The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-04-24
BIOLOGISTS VISIT
NEAR THE TOWN
VERY HOPEFUL OF FINDING OIL
SOUTHWEST OF ARDMORE BUT
A FEW MILES.

The officers of the Ardmore Citi-
zens' Oil company, together with an
expert geologist, visited their leases
southwest of the city yesterday and
after careful examination, made a
location for their we'll which is in
the northwest quarter of section "a.
south, / east, on the Criner farm,
just a few hundred feet from the
location chosen by the California
people last year, who built their
rig. but could not get in a drill
before the lease expired. The con-
tract for the Citizens well has been
let and the rig will be finished by
Monday. The well is located in a
valley, and is just east of Hickory
creek, where rich oil sand outcrops
which the geologist said was the
richest oil sand he ever found ex-
posed, and which, though exposed
for years to the air and overflow
Of the creek, is punsent with the
oior Of oil, and in the SUMMER time
oil oozes out of this ledge in guam
titles. Less than a mile to the north
are situated the Downard asphalt
mines, some Of the richest deposits
OF their kind in the world. and from
which Ardmore's paving was OBJ
tanned.
For years there has been a stead
fast belief thar there is a big oil
field in this neiehborhood just south
west of this city and several at
tempts have been made in the past
to get tests drilled, but the people
owning lands in that neighborhood
have always been so confident that
oil underlays their land that it has
been hard to get enough leases to
warrant drilling; now, however, the
field will be thoroughly tested.
The Safe Oil company, with 400
acres of leases, has a we'll drilling
in section So, a mile southwest of
the Ardmore Citizens well, and an
oil shoying was encountered at
about 800 feet. The Safe company
announces that another test will be.
sunk at once, thus insuring three
immediate wells in this neighborhood
and thorough test of the field
The Safe companys stock has been
over-subscribed and is now held at
premium.
The Ardmore Citizens company
is capitalized for 100000, and has
1909 acres of leases southwest ofI
town and also a 2G-acte lease in
the northwest quar'ar If section
4-4-3, in the Heald;Gn field, south
of the well recently brought in by
the Hewitt Oil and Gas company
in section H. Should the test
southwest of Ardmore find no oil,
the 2O-acre lease at Healdton
should reimburse stockholders for
their money invested while if
field is opened up south of town
their stock might easily be worth
to one.
A portion Of the stock of the
Arimore Citizens Oil company is
now on sale at par at the office
Of Judge l. r. Mason, but the stock
will be withdrawn as soon as enough
IS sold to take care Of the develop
nent.
The finding OF a field on the out
skirts of Ardmore would clinch Ard
more her position as an oil center
and the building of any new town 4
to the west would not hurt us.
Tn new field would be but one
mile west of the Santa Fe railroad,
which would insure d ready market
'or all oil found. The Santa Fe
Itself is in the market for large L
quantities of fuel oil, and could
easily handle the entire product Of
-he field The bringing in of a
field at this point would be much
more than the Healdton field, which
5 30 miles to the west, and the
benefits of which Will have to bel
shared with other citizens.