The Adair County news., 1920-05-26
OIL NEWS.

VI Ol6 OuSlSSU u6u 10 D6 lOuuu any
where, made flying visit to town
last week. He reported their opera.
tions in different sections p progressing
favorably, and they are counting on
some good additional production in
the near future.
representative oil men from differ
snt sections Of the country have been
flocking in here for the past few days,
among them being operators from
New York, Oklahoma, Cincinnati,
Glasgow, Bowling Green, etc. Many
of them have holdings in this section,
and others we're trying to secure de.
sirable leases, particularly in large
blocks.
Some local deals for acreage were
closed at good figures during the past
week, but they were of strictly pri-
vate nature, and no figures were given
out for publication. We are reliably
informed, however, that satisfactory
prices were obtained by the sellers.
Some very choice leases are now being
offered for sale in this and surround
ing counties at prices that are very
attractive, but predict that the
time is not far distant when acreage
in this section will be commanding
fancy prices.
After unlocked for delays, caused
by rains and bad roads, the Carnahan
OH Company has begun drilling oper-
ations on the Ernest Flowers farm,
some four miles from town on the
Jamestown road. This is the first
"cloSe in" development in Adsir
county for many years, and the prog
ress and result Of the work will be
closely watched with a great deal of
interest. 1t is confidently believed
there is oil to be found in paying
quantities in that locality, and 1
trust expectations in that direction
may be fully realized.
A query from Roxbury, Mass, to
the Texas Oil Gazette, Ft Worth,
Texas, asking for information regard
ing production Of the largest oil we'll
in the world, is answered as follows:
"The greatest well in the world
from standpoint Of production was a
well in the Tampico region of Mexico.
This well produced 10000 barrels of
oil day. The greatest we'll ever
brought in the United States was the
SpindIetop No. l, the discovery well
in what is now the Spindletop field
in southeast Texas. This well came
to production twenty years ago last
February at 10000 barrels of oil
day."
at present when so much interest
is being manifested in the production
of oil and gas in this section, the
readers of the News will no doubt be
glad to learn something absolutely
reliable regarding the Great Ameri-
can well located near BurksviIle,
Cumberland county, KY. Space for
bids me going into details regarding
this well, but few facts, backed up
by the last report, 1919, of the Oil
and Gas Resources of Kentucky,
issued by tina State Department of
Geology and Forestry, may not be-
out of place at this time. This we'll
was drilled in the year 1923, not with
any idea Of getting oil, but rather
salt. The party who was drilling, a
Pennsylvanian, whose name has been
lost, made the statement that he
would either get salt water or drill
into hell Flowing production was
encountered at shallow depth and
the oil and gas escaping caught fire,
and the driller, thinking he had
opened up the Internal regions beneath
acknowledged that he had failed in
getting salt, but had done what he
promised and opened the door to
higher thermal regions, and he was so
thoroughly convinced Of his failure
that he did not stop to sell his be-
longings, but Immediately left the
country, returning in disgust to his
.Ip7tivs hills in Pa. The oil came forth
In such quantities that it flowed down