The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-12-11

several bidders for the gas II is
known that the Kay County Gas
company OF this city. has a line now
within ~ or IS miles of the big
gasser.
The gas we'll OF the whiteaglo
company IL located on southeast
i0-2i-t west, on the Novotny farm,
and the big gas sand was enCoun-
tered at i,7t0 feet, with drilling
continued to i,765. This is tho third
gas sand encountered In this test. at
| 500 feet there was a production OF
4 10000 cubic feet, and at 1000
foet another flow OF 100000 cubic
teet. The Humphreys Petroleum
company, drilling In the northwest
quarter Of section TO- has 5000, 600
feet OF gas at a depth of $40 feet.
The three initial oil producers in
this field are understood to be Mold
ing up well. Tho No. / Marland on
the Smith school land lease Is max
ing around 625 barrels daily the
No. ! Marland on the See farm
around 1850 daily, and the South
western Petroleum company No. 1
on the Frank Murray farm around
800 daily.
Met askey & wentz OF Ponca city
have completed rigs for tests on the
Hays farm in southwest 3-24-l and
VI Nu' AN"iFh GAiei Aui ia III bthNh'dot
l4-2i-l.
Gas Find In Grant County.
The finding OF 600, 900 cubic feet
~ gas nt l.43S foet in Grant county,
ut point seven miles west OF Med
ford, has bcon one OF the features
IN northern Oklahoma the past
week. and has attracted many oil
company representatives TO that To-
cality. This Ia eighteen miles far
tsHA
countcred before In northern Okla
homa. Tho location is on the +. III.
Bradley farm in southwest 2S-27-6
west The nearest production is
eighteen miles east at Deer creek
and thirty-five miles southeast at
CARRIER.
The formations have been running
very high In the test. west Of Med
ford, which is being drilled by " A.
Waldo OF ponca city. and r. A.
Bucklin OF Deer Creek. An unusual
amount OF thick lines has been en-
countered, considering the depth.
At 400 feet the first water was
found, about three balers full an
hour. Since the gas was encoun-
tered at 1,43S feet. IL has bocn
flowing up through the water and
the 12h inch casing.
Mariand Starts Wildcat
The Marland oil company has
started another wildcat test. also In
Grant county, on the Fritz Lehrling
farm in southwest 1888 west,
northeast OF Medford The test is
being drilled with star rig and II
IL understood that five more are TO
be put down, with the view OF thus
mapping out the underground for
nations prior to starting a deep test.
The company owns a largo block OF
leases In that area
The Northup well on the Nc
Keenan, farm, seven miles north OF
Medford, is drilling around i.400
feet with good indications.
Indians to Get Benefits.
The extension OF the oil produce
ing territory within the Ponca City
district, the coming year, may add
another lot Of Indians to the mill
lionaire class in this state, 49, the
contemplated extensions Will Invade
the lands owned by the Tonkawas,
Poncas have already benefited be-
cause OF the Marland field in the
northern part of the Ponca country,
but n big part OF their reservation
has not yet been tested.
The Otocs, whose reservation COM
mences twelve miles south OF this
city, have some gas producing wells
IN the southeastern part OF their
territory, but the greatest portion of
the Otoe lands is still untouched also.
The new field. south OF Tonkawa,
Is bringing the lands owned by the
Tonkawa Indians close to produce
tion.
There have been several tests, all
without desired results. in the kaw
Indian country Is to 90 miles north
cast OF this city, but there are to be
others during the coming year by
the Gypsy Oil company and other
concerns The Gypsy will drill
test. II Is understood, ON the j s.
Hutchins ranch In the Kaw coun-
try,