The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-05-16
Attention of Old Time Oil Men is
Now Centered on Duncan Field and
The Game is Fast and Furious There
While Town Becomes Big Business
Center All Uncertainty is Passing

9HueAiNOSl OhluuOild WHeIe lTeIlleU-
dous development work is being car.
ried on.
Every new oil field develops its
crop Of oil men and the new men
were initiated into the business at
Cushing and Shamrock, at Healdton
and Hewitt, at Ranger and Burk-
burnett are there and fast and
furious game is being played.
When the driIl entered an oil sand
in section 33, 1s-Sw in Stephens coun.
ty, Oklahoma it provoked moro or
less ridicule and the we'll was charged
with being freak, The oil shot u
stream to the crown block and trick
led down the derrick and rained off
the roof Of the rig but still 1t was
too good to believe. There had been
vast drilling campaign carried on
IN that district covering a wide
stretch OF country reaching from the
Graham district in Carter county
straight west through Stephens coun-
ty and across Cotton county. These
wells had not paid for the drilling
expense, the farmer smiled when he
was handed lease money for it looked
like Stephens county would never get
a really good field. So mary men
hesitated because of fear that it was
freak
But the stout hearted oil man
bought right and left and acreage
climbed to excessive prices within a
few hours. An oil field town was
started, lots sold like cold soda on
picnic occasion, property in Dun.
can changed hands quickly and al
ways at higher prices and the wires
were made hot with orders for tim
bers and tools and men and supplies.
Today the( field has advanced TO
that point where it is no longer in
danger Of being known as freak,
there is regularity to the sands, a
score of wells are drilling. two score
Of rigs are up waiting for tools and
another score OF locations have been
made. Two pipe lines have been
built into the field and these lines
must be replaced by larger ones. The
field is now making 1900 barrels or
better, by the end of the week this
production will be doubled. Teamsters
fill the roads, rig builders are work.
ing overtime. men spend their days
watching the development OF the
wells and on evenings they trade
about the hotels.
Duncan is filled to overflowing and
many Of the same faces that graced
Ardmore in the heydey days of Heald-
ton may be seen now In Duncan. The
men who put Burkburnett on the oil
map are there and many of the big
gest investors are Ardmore boys who
are not overlooking any good thing.
The following is late drilling report
from the Duncan area:
Empire Gas and Fuel Company on
the Surber farm in section 33, ls-Sw.
the discovery we'll, Is making be-
tween 500 and 900 barrels and has
held this production since 1t was
brought In q month ago.
Shamrock No. /, on the northwest
corner Of I. 2s-Sw, on the Burkloe
farm is mudded in and the salt wa
ter drilled into below the oil sand
has been plugged Off The we'll flow.
ed Friday at intervals between II
o'clock and 2:30 when it was turned
into the pipe line. This well flowed
well over the derrick, a solid stream
of oil went against the crown block
and it is said to have made as pretty
flow as any Of the old timers ever
saw.
Empire No. /. Cantrell, in 32, Is
Sw. is in and is making between 500
and 900 barrels.
Shamrock No. . on the Burkloc
farm in q, 2s.Sw is making about as
much as the discovery well In the
field.
Shamrock No. 3 which Is loca.
tion south of No. l on the Burkloe
farm Is on top of the sand and is
ready to swab. The depth by steel
line measurement is 1859. The well
is making q showing OF oil.
Healdton Oil Company No. I, Miller
farm in 4, 2s-Sw, east Of Shamrock
No. 2, has set the pipe at 1872. The
driIl is now on top of a sand and
the well is ready to drill in.
Empire Gas and Fuel Company in
the northeast corner Of section S, 2s-
Sw, has set the pipe at 1,6l4 feet. A
star rig is steamed up and ready to
drill. No well south of No. /, Is
drilling at 1,0l0 feet
Empire Company on the Surber
farm in 80, ls-Sw. which is the dis.
covery farm lost the rig at well No.
2 by lightning. The depth when the
rig burned was 1902 feet. A tank
containing 450 barrels OF oil was also
destroyed in the fire that destroyed
the rig. The Surber farm has IL
locations and it is q busy scene.
Planet Petroleum Company Or. o.
Dulaney) on. the Burkloe farm in
a. 2s-Sw, east of Healdton Oil Com
pany, has set the pipe on the sand
at 1872 feet. The we'll Is making
good showing.
Shamrock on the Maloney farm in
4. 2s.sw reached the top OF a sand
ut the regular depth Friday night.
Drilling is being delayed on account
OF incessant rainfall.
Jake l.. Hamon in the southeast
quarter OF 3S, 1s-Sw, In the section
with the discovery well, has rig
up and is ready to start operations.
North American Oil and Refining
Company (Colcord) in "a, 1s.Sw. had
showing at 952 feet. The sand was
tested but after the well Is drilled to
the 1700.foot sand the owners plan
to come back and test this sand.
Galloway IN "a, ls-sw, south OF
the North American well Is shut down
waiting for supplies ut about 1000
feet. It Is believed that the drill Is
on sand at this time. In this con-
nection It might be interesting to
note that the discovery we'll Is said
to have had showing at 1914 feet
and Ii barely possible that sand Will
be found ut this depth The drilling
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