The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-06-28
OIL AND GAS NEWS

thls prospective oil area, Mr.. Johnson
says the water wells have oil. Som.
OF the farmers had to build cisterns In
order to get drinking water and in ad-
dition to these outcroppings the geolog,.
cal conditions are favorable" Mr.. John.
son and S. j. Cullinan and John p. On.
day Of Kansas City have organized the
Heaidton Petroleum company for the
purpose OF testing out this promising
area with the drill Acreage is nov
being blocked by this company in Je,.
ferson county, west Of the Healdton
area, and 1t is presumed that this is
the acreage that has been selected for
the test well.
Plains Oil & Gas company in section
1923, on the Bentley farm, has begun
drllling, and on account of cavings the
drill is rs feet off OF bottom
Ruby Petroleum company has com.
pleted the pulling of casing from its
No. on the Sullivan farm in 25.4.3.
which has been abandoned. The casing
was recovered without any loss.
Field employees Of the Vernon Collins
OIL company have sent into Red Cross
headquarters the sum Of s63. The Ard.
more Refinery company through the
solicitation of local producers, has con.
tributed TO the Red Cross fund of Carter
county the sum of $500. The check came
from the offices of the Ohio Cities Gas
company, Columbus, o.
Plains OIL & Gas company No. /
MCGOWAN. in 1929, is drilling at $50
feet.
Recent rains have placed some water
in the ponds at Fox and drilling has
been resumed on several leases.
Lewcinda Oil company No. 2 Dough.
erty, in 1929, is drilling at $50
Ruby Petroleum company No. Wat.
son. in 14-4.3, has been finished and
is being put on the pump.
F, B. McElroy and c. A. Shaeffer, Of
Oklahoma City, are in the Oil City dis
trict today. where they will start
well In the northwest quarter of 2O.S.2
on properties belonging to the Healdton
Guarantee OIL company and the Nirvana
OIL company. They are testing out the
shallow sands found in that locality at
q depth OF from 200 to 300 feet.
Magnolia Petroleum company No. ~
Rose. in 23-4-S, is drilling at 100 and
the same company's No 35 Smalley, in
1913, is drilling at 600 feet.
Uncle Sam Oil company in l 3s4w.
is reported to be drilling in blue shale |
at 1850 feet.
c. L. Dittman. who operates five
strings Of tools in the southeast exten.
sion and one at Fox, was here last nigh:
on a business trip.
w. II. Cochran, Of the land depart.
ment Of the Roxana Petroleum company
is in the Ardmore oil district for a visit
of several days. Mr.. Cochran and w.
B. White Of the Magnolia company were
former friends in Pennsylvania and
West Virginia.
w. r. Ramsey an Ardmore boy who
rs now in the banking business in OK
lahoma City. is here looking after his
oil investments.
Charley Wilson who for a number
OF years has been with John Ringing |
and is manager Of several Of his enter.
prises, is here from Chicago He Joined |
Mr.. Ringing and his party here last
night.
Claude Bell superintendent for & |
number OF companies at Healdton. wa, |
here today. He had been TO Oklahoma |
City,. where he attended the trial Of |
the Indiahoma OH company against the |
Thelma OIL 4 Gas company. II Is sta. |
ted that the Indiahoma purchased the ]
Thelma and failed to make all the pay. |
ments ana suit has grown out OF the |
negotiations. The Thelma and also |
Apple & Franklin have been sued by |
the Sinclair people concerning the same |
property. II Is alleged that the Sinclair
company had on a deal to buy the
Thelma and also to buy the fee which |
is owned by Apple 6 Franklin The
deed to the fee executed by Apple & |
Franklin lay for several days in Tul. |
sa bank to be taken out when the sum |
agreed upon was paid over, but the Sin.
clair people. II is said, failed to com.
plete the deal.
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