The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-17
RANGER SHOWING UP BIG.

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Recent developments at Ranger
only tend to strengthen the convic-
ton of experienced oil men that the
new field being opened at Ranger,
Texas, will prove to be one OF the
largest and most prolific ever opened
in the country. A we'll located over
two miles northeast OF the first
well, McClusky No. |, and known
as the Hagcrman well, has Just
touched the sand and is showing for
better than 200 barrels. This well
is located about threc-quarters OF a
mile northeast of the Walker well.
The Walker well, it will be remem-
bered. came in several months ago a
gasscr. and the tools being lost in
the mole, the gas was allowed to
blow until over a month ago the
we'll commenced showing OIL which
has steadily increased until the pro-
duction today is better than 200 bar
rels daily. 4 telegram received by
local people yesterday afternoon re-
ported that the Davenport well, off
setting McClusky No. |, the original
well in the field, had come in at q
500 barrels. Several weeks ago the
test we'll being drilled about six
miles north OF Ranger came in at
the depth of the Ranger sand, which
has been reported all the way from
50 to 500 barrels.
The remarkable thing OF all this
development is the uniformity with
which the sand is encountered. To
date five wells in the Ranger com
munity have reached the $500 foot
sand, and each well has shown to be
good producer. Another remark
able feature about the field is the
unusually high quality OF the oil.
One refinery after analyzing the
oil. said he thought that a refinery
could make a profit after paying
$3.50 barrel for it. Another graft
fving feature OF the field is the life
OF the wells already in. McClusky
No. |. which came in last fall AT
l.5O0 barrels, is still good for l,2OC
barrels. A 55,000-barrcl tank has
been filled with oil, second tank is
being filed with oil, and besides, a
large amount OF oil is being moved
by tank cars. IN oil man returning
from Ranger said he saw twenty-five
cars at the loading racks take oil at
tie same time. In fact, he said, that
To see such a large number of car,
loading at once reminded him Of
the old days Of flush production ii
the Gushing field.
Although the field at present has
no pipeline facilities, the Prairie
Oil & Gas Company is surveying 4
line to the field, which will be il
some time this year, 1t has built
ten $1,000 barrel tanks, and it is re-
ported that arrangements have beer
made for total OF one hundred Of
these tanks.
The first well in this field, as is
we'll known, was drilled IN by the
4. & p. Coal Company, which has
been consistently wildcatting NORTH
Texas for the past few years. The
only development worth while unit
the Ranger strike was the field al
Ssrawn, where a large number Of
small gas and oil wells have beer
drilled in by this company, an(
where many operators predicted the
wells would never pay out, but or
account OF the high price of oil the
field has been paying proposition
As usual in all its wildcattin&
tests, the T. & P. Coal Company al
Ranger had practically the entire
country blocked. Were it not foi
the TACT that the little town OF Ran
GER was in the centcrof the block
its is probable that there would have
been scarcely an opening for out
sidcrs. As it is, in the town O
Ranger and Immediately adjacent
thereto, there are many little block!
OF one acre and up which have beer
leased by outsiders, principally b!
Nrdmorc men. Many choice block
are held by three local men, /. r
Crowell, w. II. Cant and n. B. Fea
gin. These gentlemen have alsC
been active at Brownwood, CaddC
and other points where develop
ment has taken place. They no
only have become interested il
leases, many of which have beer
proven, but have become owners o
holdings in practically proven roy
alties. The Plains Oil & Gas Com
pany has made a development con
4 tract for five small tracts in or OF
the edge of the town OF Ranger and
because lying between the first two
wells. these tracts are as nearv!
proven as any territory can be unit
drilled. Other local parties will
choice acreage already proven ar,
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nan, X. w. Coe and others. TIL,
local rig builder, Z. N. Dorsey, ha