Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1906-05-20
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Probably the biggest wel' yet drill
ed in the Cheroke, is the one com
pleted last Saturday on tic Martha
Sanders land, section 2-2S Is, three
miles northeast OF topan, by the Co.
Pan Oil amt Gas company The first
tv cnty-fou, bonn. after iA, Well
was shot it flowed 1000 barrels. That
pool covers more territory than the
Weber pool near Dewey, and is a
rich spot. The sand is ~ feet thick
and Development is extending north.
About "A mile south and east the sand
seems to break off, but to the south
west, west and north, wells start at
800 barrels and better. Charles Owen
has six wells drilling and two rigs
up in that vicinity, one about done,
being ON the Leo johnson land, see
ton l4-29-l2, right in the northwest
corner of the Cherokee nation. A
test is also drilling on the W. o. Ow-
en- allotment, section 2l-29-l3, on
the 4.0O0-acre tract of land belong
ing Robert l.. Owen, just south of
Caney.
A rig is up ON the Burroughs Ladd
land. section S-2S-l3, on the river
south of Owen switch. Manager An
derson and the Pooler Creek com
pany are also drilling two wells in
section 1l-2S-l3, and quite a lot of
work is going on up there.
The test drilled on the Mamie Rose
land by Barnsdall & Weber, section
35-2S-l2, to the north of production,
is dry.
The test drilled by S. [. ID. Pred
dy, at Sequoyah, seven miles north
east of Claremore, found the sand at
SS5 feet and stopped at 924 feet,
with plenty of water and a little oil,
about like the test drilled in the John
M. Taylor land, in section l0-2l-l5,
only the sand in the latter was 200
feet shallower. Considerable leasing
is being done in that vicinity, at 50
to So an acre.
The company of local farmers re-
sponsible for the test in section a.
1914, just northeast of Broken Ar
row, have arranged to drill the hole
LOO feet deep.
The Smith and Swan well on the
Tennessee White land in section 10
1912, three miles east of Mounds. has
n crooked hole full of water in the
Red Fork sand at l,2S0 feet. 1t is
very unusual to find water in that
formation.
James McCormick's first venture
on the II. Sans land in section %
27-l2, west of Dewey, had an initial
production of 315 barrels.
In its No. ,, on the east end of
Usage lot 81. the Sycamore Oil com
pany has a fine producer. 1t made
LOO barrels the first twenty-four
hours after the shot.
. T. Tancher is drilling in No. 3,
ON Usage lot Is and No. 4, on lot 1877.
He is starting wells on lots "a and
80 and will do considerable work
this summer.
The Prairie Oil and Gas company
has a dry one in its No. 2, on the
Jordan land adjoining the Cleveland
TOWNSHIP on the northeast. No. 3, for
the Jordan Farm Oil company, an
offset well on the west, is good for
40 barrels.
The prospect hole at barrow, %
miles west of Kingfsher, Oklahoma.
is fishing in the red beds at 1,15O
feet. A test is also being drilled by
Kingfsher Oil and Mining company
On the southwest quarter of section
26-26-12, 300 feet from the Usage
line, and three miles south Of Bartles-