The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-05


Mercer blk. Els Ragland ---- 100
Cabell ------ 237 Illinois ---- 1872
Corning ---- 24O Indiana ---- LIS
North Lima 188 Princeton - 1872
South Lima 1888 Plymouth - 1873
Petrolia (Canadian) 2.2S
The Critchlow-Marcum well in sec
tion 5s2w, south of Wilson, is drilling
at $50 feet
Charles ]. Wrightsman, in section |
4s7w east Of Addington, has been shut |
down for a week at 1860 feet. Drilling |
is to be resumed tomorrow.
Local producers are of the opinion |
that Healdton Is due for a fifteen-cent
advance within a short time. |
Gypsy Oil company No. l Pierce. in
section 1929, in the Fox district, has
casing trouble at 2O9O feet
Gypsy oil company No / Warren
Martin farm, in section 3l-2.3, has a
salt water sand at 2O35.
The deepest test at Healdton is being
drilled by the Bull Head OIL company
on the Dana farm in section 4.4.3 The
depth now is below 3400 feet A show.
ing Of oil was had at 27OO and the well
has, showing at its present depth
Plains OIL & Gas company No l Bert.
ley in section 1929, has reached
total depth Of 2774 feet. The tools are
stuck in the pipe l5O feet of Of bottom
The owners do not know whether the
casing has collapsed or not. The form.
alton is badly broken and is not con.
sidered as favorable.
Plains oil 4 Gas company. No. !
McCown in section 20-2.3. has recovered
the tools and is drilling at l4S5. The
well is in good condition.
Lecinda Oil company and Franklin
No.2 Dougherty. in 1928, is drilling
in redbeds at 1915. The ~ 1.2-inch
casing is set on the bottom. No. on
the same farm is drilling at 500 feet in
the same formation.
Gypsy oil company in the southwest
corner OF 1929, on the Williams farm.
is drilling at 2i4O. 1t is probable that
the we'll will be shut down at $500 feet
unless the formations are favorable
Gypsy oil company No l Bowers. in
1924, northwest of Fox, has not been
completed and Is not on the pump
Hickman on q Gas company No.
Hickman, In 1928. is drilling at 1850
feet.
Personals.
w ID. Hume. Of the Dundee Petrol.
cum company, is here from Tulsa spend.
ing few days with +. II. Royer,
Ralph Ramsey has returned from the
state university. where he was mem.
her Of the first summer class of that
institution In oil geology He was there
two months. There were twenty-five
In the class and the interest manifested
was unusual and very encouraging. The
university viii in all probability riake
the summer class In geology an insti.
tuition that win survive as long as there
Is oil activity In the state.
Joe Cannon, aged twenty-five, whose
home is at Graham In Carter county
lost his life in the Healdton field in "a
~ xu,rls
about a drilling well wire line formed
loop. The loop fell about his neck
and the burns were so severe that Us
soon as the injury had time to swell the
young man choked to death The re.
mains were taken to his home for bur.
ial
The Dalmore OH \ Refining company
of Oklahoma City, is represented here
by its special agent w. j. Newsom.
O. H.. Thompson. representing the
Carroll OH Marketing company OF
Tulsa Is here visiting with Dan Muir
ply. Of the Ardmore Refining company.
Mr. Thompson is purchaser NJ re
fined products OF petroleum.
W. T.. Higgins, who has large holdings
I'm the Graham district, has returned
from a visit to Baker, Oregon. His
brother resides there and is entering
the medical corps OF the United States
army as a surgeon, and Mr. Higgins
went TO visit with him before he left
for the firing line. En- route he visited
several places OF interest including the
wyoming fields.
Fred r. Tucker, state senator, has re-
turned from a trip 60 Colorado and Wye
ming. lie spent several days In Casper,
Wyo.. looking into the oil situation In
that state lie is Of the opinion that
wyoming win produce vast amount
OF oil OF high grade within the next
few years on his trip home he met
his sister. Mrs WIN stewart, accom-.