Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1919-02-21
OIL MARKET QUOTATIONS.
Julius Fohs Calls the Turn.

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T,J;,,. Eob. CoJTs fbc Turn.
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Perhaps tho first venture In the way
OF calling the turn on future deVel,
opmcnts In Texas. that is definite ana
hence of absorbing interest, comes
from julius Fohs. noted geoIoslsI
who has prepared n map showing
what no considers tho proohble on
districts hs they VIII b" outlined at'er
the drill has dompnstraied 'hc ck-
tcnt OF tho field ana II VIII mighty
soon bo demonstrated how good
guessor he is In this instance.
II ls n fact that much money ~ be-
ing paid for acreage In the vast ter
ritory lying outside of the probable
trend. and this should be stopped II
possible, because II IN not only
waste OF money and time. but " de-
cidedly bad for the business or pro-
ducing oil in general.
Mr.. Fohs map includes In the big
stuff Eastland county, where there
are now 26s wells drilling' stephens
county with 1bs wells now drilling
Comanche county which has ~ tesus
going down at the present time,
part OF Erath county, probably TWO
thirds OF the area of that county
lying 10 the west. and there are ~
wells drilling mt tho present time In
that county.
He has included Brown county
which right now has II wells belng
drilled. about half OF them deep
tests. All OF Callahan county where
there are wells now going down
All OF Coleman whero ~ wells are
now being put down; a little OF tao
northwestern part OF MCCULLOUGH
county In which wells are now be-
Ing drilled, Tho northeast three
fifths OF Concho county In which
there are two tests being put down
The east half OF RuHnoh county,
which also has two wells drilling et
present The southeast two-thirds o'
Shackelford county, which has six
wells uAfer way Mt present good
share of Young county. which in-
cmdes the south half and In which
there are nine wells now drilling.
The southwest corner OF Jack county
whore there are eight wells now
drilling. =
Palo Pinto county. which has ~
wells going down most OF which aro
deep tests and expect TO 20 TO the
400 foot sand IL included. The
northwest third OF Hamilton county
L. included with six wells now drill
Ing which includes the list 40 far a.
tho structure where the big wells
have bcen coming In. In what We will
cali the Ranger district,
Mr.. Fohs, however, believes tho.
tho wichita Falls district, including
Burkburnett, will extend down and
connect with the Ranger district, and
viii include Wichita, Archer. the
north half Of Young. the east half OF
Throckmortou, tho east half OF Bay
lor, the east hah OF Jack county. His
dope, therefore, comedies with some
Of the forecasts made by we'll known
OIL producers, like j. I. Gillespie, that
has been published In this column,
and many OF the prominent lease
brokers, like Walter Nelson and
others too numerous to mention.
IL In interesting TO note further
that this map does not Include
Bosque county or Coryell county or
Mills county. where there are eight
tests going down at tho present time.
II is therefore obvious that the
chances are not 90 good for the lat
ter but of course. Mr.. Fohs expects
to have occasions to revise his map
somewhat later on. but as a general
proposition the chances are he In
correct.
A list of drilling wells In Texas,
not mentioned above includes the
following: Clay county with nine;