The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-13

Via liAidis lAf pun NiltASt III lNt was 900
900. The production is about 800 barrels |
and the royalty is about rs barrels a |
day. with several locations yet to be |
drilled Mr.. Cox and his brother own |
10000 acres of fee lands and leases in |
this section of the state and they also |
own large tracts of agricultural lanes
and timber lands in the Choctaw ne
tion.
Gypsy Oil company No. l, on tho
Pearce farm, in the northwest Of the
northeast of section 1923, in the Fox
district. was opened yesterday evening
and the gas threw the mud from the
hole. The gas production is estimated
at 100000 feet and the sand is max
ing no oil The top Of the sand was
reached at 1881 and has been penetrated
to a depth Of thirty feet The pressure
was sufficient to throw the mud above
the crown block.
The Sinclair Oil & Gas company has
called in its wildcat scouts from all por.
tlons of the state. Verne NJ Clopton,
WIN was Oillg ItNtllAlN lAdllNltiItu ~
the HealdtOn district to work in the
scout department in wildcat territory
has been called into the Tulsa office
and will be placed in some other part
Of the work. This evidently means that
the company does not now intend to
invest in wildcat acreage.
NTnChan e
the Crystal Oil company, who is now
engaged in the mining business in Ari-
zona accompanied by his attorney,
Thomas Norman has gone to New York.
Plains Oii 2 Gas on the Bentley in
1928, is underreaming The total depth
Of the hole is 1920 feet. Same company
on the McGown, in section 2O-2-3, is
drilling at about 100 feet.
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The Oklahoma Natural Gas company
/ is scouting the Fox field and if that
area proves to be as big a gas pro
ducer as It gives promise, it is very
likely that the Oklahoma Natural will
build a line into the field from Oklaho.
ma City.
Sinclair Oil & Gas company has spud
ded it's we'll No on tie Astral prop
erty in section 1929.
| Stephens Oil & Gas in l 3s1w, on
the Erwin farm, has moved in the tools.
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| The Schoonmaker-Keller well, near
Roff, in Pontotoc county, is reported
to be drilling in a barren sand at about
1160 feet. The formations are looking
more favorable now than at any other
time since the well started.
Roy NJ Johnson has returned from
near Terre HaUte, Ind, where he is
drilling a test we'll on acreage obtained
in that state. His first test is drilling
at about 500 feet.
Fred Coogan and Fred Ellis left here
today on business trip to Tulsa.
Mrs. 10y Childress.. who recently un'
derwent an operation at the Hardy hos
pital, is improving.
w. X. Marbry. Of the land depart
ment of the Roxana Petroleum com
pany, is here today from Tulsa.
f. J. Maxwell, with the Marion Ma
chine. Foundry & Supply company. Is
in Ardmore today from the fields.
S. Walker a former member of tho
rig building firm Of Lamb .& Walker
is here today from Electra. He state
that drilling operations are hindered Il
north Texas because Of the scarcity ui
water.
Paul Smith was here today from Rolf
en- route to Fort Worth. He report,
that a good rain fell there Tuesday o.
this week.
c. II. McDorman. who owns produc
tion at Healdton, left here today fo'
Tulsa.
DIR. ]. w. Potter Is now looking owe
the oil fields at Casper, wyo.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Athey are in Ard
more today from the Oklahoma Fo!
WELL in the Graham district.
Joe Lathrop was in the Fox distric
yesterday when the gas well on Ia
Pearce farm was opened, and witnesse
the flowing Of mud from the well b
tho npnrr,nug oraa pracgnra