The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-06-20

tion S5 proved that the field was not
extending in that direction.
Good wells have been drilled to the
east, northeast and north, and the
field is rapidly spreading, No dry
holes in these directions have been
drilled and no one can estimate the
area Of the field Hewitt now has
76 producing wells, "A rigs are up
waiting for tools to be moved in, and
the field has $50 drilling wells.
Part ii.
(By Brantley Gilliam)
The best evidence OF the growth
of the Hewitt field is the little town
of billiard which lies abount II miles
west Of Ardmore on the Wilson road
billiard is a typical oil town. The
first things you see as you approach
the town is a long row of little two
room houses painted red. These
houses are for the employees of the
oil companies located there.
The only street of Dillard is three
miles long and very narrow. This
street is so crowded that you can
hardly pass even early in the morn
ing. All kinds. OF business is repre-
sented there.
The employees houses are made at
Tulsa and are shipped to Dfllard. 1t
is a common sight to see a house on
a wagon with bath tub attached to
the back end going down the street.
The town is in the heart OF the
Hewitt field and a forest Of derricks
surrounds it. j. A. Dillard, the man
for whom the town was named prac-
tically owns the town. He came TO
this place soon after he was married
at Tishomingo. He discovered seep-
ages where oil was coming up out Of
the ground and he showed it to some
geologist who pointed out the spot
where the first well should be drill
ed. This spot was half way be-
tween two seepages where the first
billiard home was built. The little
log cabin was torn down and the
first we'll was drilled.
Six months ago this log cabin was
the only house there; now it is a
live little town Of several hundred
The farm on which the
town is located was once considered
the cheapest land in Oklahoma; today
Mr.. billiard has refused $4,000, 900 for
1t.
Part III.
(By George Gilley)
Newcomers to Ardmore are always
interested in visiting the picturesque
little town Of Dillard and the sur
oil fields. To some the
drilling Of an oil we'll is Of special
with a detailed study Of
the machinery and methods.
When oil was first discovered loca-
tions for wells were made by laymen
who did not claim to have any knowl-
edge Of the earth's formation below
the surface.
Locations are now made by geolo-
yists. sometimes called "rock -houn6s"
by the oil men. When one Of these
,o-called 'rock-hounds" locates a po-
sition for n well, n derrick 20 feet
square at the bottom, from 80 TO 100
'eet in height, and four feet square
~ lAc bOPi IL puht'
There are two systems of drilling:
The rotary and the standard. The
'otary was first perfected in the Gulf
states about 1905. It's special advan-
ages are soft caving formation or in
luicksands. The tools used are a
perforated fish-tail bit, a string Of drill
oipe, and a cable. The drill pipe ex.
ends up through the floor of the der
'ick and is rotated at the rate Of
about 200 rotations per minute. The
op joint is square so it will fit into
he socket Of the turn-table. This
oint is called the grief joint
The tools are suspended by a cable
,ttached TO a swivel at the top Of the
grief joint The swivel has a hose
at the top through which
hin mud is pumped. This mud
lelps to carry out the cuttings made
~ the fish tail bit. It also exerts
/ great pressure on the sides of the
lole. keeping it from caving and pre-
renting the quicksands from running
nto the hole.
When the oil sand has been reached
irilling with the rotary stops and the