The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-09-22

.nat it was accomplished at all under |
ur circumstance. In these times, /
when such WORK can be accom-
uurutd Iu ah many days as 1t then
D. I,uulrod months, It Us difficult to
appreciate the difficulties, doubts,
a,Iaya aud general troeJlcs that be
tpt them then. without preliminary
tudy. previous experience or train
Iur. without prccrdcuts In what they
uud'rtpUt, boz a newly settled coun-
lry without steam power machine
shops. UklIl,d mechanics, suitable
tools or materials. failure, rather
than success, might reasonably hiGe
been predicted.
Tho uDRhboriug property owners
who had watched the progrcaa and
tho result of tho drilling OF the Ruff
uDr brothers well now began to
Uuu ON their own land Most OF
rh,m succeeded In discovering salt
water on their land and Within nine
}Dtta from thc drilling In Of the first
uIt sell ihIs district ~ West Nlr-
Euil was producing seven hundred
thousand bushels of salt annually.
Zoo the drilling ~ these wells many
troublesome questions arose with tho
crude tools then in use and these
The FIRST set Of Jars
Ia drilling thrptfFh solid rock
one of the difficulties was that tho
ult would stick and could not bo re-
muyod Ou q straight pun In 1891
william Morris or "Billy' as he was
familiary called, very ingenious
and suorcsHful. practical well driiler,
invented simposi STOOL which has
done more TO render deep drilling
practical. simple and cheap and sue
,cssful than anything else since the
/ Introduction of steam. This tool was
FIRST called slips which aa every
one knows who is experienced In oil
wrll drilling ls q long double LINK
with ynws that fit closely but slRlo
/ loosely up ana down It's object ls
! - allow the heavy stem and bit TO
|huNu clear quick cutting fan un-
|oustructod and unencumborcd by the
slower motion Of the cable without
/ The use of Jars it would be lmpos-
/ ahle tu arm an oil well IN this soc
/ zion of the country This invention
was never patented and the inventor
l never made a dollar ont OF his dis
/ covcry. yet this tool is one OF the
Vreat connecting links in tho oil and
ras industry today
We have seen In the article above
quoted tfat the first tubing was
made OF wood and wrapped with
twine. About this time timer 10.
Gated In Charleston and he made
tubes Of tin and soldercd them to-
gcthor as they were put down in tho
wen and thus we have another steI
in the evolution Of the Industry
uuued The man who struck tn,
biggest flow OF salt water was tn,
luckcst
The First Gas Wcil.
In 1915 Captain James Wilson
proceeded to drill a well within IN,
present limits Of tho city OF Charles
ton Tho captain had not gotten a.
strong salt water as he expected, bu
instead OF being discouraged, ne de
cllrcd that he would have bette
brine or he would bore his well int,
----, shortly after this the drillc
struck "a pocket Of gas which blcy
: out the tools ignited from nearb
Tire and burned up the surroundin
: buildings Tho captain thought tha
he done Just what he said he woul
l do and thought that he temple
: Providence about far enough and re-
l fused TO have anything further To d
u with this well. These forces OF ma
u turc were unknown at that tim,
I Drilling continued until wells wet
drilled more than 1000 feet In dept
= all seeking salt water,
. Tho same author above mentionc
: In the Resources Of West virginia
II gives the following account OF IN
10 discovery Of large gas wells near
twenty years prior to the drilling
4 the Drake well;
4 In lSii, william Tompkins.
y boring n salt well short distant
7 above the burning spring, struck
q large flow of gas. which he turned
q account 10y boiling his furnace" an
3 making salt with 1t, cffccting IA grei
= saving. In fuel and economy in n
a, cost of salt
d I'm 1913. Messrs. Dickinson
< Shrewsbury, boring few rods b.
y low, tapped at about 1000 feet
e depth, natures great gas reserve
% Of this region. So great was I