The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1920-03-18

the I3Sllilny lUSCflCl. anu tllelT sellefnI
uniformity of judgement. certainly
lends encouragement that the possibi.
lity of findinf oil In commercial quan.
titles is without question. and the
results of their predictions will soon he
verified.
SUMMARY OF NORTH LOUISIANA FOOLS.
The discovery of gas well in the old
Catdo pool eventually led to the dis
covery of oil in paying igantities near
.Annanils which Is now known as OIL
City. and about one year later. after "A
number of failures. the Hsstetter well
on the south side Of Cadao Lake was
brought in as Il :sOOO-barret we'll by the
Gulf Company. This opened up an
entirely new territory. subsequently, ten
miles further northwest III Marion
County. Texas. adjoining the Louisiana
state line. The Gulf Company brought
In an extension Of the caddo pool in
Marion County. The discovery well
was known as the Gulf Company Burr
No /.
Some months thereafter. utter many
dry holes had been drilled In the inte-
venins area. the Trees Company called
into Its service j. Z. Mccue. Il practical
oil man Of international reputation.
who soon brought In the famous well Oh
the W. r. Stiles 2UsIacre lease. which
extended the field east several miles.
This property was subsequently sold by
the Trees Company to tAe Standard
! Oil Company. The price t-was never
made public. However, it was general
ly understood at the time tllat the Stan
dard paid .SS6.OOO.OOO for the property.
More than twelve miles northeast of
this property, the Buscil-Everett Com
Iany opened up a shallow IoOl in the
Hosston-Vi district. ~
During all these yearsSa series of
tests had been made by various COM
panies in the Pine Island district. all
Of which wells were recorded as fail.
ures. and 1t remained for a travelling
salesman. Il. Nj. Brown, without any
experienc whatever in the Oil bust.
ness. to take venture in oil and bring
in the first paying. producing well in
the Pine Island district during 1917. ol
ten years after the discovery of the
Caddo pool. .t
The Pine Island district has proven
to he one of the most prolific pools IL
4 the entire Caddo field. All Of the pool.
mentioned We're finally coupled up int.
one great producing area. embricin.
more than Ia square miles.
- DISCOVERY OF NAEORToE FIELD.
TlA next great field in I.ouisians
was discovered by the f,,ther Of til,
Louisiana gas fields. w. b AIcC Cern.icl
of shreveport. near the town OF Nhhor
ton. in DeSoto Parish. The first wei
was Il shallow gas we'll which led t,
IL number of tests. running over Il serie
of years until finally. the Gulf Com
pany brought in it's discovery well
known as the Jenkins No. l. same bein
located about two miles north of tin
w. Il. cCormick discovery gas well.
About year and Il half later tn
crichtOn pool. some seven miles distan
from the Naborton pool. was opene'
up by the discovery of the MarstOn Nt
l by the Gulf Company. which came Il
il 3OOO-barrel we'll during May. 1914. .
number of tests were made south q
this great pool in what IS now know
as the Bull Bayou field. The sever;'
!, tests made showed evidences Of oil. bu
not in paying quantities. 1t is recall le
that the Nelson and Polly leases wer
drilled and considered condemned q
that time. yet during the year 1919 IL.
Bull Bayou field was discovered an
the Nelson and Polly leases are to-da
: the most valuable leases in the entir
! Bull Bayou field.
Bull Bayou. Crichton and NabOrtO
are now practically coupled togethe
, as one field. which coversHan area q
approximately one hundred squal
{ miles.