Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1920-11-25
OIL WELL NEWS
FROM MISSISSIPPI
Charleston Well.

OndFleSCOn wen.
Paynes Newton Well No. y oil
well is still shut down, while the der
rick and drilling machinery are under
going repair work. The hole is down
1927 feet with the bit feet in a
hard brown sand rock. After neces-
sary repairs to plant have been made
drilling will be resumed How deep
and what is under the hard rock?
Winona Well.
The Winona Times says that few
weeks ago some of the Preston Oil
Company's 'high ups" came down
and promulgated an order, we under
stand, that no information should be
given out about the we'll they are
drilling east of the city. Since then
those connected with the enterprise
have very little to say about it. A
wire fence has been placed around
the well site and sign posted: ASK
no questions and Keep Off the Der
rick" We have not been out to the
we'll recently. There may be other
signs posted that tend to guard the
secrecy of the work of this company.
We understand that they are drill
ing at about $500 feet and the next
thousand feet will doubtless deter
mine whether Montgomery County
will become a great oil field.
No misfortune has been encounter
ed thus far that has stopped opera
tions for any great length of time.
Canton, Miss. Well.
Drilling operations are proceeding
at Canton, Miss, without Interrupt
tions the we'll is being put down by
the Hughes-Baird Co., and while they
do not give out any public report, it
is known that the drilling operation is
satisfactory and everything working
smoothly
West Point Well.
The writer made a scouting trip
this week to West Point, Miss. He
found the people of that section very
much enthused over the prospects of
oil in that section. The Gulf States
Oil & Gas Co. have considerable lease
holdings in the vicinity of West Point
and are preparing to put down we'll
about 7 miles east of the city. The
company completed the erection of a
large derrick Thursday and have the
drilling machinery on the ground
ready to be installed Immediately.
The work is under the direction of
Mr.. F. j. Kelly, an exerienced man
from the Texas oil fields. They ex-
pect to be ready to "spud in" within
two or three weeks from date.
Crawford, Miss. Well.
Operation began Thursday again
on the we'll located 7 miles east of
Crawford, Miss. The Tom Bigby Oil
Company are doing the drilling. A
former company began work on this
well and after going down about 900
feet ran out of funds and ceased op-
erations. The Tom Bigby Oil Co..
then took over the property, install
ed Standard rig and as stated above
began drilling in the abandoned well.
The Hughes-Baird Co. are making
arrangements to put down we'll
| located or miles west of Crawford.
The derrick is up, machinery being
installed, and drilling operation will
start within a few days.
Lafayette County.
| w. j. HiXson, the coil Man" of Ok
ford, Miss, is here this week pros
pecting in the interest of the develop
ment of some of his lease holdings in
Lafayette County.
Mr.. Hixson, it will be remembered,
is the man who took the oil business
up in Northern Mississippi nearly two
years ago, and has been successful so
far in perfecting the plans he then
had in view. He has claimed from
the first and steadily maintained that
this section of the county will, when