The Holbrook news., 1918-05-17

A. D. MacDuffee, w. J. Hen nessey and L. D. Sandefur, stock holders in the Adamana Oil anC Land Company, have returned to Kingman, after having made a careful inspection of the hold ings of oil land in the hands ot the corporation, in company witt H. B. Dodd, general manager. While here they made a trip tC the Seven Lakes section ir New Mexico. where, they tell us. they purchased three Star oil boring rigs. which have pre-. viously been in use in that state. They will construct two good rigs from among the three, build derricks and start to boring for oil as soon as they can possibly do so. It is said that the initial prospecting will be commenced on land they control south of Holbrook.
 Under the guidance of General Manager Dodd they have been making a most rigid inspection of thelr properties. Mr. Dodd has covered nearly every section of land within forty miles of Holbrook, and is thus competent to direct them to the most at- tractive areas. That they are pleased with their investigations goes without saying, as their de- termination to start two rigs drilling at once is the strongest evidence that could be conceived.
 A. M. MacDuffee IS president of the company, w. J. Hennessey secretary, while L. D. Sandefur is their expert, who will have charge of drilling operations.
 MT. MacDuffee is one of the trail-blazers of the great West, having crossed the plains before an iron rail was laid west of the Missouri river than fifty two years ago. During that per iod he has roamed the Rockies from the British possessions to the interior of Mexico, following the golden trail" for the hidden wealth of the various mining regions. Mack" has been a resident of Arizona 35 years, of which 30 have been devoted to the upbuilding of Mohave coun- tvs great mineral resources, not only by the opening up of some of it's most prominent mines, but also by interesting capital to the extent of several millions of dollars.
 MT. Sandefur might also be termed a pioneer h the oil in dustry, having travelled around the globe in the employ of diff ferent syndicates, one of which was the Royal Dutch, of which he was in charge of their large holdings in British India for three years or more. He was also with the Pioneer and Mid way companies in California IA years. besides having been in the fields of Pennsylvania, Texas and Oklahoma. During those years of experience he has become ex- pert in SIX different methods of oil we'll drilling.
 MT. Sandefur states that only for the accidental fracture of an ankle while in the jungles of British India, which has left that member in such a weakened con- dition that it units him for the walking necessary in the oil fields, that he would not have been for two years following other than his chosen profession; but now that he is associating himself with the Adamana Oil and Land Company. he has the assurance that his varied exper- ience in many lands can go far toward directing his company efficiently.
 MT. Sandefur made the state ment that within a radius of 30 miles of Holbrook are formations and conditions in evidence which makes him quite sure of the ex- istence of an immense oil dis trict-a field which will be of vast importance to our commu- nity. county and state, as well as to the national government. which is now in great need of every barrel of oil that can be produced.
 As MT. Sandefur's opinion on the district is fully indorsed in the reports of several eminent geologists lately Tn the field. and we are assured that the drilling of a few wells is all that is re- quired to prove that Arizona, and Holbrook in particular. will come into it's own as a producer of oil, in conjunction with it's as-