The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-09
OIL AND GAS NEWS OF
THE ARDMORE FIELDS


Several wells at Healdton are shut
down for want of water for drilling
purposes and unless rains come soon
more wells will have TO quit drilling
There In u scarcity OF water on the
Czarina farm and for that reason only
one string OF tools IL operating. Heald-
on Field Oil company has Its No.
drilled through the sand. the shot has
been fired and the well is ready for
the tubing. nut II had TO he shut down
for lack OF water. Rockland OH com
pany. on the Pitts farm in $3.50, has
the eight.inch casing set In well No.
at 1865 feet and II had to shut down
for water. This well is to be made
n deep test. The water in the ponds
is getting low and muddy and Is very
poor for use and some OF the ponds
are entirely dry.
The Chickasaw Refining company ~
one OF the most active concerns here.
1t has received as many as thirty'two
cars of material II has a full crew
of men at work building the plant.
Lines are being laid to the tank sites.
much of the brick work is completed
and the company is OF the opinion that
by the first of the year the plant Will
be In operation.
Five Dee Oil company, on the Lough-
ridge farm in section 9 4slw, is drilling
at 1l6S feet and is making slow pro-
gress on account of the hard formation
the drill is in.
The Roxana Petroleum company has
purchased an undivided onefourth in
terest in the Coffee farm located on the
north line of section 26-4.3 The pur.
chase was made from X. A. Fox, of this
city, and r. c. Widick, of Kansas City.
The Roxana was induced to make the
purchase on account of the finding of
the Westhemer sand in section 25.
Magnolia Petroleum company has
made location for No. ) on the f.
+. Watkins farm, in 24.4-3, which was
recently purchased from the Fort Ring
oil company. The well offsets the Rox-
ana lease on the Westheimer farm
where the new southeast extension SAND
has been found, and the Magnolia well
in all probability will be drilled to the
level Of the new sand.
Shafer-Vaughn Oil company is NOV
ing tools to its location on the Lee
l.. Gait farm in section "a 2s2w. This
location is likely to get the sands founu
on the Bennett farm in section 81 of
the same township, and the well will
be watched with more than usual n.
terest.
South Boundary Oil company, in sec
tiop 80 6s5w IN Jefferson county, is still
shut down at 1880 feet.
w. l.. Rucker and his associates have
recently made some purchases of acre
age in the Oil City district. The north.
east quarter of section 1882 comprjs-
ing 100 acres, was purchased from ID.
+. Booker at S25 per acre for the lease.
The same people purchased a lease of
20 acres, in section 21, from DR. Walter
Hardy and 10 acres in fee from Asa
Michaels. The company plans to oper-
te the property purchased.
Gates Oil company has made a loca-
llD1l lOi wen ANO. oil lHt sNllupSOll-
Dings tract. in section 14.4-3. offsetting
No. 10 Westheimer & Daube in the
same section. The Westheimer & Daube
well has a sand at 1900 feet that will
make a good well.
The Walter S. Critchlow well, in sec
tion 5s2w, south Of Wilson, has been
drilled to a depth of 1000 feet and the
tools are moving to the Burford well
in section 20 of the same township. The
Critchlow well has not been abandoned
and will probably drill deeper. G. e.
Burford has unbounded faith in the
SO country as shown by the money he
is spending there to find sand.
F. f.. Watkins, of Waurika, is here /
today. Mr.. Watkins has large holdings !
at Healdton and he is planning to start |
a deep test to be drilled in section 10-4-3. |
Three wells, Nos. 81. 35 and SO, are |
now drilling on the Lucy Tubbee lease !
by the Humble Oil company in 24-4-3. |
Lucy Tubbee, an Indian girl, is collect |
ing royalty on production of 1000 |
barrels and has used $4,000 of her |
bonds.
George w. Chaffee has done the i'm.
possible thing with a star drilling ma
chine of light weight. He has drilled |
on his own farm, in section 3s3w, to |
a depth of 223O feet. The machine is
now being abandoned. Standard tools !
will be installed, the eightinch casing
will be reamed down and a deep test |
will be drilled. The star machine used |
on this well will be moved to the Jim !
Burrow farm, i'm section 81 2s2w, and |
a series of wells will be drilled to the !
Bennett shallow sand found in that |
section by the Kirk Oil & Gas company. |
Gypsy Oil company Is planning TO |
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