The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-09-26
OIL WILL
PLAY AN IMPORTANT
PART IN WORLD WAR

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work out. One OF the best geolo-
gists and one whose map OF the state
has now developed as a marvel pf ac-
curaey, fell down completely when he
undertook to locate either oil or gas
in any particular spot and no wonder
After the development was we'll
alone. il proved that the east line OF
he Usage was good every fifth lot One
uf these lots would be rich in oil the
next on each side fairly good, then a
bad one and no geologist on earth
could figure on a freak development,
Hike this.
The Cherokee was much more regu-
Jar around BartleSvllle. The drilling
In the vicinity OF Dewey and along the
Caney river had the price OF oil been
hs now, would have meant many for
tunes but with the opening OF oil in
the state, the price declined rapidly to
% cents and there was an utter lack OF
marketing facilities during the days
when the shallow sand at Chelsea and
Nowata and at Bartlesyilc were being
developed
foreign money into state.
This all lead in turn to the ntroduc-
ton of foreign money into the state
The first field that marked the begin
ming Of other than Standard Oil money
for the payment of developed property
was when the late David Gunsburg
went 20 Europe and sold to the Hol-
landers, a fine bunch of shallow pro.
duction for $l.2U0O0. Even the Stand.
ard officials knew it then just as they
know II now and there was much anx-
iety as to whether or not the deal had
been made.
II was quite shock to the Prairie
people when the deal became known as
Il did because Of telegram from Mr.
Cunsburg TO his foreman at Nowata
which simply said, Pump the wells
night and day" A straight tip to the
oil reporter who soon snread the news
Glenn Pool Followed.
The Glenn pool followed the Usage
development so soon aSSfo leave no
chance for an increase of pipe line
facilities and when Bob Gabreath com
pleted his first well on the Glenn farm
that opened that famous pool, it brought
the Gulf & Texas line into the field in
short order.
Mr.. Galbreath Is living in Tulsa. has
been the state national committeeman
10 the democratic party and is entitled
10 monument as being the pioneer in
that great pool tha, laid the fortunes
of many man and operating con-
Germs il ever any one was entitled to
one
II took a lot OF nerve to complete
this well and the early stories have
never lost their interest showing as they
did how desperately hard up he was
before getting to the big pay At that
Mr.. Galbreath never made as much
from his venture as he should have
made. II is ever thus.
Cushing Reported Failure.
The first we'll in thc Cushing field,
while not unexpected, came in good
after being reported as a failure by
Two Of the best scouts that ever watched
q drilling we'll in this or any other
country They watched the water run
down the hill after the bailer was run
sad came to town With the news that
the we'll made flow of salt water and
BY the time the report was corrected,
II was found that B. r. Jones and his
associates had hired every rig in the
livery stable at Cushing and locked
them up tight so that there was no
chance for outsiders TO get lease.
Il was before THIS that Thomas Slick,
working for C. b Shaffer had punched
block Of acreage and had pointed out
to Mr.. Shafier the fact that there
ought to be an extension of the Cleve-
land, Usage, Bar,lesville sand in this
direction and that more than likely the
various sands found at Cleveland
would be discovered, There was no
geological dope used in drilling the
first we'll as Mr.. Shaffer has never
been strong for geologsts but it ap-
pealed to him as being in line just as
Il did to Others who were prospecting
here at that time
Steve Frazier had made a report to
what afterward became the Roxana Pc
troleum company, that east OF Gushing,
acreage could be had At 10 cents per
seye and that it was the best bet in
Oklahoma. Mr. Frazier let the writer
see his report and good share of it
was printed long before the first well
vas drilled that opened the great pool.
New Ponca City Field.
In the meantime, +. ". Marland had
opened the Ponca City field and con-
vinced the skeptical oil fraternity that
oil was to be found west of the Pawnce
county field and west of the we'll
eleown Bartlesville sand trend. Too
much honor cannot be given him for
his enterprise and the marvel is that
the little pool at Ponoa City should
ever have been discovered There are
many others yet waiting for the drill.
The Ponca City development later
lead 20 the drilling at Newkirk and
this time, geology played It's first I'M
portant part in the development in
Oklahoma, as State GeologiSt O'ilern
sent broadcast over the state, blue
prints showing the prospective field
and deserves the greatest credit for
same.
Then Blackwell.
Blackwell development is the result
Of the keen foresight and good judg
yuert of one M nIarkyeIl's hardware