The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1920-12-08
OIL NEWS.
lBY E. 7. KEAIPER


able for development work, and drill
ing rigs throughout this territory are
being operated overtime. New people
are coming in daily, and others write
they expect to visit this section at no
distant date. Acreage is changing
hands almost daily, and some of the
big and well.known operators are be-
coming vitality interested in the terri
tory.
Messrs. Fink g. Heilman, drilling
for the Columbia Development Com
pany, are now down about $50 feet in
we'll No. on the Bob Rowe farm, Just
outside OF town on the north, and
sthey report very encouraging forma-
tions being encountered. They have
passed through some forty feet Of
black shale, and good showing Of oil
has already been found. Present in
dications are fiattering for a good
strike at no distant date, and local
people are very much encouraged over
the outlook.
Dr.. J. W. Goggin, vice president
and general manager Of the Beacon
Oil Syndicate, Chicago, advises he
will be here the first of the coming
week with party Of Chicago men
who are coming to look over the
Greensboro field for the purpose Of
starting additional development work
there. The Beacon people are rush.
ing drilling operations on the Camp
bell Bros farm one mile east of Creeis-
boro. on the south side of the river,
and they expect to drill in well No. 2
at an early date. Well No l looks
very promising, and they will continue
developments on the same lease.
The local firm of Richardson & Golf,
drilling for the Southern Oil & Rein.
ing Company, Denver, report we'll No.
3 on the Russ Gilbert farm, near Bak-
erton, IS completed at depth Of 500
feet, and that it looks good for fifty
barrels. The installation OF tanks and
pumping outfits is about completed on
this lease, and they will be ready 10
deliver oil within the next few days
These people now have three good
wells completed, with No. drilling,
and the outlook is very promising for
good production at that point.
Mr.. J. B. Doolittle, Worcester, New
York, has just brought in one of the
best rigs ever seen in this section, and
he will ibegin operations within the
next few days at a point on Cedar
Creek, this county, some six miles
from town on the jamestown road
Mr.. Doolittle is an operator of wide
experience, and his entering the local
field is hailed with much pleasure by
the local oil fraternity. He expects to
make good tests of the territory, 60
ing to a depth of from 1000 to 1880
feet. ~" sr
Mr. S. l.. Ginter, a prominent oil
man from Olympia, Wash, who has
been operating for sometime past in
the Bowling Green, KY, field, has ar
rived here with his family and will
make his home and headquarters in
Columbia while operating in the
Greensboro ield, where he expects to
begin development at once. NJ. Giu-
ter and his associates are capable and
experienced men in the business, and
he will be a valuable acquisition to
the local oil fraternity.
Mr.. Lilburn Phelps, of Louisville
and jamestown, president Of the Nc.
Mead Oil Company, visiting here dur.
ing the past week gave out the infor,
nation that the company's properties
at CreelSboro would, in the future, be
looked after by competent and ex-
perienced field man, and that they ex,
pected to be able to begin the delivery
of oil via Cumberland river within q
very short period.
Mr. Elmo Pearce, Blackwell, Okla,
who has been spending several months
here for the purpose of disposing Of
certain holdings in Adair and Cumber
land counties, aud Of arranging fol
the development of other tracts, LEFT
Friday for a visit home. He expect.
to return here just as soon as business
and personal matters will permit, and
when he returns he will devote hi!
best efforts towards the developing o
this territory. Mr.. .Pearce has un
bounded faith in this section proving
to be great oil field. and he will d.
his share in the work of development
Mr.. Thos. A. Sheridan. the big OF
orator from Cincinnati, has opener
Offices here and will make Coumbi
his general headquarters for this ter
ritory. One OF his rigs is now a
work on Pumpkin Geek, Russell coun
ty, and another rig is being shippe
in via Burnside and Cumberland riy
er to point near Rowena, in tn
southern part Of Russell county. Tha
locality looks very encouraging 10
some good strikes. Mr.. Sheridan ha
up-to-date, new rigs, he has secure