Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-01-19

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trip, Among those who are making
the trip are Ben Whltehill, George
Sommers, Joe Gillespie, Messrs Bur-
| ley and Bridgman, all Of Nowata'
where they have been operating In the
shallow sand field. These gentlemen
are making the trip TO inspect 4O,OOo
acre lease located somewhere in the
lower lsthmus.
n. ID. Wells returned yesterday from
Tahlequah and reports strange
freak of nature over there, to-wit:
water well which is connected by a
crevice to some underground cavern
The water is thirty-five feet below
the surface, frozen solid, and MI
Wells states there Is a current OF air
drawn inward continuously during the
winter months which during the sum-
mer months is reversed.
Local people, together with several
Muskogee operators, are starting a
well on the townsite of Tahlequah.
South Of Cleveland several small
wells have been drilled recently In the
Mcclure pool which are drilled to the
Layton sand. NJ. II. Litchfield has
completed No. on the Mcclure farm
in Sec. 17-21-S and has 4O-barrel
producer and the Minnetonka Oil
company has completed No. 5, good
for twenty barrels on the Vergie New
man farm in Sec. 20-21-S.
Kemp, Hayden and Curtis have a
dry hole on the Richard Kitchener
ten acres in Sec. 11-2S-15, northwest
OF Lenapah. This near good gas ter
ritory, had but a light showing Of
oil.
The well drilled by Watson and
others on the Rush farm in Sec. "a
1912 has started up again and drilling
at 45O feet. This well is just south of
Tulsa, two miles on the road to the
Perryman pool.
Recent advice from Pine Bluff
Ark, is to the effect that the well
drilling at Faith, is now 1,5O0 feet
in depth, and the test drilling at Starr
City is now 1860 feet deep.
The 25,OOO0OO-gas well recently
completed by the Okla OIL com
pany on the Kitty Eubanks farm, the
northeast Sec. 17-l3-1i at Morris,
drilled itself into salt water yester-
day and will now be drilled deeper
for oil.
Alex Preston is drilling at 1000
feet on the Sara Fink farm, the south
east of See 12-13-11. At $50 TT. 1870 #.
of sand was encountered, but no OIL
and only little water at the bottom
of It.
McCready and others are drilling at
1,1OO feet on the b. Murrell farm in
Sec. 5-13-13.
Smith, Meyers and others are shut
down at 500 feet on the Lareny, Sec.
ton 2S-15-14.
The Revere Oil con pany (Roser,
Stewart and others), are now clean
ing up their No. l, A. Dawson farm
Sec. 30-15-14.
The Prairie Oil and Gas company
are drilling at $50 feet their No. I,
the j. Adams farm, in Sec. S3-15-
IA.
The Tulsa Oil company CHomer
Preston), has completed No. 2,
Tucker farm, see. 33-18-12, and has a
25-barrel well.
The following is from the Oil City
Derrick, and relates to the death of
James Roy, Jr., whose brother is a
prominent resident of Tulsa:
Ex-Shcriff Roy.
WARREN, Pa, Jan. Thames
Roy, Jr., 81 years old, well known
resident of this city died Friday in the
Providence Retreat hospital, Buffalo.
after an illness of two years. His pop
ularity was shown in 1891, when he
was elected sheriff of Warren county
on the democratic ticket in a republic
can stronghold. He was prominent In
the Oklahoma oil fields. Three sis
ters, and one brother. John. in the
western oil fields. survive.
| The Prairie oil and Gas company
met in this city Monday, January Is.
and elected officers for the ensuing
year as follows: President. ]. L.
| O'Neil; vice-president, Nelson X.
Moody; treasurer. r. T. Patterson;
secretary. Clark II. Koontz; assistant
secretary, John Holllhan; directors: ].
Il .O'Neil Nelson X. Moody. Clark II.
Koontz, l.. T. Patterson, w. f. Gates.
Mr.. O'Neil continues as general mana
ger and Mr.. Moody as assistant gen
eral manager. The policy Of the
Prairie will remain in the future as in
the neutrality-suspicious. tKan.) Re-
porter.
| Up Bird Creek the Henry Oil COM
pany has completed No. 2 on the