The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-02-19
MADlLL ACTIVITIES
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Nadill. Okla, Feb. lS.-The strlk-
ing of the third sand at depth Oh
| t1Oi feet and penetrating that SAND
| to depth of twenty-four feet by
the Crumwell Oil & Gas company
on their lease in 1906 on the clos
inc of last week sounded the keynote
of the opening of a decidedly bright
prospective spring in Marshali
county This lease was largely hoot-
ed at when Crumwell and his asso-
ciates began operations here, ana
there were those who questioned the
wisdom of that gentleman placing
cash bond of $1,000 that he would
drill the lease. However, the sue
cpssfu termination Of the drilling
proyes that with the several hundred
acres held hy this company Will
come active drilling this spring. The
rig will probably be removed at once
70 the Chowning lease in 17-5-5, at
which poiEt they expect to be met
with IN Injunction to prevent further
drilling there as the Chownings are
seemingly determined to test the
lease held on their land by this COM
pany Probably this is the greatest
drawback this field has-namely,-
the opposition to development by the
very ones who are to be banehteo
the most Development by the
Crumwen Oil & Gas company will
be watched with interest.
Messrs. Arlington and Trammel are
starting the rotary in 1861 We'd
nesday or Thursday of this week.
This well is in the sand at $40 with
good showing for gas, but. being
only seven feet in the sand, con-
tinued operations will probably show
that deeper test will be necessary
A decided effort will be made by
the McDougal Oil G. Gas company to
reach more gas on the Derrick lease
in 3G-5-j. to the end that gas from
that lease may be brought to Madill
for the coming winter, Already the
company has sufficient gas WITH
which to do all the drilling work
they will have under way during the
spring, and, coupled with the gas in
2i-j-5. belonging to Davidson Broth
ers. one or two strong gassers from
the Derrick lease will supply Madill.
For The purpose of making this test
in 36-5-5, Ace Michael has moved
his drilling rig onto the lease and
will this week begin work.
Jordan Brothers announced today
that they have financed the drilling
of the test in 1-5-i having secured
some 500 acres in close proximity
to this test Already this well is
375 feet. and logs Of this and other
wells show that the dirt is what it
should be to tally up with the Crum-
well tests made elsewhere.
The production in 25-5-5 continues
to be a query with all who come
and so alike. Wells that were
brought in some six years ago are
still Being pumped and, with less
care than is exercised over wells of
much less importance, these Dells
continue to make their owners good
money. When it is considered that
these wells were drilled in with four
inch casing. have never been cleaned,
are being pumped continually and
vary less than 100 barrels per year,
that over 600 acres of land is owned
by the company and no new develop
ment done since the original drilling,
it is little wonder that local people
are skeptical about the ownership.
The theory that these wells and the
Arbuckle acreage is being manipu-
lated so as to prevent development
rather than encourage it, seems well
founded. II is stated on good author