The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-10
OIL AND GAS NEWS

Mckes Oil Company No 7. on the
north line Of 25-4-S will go on the pump
TINS week. The owners estimate il at
. seventy-five barrels
Rockland Oil Company No. 2 Pitts. in
1888, has the eight inch casing set and
is drilling at 7S5 feet No. 3. same farm
is drilling at $50 feet and No. A is drill.
ing at 600 feet.
Harris-strawn Oil Company, on the
Sarasota in section 1888, has rig com.
peted for No. 12 and has rig under
construction for No. 10.
Bull Head Oil Company No. IA, which
drilled into the Dunlap sand at 2700 feet
on the Dana farm in 4-4.3, the deepest
sand at Healdton, will be placed on the
pump early this week
Magnolia Petroleum Company has re.
ceived its third engine for its casing.
head gasoline plant in section 31.3.3. on
the Richards farm. The plant will be in
four units and one other engine is to
arrive The high pressure steel tanks
are en- route.
Magnolia Petroleum Company No. 2lI
Rose, in 23.4-3. is drilling at 500 feet and
No. II is rigging up No. Z Woodworth
in 1898, is rigging up to drill to the
SOO-foot sand. No SO, on the Smalley
farm in section lO-4-3, is drilling at 15O
feet.
Prairie Oil & Gas, on the Westheimer
farm in S-2s-3w, is fishing at 1885 feet.
Hickman Oil & Gas Company, on the
Hickman farm in section 1923, is drill.
ing at 1850 feet with formations run.
ming with the Llndei smith well, which
went into an oil sand at 2O7O feet.
Lone Star Gas Company is rushing
construction work on its sixteen.inch
gas line from Gainesville to the Loco
gas field. Pipe Is now being unloaded
at Ringing and a camp has been estab.
lished at Loco preparatory to starting
work at both ends Of the line.
c. Y. Welles, Of the Lone Star Gas
Company, passed through here yester.
day from Duncan en- route to Gaines.
vile, where the work of building the
company's gas line TO Loco is in pro.
gress.
DR.. and Mrs. J. w. Potter returned
from Colorado in their car yesterday.
DR.. Potter states that the trip home was
pleasant with the exception that he had
about fifteen punctures and was caught
in very heavy rain storm at Electra.
Texas.
j. T. McKibben, secretary Of the A. T.
McGhee Mining Company, is visiting
with his family here. Mr.. McKibben has
been at Stems, New Mexico. where his
company is engaged in mining zinc. lead.
copper and silver a. T. McGhee made
a fortune at Healdton and has made still
more money in the mining business. He
has some rich deposits and is hauling
water by rail a distance OF forty.three
miles and by trucks a distance of six
miles and is hauling the ore by trucks
six miles 20 the shipping point Two
railways are now getting ready to build
into his mine.
Jake l.. Hamon has returned from
business trip TO Chicago and Kansas
City. Mr. Hamon is now about the
busiest man az Healdton. He has a
large refinery under construction. Is
preparing TO build two casing head gaso.
line plants and is running LARGE mum
ber Of strings Of tools.
r. b. Weaver went to Oakland today.
where he will see TO the unloading OF
tools for the well to be drilled by the
Kinney oil X Refining Company. near
Oakland
The report Of the organization Of the
Chickasaw Refining Company gave the
capacity Of the plant at 200 barrels
when IL should have read 1900 barrels.
Judge c. NJ. Fulton left here today
FOR Fulton and Miami and from there he
viii 30 east 10 remain several weeks. /
Miss Mary Boone. with the Plains oil
& Gas Company has returned from q
visit Of two weeks with her sister in
Mineral Wells. Texas.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry franklin are In
the city today from the fields m
Franklin will return at once but Mrs.
Franklin will remain here few days
Frank N. Head who has been at Min.
eral Wells 20 superlntend the starting
OF a well there for the Pains oil 4 Gas
Company, will leave here tomorrow for
Allen. where he will see about begin.
ming q well there for the same company
Wen No. 3, on the orton farm near
Mineral Wells. which IS producing what
Is known locally as Milsap amber
crude has been placed on the pump and
Is making about seventyfive barrels a
day Of this high grade oil This is the
we'll that the Plains oil & Gas Company
is preparing to offset Walter Cant and
l.. II. Crowell have also made some rath.
or large investments In that district
Howard Figg Is at home from a busi'
ness stay of a week IN Kansas City.