The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-02-12
No Startling Events But DrilIers Hammer
Deeper al Many Locations; Fair
Weather Brings Activity
TILLMAN COUNTY
SECTION is BUSY
No Production; Geology Good as Cement
Field; Big Operators are Prospect
ing With Many Wells

While the past week has beei
marked by no startling events il
the southwest Chickasha district
many drills have been hammering
away on test wells, progressing foo
bS foot nearer production depth anc
With promise of a stretch OF fail
weather ahead, the development in
the field will be doubled
OF the last wells spudded in, the
Fortuna No, in 6-5-9 is making the
Lest progress, They are plugging
away at 600 feet and continue to run
steadily with a minimum amount OF
trouble
The Prosperity is expected to hiI
something soon or prove that pro
duction may be found only at pos
sibly. deeper levet They sre
about 100 feet higher, as to level,
than the Fortuna No. and the re-
port coming from the Prosperity is
that they are better than 1850 feet
deep. Oil men think that they will
pick up the Fortuna sand at approx
imately 22OO feet, or possibly at
slightly a lesser depth
At the l. w. Williams location on
the Kunzmuller farm, they are still
possessed of a world of trouble
They have done no drilling since the
const, uction of the new derrick over
the old hole that was abandoned by
the old Oklahoma Star people. Cas-
ing trouble is retarding their pro-
gress. Once they get the hole clear
cd, minimum abount of drilling
will put them at production, as the
hole was abandoned at about 1900
feet.
No new locations have been re-
ported but those already made are
preparing to go down at once. The
Gladstone in 1919 have moved their
rig timbers in and are preparing 10
construct the derrick. They expect
tc begin actual drilling within two
weeks. weather conditions permit
ting.
Further to the southwest much
activity is being shown in Tillman
and Cotton counties. While there is
10 production in the immediate field
wherein operations are progressing,
oil laen consider the geology to be
splendid fully as promising in fact
at the Cement field. For this
reason many of the big companies
are represented in the field and
drilling is progressing setadily.
In Cotton county the Carter com
pany have two locations with both
of which they are making good pro
gress. In 26-4-12 they have set theif
10 inch casing at 1900 feet. In. 35-2-
IA the 121s inch tubing is set at
go feet, and they are hammering
away.
The Naples Oil and Gas Company
in the n. e. of 32-4-13 have made a
location, have a rig up and are at
this time completing preparations to-
ward actual drilling. They expect
to begin work IN two weeks.
In T;llman county the Webb-Moss
Hill company, 15!1-i5, are grinding
away in hard lime at 90 feet with s
rotary. Good indications have beef
encountered and they seem to b
making steady headway.
J. P Evans in 11-12-15 has set il
with a rotary The derrick is w
and everything is complete They
expect to Start in few days
Steady progress is evidenced at
the location of the Pulaski Oil and
Gas company drilling in S2-1-15 at
the 500 foot level They have appa'
rently successfully cased off all wa.
ter trouble and rae going nicely
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