Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-16

OF his company. moved the tool
back in and went down deeper L
where his inner eye had told him tn,
real flow was hiding.
on December the well came In
II was a good one. There have been
hours when 1t flowed two hundred
barrels. II has now settled down TO
about one thousand barrels
Thus began the youngstown pool.
and now, six months later. In spite
of the severest winter that Okla
homa has ever known, In spite OF a
| big shortage OF labor and n scarcity
| OF material, and In spite OF roads
which were in Do beginning very
bad indeed, this site today presents
panorama OF oil derricks, flow
tanks. receiving tanks. building rigs,
workmens cottages, n tavern to
workmen's cottages. and the initial
stages OF 24,000-gallon casing
head plant, to bear witness TO the
executive ability, as well as the oil
finders touch of the Vice-presldent
and general manager OF the Okmul-
gee Producing and Refining com
pany-F. A. Young. Hence the
name, youngstown Pool"
There is lot Of speculation as to
which way the pool runs. Many
gamble that It runs due north--other
ers are sure that II runs northeast
and southwest. The o. p. e. X. peo-
pie have shown their convictions by
pucking out n block OF leases which
run In straight northeast south
west line from IIuckaby toward
the Lucy Johnson well in t-1s-11.s
The Lucy johnson well, recently
brought in, apparently extends the
pool three-quarters of a mile to the
southwest and large block OF acre
age, called the Big Ben lease. sur
rounding this well has recently been
purchased by Mr. Young,
Immediately after the advent OF
Huckaby No. /, well No. 2 on the
Gill lease Was put down and started
in by giving up. 10000, 900 feet OF
gas day. A llt1le later No. 2 Gill
came In for 30,O00,00O. In so doing,
however, 1t took the head from No
and diminished its flow.
Then lIuckaby came in good
big well and the Youngstown pool
was discovered" in earnest. Much
of the excellent results of.the pho
nomenally rapid development Of
the pool is credited by the general
manager to George Simons, who is
in charge OF production for the
o. +. & r Mr. Simons says he Is
sure, and his superiors agree with
him that not one hour has been
lost because OF the lack Of n
nail or a screw driver, and when II
is remembered that TO every rig and
well Is a pipe line carrying water,
and another carrying gas, and that
20 rigs are kept moving without
hitch, and that, In the words of ".
c, Nee, assistant manager. "there
Is never an hour Of the day or night
when Mr. Simons can't tell you the
exact depth Of every hole. the char.
acter OF the ground it's going
through and iust what Is the status
of all the men and rigs and wells
in his pool" II will be seen that IT
Is no small boast to say that never
on the Youngstown pool was n
horseshoe lost for want OF n nail "
While the youngstown pool is Just
at this stage the most spectacular
OF the holdings Of tho Okmulgee
Producing e. Refining company, It /
is not by any means the only heart
meat ~ its possession.
II owns its own pipelines several
acres Of valuable coal lands which
will, in the words Of one OF the man
aRement, "be paying dividends long
after the youngstown pool and it's
dlscoverers are forgotten" it owns
the townslte and most OF the build
ingg Of Schulter, has 26 producing
wells which produce over zoo, ,000,-