The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-03-31
OIL C|TYS OIL
ANO GAS FIND
5. c. GAZAWAY TELLS OF FIRST
HOLE SUNK AND THE PRES
ENT OUTPUT.

"' \1Hinott.te, dS wen as Huui-
Der o. our real estate tealcrs are in
almost daily receipt of letters max
ne inquiries about the Oil City and
wheeler oil and gas wells For the
information of all parties who wish
to learn about these oil fields We pub
lish herewith letter from S G. Gaz.
away Of Oil City. Mr. Gazaway was,
as he states in his letter, in Oil City
when the first well was drilled and
is thoroughly familiar with the story
OF the oil and gas find there. His
letter follows:
Ardmore. Okla, March 18th, 1912
Dear Sir
While many people have been at a
loss about what is known as the
Wheeler oil fields, | wish to state
that I have been in the Wheeler oil
fields since the first oil we'll was
drilled. Development of this oil
field was begun by the Santa Fe rail.
way people in May, 1904, after they
had secured nearly two thousand
acres of land. The first well was un-
dertaken with a Columbia drilling
machine on the NE1-4 of the Sc IA
Sec. -. X. 7. S. r. 2 w. but It
was soon discovered that the form.
alton caycd badly and the hole was
abandoned. The second attempt re
suited in flow of GAS at the depth
OF about $50 feet, which supplied fuel
for operating purposes for about two
months when the gas was cut off Dy
a caye-in, the hole was then con.
timed 10 depth of about 5l6 feet
and converted into water well The
nearly all OF the tools IN the field at
a depth of about 500 feet. Ii was
not uu,il October 1905 that a strike
was made which seemed to assure
success. The company had found
the work so heavy that they began
the use of the standard drilling out.
fit aud carried the fourth well to
depth Of $50 feet where a flow of
5000, 0OO cubic feet of gas was
struck Deeper drilling developed Il
pay OF oil and an attempt was made
to take the gas off through an s
inch casing and the oil through a
4-inch tubing but the casing was not
down to the gas sand, so the shale
caved and stopped the flow of gas.
In 1906 it was discovered in the
sixth well drilled in the pool that
there were two pays, one of gas and
the other of oil, separated by a few
leet of shale, the oil being below,
since that discovery some of these
wells have been finished as comb
nation oil and gas wells, the gas
beng taken from the higher sand
through the outside casing while the
oil is procured through smaller
tuDlng or casing, paying production
of both oil and gas comes from about
500 to 1000 feet, depending it ap-
pears, upon the rising surface upon
which the red beds lie. Some Of
these wells produce gas only. while
other produce oil alone, but as a rule
hoih oil and gas are found.
The Santa Fe company has com
peted more than seventy wells up
to this writing, three of which were
dry holes comparatively speaking.
The production of gas has ranged
from three and three-fourths million
cubic fee per day to thirteen million
five hundred cubic feet, while the
oil test has shown from % to $50
barrels per day. The marketing Of
oil from this field has never been
attempted on account of insufficient
facilities. Two deep wells have been
drilled in this field-one to a depth
Of about 2,427 feet, the other nearly
i,o0O feet but no pay was found be-
low the 1000 feet Two of these
wells were put to a pumping test for
one year and was found to give as
much oil IN tbc Loot 10, n. 80 H.