The Adair County news., 1920-07-14
OIL NEWS.
[BY E T. KEMPER.l

A goodIy number of operators and
others interested in the oil business
generally have been visiting in our
m idst during the past few days, and
they have all expressed themselves as
being well pleased with the outlook
for production in this territor
Drilling operations at the CaSnahan
well, lions Church, are Temporarily
suspended awaiting the arrival Of
new drilling rope, the one which has
been in use there being out Of COM
mission. The we'll is now down some
500 feet and the Intention is to go as
mach as 300 feet additional unless a
good flow of oil is found before reach
ing that depth. Upon completion of
the we'll now drilling the rig will be
moved to = location just outside Co
Iumbia where the next well will be
drilled.
Mr.. W. W. Strain, a special repre-
sentative Of the Wiser Oil Company,
Sistersyille, West Va, has been in
this section during the past week for
the purpose Of securing any possible
data on general oil conditions in this
field, and before leaving he gave out
the information that he found exist
ing conditions very promising for the
early opening up of some good produc-
ton.
Mr.. W G. Leonard, who is drilling
for the KenVir Oil Company on West
Fork, near Breeding, is reported down
about 100 feet and with good pros
poets for a profitable strike there in
the near future.
Mr.. g. A. Roy, president Of the Roy
Petroleum Company, and Mr.. E. f.
Steinman, Cincinnati, another official
of the Company, are hero to meet Mr..
Lucien Beckner, Winchester, KY,
noted oil geologist. who is coming to
solve the problem of getting rid of the
salt water on Damron's Creek, where
the Roy people have had so much
trouble recently drilling. .s -, .
Mr.. J. E. Carnahan, Canton, o
head Of the Carnahan Oil Co., has
been here since my last report for the
purpose OF getting line on the local
situation, end while in this section
he visited the Creelsboro field where
the Company has four completed
wells, and where they expect to do ad-
ditiOnal drilling at an early date. Mr..
Whitis, the field manager for the
Company tells me he has made Ioca-
tion for their next drilling there on
the old Jackman farm near where a
good we'll was drilled some twelve or
fifteen years ago, and which gave
promise of being good producer, but
like many others drilled then, was
abandoned on account of the low
price of crude oil and the lack of
transportation facilities.
DR.. J. W. Goggin, vice president
and general manager of the Beacon
Oil Syndicate, Chicago, and who has
large holdings in the McMead Oil
Syndicate, Chicago, and who has large
holdings in the McMead Oil Company,
was here last week in company with
some prominent oil men, who had
been spending several days in the
CreeIsboro field inspecting the prop
critics of the McMead Company. They
seemed to have been veil satisfied
with what they saw and they are ex-
pected to return soon.
DR.. ]. Watts StovalS a prominent
operator and capitalist from Grayson,
KY was an interested visitor to this
section during the past week, and he
was so we'll satisfied Nth the outlook
generally that it will not be long un.
til he is among US again, and we look
for him to become interested in a
substantial manner in this territory
at an early date.