The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-06-06
in THE OIL FIELDS
Offics, e24l w. H PECK Residenos z4%2

must be used In operating in this
country Is plainly evidenced.
II was at least four years ago that
9. IL. Shaffer, the man vino WIS re-
sponsible for the first drilling In tho
Cushing field. and who profited moro
by reason OF that wonderful field. In
formed the writer that the place to
play the game was between Cushing
and Okmulgoe. and after u long visit
with Mr.. Shaffer. II was duly insert
ed In the oil columns that tho prob
able trend was between these two
great fields and moreover, that tho
Deep Fork led the way. u was tho
beginning OF "croekology," and was
sprung at a time when many goolo-
gists we're Insisting on a lot OF pre-
mature publicity which gave them
the namo of rock hounds which
by the way. has beon adopted by tho
said geologists AZ n pet name.
Eslero are plenty of districts where
geology can be used TO mighty good
advantage. ns cnn be readily Heon by
following the drinrng operations OF
the Marland Refining company, who
are operating In tho Usage and far
ther west but the country reaching
from Cushing 10 Okmulgoe In not IA
vorablc for geological suggestions
but is better adapted TO tho theory
which II in fact no theory at all, TO
the law OF Averages" and Ia n
mighty good place 10 play tho game
and 80 far, seems to demonstrato
very plainly that tho oil follows tho
creeks.
Many practical oil men havo
added TO their fortunes by drilling In
this district and auch companies as
tho Atlantic Petroleum, The Bar
harn OIL company &C.. ~. Shaffer)
Producers g. Rcfiners, N. y. wilcox.
tho Iron Mountain, w. q. Shelly, the
solby people. and individual opera
tors like waite Phillips. T.. u. Mise
nor ard Doctor Scott. the latter hav-
Ing drilled the first well south OF
Kellyville, have all made or are maxi
Ing great fortunes. and this In not
all Of them by large majority.
The above credit IN given TO Mr..
Shhffcr, as II Is not only his due but
because tho plan Of giving credit has
always been followed In this column
where the Judgment OF men such as
he, has been duly recognized since
the opening OF tho mid-contlnent
field.
Among the latest that have made
n good start In this district. are the
Iron Mountain oil company and
Lemon q. Nicely. who have about
400 acres In the vicinity, and have
one well In tho northwest of the
northeast OF 2S-16-i0. Their No. l
on the Thompson farm In three feet
IN the butcher sand and Is flowing n
little better than 100 barrels. They
are shut down building tankaEe and
will drill In about Tuesday. The pay
sfe., Naa -
In tho same township II. +. wilcox
has succeeded in shutting In the big
gns we'll on Ihe Harry Pricc farm In
1s-16-10, which In estimated at bot
ter than 100000 cubic feet daily
and IL spraying oil, II looks "a
though when this well In completed
II will he producing n lot OF oil.
MIR. Wilcox. who In entitled to as
much credit as anybody for the de-
velopmcnt between Okmulgee and
the Gushing field also reports the
following:
on tho Lulu Williams farm IN 2k-
16-g, they are IN the Wilcox sand at
a total depth OF 1850 feet. Accord
Ing TO tho log OF well In this vi
cinitY that is producing from this
sand they are getting the formati ions
about right and should reach the pay
within the next 80 or 40 feet.
II. r. Wilcox has landed the 6%-
inch casing In No. 2 Willie Stepney
farm In 24-l6-l0. and expects to
drill I'm today. II IA showing for "A
very fine we'll In the butcher sand.
After n shot of 40 quarts Friday,
the Wilcox sand well, No. 30 on tho
Banks farm In 30-lb-1i. began flow
ing ana has been flowing by heads
ever since. 1t looks like about a
300-barrol producer.
III. r, Wilcox No. Lena Herrod,
In 25-i5-S Ia drilling at 800 feet. No.
1 Amos in 3i-10-S is drilling at 500
feet No. l Wiley Kelley In 35-16-S
Is drilling at i.l00 feet. No. 1 ella
Ralston In ll-6-9 ~ setting the
10-inch casing at 1859 feot. The
same company Is moving I'm rig
for n test on tho Tiger farm in i3-
l6-9. No. l Peggy Sewell in 2S-lG-
is drilling at $50 feet and they
have made n location on tho NJ. Hle-
fs~ farm in li-lS-lO. No. Jordan
Barnett in 24-1s-10 Is spudding at
100 feet.
The well of these people that has
Just been completed In section 2S ex-
tends the pool about two miles to the
north and makes Bristow look larger
than any Oklahoma pool that has