The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-10-22
North Texas.

North Texas.
An Eastland corresp"lue', rol
,,na,tlons in the Ranger ileau
1oxys in the Fort Worth Star' ,a'r,ne
10th development ana triu''s .,ou
49,, nast week was exceptlol'n"' 'I,o
a. tbe Central Texas OH lie'NS, an
iii -, to so much sickness iro'" 80
r,o MANY of the speculato's
'-.,,, have been called home pS '
home More than tWo'ti''i"' "'
,ios have temporarily s"sPe"''
drilling. ,.-u,. g., the point OF
',,.,io, during the week III W.
prouu u,os the No. l Taylor vi
culf Production COMPANY, '
,,cross the road and north III 'iv nth.
farr about fourth oil n'''' 'a,,,n
,yest Of the Slayden WELL nt q ,rell
- . a4O feet. Friday the all
,i+ , flow of gas, when sP'" ,ool,
a,,or the derrick This showing j. e, ,,,,a
,,,o, olmost identically with the
Id NV the Slayden at the sail,e l,a,. u.p,',.
n.i,iing was continued ''",
,,,,r and if is believed that the pay
,,a ',U ,,iIl he reached at depth Oh oe', 'pors
o,ro foot The sand at the H'"S
,yen was hit at S,442 feet o IN
r,ha No 1 Rock well. whlch '",''.
,,,aek ago. is almost mile hor'"m I =.
-, the Taylor and the Roper wen
about half a mile west
''' Tendency Northwest
>-ortb and northwest OF faat'"''n y,
=, IN hold the attention oi the o'
,,.tano.,s now more than that Oh any
,, ~ tba undeveloped territory, i"o
-, for this, it is believed Is NV
,l,, tbe good showing made ny
C,,i, production Company NO. ! i'ie'9
80, ,,,a,l one and a half miles north Vi
,rastlopd hut also the theory tt'a' Wv
structure from the fa"sei p,,,o,,l,,
tends in a somewhat hor'ii"
direction ,,.,, nool
The big producers in the Rahse' poo
ore being developed as the poor ~ p'o
an west and northwest from t"e ""
of Ranger. The Rock We'll one ''
,nrea.ouarters miles northwest OF ran
a,. is tho largest well yet discovered
=, ,ne field. and near it are the stay
nln tho Jones No. / and No. , ana lhe
,1ovor1 wells. all big producers from
r,a ran or the sand. This would lI'u''
oota that as this structure winch
nronounced is developed west sun Iuie
ar nroducers may be expected
struct,re is more prominent III '"'
northwest part of FIaStand county d"
tho vicinity of the parrack wei "I '"'
state oil Corporation than IL Is just
west of the town of Ranger
$500 Acre for Lease.
,rho most imDortant deal in the way
80 g, le,se in the undeveloped territory
,,.,b Of Eastland was made this week
Ia, Ioseph NJ. Weaver and others Wheh
,hev Maid $500 an acre or S2+OOO lof
,aose ON So acres of the Agnes II. san
dars tract. Weaver's and the states on
CORPORATION holdings in TINS part OIL '''e
county amount TO several Nv
acres. and during the past two "eeNS
they have added several hundred acres
to their big holdings. The prices pa'u
,yould indicate much is expected from
this territory
The Cuff Production Company mas
recently added several hundred acres 10
its holdings in this same territory ana
q number Of their leases have What
practically amounts to immediate urlH
ing contracts attached, which means
much activity in the way of develop
ment
The Gulf Production Company spud-
ded in its No. l Ray location Friday ana
is now drilling with crews working
both towers The Ray tract is Is miles
northwest Of Eastland.
The Baumgardner tract, four miles
north of Eastland which is leased 10
the Great Southern Oil and Refining
Company. is rigging up, and, according
to the contractor will spud in tins
week
The Caldwell Oil Company has com
pleted its derrick on the Sinners tract
and tools are being hauled to the prop
erty. This No. l Sinners of the Cald'
well is three and half miles north
west OF Eastland. The contract for
drilling this well has been let 10 Skelly
4 Sankey of Tulsa, W. d. Caldwell
a banker Of Oklahoma City. is presi-
dent of the Caldwell oil Company.
The w. A. Sanders tract Of 220 acres,
six miles northwest of Eastland. VIII
he drilled by the Oklahoma Producers
Companv. This company has 60 days
vet in which TO begin drilling. WORK
has already begun on constructing the
derrick.
The w r. Barker tract, about eight
miles northeast of Eastland, and two
miles north of the Roper well, Will be
drilled by Lockhart and others.
The colonial school tract of one acre
one.fourth of q mile northwest of the
Roper well. will be drilled by w. II. (BilD
MiIliken of Cleveland. Drilling on TINS
school tract must start within 30 days,
20 tho lp1ca
The Sun Company is constructing
rig on the Rudt tract adjoining the
Roper farm on the northern plains, are
TO have this well spudded in the last Of
next week.
The Prairie Company No. l Wedding
ton well, about 12 miles northwest OF
Eastland, is drilling at 1850 feet.
The No. ! Webb well Of the Magnolia
company. about five and a half miles
northwest of Eastland, is drilling at
500 feet.
The No. 1 Parrack well of the States
Oil Company was drilling Saturday
morning at 2,7s0 feet. The rate the
drill has been making on this well the
past week the top of the black lime
should be reached during the next five