The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-04-26
Gas Pressure Some SIOuger But Nothing
Pheuomiual Up to l:3O This After.
noon; First Report Exaggerated
ROAD BUILDERS
MAKE BIG START
Number Of Crews Attacking Cement Roa};
Show Much Progress; Looks Like
Will Be Speedway

Reports received from the field at
$3.50 this afternoon, stated that the
Gorton well is showing a somewhat
stronger gas pressure than was .evi-
denced last night, but that the drill
after pounding all night had not PEN
etrated the cap rock. This means
that there is strong showing for q
good well but nothing phenomenal up
to today.
AT o'clock yesterday evening tho
Gorton well was a disappointment,
considering the reports that had fill
tered into Chickasha from the field.
said reports having stated that tho
new one was a close rival of the big
Fortuna.
There was gas In the we'll, plenty
Of gas, but there had been consider
ably more of a heated nature ped.
died on the outside, up to thet time.
There was nothing to get excited
about, except that in the Gorton
showings was a splendid prospect
for a big gas or oil well. MFR. Gorton
himself, nor the drillers would not
commit themselves as to their opin.
ion of whether it would be oil or gas.
One thing was a certainty. They
had not touched the sand when the
heavy flow of gas broke loose. The
general impression was that they
had in some way loosened the strata,
creating an escape for the gas.
There was sufficient gas caught to
supply the fuel for the Gorton boiler
and sufficient assurance that the flow
would continue to warrant the con.
struction of a gas line, west to the
Cala-Belle outfit, located between
the Gorton and Cement and the Glad
stone No. @ ready to start opera
tions in the southwestern suburbs of
Cement
So heavy became the flow of gas
Wednesday afternoon and so bright
the prospects for a good well, that
the drillers deemed 1t advisable to
move the boiler. This was shunted
to point about 100 yards northeast
of the well, the gas line to the boiler
and the steam pipes to the engine
heightened and with steam up, drill
Tr,er Oh 1-fo od Il, nh 80
terday evening.
The Gorton gas differs from tho
Fortuna product in that it is wet"
gas where the Fortuna gas is dry"
This fact led some to believe that
when the drill smashed through the
cap rock into the sand, it would
prove to be an oil well instead of a
gasser, figuring that wet" gas is an
indication of oil
Mr.. Gorton was probably the hap.
piest man In Caddo county yesterday
afternoon Why shouldn't he be?
He has seen a fortune and a large
one at that poured down the throat
OF that hole. Therefore, with results
on return on the thousands expen.
ded in sight, no one could censure
Mr.. Gorton for giving way to a mo.
ment or two of glee.
with that heavy gas pressure be.
hind it. we'll of 100 barrels would
look like a 1000 barrel gusher."
chuckled Mr.. Gorton. ''WelI, that
hole has cost me enough I've put
barrel of money into it,
"Do you think there is a cOurTra
for this gasser to change into an oil
well when the cap rock is drilled
through" he was asked.
Il certainly hope So" he replied.
That he has absolute faith In tho
field and in the Gorton well was an
evident fact. In speaking Of the gen.
eraI oil situation, Mr., Gorton said,