The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-05-22
Telephone Message From Field Says Guild
ing Star Company Hits 10000, 900
Flow Commercial Gas
IS IN VICINITY OF
CRUCE GAS WELLS
Santa Fe Has Favorable Formations In
South Grady County; Alex Well
Waits on New Crew

South OF CnlckuSnu III east Stcph
ems county, the prospectors hay'
scored again, according to q tele
phone message today. This tim'
it was in the upper field. The Guid
ing Star company is reported to have
brought in a 30,000,00O foot gassel
in 12-1n-Gw in the section of thC
Cruce gas wells. This pay was
struck at 935 feet, which is bearing
out the belief that this section OF
the field is semi-shallow.
This is not one of the Cruce wells
proper, but is an Independent outfit
recently starting operations in this
section. Reports from the field to
day stated that the excitement is
running high and activity in the up
per field is increasing. 1t is said
that the new gasser is begger than
anw of the Cruce wells, which sup
ply the towns of NARROW and Dun
can.
Other reports from the Chickasha
fields note the following: In the
southern part of Grady county the
Santa Fe. is drilling in 353n-5w at
1900 feet in favorable formations.
In northern Grady county the Area
OF and Gas company is shut down in
1O-9n.Sw at 2O00 feet and workmen
hro busy repairing the boiler &
The Cement Field OIL and Gas
company, which is the l. W. VIII
liams outfit, in 32-Gn-9w is setting
the 1919. inch casing at 74O feet,
with the formations favorable
The Sonora company in 91-6n-9w
Is drilling at 1880 feet and have ex-
perlenced little trouble thus far
The Fortuna No. in 6-5n.9w is
shut down at 21l0 feet. the reason
not stated They had strong show
ing of oil at 2O65 TO 2077 feet
The Prosperity in 5-5n-9w is shut
down al 250S feet. Nothing is given
out as to the cause Of the shutdown
This well created much excitement
some weeks ago, but has since cub
sided
The Gorton in 2.5n.9w has frozen
casing trouble in the four inch stuff
at about 21SO feet.
The Unity well at Alex in 1S-5n-
CIV is shut down, waiting for a crew
at 2lOO feet
The Short Grass outfit in 9!.4n-
11w has a fishing job at 2O5O feet
Oscar Howard, who has been drill
ing Il we'll near the Canadian river
in 13-11n-1Ow, is now shut down at
1870 feet, cause not stated.
The Chandler Creek Oil company
west of Cement in 7-4n-11w is fish
ing at 22O0 feet. This well picked
up 70 feet of oil sand at 1900 feet.
South of Chickasha. the Vel Dun
has a broken drill stem at 500 feet.
They have encountered a strong
flow of gas.
The Ft Ring Oil company in 30
1s-Sw is drilling at 100 feet and it
is reported that they have encounter
ed some splendid showings.
c. w Johnson has made a loca-
tion and is preparing to drill in 30
ls-Sw The location is considered
favorable.
In 2S-1s.9w the Wau-Ran company
is drilling at about 1000 feet and
every Indication is favorable at this
depth.
The gas well struck by Harry Par
ker in lI-1s-1Ow and which was
guaged at about 100000, is as
strong as ever and is now consid
cred a good one.
In 23-1s-9w the Devonian company
has just completed a rig and are
preparing to spud in this week.
Some speculation has been evi
denced concerning the production O.
the Magnolia we'll in 22-1s-9w. Au
thentic reports from this well show
that the well is now pumping stead
lily 200 barrels of oil daily.
Activity is growing steadily in tn,
Chickasha district. especially to thl
south where many new locations ar,
being made.