The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-05

several miles.
Madill is either the child of a col
lossal mistake, or else some very good
but fearfully scarce oil has been 10
Gated upon the Arbuckle farm east OF
town. Years and years ago-it
seems-the wells located on the prop
erty of the Arbuckle family were
brought in, though in reality it was
only some five or six years ago. Drills
| have worked hither and thither but
with no success other than the first
discovery. But what drill?
The government report filed by
Professor Taft during that period of
activity which put Madill on the oil
map" criticized the way in which
drilling was being done here, and
drilling after his departure seemed
to carry out his theory. A rotary
drill, with three-inch bit penetrat
ing the sand, no shooting of the sand,
determination to jump to a new
location, with inexperienced help, al
of these-and more-have aided and
abetted in fastening the tin can to
the tail of Madill so far as oil opera.
tions are concerned This, too, in
spite of the fact that oil found here
sells for $3.50 per barrel grades up
TO 47.5, and is, therefore something
like II per cent better as a gamble
than any other oil found in Oklahoma
save that at Muskogee and several
degrees higher in test than even that
of the Muskogee field.
Let the new man come to Madill
and the first question he asks will
be, whats the matter with your oil
situation?' The answer will always
be the same: Damn the oil field here"
and that, too from the very people
who have themselves and their lack
of experience to blame for NOT hav-
ing an oil feld-in fact from not hav-
ing big oil fielu at their very door.
Development work around Madill
has beer carried on much the same as
has been the care of that which they
did fnd-it's joke. Pipe lines from
the wells to the loading rack that
waste as much oil as it conveys; old
iilapidated pumping machinery, with
4 boiler, antequated beyond any in
the modern field; pumps and plungers
that resemble the methods of ages
and ages ago in fact, great big
propostion-in possibility-begin oper-
ated with so much economy(?) and at
such great waste that it is the subject
Of jokes whenever real oil men visit
the field.
so called dry holes abound on the
Arbuckle allotment. 1t is nothing to
lave the story told one that hundreds
Of thousands of dollars have been
spent in development, but that there
IS nothing doing and will be nothing
doing until deep test is made and
10 save ones life, the half of that
amount could not be extracted from
all of the earthly possessions ever
jwned or controlled by those who have
he field in charge. Back to the dry
loles. It's a funny-looking, peculiar
acting dry hole that permits one to
lail out oil for hours at time in a
ain effort to get to the water" Ell?
Yet that is the very condition that
prevails on the leases of the present
'wners of the proven field!
As predicted in the previous report
rom this writer, Mrs. Carrie Ar .
'uckle has brought suit to cancel the
urplus allotment held by the MalMil-
an company. The lease has been le-
ally termed a un-lateral contract. 1t
rovides for no development for no
York whatever extends over a period
I fifteen years, and has the much
looted dollar clause. 1t is virtually =
lNdSt W lllt hdl-Mllldn company
o long as they want to take oil from
he one producing well, which, by the :,
'ay, has paid Mr.. Arbuckle the muni. y
cent sum of $3.50 royalty in eleven e"
lonths! Yet, when you ask what is =
he matter with the field, you are told ~
nat there is nothing doing here for
le up-and-going oil man! ~
Oil men are likened unto a flock of IL
leep. They need a bell wether. One -
Il well makes the whole bunch sail
way to the new field" The Arbuckle "
etroleum Company will bring in the
rst well the coming week. That is w
lie well in S0-5-6, while Ace Michael
Ill uncover the next one on the Nc.
ougal property in 36-5-5. Then watch "
e crowd come to Madill. ~
Wonder " There Was a Chauffeur? lie
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