Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-07-05

but G short way off from develol
i. G.. Trimble, of Webb City, presi
de-. If the company, and ]. F. Kus
te,er, also of Webb City, and fell
M. for the company, yesterday tool
a ap. esentative Of the Daily Citizer
ov.r he field Of future development
AMI interviewed a number of driller'
an farmers of the neighborhood, who
ar authority for statements that
show This scope Of country looms uI
bi; on the future oil horizon. Many
be I'VE that the oil industry will soon
tr..nsI iant the lead and zinc industry
in n, 'ortance to this district and to
B; Springs.
=. most novel feature of the open
in his field is that the initial work
ar r pense Of development has been
dc Internationally in the pursuit
ar selopment of another industry
u, and zinc. If the oil industry
n, alizes as the indications SO
spi IL dly promise, the oil business
sh q surpass the lead and zinc and
mt In much more to Baxter Springs,
which is pointed out by the Trimble
con pany.
The oil sand is penetrated at the
sh.'ioy depth of 225 feet and is in
SO" faces Is feet in depth, which,
&C d ng to a number of oil men in
ter wed, is amply sufficient for the
deN 1pment of q field that would
DO, his district in a wonderful way.
J inning at the top of the hill by
tn =. B. Amos farm, five miles west
ar a half mile north of Baxter
ST. a:, and continuing west as far
as lead and zinc development has
pr, essed, every hole has shown gas
an anst Of them oil. The John Natf-
zit Michael Burns, A. A. Garrett,
A. Thomas, Clarinda M. Jarrett,
ia Murphy and many other farms
wi y four mile radius have shown
ric Indications of oil.
Two holes on the A. B. Thomas
fa, , we're real oil strikes. At depth
Of IS feet the oil and gas forced
too weighing 5000 pounds out of
the hole and the ground was flooded
wit ell, which shot over the top of
the ''rll rig. AS the drillers were
loo, me- for lead and zinc the hole had
to G abandoned and another was
sta. I'd some fifty yards away. In this
hol an attempt was made to bail out
the Ill with the bailer. Several bailers
of il were taken out and the oil
tn ,yn into the fire box of the boiler
ant burned. The drillers, the oil men,
A. =. Garrett, who owns 24O acres OF
lar adjacent, and number Of others
arc authority for these reports and
the evidence of the oil around the
drill h Iles is sufficient to convince.
J st across the road on the A. A.
Go et farm the drillers had a great
der of trouble in getting the holes
do On account Of the gas and oil
With flowed to the top Of the ground.
So .hree dozen holes show oil in
inc. a. IONS, which are thought to be
wc 'e.ful at the depth without shoot
int IT other methods to break the
Rr a. and loose the oil. Every drill
no FIR some miles around has shown
oil aid from which oil might be
sq4sea ID in the hand.
\. he foot Of the Amos hill the
for a on changes to black sand
ste which is indicative Of oil bear
inI o.mation. A water well drilled
70. SICK on the Miller farm had to
be Il ndoned on account of the guam
tit. , # oil in the water. Only gas
he, u N found on the first half mile
of II hill. The best oil strikes
mt q ~ the lead and zinc drills have
becI llade along Tar Creek.
lii scope of country was all leased
M ~ the Standard Oil Company
90, : en- years ago just on geological
IN. a ions, which are said to be ex-
eel. nj, but at that time the price OF
al; va, low and the leases were all al
10 / % forfeit
as soon as the Trimble Com
a. earned of the first strikes they
bout any OStsntatiOn went to work
3 ret the leases before giving any
81 lefty to their intentions. They
"a IN q number Of oil experts from