The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-05-08

greater poSSDilltieS tIidH
any mid-continent opera
ton. There are also i'm.
mense possibilities in Gran
ite for the recuperation OF
the fast disappearing gas
supply Of the state.
loaded two new rig at Brinkman
and ha, made drilling contracts on
two new locations
To Prove Well
There /, water sand Just above
the oil sand and concrete is being
sci ~ the hole ~ order to dill
tn ough It and pick up the oil sand
without the water menace There IL
no estimating the size OF the we'll
when It gets into the pure oil sand.
some OF the oil has been tested. /
showing a lhlr,y-six test Picking
ihe pool up al such a shallow depth
viii make the Granite field one OF tho
most profitable in the entire state.
Geological Report.
Bulletin No l9 OF the Oklahoma
Geological Survey, published in 1917, (
under the direction Of {. w. Shannon,
has the following survey Of the Greer .
county prospects: u
The Permian strata dips at right
angles to and at flat angle from the
axis of the Wichita mountains. The /,
strata in the northeastern part OF the
county dipping northeast and those
in the southern part dipping south !
west The Cambtian Ordevican and
Pennsylvania are supposed TO under
lie uncpniormably the Pcrmian, the
older rocks bordering the Wichita
mountains and the Younger farther
away There may he territory to the
north and 10 the south OF the Wichita
mountains where the Permian comes :
IN contact with the ends OF oil or gas
bearing Pennsylvania strata that
might prove productive of oil or gas.
Also. tho territory To- the north and
south Of these places might be ia
yorablc territory up to the places
north and south where the depth Of
drilling would he too great Oil or
gas may he found in the uncon-
formative between the Permian and
the older rocks, even up 70 the base
OF the Wichita mountains. Favor
able structure in the Permian may OF
may not extend down into the Penn
e sylvania; also there NAV he favorable
structure in the Pennsylvania not APP
parent at the surface.
Development
development for oil began in the
9 vicinity OF Granite early in 1901,
= when a local company drilled a we'll
to the depth OF $50 feet on the south
crn part OF the iownsitc. The drill
: stopped in granite. During the sum
mer of the same year another well
,e was drilled in the southeast quarter
I'd OF the northeast quarter OF section
+. 10, ,ownshS, 4 north. p west. 10 .
u, depth OF los feet A little oil was
~ encountered and the well produced
I'd three or four barrels Of oil per day
I'd when placed on the pump In an ef-
:. fort to increase the production by
shooting. the we'll was destroyed A
J. we'll drilled in the northeast quarter
S. oi section 10. township north. range
ID q west to depth OF 800 feet was
p, dry. About year later two wells
we're drilled in the southeast quarter
OF section 2S township north,
ST range y west, to depth OF 200 feet.
1. ShowngS OF oil and gas were report
: ed. In 1908 a well drilled near the
'' first producing well furnished a lev
n hundred gallons of heavy black oil
T. In 1904 the Myers Oil company BE-
4. ban well in the southwest quarter
OF section "a. township 7 north of
W range 2l west, about nine miles north
&c Of the CITY Of Granite. This well
which required three wears in drillirG
was abandoned ut 2l3S feet Several
Showings OF oil and gas were re-.
w ported
III No further development took place
he until about the close OF 1913. One
-, we'll. begun at the foot of Headquar- :
" tiers mountain after drilling in gram
ny itc for several hundred feet, vas
he abandoned a, a depth of 700 feet
e. Recently some wells were drilled
i. in the vicinity of Willow (fftee1
" miles northwest of Granite) and ond
u of them reported a strike OF 100000
IS cubic feet OF gas
st Summary.
c, Greer county is in probable oil ana
II kas territory The presence Of both
" oil and gas has been proved but alf
o. the production was small The small
ol production found at Granito was, NJ
,r. doubt found in or near the uncon@
Il, iormable contact between the Pef@
mian or older rocks II may have
ST travelled a considerable distance fo1
n II source Of origin.