Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1919-06-20
KRNNLAn nIL CoNIPANY
Owns Valuable Territory Kentucky
oil Property Among safest OH
INVESTMENTS

recently took a "trip thru Allen, War
rem and Barren Counties az guests Of
the Kenmar Oil Company The fol-
lowing report made by one of the
members Of the party gives, in few
words, q comprehensive idea of this
wonderful oil field
The party arrived over different
trains Friday morning, and met at
the Mansard Hotel, Bowling Green,
where breakfast was served, Auto
mobiles were ready to carry us over
the field and left nrst for Scottsville.
On the way, we saw signs Of activity
Immediately upon leaving Bowling
Green, as thore are at present three
or four rigs at work on the'edgo of
the city. The location of the work
noor Aviation, Allen Springs andHalf-
way was noted as the party proceed
ed toward Scottsville, and about an
hour after leaving Bowling Green
the cars passed thru Scottsville and
down the Gallatin Pike to Adolphus.
At Adolphus, the Kenmar Oil Co.
owns seven leases, including the en-
tire village. Several wells have been
drilled there by the company and
another is drilling on the NJ. l.. Hin
ton lease. Eight of these wells are
completely rugged and pumped by
central power, and crew OF men are
rigging the balance. Kenmar's stor-
age tanks, pipe line, loading pump
and loading racks were pointed out
to us so that we were able to see on
this one property the entire process
of drilling, pumping, storing and
transporting oil. The oil is sold to
the Indian refining Company for
S2.10 per barrel and shipped 10 its
Lawrencevillo, ILL.,, refinery in tank
cars.
Returning north toward Scotsyille,
the general location of the group of
leases owned by the company west
ofAdolphus, the Phillips lease, upon
which two wells had been drilled,
and the V. Hinton lease, near the Nc
Reynolds pool, was pointed out to
the party. This lease joins produc-
ton owned by the Merchants OIL Co.
and Snowden Bros. The company
intends to drill the V. Hinton lease
Immediately. The first well drilled
will Offset well on the Tucker farm
which, theshipping records at the
railroad station nearby shows, has
produced a carload of oil every day
for three months.
Within the time allotted, it was
impossible to even visit all the leases
owned by the Kenmar, but a general
idea of the Scottsville field was OBJ
tainedand the location in the field of
the company's leases WIS observed.
After eating lunch at ScOttsyille,
the party went to the north field,
passing the Kenmar's territory near
Gainesville and stopping at the Cliff
ton School on the Johnson farm.
Two wells have been drilled on this
lease by the Kenmar, both of which
are on the pump, and the third is
being drilled about four hundred
feet from Johnson No. 2, which is
claimed to be one of the best wells
in the state of Kentucky. 1t was re-
ported as a Thousand barrel we'll,
and on actual test, filed twelve
hundred barrel tank in thirty hours.
Adjoining Kenmar's l5ase on the
west is the Riggs properly, now pro-
ducing about three hundred and fifty
barrels per day. In fact this lease
is practically surrounded by the rich
est pool in Allen County. Kenmar
owns three other leases in this pool
The Jewell pool is on the Barren
River, three or four miles north Of
the Johnson farm. The owners OF
this property have alrd@dy drilled
in several wells and have erected a.
bout a dozen two hundred and fifty
barrel tanks. Some of the wells flow
naturally, it is claimed, one hundred
or two hundred barrels . per day.
Crossing the river nair Jewell Bend,
we went to the Moulder farm, in
Warren county, the latest center Of
the excitement. The pumpcr on the
Moulder farm oponed one of the iiow-
ing wells while we were there and
If one doubts that there are gushers
in Kentucky, he should visit this
property, for the oil gushes from the
ground without any pumping in
stream the full size of the well tube.
Many rigs have been moved into this
since the Moulder
wells were opened and several other
now have big producers.
Kenmar has thirteen leases in this
new field, This territory particular
ly pleased the members of the party
and many believed that the best pro-
duCtiOn will he obtained I'm tbio naiorb