The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-06-15
OIL CONDITIONS ARE BRIGHTER
Department ACTION HELPFUL

be- past The producer is not sub.
jcct to this particular method of
pinching any more. The action OF .
the interior department in rcliu.
gushing supervision over thousands
of acres OF good oil lands owned
uy indians. has also made better
oil conditions Every act thl. does
away with government red tape
tends 20 push things for the pre-.
ducyr J.. is no longer necessary
Zoo numerous instances. to tic up
large sums iu escrow for am ind %
mite period while Indian agents and
the department go Washington r3
into the details of every deal to
determine whether or not lcas'
or an assignment should be- approved /.
I'm spite OF the general feeling !
that produce should bc curtailcd cy.
cry time now pool is opened Tho .
tools get busy Numerous wells hav
been drilled I'm North Tulsa 'r
Rock pool but recently the Musko
gee field is attracting the most a..
tcntion i'm central Oklahoma. \ ncv
streak or a continuation I'm the sand
from the Muskogcc field. has just
been discovered and by far tho
best wells In the Muskogcc fields
have been brought iu during the
past few weeks one of the now
wells drilled recently had an initial
production OF l2.Ooo barrels daily
Tn" oil was discovered al depth
or 1898 feet and upon discover"
flushed 10 the top of the dcuHct
Some good prices have been paid
I'm the Nuskogcc field for oil
leases.
The citizens of lIcnryetta are iu.
bilaut over the bringing in of 200
barrel wen. aud much prospecting
is being done.
\ well has also been brought in
near Butler by John Wallace. a new
conner. In the MidContinent field.
The well Is five miles from any
OF the extreme kind The usual scram-
bic for oil leases followed the dis.
covcry. \ iOObarrcl well was also
brought in recently in the Morri-
son field. The land on which 1t was
discovered was exceptionally valua.
BILE at one time. but was abandon
ed by reason of dry hole being
drilled.
The Matson oil company during
the week disposed of its one-half in.
, torest in holdings in the Usage ma
ton to William Mcbride. Eleven
wells have been drilled on this elev.
en- hundred acres. all Of them
strong producers. starting at 1000
, 10 1000 barrels daily and still pro.
ducing lot OF oil. one well Is
, still producing over seven hundred
barrels a day. Within twenty months
100 600 barrels have been run from
this lease. The Cudahy oil compd-
ny completed two wells near Bar
t!osvllo. both of them producers.
f. G. Pcttibone, vice president
2nd general manager of the Santa
Fe railroad, announced that twenty
additional wells will be put down
;, in the Wheeler field near Ardmor,
as last as men and rigs can do he
:, "Ork, working night and day. A.
= soon as the production has rea2ho'
o0C barrels daily a pipe line or {
" railroad will be built 10 the field
Tho production now Is $50 narrcl'
daily He also stated that the sup
ply Of natural gas from wells nov
in the Wheeler field Is 7bwini
freely and that all the gas ns''s
" sdry was being produced.
:, An attempt is being made on IN
= "iol Ranch" in northern OklIhomc
TO strike oil or gas, the drille
now being at depth Of 1000 fee
with Indications of gas. Thy o.,
>. pect To go down until they rea"
y the depth drilled In the Bartlei
vile and Pawhuska fields. Addition
- al dr.lllng is also in progress nra
" M1dil and Ada in southern Okl'
EoIua.