The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-22

making five million feet OF gas from a
sand found at GA feet.
Humble Oil & Refining company, in
| the Burkburnett district Of north Texas
has 700 acres of leases and has five
wells that are making something like
5000 barrels. This company has. so
far, the richest oil lands that have bo>en
found In that area.
Gypsy Oil company No. 9 w. b.
Johnson. in section 2S-2.3 has drilled
twenty-five feet into the sand that was
found at 2l42 feet. The oil sand had
, break of four feet of coarse sand
that is making water. THE well is
drilling deeper into the pay.
Gypsy oil company. on the Bowers
farm i'm section 13 2s4w, is skid!ing the
rig from well No. 2 fifty feet west,
where third well will be drilled and
this well will be finished in the $50
foot sand.
Summit oil & Gas company, on the
Nunnelly farm in section II 2s3w, has
been abandoned at 2572 feet.
Sinclair-Astral Oil companies No. 6
Dougherty. in section 1928. will not
be drilled at this time. The timbers
which were hauled to this location are
now being removed from the site.
Lone Jack Oil company, on the Skid
more in 11.4.3, had a water sand at 2l7O
and the we'll is now underreaming at
1900 feet.
Plains Oil & Gas company at Mineral
Wells, Texas. is drilling at a depth of
226O feet. At the level of the expected
sand. 2,212 feet, this well had sand
that made n showing of gas in the top
but was mixed with slate and did not
carry oil
Gypsy Oil company No. / Pruitt, in
section 1928 is drilling at I SOS. The
first gas sand was due here at 1889
feet and 1t has been missed. No. 2.
on the same farm, is drilling at 400 feet.
Uncle Sam Oil company, in section'
1.3-4, has reached depth of 1885 feet.
George w. Chaffee, in section 2-3-3,
who is changing from a start to stand
ard tools at 2235 feet, has gone to Kan
sas City for a conference with others
interested with him in the well.
Hickman Oil company, on the Hick-
man farm in section 1928 in the Fox
district, has abandoned its well at
total depth of 2715 feet. The eight-inch
casing is being pulled.
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Watson, in section 22-4-S, has been
abandoned on account of lost tools and
a second well will be drilled twenty feet
to the north.
Magnolia Petroleum company No. 20
Rose. in section 23-4-3, is drilling at
1000 feet. This well will be drilled to
the level of the Westheimer sand found
in section 25 at 1880 feet.
Carter Oil company No. l6 Rhoades,
n section l3-4.3, which was shut down
1T 1860 feet, is rigging up to be drilled
% the level of the Westheimer sand.
Carter Oil company No. . Mobley, in
section 13-4-3, is drilling at 1775 feet
This we'll will be drilled to the level Of
he Pugh sand found in 1S-4-2 at 1862
feet.
Kewanee Oil 4 Gas company No. 2
on the Keck farm in section 5-4-S.
which has been wasting gas for several
months, has been successfully shut in
and the gas is being conserved.
The second gas well drilled in the
Walters field by John NJ. keyes. has
been leaking gas since il was drilled
in and some complaints have been made
about the waste. A new valve has ar
rived and the well is entirely shut in.
The delay was caused on account OF
inability to get material.
Jake l.. Hamon Is arranging to begin
immediate drilling operations in section
30.4-2 near the dry hole OF the Pro
ducers Oil company, where he has had
a rig up for several months. The Pro-
ducers well had a sand at 1892 feet but
II was not prolific enough TO make a
well.
Iokla Oil & Gas company. on fee
lands in section 3-4-3, offsetting well
No. IL of Walter Critchlow on the
Frazier farm. Is rigging up. This well
will be made a deep test. IL necessary.
but its offset is a good well.
Critchlow 4 Marcum. on the Frazier
farm in section 3-4-S, have completed
well No IL. II bad three sands begun
ming at s75 feet and ending at 1o6s
feet. The well was drilled to a total
depth Of 1f10 feet. The production is
good for sixty barrels. Well No. IL.
on the same property, is being rigged
up by Contractors Brady a Roger.
Walter S. Critchlow, in section S-5-2.
south Of Wilson. is underreaming the
six-inch casing preparatory to deeper
drilling. The present depth is 1000 feet.
The Eastern Torpedo company. which
has a nitroglycerine plant under con-
struction two and half miles west Of