The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1919-07-31
SUMMARY OF OIL AC.
INVITES FOR the WEEK
vi Activities Increasing-Eisht Loca
tons Already Made. More Ex-
pected In Short Time

Il pected In Short Time
|. Inc interest in oil development in-
. creaSeS daily in BicnyiIIc narish and
/; Ill every section the people are waking
/. up t" the possibilities along these limos
All Illustration Of this fact is going
| the rounds. but we do not know how
authentic it may be. Anyhow. here is
the story:
Through Brooke & Gr~sby, local
real estate concern handling ,o,.o,
mere Mr.. Fred W. pentccost was Of
Tered $4,000 for lease On 4 cprtoiu
ST acres. but declined the offer 4
week later' the same firm went to
Mr. PentecoSt and told him they mood ,
I" more acreage Oh a certain drilling
contract and was given free thc Same
tract which Mr.. pentecost had rpfus
ed to lease for $4,000.
AT perSent ;here are eight locations
on which drilling Is IN actual proyrpSS
or where derrickS are being prectod
preparatory to drilling. Where driu.
''lS Is beng done, it is reported that
the formation in the various locations
are very similar to the formation in
the Claiborne oil fields.
The RingsoId Oil 4 Gas Co., dri,,io,
Aosely No, !, have reached a deuth
OF ZOO feet and are setting S IN cas-.
ing.
Manning no. l. machinery being SET
ready to drill,
"oodarl No, !. near Taylor-Der.
TICK Oelhs erected and machinery ready \
to be set. Il
lhe derrick haS been completed and N
the machinery is now being SET ready NJ
Tor drilling on the Mcclure tract inst H
'aSt of Arcadia. y
New York interests have contracted e
o drill well on the Bert Davis tract
even miles south of Arcadia in Soc
- Tn II, Il. j. Timbers have npeu
Ut ana derrick is being erected The
1achlnery is expected TO arrive nj ,uv
inc,
Through Brooke 4 GriySly we learn
nat drilling will begin ia once on tho
uller location near saies, this mar. 4
n The derrick has been erected for n
me tine, hut owing to the difficulty Ei
getting the heavy machinery across
lack Lake the work has been DELAY
l. August 18th is the final limit for
'tllal drilling to he in prosress
PsSrs' Brooke 4 GriSshy have been in
large OF the lease work and all tbe
Tails OF getting ready to drill reprc. RI
ht1ng Mr. W, Il. Dickerson. of Shreve. iii
IT. who has taken over these nron
ties for development. and we under,
''lo the tract involved comprises ~
er 5000 acres Mr., Dickerso- III
operator, and h~' Il is
ted in oil pron~-'r ,>aVlIy inter- u
d assoc. rites in Pine Island, nj
.dted with the Rowe Oil Co.
"A location has been made less than
mile west of GibSland on the Calhoun
act Sec. -, Tp Is, r. I, west, and
e derrick is being erected and will u
ready for the installation of the -
by the end of the week. Nh
ms test is being made by several nos
'ahhy bankers of Aarecline, Mo. St.
DaVlS-brown Oil Co., of Shreveport, cd
We made location on the Jordan auc
lcf flve miles southeast of Bienville the
Will begin drilling Jordan No, ! in
soon as the derrick can be complet. civ;
and machinery installed. We un- teu,
stand the machinery is now at Bieu. KIM
le' ready to move to the location. :.
[hree othes locations will probably -,
announced within the next few 49,.
IS ami will probably be made some a..
ere in the territory between Ar. u.or
m' Gibsland, MI. Lebanon and wan
iceland. Wv
~ - The
Ill men from various cpntcrs arc
wing the active operations in Bipp- ,.
e parish with much interest, and T..
IL representatives are watching de-. no,
,pment closely.
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