The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-02-15
NEW OKLAHOMAGAS FIELD
Good Wells Found I'm the vi.
cinity of Hobart--Ru
OF Operators

Special TO Daily Leader.
Hobart, Okla, Feb. ia gas well
havin an estimated daily capacity OF two
million cubic feet has been brought in
eight miles OF this place by company
with headquarters IN Chiokashn. l. r.
The well is 4C4 feet deep. the driu going
in nineteen feet OF gas sand. The sas
pressure is so great that 81 has been i'm
possible TO make al accura : measure
Hient Of the welrs capacity. rhe gas
was lighted last Friday night and the
flame went so high that Il could be seen
for miles in the surrounding country.
the Illumination being plainly visible al
Hobart
The bringing in Of this wor encour-
ages the belief that both gas and OIL ex-
lst ~ paying Quantities in Southwestern
Oklahoma. The greatest activity IA,
has been In the neighborhood Of Gotebo.
Early Efforts not Promising.
In the winter Of 1904-5 the whitewater
Ob and Gas company was organized in
Gobeto, and began drilling southeast OF
that town. Broken formations. crevices.
/ etc, were encountered and numerous
fishing jobs were the result In the
spring OF 1905 a little less than year
ago. drilling was begun on the Voyles
farm, one and half miles south Of Cote
DO, AT a depth Of 500 feet oil Of a high
grade was found. its specific gravity be-
ing thirty eight but not In commercial
quantities. This discovery gave new
impetus SO the oil developing business.
and during the year nine other wells
were drincd upon eighty acres Of that
farm. all Of which were producers IN a
small way.
AZ intervals MS market was found
for the product two OF the wells have
been pumped. The estimated daily OUT
put OF each Is twelve barrels. SO far no
shipments Of this OF have been made
Tho whole output has found o ready mar,
kct az home among farmers. cotton gin-
ners and well dr.llers for fuel
Are Buying uo Leases.
In September 1905. f. M. Robinson
arrived from Ohio and began taking
leases for r. M. Barnsdell, who Is an op-
orator In Ohio. Pennsylvania. Kansas and
Indian Territory oil fields. a few days
later J. W Eastman, Of the firm Of KIM
noy * Eastman OF Chautauaua county.
Kansas, came here and after examining
the land. established hoaduuarters in
Hobart. Ia the early part OF December
a wen was drilled on the seney farm.
seven and one half miles east OF this
place, and at depth of little more
than 500 feet OIL was struck. The
amount of OIL discovered in this well. to-
gother with the depth Of sand found at
tracted a large number Of operators from
the Kansas field, and since the news OF
this strike became public oH men from
all parts Of the country h,.se bee' COM
ing here ana taking leases wherever
they could get them preferably ia what
Is known as the OIL belt
! Prior to drilling the Soney well the
Fidelity OH & Gas company, composed
had been drilling northwest OF Gotebo,
but with Indifferent results. gas beEn
found in small quantities at different
depths. but little or no oil, After the
seney strike Denman Bros. of Sedan,
Kan. drilled n wen on the Lum farm,
adjoining the seney farm on the east
and got q good showing Of OIL but not IA
paying quantities. The hiGe'ity COM
pany drilled on the Butler farm aud got
"a little gas, but the well was abandoned,
the indications being that the wel would
not pay
A BIG We'll Brought In.
Last wednesday night Lee & Williams
Of Chicssasha brought in well on the
/ stone lhfhli elBhl Hlilcs taSl oi lhla plhcN
which has an estimated daily yield OF
one million cubic feet and Is believed by
experts TO be only in the edge Of the gas
belt In addition TO the persons named
these firms have been securing leases In
this field principally south and east Of
Hobart.
e. Il. Stafford representing Cleveland
Ohio. operators; the Prairie oil q Gas
company Of Neodesha, Kan; J. O. Ny
man, representing James O'Nell Of Webb
City. Mo. the lead and zine operator
and heavily interested with r. n. Barn
sdaH IN the Kansas Natural Gas COM
pany: the Hobart OH & Gas company OF
Hobart. Frank Gillespie Of Ohio now op-
Grating In Kansas and Indian Territory;
r. o. Riehey OF FL Reno. Okla, who has
oil properties In Chautauqua county
Kansas; w. H. Bnlingsby OF Paola, KS.