The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-04-18
JENNINGS \: ,!;L;l>
OKLAHOMA t.,

The newest oil town IN tne Mlu-COHCIllcH'
field is located in the southeast corner OF Paw
nee county, and from the present outlook is
destined to become the mecca of many oil men
in the state of Oklahoma. 1t was discovered
but a few months ago by John B. GreVes ana
since that time many big wells have come IN, all
Of which shows the greatest production or any
in the Mid-COntinent field.
Jennings to take care of the big influx OF OIL
men, merchants, laborers of all kinds, and the
rest that follow the opening up of new oil
field, got busy early in the game and reorgan-
lied their old chamber of commerce INTO goou,
live-awake body of business men, who are on
the alert all the time for anything that may
come along that will benefit the city at large
Good roads are now being built to the oil
fields south and east of the city by graders and
tractors purchased by popular subscription and
the roads are being put into such shape that
traffic over these roads will be possible through
out the year. Many other towns near by have
been trying to claim the field, but the business
mems organization of Jennings will have none
of it. and have gone steadily forward improving
every available road into the city, building
homes for the comers, securing business
locations for those wanting to go into business,
helping the newcomers find homes in which to
live, bringing supply houses to the city to furn-
sh the needed material for the oil prospectors
and so many other things that cannot be men
toned that it keeps the secretary OF the cham
Der of commerce busy little over seven days
out of the week attending to the thousand and
one things that come up.
fields today are 34-20-7 and 2-19-7, these two
sections with the many big wells that have been
drilled within the past four or five months now
producing better than ID 900 barrels of oil daily
and many more wells are to be finished within
the next few days or weeks The first of these
big wells was drilled in in this field perhaps
four months ago by John B. Grieves of Jen-
nings wild cat well, on the Armstrong farm,
in the northeast corner of the southwest section
of 34-20-7, and since that time many others have
been brought in that were much larger pro-
ducers than the Grieves we'll For instance the
Slick well in the southwest corner of the
southeast of this same section had an initial
flow of 4,S0O barrels and is yet making some
thing like 5000 barrels per day. Many of the
other big ones started off with from 5000
barrels production every "a hours.
There is little strip of land located about
two and one-half miles southeast of jennings
which has become known as onesof the most
celebrated of the many strips in the state
and is leased by the Gilliand Oil Co., composed
of T. b. Slick and Harry Eckdahl. both now of
Bristow and who recently purchased the Jones
interests, which was given to the mother and
sister of b. B. and M. Jones by the two later for
Christmas presents, and cost the Gilliland Oil
Go. good round sum of money.
All the wells drilled in this field have been
in the Bartesvle sand only one well being
found of any Importance in any shallower sand
and it was in the Cleveland, and good for
about 100 barrels, then sunk on down to
he Bartlesville and is now making almost that
many barrels per hour 1t IS estimated that there
has been in the neighborhood of 100 wells drill
ed in, drilling and rigs on the ground ready to
begin drilling operations as soon as the rigs can
be put up. All this in such a short time too
that it seems almost impossible, that new field
could be discovered, wells drilled and become
the most famous pool in the state in less than
four months. But such is the fact and more
producing wells are being brought in daily, the
production is being increased with every new
well and many oil men are of the opinion that
the pool is more extensive than was at first
thought
While Jennings is an oil town now it does not
have to depend entirely upon the oil for its
maintenance and support, ii is located in a
good agricultural section of Pawnee county.
Many fine farms are located close to Jennings
and the farm development is being kept apace
with the oil development and it is expected
that it will be pushed forward much faster than
heretofore. This is easy to explain for the sim
pie reason that many of the farmers have within
the past few months either leased their farms
for drilling purposes or have had big wells
drilled in on them and that they will use a
goodly share of this money in improving their
farms and homes. Will go into the pure bred
stock industry; will build them new homes on
their farms and make amny improvements
tho- gh, that would never have taken place had
not the oil been discovered, but, with all that
The fOllowing business men of Jenl