Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-12-27

A vti!er in "a current issue ~
Petroleum. In n lengthy article con.
c-rning the depth ~ An oil wrll
quotes an Ok klahoms n"wEpapsr ~
saying The deepest hole ever
drilled In the world wp abandoned
last month al ~ depth ut .2Ib feet
THIS hole, located Ia Washington
county Pa, not far from llttHpuigh,
was drilled hy IN" Peoples uas com
pany. standard oil natural gas
subsidiary.
II IN claimed that the deepest hole
previous lp the Pcnnay lvania test IN
located near I.uohow. ueruiany, i's
depth being T.23g feet,
In Oklahoma and kansas less than
score of holes have been drilled
To exceed 1000 feet perhaps the
deepest of them being the ilumDh
rcys Petroleum compnny'n test an
tho Kirkpatrick farm In l6-s now
nearing completion and reported IN
these columns n few days ago nS he.
ing shut down nj ta36 feet because
Of q broken engine, The pay hnd
has been touched In this test ard II
ts expected To drlll ln before the end
Of the week. The Oypsy on com
pany's test near McAlrrter. hereto
fore considered the deepest In OKLA
homA, reached "A depth ~ u little be
tow $500 feet dry, except for n
little gus At higher levels
In Texas last year the producers
OH company drilled 10 n depth ~
900 feet With rotary rig In ~
days, n record time for that depth
The Gulf company went to depth Of
moro than 900 feet ana abandoned
the test. which WAS located near the
obi spindietop field at beaumont In
psio pinto county. north Tosea, the
Empire Gas q Fuel Co. drilling near
Mineral Wells. discovered "a unique
kerosene and strong gas pressure
at n depth OF <.0ss feet The we'll
WAS estimated at 80 barrels.
: California has a number of deep
producers from tho deep pay IN
ons section Of tho MDricopa field
not far from neuna Vista lake, n
company put down four lests, the
deepest one was drilled 10 n trifle
over 5000 feet one 400 feet. an
other $500 and the fourth 1900.
All were dry and abandoned.
In Mexico oil producing -trat"s
are comparatively shallow, being
above 400 feet and but few tests
have been drilled to deeper Ieytls
Canada. one test In 1000 feet In
depth. hut. the only producing sand
was found at around 800 feet
QAllcia furnishes more deep wells,
both producing and productive,
than any other country In the world
The deepest producing oil well In
tho world IN licnryk No. I, In the
Tuscanowioc field. iIoryrlaw district,
oaiacin. This well completed In
1878 at "a total depth of 6.sbl feet.
flowed 40 barrels up to tn" begin
ming OF the war. Also tE that district
II the Stcfanie well producing 80
barrels daitN Mt 9. tSs feet; tho Llvia
well b.s6t feet deep and producing
ALSO SO barrels daily. The ualicinn
well at Truskawcic was u failure nj
e,s66 feet. while the Ottille well In
the Boryslaw district 10 producing
10 barrels daily from the b2sb foot
pay Oil sands In this country are
ut n greater average depth than any
whore else In the world. making
them unusually expensive,
As IA faint guido for reaching h
conclusion, MS to the average depth
OF producing oil and gnp wells, II IN
well To note that 10 per cent of the
crude petroleum produced to date
has been found ~ depths above 5000
feet, white % per cent or this was
encountered at depths above abOO
feet
let the Punishment ~ the Crime
"A bill to protect automobile own.
sra from theft ~ their ears viii hv
introduced In the legislature IN Innu.
airy nv Earnest \. pell. member "
f
Scimiict ~ Memphis, Tenn.
This measure provides that de
facing a. mutilntlng motor numh-ts
of automobile engines or any othcr
numbers on cars viii hc u felony
This IN designed to prevent persons
from stealing ears ana then prr.
venting the owners from tracing
them by numbers The bill will also
make u "a felony To- steal an auto
ar even Ia use car without tho
owners consent These OffrnHrs arr
now only misdcmcanots.
with the wave of auto thirvvr,
that has been Swctpiur thls state foi
some time past. this measure seems
to he the most tinclN and to u,l th'
bin exactly As In the old pioneer
DAVIS IN this country. when hurs'
stealing was the only diversion ut lhi
auto thitfH nntrrodCnis rtdtvh
measures were needed nui N,
ranchrts in an effort to protr,
themselves ana to make the country
a, for democracy ana coming gen
erutions, arranged IN Hprtupriut,
little diversion ~ their own. know
us "neCktie parties These parties
given Ia honor ot the horse thief n
he made hts appearance among them
made the stealing 81 horses pa-sin,
fad. until AT last 4, was ronsiderc,
without the pale aud the ohnoNiou
fashion was ultimately uhand
Strenuous legislation, hacked n,
the police force aud the indlrnnn
citizens ia the only means OF puitinl
nm end TO auto thieNery. aud som
such measures ~ Tennessee " plan
ming. should be taken up by Okla
homA.
Hell viii also Introduce bin "a
the relief Of street ear strap hanger
n; providirg that like amount ,
ssstlur spsce be accorded passensei
as /. tssaN up by ait space In u
sisies Of cars