The Adair County news., 1920-10-13
OIL NEWS.
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[BY E. T. KEMPER.

The Geogolical Survey is authority
for the statement that we have al
ready produced 5000, 600, 900 barrels of
crude oil, and that the recoverable
preserves are estimated to yield 7,O00,-
600, 900 barrels additional
The Palmer Oil & Cos Company,
operating on the Sam RoySe farm near
tom, are running their big drilling
rig to its full capacity, and very salts
factory progress is being made with
the work.
Mr.. Dallas, Golf, one of our local
drillers, has just closed a contract
with the Decatur Drilling Syndicate,
Decatur, ILL.,, to put down three wells
at the very earliest possible date on a
certain lease near Barkerton, Cumber-
land county. ....
A new and ..up-to-date drilling rig
from the Armstrong factory, Water
loo, Iowa, is now on the way here to
be used by the contractors in sinking
the first we'll for the Columbia DeVel-
opment Company. The location has
not as yet been definitely decided up
on, but it will very close in, and it is
confidently expected gas will be found
in sufficient quantities to supply the
town.
Mr.. Geo. II. Palmer, president of
the Palmer Oil & Gas Company, visit
ed Akron, Ohio last week for the pur-
pose of securing certain equipment
from the Star Drilling Machinery
Company. When Mr.. Palmer needs
supplies he don't wait to send fol-
them, but rather he goes and gets
them, and than sees that.they come at
once.
,, A large supply of piping for the
Southern Oil & REFINING Company
. Denver, CoIp., was received here the
latter part of last week, and it wa:
Immediately forwarded by teams tx
Bakerton where the Company il
equippipg its wells, lately brought il
there, for pumping. An expert field
man has been sent on from Denver
and he will take personal charge o
the work and push it forward as fast
{ asconditions will permit.
nrMr. ]. E. Carnahan, Of Canton, Obi,
one of the welsknown and 'prominen
operators Of the country, and head o
the CarnahaR Oil Company, now drill
ing so extensively in this territory, al
rived in town Thursday night and vii
spend some time in inspecting tn
Company's operationsin this section
d Mr.. W. E. SarVent, of New Yor
: City, one of the high officials of tn
:. Bagded Oil Company, operating i
f the Greensboro, field, was here one da
last week on his way to the fielC
where he expects to spend seVera
days Mr. Sarvant talked very opt
mistically regarding this section a
n proving to be great oil field, and h
Q stated he and his associates are plaI
r. ming extensive development work i
t this territory.
. The Daniel Boone Oil Compan!
/ Lexington, have begun drilling oper;
. tions in Cumberland County, and the
Il will push development work in thu
: section. These people are numbere
Il gmong the progressive operators
% the country. and they believe in doin
things. They were pioneers In til
Lincoln county, KY, Field, where the
have several wells under pump; an
they, constructed their own pipe liz
u from their wells to Waynesburg, Q
5s the Queen & Crescent Ry.
A private phone message receive
here from Creelsboro Monday noe
conveys the information that Il
Beacon Oil Syndicate, operating {
the farm of Campbell Brothers, HI
: just drilled in we'll No. | with 200 fe
of oil in the hole, and rising rapid
The report also said the new we'll VI
conceded by the oil fraternity there
be far the best ''strike" yet made
that field.
~ Lambert Willin, fourteen year o