Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-08-08
Big Oil Field May Be
Outgrowth of Years of
Patient Validating

For years wildcatters have been nibblng at
Hughes comtys oil bait and with the exception of
the two gas wells which supply the town of Dustin
oil IN paying quantities has been discovered un-
less the Penn-West well pans out all to the good, and
there is no question but what it liz oil we-jlst
a matter of the size that is ALL
Years ago R. NJ McFarin and James Chapman
drilled a well $500 feet deep on Chapmans farm
northeast Of this city and a little later a local stock
company drilled 1870 feet, adjoining the townse.
Sam Wheh drilled a well Wetumka four
years ago and got duster at 1000 feet He drilled
another one three miles east of Wetumka for B. b.
Jones two years ago, and stopped at $500 feet with
bunch of tools in the hole.
Hanna parties drilled 1900 feet over there and
quit and three test wells have been put down Calvin
Tulsa parties drilled another well 2l40 feet deep
four miles from Dustin seven years ago, and three
years ago another drilled to a depth of 2235
feet a half mile from the other test.
Tulsa parties also drilled well nine miles west of
Wetumka, at cost Of $200O0 and got a dry hole at
1000 feet
Eighteen months ago Tulsa parties blocked up five
thousand east of town and let contracts for two
wells, but the following week oil cut in price,
the contractors who had agred to drill for certain
amount of acreage, "blew up, and the promoters
after losing several thousand dollars threw up the
sponge.
The derrick erected by Omer Benedict of, Tulsa
still stands on the ROmberg farm, three miles east
of the city. At one time he owned eight thousand
of leases in Hughes county
There has been in the neighbOrhood of a half
million dollars spent in Hughes county in drilling and
in leases, court costs, etc. and until the Penn-Wes
well was brought in nothing remained to show for
the expenditures except two small gas wells at Dus-
tin, in 5-9l2
showed This is also true of gas. However as had
been, stated by every oil who visited the
county, there has been a test deep enough to
prove disprOve the field.
Biologists for years have pointed several anti
cnes and monOcines lodges, breaks etc. and all have
cOnended that indications pointed the presence Of
oil and gas sbearing strata
The PennWest we'll therefore is the only real test
the county has ever had
There is gas to the east, Dustin; oil to the north,
Weeetka oil to the west, WewOka; oil to the south,
Allen.
Theer is no doubt now that the Penn-West has
showing at 3,085 feet, that the whole county will be
drilled again. and at depth that will show
clusiyely what is in the earth beneath
At Allen, south Of Holdenvie there are several
excellent wells at shallow depths, and everything for
miles around is under lease and will be drilled out in
the next few years.
There are also several wells near Wewoka and
drilling going right ahead. There is not acre
of land there that is not leased and every town.
ship will be tested out.
To the north at Wetumka, where Omer Benedict
drilled dry hole at 2400 Tulsa lease men are grab
bng everything in sight at ~ and SO acre. year
ago Benedict cancelled nearly four thousand acres in
this vicinity.
Over east, at Dustin, the big oil companies pay
ing rentals thousands and thousands of acres not
withstandng several shallow dry holes have been
drilled in that territory
To up the opinion to prevail that no.
body has yet drilled deep enough.