The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-04-28
VOCABULARY

Our attention IL called 10 lne TACT
that the amateurs for whose benefit
these weekly lessons have been start =
ed cannot fully appreciate and bene-
fit from them unless a vocabulary or
glossary OF the technical terms IS
first furnished. We admit the neees-
sity and hasten to supply the need ho
fore proceeding further. This seaonc
lesson therefore is made up Of care
ully prepared list OF definitions Of
most of the terms oftenest heard ol
used in the oil business.
STANDARD RIG The old fashion
ed wooden derrcks. wooden hull
wheel, etc. derricks range in hciSAl
rom III to 81 feet, in Oklahoma us
ually - feet high
MACHINE RIG Drilling machines
of different types; usually patented.
ROTARY MACHINES Seldom ugec
in Oklahoma. often in California ana
Texas Louisiana. where there Is very
leep drilling. drilling with boring
instead of a chnrning motion
BULL WHEEL Large reel on
which the drilling cable is wound
CABLE Either of wire or rope. t'
TOOLS General name for the bit
stem, rope socket, timber screw, ga
bic. bailer and other parts of tbs
drilling or fishing apparatus.
FISHING That which makes
hole expensivc graphing for tool
which are fast in the bottom Of the
hole and usually parted from the ca
bic.
PARTS on THE Rlr Derrick
boiler house. bull wheels. WaltlnI
beam. sampson post, headache post
,alf wheel. sand reel, etc,
RIGGING UP Installing engla'
and boiler, stringine the cable, alta h.
ing tools. etc.
SPUrDDlNG The preliminary slas'
Of drilling, when the cable is attached
TO the bull wheel crank instead of th'
walking beam.
CASING, NOM and verb. The s'co
pipe that Is used to case the hole
made necessary by snbterranean wat
er, gas or caving
SAND The rock-like sandstone
which oil gas and usually salt wAt"
is found; oil is never found except II
such sand rock The idea oi sllbtor
ranean lakes of oil or formations &
soft liquid sand the geologiss say J
never true.
tiEOLOGlST "A learned individual
who can tell you where to find oil h''
can't find it himself
NTtCLINE A geological term Of
ten used by persons VINO 20 Iiot huoN
what they are talking about
MOCNSHlN NER The drillcr VIII
has the night shift tOil wells usual
drill all the time, stopping neither 70
darkness or Sabbath. There are eN
eeptons of coursel.
CROOKE ED HOLE The term is sci
explanatory. They are usually, Otter
impossible, to go deeper in wlthon
great risk of a fishing Job.
OFFSFT-A well on an adioinin-
tract, at the closest point To the firs
we'll Compatible with location dis
tances
LOCAT1ON-The spot selected 10
hole Locations or wells are usual
Iy at regular distance from the sur
yeved corners and side lines, and arr
usually 300 or 400 feet apart.
LINE FIGHT Where offsetiinI
producers crowd up against the lin'
regardless of the field agreement an'
disregard the location distances gen
orally. the aim usually heing to ge
as many wells down as close to th'
other fellow as possible
SALT WATER Precisely what 4
says; may be found anywhere in Ok
lahoma at varying depths Appreciat
ed by nobody.
iWfUDCAT T-4Disrespectful term or ;
neryy gamble that oil is whore nobodl
else believes it is
TOOL DRESSER A man who mus
not weigh more than 50 pounds. foi