons under heavy coal Deds.
This much for ideas. bat more pertinent
to the eager prospector. So impatient and
fretful to get immediate possession of the
rich products the wise and good creator
has boarded and held on deposit so long
and perfectly housed and bounded. are
the means an opportunities for getting in
slant hold of these abundant products.
where all who have the ordinary pros
spectors and driller's skill and the capt.
tai or credit to put down four or five
holes are usually successful The skill
and special training required to develop
a field and strike oil. GUS and coal. are
not difficult 10 learn and understand, but
the unflagging perseverance and industry,
the Drawn and strength. the bone. the
sinew and fiber, must be all that OF a cap
able man under his own control. and the
unrestrained power that the strongest
arm can WELD and use for him who must
lift and toss about at ease. tinkers.
beams. and scantings. heavy iron pipes,
chains. rods. couplings. and capheads,
far heavier than "a weaver's beam.
The skill of the most technical in sci
ence and discovery. and the experience OF
the tanned and frosty-haired drillers. are
alike of small moment until the field is
bounded and limited. a there are no sur
face indications of value. hence the eX-
tent Of a new finding can only he guessed
al by the strength and continuance Of the
TOW, or pumping supply.
The initial point the trend and course
Of the discovered gas and oil basin. is in
the vicinity 81 lola. thence south and
southeast, in forty-mile wide strip.
through Humh0lt. Chanute NeodeSha.
Lougton. Bolton. Peru. and Caney 70
Bartlesviile in the Indian country. rs the
center line. distance II about one hun
bred ITiles The depth OF the flowing and
pumping area. runs from seven TO eight
hundred feet from Iola.' Humbolt. and
Chanute. 10 q Thousand and twelve hun
cred -eft- from ana heltW A.tilStpn- near
the north line Of Chatauqua county, %
Peru and CaCey and south 70 the limit
AZ BartlesvilIe Within the limits Of the
opened Heids. The driilers as prospecto-s.
qeuess where 10 bore. Is the best
YOU can get; where unfortunately. or not
as the particular boring may prove. these
hazards. or gue>scs have much the same
value. as cur fathers signs. in search q
water underground. for wells. with "a
forked stick
Most % the wells are on leased lands.
belonging 70 the farmers. who are. rnost-
y, anxious for TIE search and develop
ulert. and as the 6el1 is big enough. tor
a hundred. to one there nov. there s. no
lack n good openings for lease. and sub
lease
The average expense q q 3gi3ier's out-
mr. on the ground is about f9nr thousand
dollars. ard taenty-chr=s hundred dol
lars to prospect bore case ana m ug
wei for production - enc thousand seet.
besides the dry HOES made IL The
search. which add one dollar a foot scr
the boring.