The Washington times., 1905-03-12
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Some of the Wells Yield
a Thousand Barrels
Every Day.
Red Men Must Receive
Ten Per Cent From
investors.
Isome of the Braves Are
Getting 800 a Day
| Rake-offf.

ample Of the SHALLOW wells. and the
Bartlestille district OF the sieeI wells.
! n the BaTtiesviIIe district there are in
operation already over 499 wells. and in
the Chelsea district about $50 weIls.
portable drill. known to the oil
10 sink the shallow wells. But for the
deep wells stationary driil IS neees-
ssrs. Whefs the drill has bored the re-
! ssaIrea depth the well is shot" WITH
a powerful charge Of nItroglyeerin-
s'Shoetingp Wei.
| gTp Hlto the air TWO hundred feet or
moi shoots the brown-gold stream. The
precious liquid goes 1e waste, but not
for long. AS soon as good flow IS as
sured the well is plugged and left until
proper connections with tanks and pipes
are made Each well IS fitted with TWO
| tanks which have a capacity of 259 bar
reis As soon as one is filed it is meas
ured and turned into the pipes of the
| STANDARD! Oil. In Efle meantime the
Istream from the well is directed into the
second tank,
!. Once a well, or rather a series OF wells.
| is Sin, - the expense CT running them IS
very little. AS soon. therefore, as the
wells have paid for the drilling and the
| necessary pine lines and machinery the
income TO the operator IS enormous The
price the Standard Oil paws the producer
per barrel IS 10 cents. The price the
| Standard Oil gets eventually for that
same barrel Is about IS. Perhaps the
producer has ground fer a kick. Never
theiess, the Standard Oil Is the.pest
friend of the Indian Territory Oil 6is-z5
trfct today from the mere fact that II
has The capital and the ability TO carry
the oil to the markets It IS said. how
ever. that # the Standard Oil should BE-
compelled TO stop operations after tne
investigation which has now been begun
by the Bureau of Corporations Of the
Departments of Commerce and Labor a
pipe line would In all probability be laid
from the Indian Territory 10 the Gulf OF
Mexico and a new outlet would be at
fordell.
Through the oil belt Of the Indian Ter
ritory the land is fiat as q pancake
Much of it is mere open plain. though
here and there are WOODED patches
Wells are sunk in wood and plain alike.
The climate is given 70 extremes. having
recently been below zero. while IN SUM
mer the heat is sufficient TO grow cottoA
Wheat and corn also grow there readily,
for the soil is very fertile and makes
good farm land But wherever oil has
been struck, agriculture receives death
blow. The ground around the wells Is
kent clear and clean. largely to do away
with the possibility Of fire. which would
be tlisa strous.
Whether or not the Indian becomes the
OIL king ne will be immensely benefited
by the development OF the oil field. Al
ready some Of the Indians who have
leased their lands are receiving as much
as 500 income a day, and some of them
are minors. making the income of a
family amount TO several hundred dol
lars The younger generation. even
Of the fuiIbloods, is becoming more
and more like the white man IN
business as well as in other things
Schools are cropping up eveFyW here
throughout the Territory. Even in the
mushroom towns Of the oil boom q
eehoolhouse Is o9ae of the first buildings
TO be erected. And though some OF the
old Indians cannot speak English, all or
their children do.