The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-08
ARDM0RE' NEW
OIL WELL BEST
FOUND LOCALLY
REFINERY TEST SHOWS GRAVITY
HIGH: GASOLINE CONTENT
Is 30 PERCENT
POOL EXTENDS SOUTHEAST
Many New Locations Being Made To-
ward ArdmOre Showing Development
Should Reach Within Ten Miles OF
City; so Percent Fuel Oil Found in
Test; Lease Market Active.
BY :. DEANE WATSON

by $. DEANE WATSON
Ardmore's new oil well is without Il
doubt the biggest find ever made III
this part of the state. Not only Is the
amount of production TO exceed any
previous well brought in. but test
made by the Terminal refinery shows
the quality of the oil to be far super
ior to any previous samples received
here.
The test taken from the flow oil
Thursday from the new Texas We'll
shows a gravity of 34.5, u gasoline con
tent of 80 percent and fuel oil less
than fifty percent. This test has
brought Joy to the local refineries. as
it gives promise of a lucrative return
from the marketable products from the
new pool,
At last the exact distance of the
location Of the new well from Ard
more has been determined. BY spe'
cial measurement it was found TO be
only l3 miles from the corporate nm
its of this city to the rig site. Ihe
new pool is believed to extend south
and east and local oil men predlct
that within few months it Will eN'
tend this way TO within ten miles oil
town.
The new Texas company well is To-
Gated on the Horton farm No. /, in sec
ton 27 As, Nv. This is in the Bayou
l.. irngr
GO down the stream.
Is 2.IOO Feet Deep
The new well is at n depth of 2,1lO
feet, and Is reported to be 2S feet IN
the sand. The depth of this new SAND
is not yet known. but some predict that
it will possibly be as good as the Heald-
ton field, which had IL maximum depth
of $50 feet. A sample of the SAND
displayed in Ardmore Saturday shows
it to be similar TO thai of the Healdton
field, but much darker, signifying an
the same geological survey as the
happy phases viewed by the refiners.
The new pool is considered as about
the same geological survey as the
Healdton field, but line of dry holes
drilled in the past between the two
DOOlS Is bitit tiiS NV N'''N
is not a part of the Healdton develop
ment.
Six years ago the Hewitt Oil|& Gas
Company drilled a well in the north
west part of section 26, to depth oil
14OO feet collapse of casing caused
an abandonment of this well. How
ever, they We're reported to have reach
ed an oil sand at TAO feet, but no de-
velopment followed at that time.
Three miles east of the new well
the American Industrial Oil Company
pumped a shallow sand in section IL.
George Ames picked up the shallow
sand three years ago when he drilled
two wells, 1,400 feet deep.
Some local oil men claim that the
sand reached in the new Texas well
is as good as the Gushing pool, and
that development will prove the new
Ardmore field to be as great in pro
duction and quality.
New Locations
Westheimer & Daube have started
out to find how far the new pool runs
east Besides their offset rig which
is under construction on the Dillard
farm in section %, they have put out
three crews to erecting rigs on the
line eastward.
The Kirk Oil company have made
a location in section 2, 5s, Wv. it is re-
ported.
Four and a half miles south of the
new Texas well the Savage Oil com
pany are to drill in section 16 5s, 2w.
Lease buying is at its heighth in
this city Simpson building seems to
be the headquarters. and the Guaranty
State Bank is converted into an oil
exchange each evening, because of
lack of other room for the buying and
selling forces.
The usual startling stories about
big sums changing hands. and of large
earnings are heard on every corner.
One local man stated Saturday that
he purchased lease for $40 some time
ago-"just to accommodate a fellow,
and sold it yesterday for $4,000.
The Chamber of Commerce at a
special meeting last night planned ways
and means to handle the influx of peo-
pie coming to the city. Roads to the
new oil field were also discussed. An
effort is being made TO prevail upon
the Ringing railway officials to run
an hourly car service to the field.
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