The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-08-23

that country looking things over, and
each individual in and about Scottsville
has something to add to the roseate de-
scriptions of others. One thing is true
Nof Scottsville. Everyone there from the
young boys to the grown-ups including
both sexes are oil promoters and all have
leases to sell.
1T is interesting to ride about the
southern Kentucky country, noting its
wondrous green fields and graceful val
leys. Fhe scene is anything but that o.
a prosperous oil field. The only thing
that marks it as an oil field is the nuns
erous gin poles that stud the fields in
dicating production and the pipelines
strewn alongside the road. Naturally the
pungent odor of crude oil prevails all
over that country.
I'VE visited all over the Allen county
field, noting the big productions at the
Big Sinking, the Adophus Pool. the Dial
ton Pool, the Angie McReynolds Pool,
scattered on both the north and south
sections of the county. One of the most
interesting sights was Jake Moulder
wells which are producing great guam
titles The estimate on the big Moulder
gusher is anything from 1000 to 1000 bar
rels a day.
However, such big wells are not the
rule, although it is stated that big wells
are now coming in daily. However, on
an average the wells drilled at depth
from $50 to 800 feet bring IN 20 barrels
day which means an average income
of about $4,000 a year.
Most of the spectators hunt little
churches with adjoining cemeteries for
lease sights. Practically all of these
places have produced oil. In fact one lit
tle church adjoining the Angie Mickey
nolds lease is making one young man
rich. He purchased the rights to drill
around the cemetery and church on
ground amounting to two acres for $9VV'
and has now about large PRODUCING
wells He will sell his holdings at the
reasonable figure of about 100000 or
Whereabouts.
Naturally there is no great rush to
the Kentucky oil fields as there is IN
Texas, but there is a steady flow OF
visitors from all over the country. Par
.;oularlv is this true Of Texas. Oklahoma
and Kansas men. These experienced OIL
men are now migrating to Kentucky u
give those fields the very careful once
over 1t is stated that a few more gush-
ers like that located on the Jake Moulder
lease will bring on a rush like that at
Burkburnett and Ranger. The cities reap
ing the benefit from the present excite
ment are Louisville. Nashville and Bowl
ing Green. Louisville and Bowling Green
have an oil exchange where spectators
can have their play
Zone well-known Birmingham citizen
who is making good is Tom AbenathY'
who formerly owned the Strand thea
| tire Tom is in the drilling business with
Henry Mays. a well-known driller. They
have six rigs as the drills are known
| and are kept busy with contracts all the
| time As each contract aVerag es about
| 1920 and two weeks at the longest to
complete it can be conservatively stated
neither Tom nor Henry is worrying about
keeping the wolf away from the door
this winter.
| "As evidence that Allen county is get
| ting all the exploitation possible, 1t Is
matter of record that there are between
300 and 400 drills constantly at work
there In fact one of the great troubles