The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-07-25
SLUMP FAILS TO
CHECK ACTIVITY
At GRADY TESTS
Two New Wildcats Get Active:
Quadrangle Starts Drilling
Northeast Of City; Depth
Now 10 $50 Feet
KANSAS OPERATORS TO
DRILL IN NORGE AREA
MessImore and stelert Close Con
tract. Order Rig; Duncan Con-
tractor 10 Move In Tools
Within 20 Days.

That the general slump In the oil
buyness has not checked the search
for an oil pool In Grady county Is
indicated by tho fact taat to the
northeast of Chlckasha the Quad.
rangle company is drilling new
wildcat, while to the southwest Mes
slmore and steiert are preparing TO
spud In a test.
The Quadrangle, drilling on the
Williams farm in section l0-7n.6w,
Is down below $50 feet, having
spudded in about week ago. The
geology on his location indicates
a good structure and officials of the
company are expecting to pick up q
gas showing at around 1000 feet.
Drilling Is Tough.
They have had hard drilling almost
from TIE start. They had only Il
feet Of dirt on the surface at which
depth they went into rock and have
had one strata of rock after an
other to their present depth. AT
$40 feet, there was a thin sand
showing oil bubbles, according to
the log, of the well.
They are contracted to go 2.5Oo
feet deep. unless oil or gas is found
in paying quantities at a lesser
depth. The well is being drilled by
Badget Brothers. the contractors w-o
drilled in Harness WE'LL eleven miles
south of Chickasha. The location
OF the Quadrangle test Is about
eight miles northeast of Chickasha.
Test Out Norge Area.
The firm of Messimore and Steiert
will test out the territory In the vi
cinity OF Norge. W. L. Messimore
and J. w. Steiert, the members OF
the firm, have operated in the Mid
Continent field of Kansas for several
years and have brought In consld-
cradle production in tie Sunflower
state.
They are to drill on the smallest
block of acreage ever assembled for
a wildcat test in Grady county. The
block consists of little less than
1000 acres, starting Immediately
south of Norge and extending some
two or three miles to the south ana
southwest. 1t Is not in a solid blocK
and the Fraternity points to the fact
that the operators think exceeding
" well Of the territory. The loca
tion Is about five miles from the
northeastern edge of the Cement poe
and about an equal distance from
tine Harness we'll 1t is interesting
to note that the nearest Cemen
field well to the Messimore ant
steiert test is classed as the bes
we'll in the Cement field. There arr
MANY oil men operating in the Ce
ment field who believe that the rea
production at Cement runs northeas
of the present pool.
Location Is Asked.
The location for the Messimor
and Steiert test was staked yestel
day, being on the McGarvin tarl
IN n,e southwest of the southwes
of section 1858. This places Tn
location about two miles north
Norge and about seven or eigf
miles southwest Of Chickasha.
! The leases ar all in the bank, tn
contract for the rig and for the drli
ing of the well have been signe
and work is to start as soon as po
sible. The drilling is to be done
the Shriver Drilling company co
tractors of the Duncan field, with
new rotary mig. eThe9 contract'
depth of the weil'hs $500. feet U
less they make a well at less
depth.
y A rig contractor OF Duncan
scheduled to start moving timbe
to the location tomorrow and 1t
expected that work on the rig "
start either Monday or Thursdi
providing. the roads are in such g
dition that the timbers can be NOV
tomorrow.
Speaking of the proposed ope
tions, Mr.. Messimore said tooa
1--WE have co days from last Frid
to start drilling, according to
contract, However, if our pis