The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1920-02-27
GOOD OIL OUTLOOK
AS WEATHER BREAKS
"Big Sixteen" Has Its Second
Well Down 800 Feet-Salt
Water Kills Mexican Wells
Big Kentucky Deals.
SMALL REFINING PLANT
AT FORT WORTH, TEX

AS the weather eases up activity in
the local oil field can be looked for.
First among the local people to again
start the drill is the "Big Sixteen"
drilling for gas. This company struck
something nice early in January and
now they are after a duplicate, and
if successful will then start after a
triplicate. Already the drill is down
300 feet in the second we'll; cold
weather has made work slow but with
the moderation of the past few days
| things are moving more rapidly.
This is true in other sections of the
north, but just now-in anticipa-
ton of milder weather-consider
activity is to be seen even in the
colder sections.
No word has been received for sew
eral days from the wildcat we'll being
drilled near Dundee, in the western
part of Monroe county, Mich. The
hole is around 1400 feet and within
the next 500 or 600 feet something
should show up, if there. is anything
there. The slight showing encxount-
cred in the Clinton limestone caused
no end Of excitement among the ma
tives, and they fell over each other
scoring some stock in the company,
thinking that sure enough oil we'll
had been found.
Illinois Field.
The most important news coming
from the Illinois field is the drilling
deeper by the Ohio Oil Co. of it's old
No. 81 we'll on the W. R. Crackle
farm, in Lawrence county. This we'll
was drilled from the Kirkwood sand
to the Green sand, which was struck
at 1888 feet, the we'll pumping IT'S
barrels. In Bridgeport tp., the Big
Four Oil & Gas Co.'S No. "a J. M.
Buchanan farm, section 7, pumped 16
barrels at depth of 1916 feet. In
| Lawrence tp. P. C. Andrews drilled
No. l on the Chas. Harrod farm, Sec
ton z, to a depth of 1900 feet, and
showing for IL barrels.
In Cowley county, Kas., the Theta
Oil Co. is drilling below 1895 feet in
No. Berry. Lemaster Bros, who
had a showing at 217O feet, are drill
ing below 3140 feet in No. Lemaster
The Standish Oil Co.'s No. S on the
Fall River land has not yet been shot.
1t came in as a Its barrel we'll from
sand at 2022 to 2O1O feet. No. 6 is
drilling at 1860. Benedum & Trees
have a dry hole at 23O8 feet, which
has been abandoned in section 28-31-5
Rock farm. Langley and others are
shut down for casing at 1890 feet in
No. ! Russell.
Kentucky Field.
Bowling Green is getting to be
quite an oil center, and some big deals
are pulled off there. The Bowling
Green banks arc not accustomed to
deals such as are made at times in
the oil game, although it has been a
wonderful shipper of strawberries
and tobacco for years. The biggest
transaction to be handled in oil thru
Bowling Green bank was that of the
purchase by the Kentucky Counties
Oil Co. Of the holdings of the Curray
Oil Co. and the Roy DAMMIT Co. Of
sometAing like $4,000 acres of leases
ana dally production around 500
barrels. The deal involved an invest
ment Of around $50OO0O. This made
the banks Of Bowling Green set up
and take notice when the money pass
ed thru their channels. Cincinnati
Columbus, Dayton, Louisville, India.
napolis people are buying heavily, as
east, west and north and Western
Kentucky is destined, to be a busy
spot during the coming summer.
Bowling Green, Scottsville, Glasgow
and Franklin, the centers of the West
Kentucky field at this time, are max
ing preparations to taake care of the
expected rush when it gets started
although all the towns are now well
filled with oil people.
In the Mexican Field.
During 1919 some 35 wells were
completed in Mexico of which 21
We're producers and IA were eithe,
dry holes or salt water wells. Two
wells completed during the year, anG
rated at the time as having a poten.
tial production of 10000 barrels
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