The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-06-26
WEALTH STREAMS
FROM OIL WELLS
HEALDTON FIELD THE GREATEST
SINGLE PRODUCING AREA
IN THE STATE.
BIG DAILY OUTPUT.
Something Like 10000 Barrels Taken
From Earth Daily--1600 Wells Now
and As Many as 80 Drilling At One
Time.

The rock Of natural resources in Ard
more's trade territory has been touched
and abundant streams Of wealth are
bursting forth. When, in 1913, little
band of Ardmore people gathered few
acres Of land and induced the drilling
Of an oil well they were doing that
which has touched the life of almost
the entire state without realizing how
great a mission was theirs.
Following the building Of the Okla
homa, New Mexico & Pacific railroad,
west out of Ardmore, and the discovery
of the Healdton oil fields, new civill-
zation has sprung up. The towns along
this road are Lone Grove, Wilson, Join
er and Ringing. Each one has gather
ed in its quota of wealth from the
fields and each has taken on new life
and is developing a wide area Of agrl.
cultural lands The church and the
school have followed in the wake of
this activity and the old country settle.
ments of the Chickasaw nation are now
as progressive as the best cities of the
state.
Of G. l.. Anderson, j. s. Mullen, p. c.
Dings, John Ringling and Jake L. Ha-
mon organized the Ringing & Oil
Fields Railway company and built n
line of road from Ringing Junction
to the town Of Healdton in the Heald.
ton oil fields. This line is the only one
that touches the heart Of production OF
oil I,as tlo .f
ing better living conditions to the oil
field workers and their families.
Healdton is building good homes; 1t is
taking a pride in its streets and in its
lawns; merchants are doing an active
business and new residences and new
business houses are under construction
all the time. A brick yard is being
put in and the buildings from this OH
will be of a more permanent nature and
gradually brick will replace the wooden
structures that were hurriedly thrown
up TO catch the early business Of The
town.
1900 Oil Wells.
The Healdton oil field is the greatest
single producing area in Oklahoma.
While the combined production of the
different pools in the northeastern por
tion Of the state are greater than tn,
Healdton production. yet no one poo
In that portion OF the state equals tho
production here. Healdton has 1900 OF
wells and as many as fifty wells are
drilling night and day. Something like
10000 barrels Of oil are being taber
from the earth every day, and tha
means that almost $4,000 is daily beirl
turned into the channels OF trade
There may be a financial stringencl
In some parts OF the country due 4
conditions that grow out OF the Euro
pean war. but such conditions canno
affect the oil districts. The govern
ment and its allies must have oil, tn
fields will be developed 10 their highes
capacity and that means an abundance
OF labor and oil field labor always CON
mands good wages. This country I
fortunately located near the timber 70
gion OF the Choctaw nation and Arkar
sas where the timber viii not be CON
mandeered by the government an
building operations can be carried ol
I'm the usual manner The government
for It's ship building viii want the lon
leaf pine OF other regions. and IN
lower grades win be permitted TO fin
the usual markets.
II is observed that the new commun