Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-07-15
F. S. Freeland, Drilling JEFF
ferson Well, Signs with
Carter Company.
WITHIN 300 FEET
OF OIL STRATUM
Rutherford No. l Is Cleaned, and
Driller Confident Paying Well BE
Obtained in Another 200
Feet.

That the Standard Oil company has
entered jefferson county, that it owns
mineral leases on several thousands
OF acres Of land, and that it intends
to begin drilling for oil within very
short time, became known yesterday
when it was learned that the Carter
WI company, a subsidiary of the
Standard, mad signed a contract with
f. S. Freeland to begin drilling a we'll
near Faith as soon as Mr.. Freeland
completes the work of drilling the
well for the Jefferson Oil company,
On the Rutherford place, southeast of
the city.
Mr.. Freeland admitted last night
that he had contracted with the Car
ter Oil company to begin drilling
operations near Faith as soon as thu
Jefferson we'll comes in. and he admit
ted also that the Carter Oil company
is a subsidiary of the Standard Oil
company.
Are Near Oil Now.
That the jefferson we'll is within
300 feet of oil, according to all geo.
logical data, was the statement made
last night by Mr.. Freeland, who ex-
pressed the greatest confidence that
as soon as The well goes that much
farther down, a gusher will be
brought in, of not less than 5000 or
10000 barrels per day.
1--WE have finished today, something
we have been working on for year,
said Mr.. Freeiand. "That was to &c.
the we'll cleaned out and the six inch
pips set, with the packer at the bot
tom. Now we are ready to go down
farther, and the drilling will start
Monday
"The we'll is now 1890 feet deep,
and is we'll below the sand and water
which has caused so much trouble in
the past. Absolutely no more trouble
is anticipated, and i firmly believe
We will strike the oil sand within 200
feet and will bring in gusher after
going about 100 feet into the sand. l
am basing all my predictions on the
best information we have been able
to obtain from the geological bureau
of the federal department of the i'll
terror and the actual formations we
have found. and l believe i have
ample grounds for my optimism and
my enthusiasm"
Standard Has Been Busy.
The statement was made yesterday
by man in position to know, that
the Standard Oil company has been
obtaining great numbers of mineral
leases in this county for some weeks
past and that very recently it has
had as many as five representatives
at work getting these leases, in virtu-
ally all sections of the county.
"They have been getting leases on
thousands of acres,'' said this man,
who is banker. "and my informa-'
ton is that the company intends to
give Jefferson county thorough and
complete test for oil, by drilling a
number Of wells.
81 visited the Jefferson company's
we'll yesterday and I never saw such
hAlain indications of oil You can
smell the gas plainly, and you can
already see signs of oil, small guam
titles of the fluid that is coming up
with the water from the we'll. I
have never before seen anything
which promised so much, and / am
firmly of the opinion that Pine Bluff
and jefferson county is right now on
the eve of the greatest good that could
possibly happen to any community
the discovery of oil in paying quanti-
ties. Such occurrence will Immediate
ly and greatly increase the value of
every acre Of land i'll this vicinity.
and there will be enormous increases
in all lines - business and trade.
"a gusher at the jefferson COM
p pany's we'll will make Pine Bluff a
new city-5igger, better, greater and
richer than any citizen can possibly
anticipate"