The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1920-11-24
OIL NEWS.
BY E. T. KEAIPER.l

again being pushed to the utmost.
President Geo. II. Palmer, of the
Palmer Oil & Gas Company, has re-
turned from a weeks visit to Ohio
points, and he is now back on the job
in good shape. Their drilling opera
tions on the Sam Royss farm are pro-
crossing satisfactorily, and prospects
are encouraging for good results there.
The Beacon Oil Syndicate, drilling
we'll No. 2 on the Campbell Bros.
farm, near Greensboro, are making
good progress, and another good strike
is expected there in the near future.
Mr.. Thos. a. Sheridan, Cincinnati,
has been very busy during the past
week getting machinery on his Pump
kin Creek location in Russell county,
near Jamestown, where drilling &C
tiVities will be in full swing at the
earliest possible date.
Mr.. G. A. Roy, Nicholasville, KY,
president and general manager of the
Roy Petroleum Co., was here the lat
ter part of last week for the purpose
of trying to speed up" operations on
Damron's Creek. 1t was found nee.
eSsary to install new boiler for the
rig, and shipment has been delayed on
same, but it is now on the ground and
operations will be resumed without
further delay.
People from a distance are begin
ming to sit up and take notice that
this territory possesses many attrac-
tive features as field in which to op-
crate, and during the past week a
number of men have been here from a
distance for the purposes of investiga-
ting this section with view to secur.
ing acreage on which to operate.
Among the recent visitors are:
Mr.. VIM. Melhalf, Sutton, Nebraska,
who already has some good holdings
here and who expects to operate in
this territory not later than next
spring. Mr.. f. R. Allen, Vanlue,
Ohio, who together with mis- father,
Mr.. Riley Allen, Allentown, New
York, has large holdings in Adair and
Russell; Mr.. F, W. Barry, Denver,
Colorado, here for the purpose Of get
ting line on some large blocks of &C
reage for certain western operators;
operators; Messrs. VIM. N and G o.
Ray, formerly from Missouri, but who
have been operating in the Bowling
Green field, who have been looking
over the territory very carefully, and
who contemplate making Columbia
their headquarters at no Distant date.
Mr.. W. E. Saryent, general mana
ger of the Bagdad Oil Company, who
spent several weeks past at Creels-
boro where the company is drilling on
the Hiram Campbell farm, accompa.
MED by Mrs SarVent, were here Fri.
day last, en- route for New York. The
company has had some bad luck on
well No. l, having had the misfortune
to get it flooded on account Of defect.
i've casing, but they hope to overcome
the difficulty soon
Mr.. Russell F. Ryan, a well known
geologist, and Mr.. n. G. Schneider, a
Bowling Green oil operator, were here
the first of this week on an inspection
trip through this section. They came
here from BurkesVille and left vi;
Greensburg, thereby being enabled tt
get very fair idea of general struc
tural and other conditions in this ter
ritory.
Mr. Thos A. Sheridan came in from
the Russell county field Saturday, snC
drove over to Cincinnati to spend twt
or three days at home. He report
T preparations for drilling on PumpkiE
Creek are progressing satisfactorily
and he expects to be operating Their
at an early date.
Gen. James Garnett, who was her
on business trip the latter part o
the past week, and who is prominent
9 ly connected with the McMead Oh
r Company, both legally and financially
e Is authority for the statement tina
j arrangements are about to be perfect
cd Whershy csrtain parties in Louis
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