The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-28
(Averts Oil Millions May Underlie
 Oklahoma Segregated Lands 10000 Acres Set Aside by State After Official Survey
 Valuable Oil and Gas Lands Leased to
 Segregated Oil Company WE'LL DRILLING ON CHOSEN STATE LANDS State Gets Royalty of One Eighth Seven Fights
 From Rich Lands May Make Big Profits for Stockholders :.


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 Oklahoma City. Okla, Feb. IT, 1917 Why? The Nation depends upon Ok lahoma for its high-grade oil from which gasoline and other light oils are refined Oklahoma oil is producing over one-half of the crude oil from which gasoline is made in the United were to suddenly shut down one-hal1 $ of the automobiles in the United States would have to stop running The great automobile industry is, In way, dependent upon Oklahoma oil fields. Oklahoma, is producing almost twice as much oil as all of the states east of the Mississippi River, more than Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York West Virginia, Indiana, Illinois, Ken lucky, Tennessee and Louisiana com bined.
 Considering the above brief facts Means Millions?" Or that hundreds of lOklahoma oil companies are mak. ing fortunes for their shareholders The wonder of 1t never ceases. Al most every day you read of men, or groups of men, or companies selling their holdings for millions of dollars: Recently the report was published of the McMan Oil Company, which sold out part of it's production to the Mag nolia Oil Company for the vast sum of $35.OO0,000. Just 9 few years ago R. M McFarlin and others started this dollars. Another interesting news item of recent date is that of the 1914 Oil Company, which sold 100 acres in the Healdton field for over $50O,- 900. Each original investor of $1OO made $57, 400 in about two years The n aSssrr rIn aI I,(l recently sold for $16o,000. Men who invested $500 few months ago clean Ted up $5S,0O on their money in less than a year. Just a few days ago the Press and Oil Journals reported the sale of the B. B. Jones' properties in Recently the Hill Oil and Gas Com pany sold their holdings in the Okla- homa fields to the Cosden Oil and Gas Company for $12.00,000. The Coline Oil Company was organized by twelve business men of Ardmcre. money. They sold their holdings for an even Million Dollars, each share holder receiving $83.00O for his share. Sarah Rector, a little Negro Indian girl. was allotted eighty acres of land by the government. She leased it to royalties of one-eighth of the Oil pro- duced.s The company drilled. struck oil and her royalty, according to the newspaper. is now about $30,000 per month. She purchased farm a few days ago in the Arkansas River bot toms, paying $50,000 for the same. Hundreds of instances of .F fabulous wealth being made every day could be cited.
 Rig Demand for Crude Oil
 withxthe demand for crude Oil in fcreasfng By leaps and bounds, the de- nnand now greater than the supply the price in consequence advancing and almost certain to continue to 'ad- vance, the eyes of the world are on the Oil fields of Oklahoma, which are attracting the attention of investors all over the world.
 z The element of speculation, which enters into all things, business of every kind. industry, rain and sunshine to mature the growing crops also enters of sDeculation can be largely eliminat- ed through experience and scientific guidance, and the risk reduced to the ninimun. .4i v o4 Per Cent. Wells Successful
 Almost 50.0O0 wells have been drilled in the State of Oklahoma. Ac- cnrdinR to statistics compiled by the LIS. Geological Survey. 84 wells out of every 100 wells drilled have been productive of either Oil or Gas. This is a. remarkable percentage of sue cesses and a low percentage of fail- uress As s1 49
 Geologists and those who have made a study of the, Oil business in Okla horia, have ;he full benefit of the welfss that have been drilled to- guide them. A study of the logs of the dif- ferent wells indicate the formations. The surface conditions. the pitch of the.i rocks. the structure and the an- tfr1inal Holdings point ont plainly where to drill for Oil. Where the ground has been carefully surveyed and examined by competent geolo- largely eliminated in fact it is au- thoritstively stated that go per cent cf artIc1ine recommended byt geolo- g'~-s have nrodnced oil. @
 The state of Oklahoma. realizing that vest oN and gas wealth may un- derlie portions of her public lands, acted upon the urgent advice of the state oil and gags i1spector and set aside or tsegregated" for oil and gas devefonment, certain of these lands. According to the report of R. L.l Luns- ford. geoloEist, who inspected and traced out formations for the state on Cimarron Cuntv lands. anther great oil pool Is likely to be discovered in that region. Regarding the prospects in this locality. MT. Lunsford's report " Ilc COIIIIlls<SIOnSTS or the land 0f- flee was, in brief, as follows: "The formations are so conspicuous and prominent that a careful survey is enough to convince me that great amount of oil and gas and some other minerals will be found in this reein. The Major antic1tnal wave reaches it's apex fn-the breaks in Gina iron Coun- ty. I recommend lands in this re- zion for segregation for oil and gas!
 The State of. Oklahorra retains the usual royalty of one-eighth of all the. oil and gas produced If a large pool of oil is brught in on the segregated lands He royalty accruing to the Statee Wu run into princeIy sums. likelys sufficient to phy all of the run mug exnenses of the State govern rant This statement Is borne out bv thH fact royalties now accruing to the State from oil and gas wells drilled 1n2the Cfnarron River he'd amount to N460, ,489.16 fSept. 1. 19161. sThis development at the river bed began ahrut two years ago.
 Bond Guarantees Drillinr
 The State, cognizar, or the i.rpar- aiieled demand for Oklahoma Crude Oll, decided to lease for Eimmediate oevelopment substantial part of its segregated lands. A few well known bankers and practical Oil men. bv meeting the rigid requirements of the State,s were awarded an OH and Gas lease on 10000 acres of these lands Re1ore executing the lease. the State