The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-09-26
Ambitious ProspectOrs M
Seek Next Big Pool H.
Every Nook of the Stdt

much Of the Panhandle OF TeuAa
one Of them has said he found the H.
anticline on the continent In the rG0
OF Amarillo. Beyond In several eoa
ties of eastern New Mexico drillta1
going on The state officials Ia NJ
Mexico have encouraged operations |
following Oklahoma's lead IN leaal~
public lands TO oil companies. Ou6 (u|
the most interesting regions Of the 90
tire west Is that in New Mexico. ~
both oil and gas have been found III
small Quantitie, and surface formattooD
in many places are said to be ideal. M
Two probable fields OF southwest olo4
lahoma are attracting special attention.
That in the Fox country. two 10 tlgo(
townships north OF Ringing, has 49,
considerable OF disappointment, ~
none oi the companies operating th1yo|
has los, courage. Several wells 2M r.
l,4m feet deep produce up to OOo, 49,
cubic feet OF gas day and three or eeQX
we'll, produce oil That an important g
sand on a practically even line with t.
gas sands viii be found there 10 -
the practical and geological belief. IL
Atlantic Petroleum company has
string of locations twelve miles ~
that are to be drilled II the sand -
found Drilling Is expensive and the ~
gion is known rs rich mans field.
"wstchful Waiting wias." (,
Several small towns have grown t1
within it, Chapman once had Shcl
to be irec-and-easy going rag tcw'4
with all the acroutrements and Accoes
sories. Gypsy ilouri,hed blossomlnMly
for a season. The streets mark petN9
ways through forest and the stumoo
have never been cut All round theso
are derticks. Everywhere there aso
scouts, Automobiles are noisief tA4o
the cows that low at cvcntide. Yet II
the atmosphere there Is a little WIZ
threatening to blow III to the man NJ
stocks his store with more thsn \
handful OF groceries Hope Is ever
where, however One day before loe(I
this may be wonderful oil ilel4
Everything indicates it Geologists lore
cast Il, Operators pray for H. Dt
wA'chiul waiting is all that can be dotu
while the ehussing drills night and ~
seek pay sand.
Similar to TIE Fox region In mIGj
respects Is the Walters country Heyo
gas wells with capacities exceeding ~
mU cubic feet are getting frsqwe
Acreage has gone nearly a. high q
did In the Fox field II holds % nsue>
interest and inspires a. much speculol
ton as does the Fox. Every neeaAsosC
surface indication Is there. WalteH1
county seat OF Cotton county, he's 01
put on ragtown garb, but il 10 the u
Of operations for oil men and scoulo. |
feel, a new pulse Strange faces oQ1
oil-ticld uniforms are on It's streets, q
thousand foreign cars day efo(|
through its streets A few hun4e1|
thousand dollar, have been added (
it's bank deposits. Farmers who W.
depressed by drou,h are finding luS0G
with money paid for leases, The ~
has been made headquarters foe q
mrn from t%Nsy fields
The people of Oklahoma and peNft
every other state are paying for Cklo
N'''" Nli"' ~ 'p''d' TVuV WV ~
five wells generally speaking west q
the Heald'on and Garfield fields. On
drilled with dollars received here oo(
there from the sale of stock. Abo1
the stores, hotels and public offices T.
nearly every town one hears that scQo(
one present has oil stocks and thst eo(
is listening in'cntlv for some ehcoufaG.
ing report from "thc we'll" Many &
them will yet 'la, report. A few soQ0(
day will receive their first dividends.
Oklahomans Good OIL GAmhisso. Y
Oklahomans are good gamblers. Tho
buy no more oil stock than they e.
afford, but nearly all Of them want 4
chance The story of how millicna oe(
made out of oil never grows old. SiG1
it today and II is as full Of inspifall
as Il wa, when they sang II In froa9 p
the Glenn Pool near Tulsa.