The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-05
NoVember's Oil Field Report
Breaks All Records
In the Amount of New and Also
I'm Completed Work.
MONTGOMERY LEADS.
Ahead of All the Other Counties
I'm New Wells.
Chautauqua County Came Sec
Dad With IS New Wells.

Independence. Dec. 5.-The Reporter
says:
In spite of all predictions and expec-
tations November proved a record
breaker in the amount of both new and
completed work in the Kansas, Indian
and Oklahoma territories. There were
4S7 wells drilled. and of this number 40
were gassers and rs were busters The
new production amount to 1892 barrels
This is believed an aH-round increase
over the month of October. 1t had been
generally believed November would
show decided falling off over the pre-
vious month. There were. however. so
more wells drilled in November than
IN October; 80 more gassers and A
more busters. The increase in new pro-
duction in November over October was
ZOO barrels The increase in wells drill
ed as well as in new production was
almost wholly in the Indian and Okla
hona territories. On December there
were 50 new rigs and 344 wells drilling
in all the fields, making a total increase
over November of Il rigs and q drill
ing wells, or a total increase of 80 This
Is also a surprise. The indications are
now there will be considerable drilling
during the rest of the winter, and it
Will not be surprising if Decem Der
shows the largest amount of field work
in any month since the opening of the
Kansas fields.
Montgomery county, Kan. continues
to lead all other districts in the amount
of work done. During the month of
November 124 wells were completed in
this county. Of this number were
gasSers and 10 were dry. The new pro-
ductfon Melted 1,201 barrels. This is a
decrease over October of seven compile
tons, five gassers, seven busters and
359 barrels. The report of new work
begun indicates December will show
an increase instead of a decrease. The
figures show there were IL more COM
Lett AT-v,% l.
all Of the Indian and Oklahoma terri
tories, in spite of the large amount of
increase in those districts.
Chautauqua county, as usual, came
second in the amount of work perform
ed. In that district 6S wells We're drill
ed in November, as against rs in Octo-
Der. In october there was an. unusual
number of dry holes. In November
there were 10 less, but two more gas
sers. The new production in Chautau-
qua county in November was 1872 bar
rels, decrease over october of 314 bar
rels.
The Chanute district showed an in
crease over the previous month of six
competitions and 43 barrels.
Neodesha made a substantial in
crease, while Humboldt fell behind her
usual amount of completed work Cof-
feyville also made an increase.
One of the striking features of the
months report was the large number of
failures on the part of wildcatters.
Nearly all of the work meeting with
success in November was in the old dis
tricts and no new pools were discover
ed. However, there continues to be a
large amount of prospecting in prog
reSs.
Taking the Indian and Oklahoma ter
ritories as one district. for convenience,
there were 113 wells completed; of
these were gas and "A were dry. The
new production amounted to 4,O56 bar
rels. This is the high mark for the
territories. These figures show an in
crease of 81 compilations over October
and give a suggestion of the drift of
operations at this time. Drilling in the
territory is far more expensive and al
most as uncertain as in the defined dis
tricts of Kansas, but the large possibili- |
ties there are enticing to prospectors. |
There were "a busters and gassers in
the territories in November and the in
crease in new production amounted to |
1884 barrels. Thus it will be seen from
the number of busters in the territories
there is the same element of chance
there is in Kansas, only the producing
wells in the territory are of larger cali |
Der.
The average production of new wells
in the entire field for November was
22.9 barrels. In Indian and Oklahoma
territories the average production for
producing well was 4S.9 barrels, while |
in Montgomery county, Kan, for in