The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-05

water at 3l53 feet, Thc uflli haN oniy
touched the sand and the thickness of
the water sand IL not known. The
Gates Company IN determined Ia drill
through the sand and viii carry the
well as deep as possible. The present
size of the hole IN 5-3.i5 inches. While
the sand here carries water, II is an in
teresting feature OF the field. In sec
tion = the sand at something Ike the
same depth carries oil; "A sand I'm II IN
"A well drilled by Hapgood. at simi'
lar depth carried "a show of OIL ana
was barren of water. The Carter well
In section iG ought To get IA sand that
Will make oil because IL II between the
Bull Head and the Hapgood wells. The
Rockland oil Company has all material
purchased for deep test to he drilled
north Of the Hull Head well In section
$3.50 on the Pitts farm. The 1914 oil
Company is planning also to start ~
deep test in either 3l.S.3 or In 1854.
Sinclair Gulf OIL Corporation No. .
a Ansley farm, in section S-i-3. Is drilling
at $50 feet This Is "A southwest edge
well
II. l.. Steiner. general agent for the
Pierce Pipe Line Company in the lieald-
ton district. and one Of the most sue
cessful brokers i'm the Mid-Continent
fields. has subscribed for $4,000 OF the
second issue of Liberty bonds, This
announcement was made yesterday by
. Mr. Steiner's banker in Dallas.
Pierce Pipe Line Company has all its
pipe strung for its eight inch line from
Fort Worth sto Healdton, except 1909
feet, which the shipment did not con-
tain. Pipe has been secured in Texas
and is en- route here. The line should
be completed by the middle Of this
month.
The Sinclair people are cutting down
five tanks on the Ashley farm In sec
ton SAB. These are the tanks that
will be moved to Cuba to he used in
furnishing fuel to government vessels.
c. Nichols is in the city from the
fields, visiting his son. II. T. Nichols,
and family.
Alexander Pfeiffer of New York, has
been In the Ada and Ardmore districts
several days visiting with w. j. Schoon-
maker. Mr. Pfeiffer is planning to
operate i'm the southern portion of the
state.
Frank Pierce has returned from Pc
trola. where he has >.een looking after
his oil interests. Mr. Pierce recently
made a purchase of acreage there that
has four producing wells.
W. l.. Frye has arrived from DALI S
and has become connected with the
Wilmington Hotel as day clerk.
Daniel Waite and w T. smith, of
Duluth. MINI, are in the city. Mr..
Waite is drilling a deep test in section
23-7s-5e, in Marshall County.
Mr.. and Mrs. U. S. Rhodebarger are
in the city today from the fields. Mr..
Rhodebarger is superintendent for the
Rockland OH Company.
Frank NJ. Head. with the Plains OH
K Gas Company. has returned from a
business visit to Ada, Tulsa and Okla
homa City
J. II. Edwards Of Sedan, Kansas. who
has interests at Headton, is here for a
few days visit
w. A. Thompson. of Marietta. repre-'
settling the Gasoleum Company. is in
the Ardmore oil district.
James A. Mascho, Of the Ada district,
is an Ardmore visitor.
Cal Stewart, of Holder Love County.
is here today. Mr.. Stewart is acquaint-
ing himself with the oil business.
Mascho well No. 3 in section 3-4n.7e,
in Pontotoc County, Is drilling at 700
feet. Well No. ! in this section is
making Gil. and No 2 is a pay gas
well
The first car of material for the
Chickasaw Refining Company has ar
rived and work is now in progress on
the refinery on the Santa Fe line. north
of Ardmore. other cars shipped at the
same time are due here.
Construction work on the cellar for
the rig for the Johnson-Gypsy We'll in
20-3s-4w, in jefferson county. has been
begun. Roy NJ. Johnson visited the
site yesterday and made deal for gas
for drilling purposes. This test is TO
be contracted for depth of 1000 and
will be drilled deeper If pay sand is
not found shallower
Montana Oil & Gas Company. IN sec
ton 2l-3s-2e. west of Berwyn, has re-
sumed drilling. The well was shut
down at l20 feet.
Czarina Oil Company No. ,. on the
Czarina Homer farm in section 30-3-3
is estimated at about 200 barrels. and
No. on the same farm is drilling at
700 feet
Fortuna on Company. in the Cement
district. in section 31-6n-9w. is drilling
M $500 feet The drill has Just passed