The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-03-07

the production was 51,427071 barrels
and in 1913, 55,O1S.541 barrels. The
total production for 1914 exceeded
100 900 ,OOO barrels. These high pro
ductions placed Oklahoma second in
rank IN production and first in value
of oil. The total production for 1915.
including pipe line runs, oil in stor-
age, and that destroyed by fire, has
been estimated at 123, ,SO5, 900 barrels.
Development in oklahoma.
The discovery of oil in Kansas ere
ated excitement on the Indian Terri
tory side, and in 1884 the Choctaw
Oil and Refining company was form
ed one well was begun about 20
miles north of Tahlequah and another
on Clear Boggy creek, about II miles
west of Atoka. Neither produced
more than Showings of either oil or
gas. There was no further activity
until 1894, when the Cudahy Oil COM
pany drilled two wells at Muskogee,
each Of which showed good prospects,
but no active development took place
in this field until 1904, when it be-
came possible to secure proper titles
to land and to have allottees' leases
approved by the department of the
interior.
The Red Fork-Tulsa district was
opened by the drilling of producing
well in 1901 Practically all The ac-
tivity of the early part of 1904 was
confined to the Usage nation. The
Cleveland field was opened in Septem-
Der 1904, and some development oc-
CURED in the vicinity of Muskogee,
Chelsea, Red Fork, Bartlesyille, All
uwe, Lonapah and Dewey. In 1904
there was considerable active develop
mcnt in the extension of known fields.
The Wheeler field, northwest of
Ardmore, was discovered in 1905. In
1906, in addition to active develop
ment, the famous Glenn pool was
opened. This pool reached its maxi
mum production in October 1907, when
field about Dewey was opened in
1906, as was also the Morris pool.
By the close of the year the produc-
tion for the state was about 100000
barrels. In 1905 a new pool of eX-
cellent high-grade oil was found at
Muskogee. The principal features
of this year were high production
wells and the finding of deeper sands |
in producing fields.
The production and activity of
1910 considerably surpassed that of
1909. The chief centerS of new activ-
ity We're Henryetta and Usage. Gas
was discovered at Poteau. In 1911
further development was shown in |
the fields and a special increase in
the Hogshooter region.
Early in 1912 the price of oil ad- |
vanced from 80 cents to So cents per
barrel. Drilling was greatly stimu-
ldJeu, anu dN d ItSuIl Olu HSluS were !
extended and much wildcatting was
done, which, in some cases, proved |
successful. The most striking fea
ture of the new development was the
discovery of the Gushing pool. other
important developments were the dis
coyery of deeper sands in the Cleve-
land field; the eastward extension of
the Glenn pool: the opening of the !
Adair pool, west of Nowata; renewed
activities in the Ponca City field; and
in Okmugee county. A good gas well
was brought in near Duncan. and |
some development was made at Loco
In 1913 the price OF oil advanced |
to $1.05 per barrel, with premium of
90 to so cents per barrel additional
for certain light grade oils. During
this year the principal new develop
ment was the opening of the Healdton
field. The first well was drilled in
August, and by the close of the first
year more than 500 wells had been
drilled, with 270 of these as produc-
ton and numerous wildcatting adven-
lures were made throughout central |
and southwestern Oklahoma Actiy
ity was renewed in the Madill region.
Several new fields were added to the
list early in the year by the bringing
in of good producers in localities
outside Of the proved fields. The
conditions of the oil market have
prevented further drilling in these To-
calities. During 1913 and the early
part of 1911 drilling operations reach
ed the highest point of activity. When
the drop in price came in the early
part of 1914 the state was producing
over 100000 barrels of oil daily. The
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