The log cabin Democrat., 1916-05-23
THINK GAS SURE
 AT PLUMtRYILLE BIG DRILLING OPERATIONS Are in Progress at That Place-De- velOping Work Progressing
 Throughout State.

lnrOughOut State.
 That the development of gas ane probably oil in paying quantities il the field near Plumerville, Conway county, is so strong a probability as to be practically certainty, is the opinion of w. E. Lawrence, sales manager of the Commonwealth Gas and Oil Company of Oklahoma, who has just returned from a visit to the Plumerville field. MT. Lawrence has been in Conway for several days in the interest of gas and oil develop ment.
 "The well now being drilled is about one and onehalf miles west of Plum erville," MT. Lawrence said today, "and is now drilling through a very hard formation at 800 feet. It is now making between two and three million feet of gas per day and there is every indication that a much larger flow will soon be reached. Col. J. B. Streator, who has spent lifetime in the gas and oil business, is in charge of the operations and is be- ing backed by c. A. Braden of Tulsa, Okla., who has made more than a million dollars in gas and oil in the past 10 months"
 'The magnitude of the work in progress near Plumerville would sur prise one who has not visited the place." MT. Lawrence continued. The latest and most powerful drilling ma chlnery IS in operation, night and day, and big force of expert drill CTS is employed. The plant even operate it's own electric light plant for Illuminating the night work The rigs and equipment must represent an investment of at least $50,0OO.
 'The project is in charge of men who mean business and who will not stop until the field has been thorough ly proved out" Mir. Lawrence said We need not be surprised at any time to hear of big gasser or oil Rusher being brought in.'
 A summary oft he oil and gas de- veiopment operations which have reached such wonderful magnitude in recent weeks is contained in Sundays Fort Smith Times Record. A long list is printed of the locations of the various wells brought in or being drilled. The Times Record says:
 With 28 wells drilling or ready to drill at the present time, practically the entire state under lease, current gas production around IO0,OOOOOO cubic feet day, and the possibility of striking oil becoming stronger and stronger as development proceeds Arkansas is the exposure of the eyes of the entire oil and gas world.
 And Fort Smith is the center of interest, for ten miles east of Elec- tric park, just inside the northern limits of the city, the first big pro- duction-that of the Clear Creek No. was attained. Leases had been taken throughout the state for many years previously, but the real development of the enormous gas re- sources of Arkansas had it's inception with the bringing in of the Clear Creek well. The success of the Clear Creek company, which was financed largely by local men, attracted hun dreds of Fort Smithians to the pos abilities of the territory adjacent to this city, and resulted in the forma tion of scores of companies for the development of these possibilities.
 "As Fort Smith led the field at the beginning, so it does now. The kibler field, probably, has attracted more outside oil capital to the state than any other territory in Arkansas But the foreign corporations have not confined themselves to local de velopment. Throughout the state rigs have sprung up, leases have been renewed, and the search for oil and gas has been prosecuted with new vigor. The city, however, has re. hained the hub of development, and it is to Fort Smith that prospectors fro moutside the state come.
 Of the 28 wells spudded in, or about to be spudded in throughout the state, 19 are in territory directly tributary to this city. Ten of these 19 are in Crawford county three ir Sebastian county, two in Franklin county, two in Scott county, and two in Logan county. Of the other nine scattered wells, one in Sevier county one in Independence county, one ir Conway county, one in Boone county one in Jefferson county, one in How ard county, and two in Little River county"