The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-08-31
Direct From The Slick Field

Al told by Mhrgcry Bartlo, assist %
ant editor of the oil page Of The
World who spent an interesting day
IN tho oil fields IN the vicinity OF
Slick.
The Slick pool, Including an area
approximately nix miles wide ana Hix
miles long with i02 producing wells
from the Dutch1r ana Wilcox sands.
and rigs entirely surrounding tha
new town OF Slick, is the big center
OF attraction In the oklahoma oil
fields and has an Indications OF be
ina winner so far ~ real oil wcllB
are concerned. Tho geology OF the
entire field IL considered unusual
ly good and the theory has been
proving out in almost every instance.
The large Tulsa corporations ar"
all very active IN this locality includ-
Ing tho Carter, white OIL. kawficld,
Tidal. Twin state, Skelly. Phillips
Petroleum. the Continental, as vol
az a number OF successful Individual
operators and other companies too
numerous TO mention. The Iron
Mountain oil company. which has
one OF tho best wells In the field
IN 2s-ts-l0. has six wells under way
In this vicinity.
The Phillips Petroleum No / we'll
In the northwest of 1G-16-i0. off
setting tho No. I Bonmo 400 feet TO
the north In through the butcher
sand, nnd Ia at present cleaning ont
preparatory 10 giving tho we'll n shot
Tho initial flow " this well was ap-
proxlmatcly 200 barrels tho first ten
hours This company is also drilling
two locations west OF It's No I, and
at this writing In In the butcher,
the hole filled up with oil at a depth
OF 2,77O foct, and II In cNIccted to bu
equally as good as It's No. !
Morrison and Jackson. who are
among the bic operators I'm the Slick
pool are In line for n good producer
In the east half OF the northwest Of
3-1b-10. as they are only fow feet
In the sand with n showing OF SIX
or sevrn million feet Of gas. The bic
Eaa was encountered at 2.630 feet,
and they are going deeper for oil
Spanglor and WaNlcr's No. In
l6-1b-10. Is down 1900 feet.
The Twin State Oil company In
16-15-1O is on top OF the butcher
sand at 1850 feet.
TIE Link oil Company's NO. ] in
tho northeast of tho northwest OF
t6-fb-10 In drilling on top OF a salt
sand at $50 feet. No. 2 In the north
west OF the southwest OF the north
east. offsetting the Spanglcr and
Walker No. Is down J60 feet. No.
z is nearing the top OF tho Fand at
2.A25 feet and should be IN within the
next few days; NJ 3, one location to
the west is rigging up, while No. q
is moving In tools.
The Continental and Frank parned
test In the northwest OF the south
west OF 2f-16-10 ls through the
Glenn sand found at 2,ti5 with g
show Of gas, owens and others arc
spuddinR In about three quarters OF
n mile south OF the Continental and
Barnes.
The town OF Slick. with tho rail-
road completed. Is progressing rapid
ly with every line OF bussiness essen
tial TO n good oil town already cs-
tabltshod. There are lumber yards.
a state bank, warehouses. clubs pool
halls. lunch rooms. hardware and
furniture stores. grocery stores, drug
store, shoe shop and garages, with
large quantities of material and
equipment on :he ground for Rddi-
uonal building. Tho town Is COM
plctely surrounded by dorricks, with
enthusiasm pertaining TO oil pre-
vailing high, and all Indications are
that the town win have a wonder
fully rapid growth.
Tho Shelly oil companv's gasoline
plant one mile cast OF the town OF
Slick on the Clinton farm. in 1b-l6-1n
Is we'll under way and promises 10
he one OF the largest OF its kind In
the country.