The Bossier banner., 1921-12-15
THE OIL FIELD PROSPEcTORS

THE OIL FIELD PROSPEcT0Rs
Devefopmenfs Seem Encouraging;
Big Lease Money Paid.
The B. o. Roy Company's Scanland
No was to have been drilled in yes
terday, but an engine break. down,
necessitating repairs in Shreveport,
has resulted In temporary suspension
of operations. The present depth Of
the wen is about $40 feet, and it is
expected that drilling will be resumed
tomorrow. The operators have said
that they expect good producer at
this site. e@
Mr.. Roy and his associates. as the
reporter learns from an authoritiye1
source, will at once put down well
In each corner Of the Scanland S0acre
lease south half Of northeast quarter
OF section 15-l9-11. As fast as pos
sible machinery and materials are
being moved on the lease, q large
amount. Of piping, ETC., have been de-
Hyered and a camp for the operating
crew constructed Mr.. Roy himself
has said that he expects the tract to
prove rich in production.
& A, number ssof other locations have.
been made IN the new Bellevue field.
The Louisiana Oil Refining Corpors
;ti0n has the lumber on the ground and
machinery on the way, for well In
the southeast corner and another In
the southwest cOrners of the northeast
Tquarteriof northeast quarter Of section
15-19-1l, which acreage they own In
fee Also, this company has made
locations In the northeast corner and
the northwest corner Of this forty.
AT the location ip the southeast
corner of the southeast quarter Of
southeast quarter of section 10 the rig
lis on the ground and derrick up It Is
expected that drilling will be under
way by tomorrow or Saturday. This
is the Cadd0- BOssier Gun Club tract
Two weeks agD the reporter was told
90 acres of the tract was leased to
Houston, Texas, capitalists for 1900,
with drilling clause Incorporated in
the lease Ii
Keen & Wolfe and associates are al
most ready to drill in the southeast
corner OF northwest quarter OF north.
west quarter Of section 10, and will
likely begin operations before the week
Iscloses According to an ownership map
before MS, this forty belongs to Mr..
C. ]. Lame, Of Shreveport. ~
Clark, Davidson and associates are
about ready to drill In the southeast
corner OF southwest quarter Of north
west quarter Of section 10, and will
likely be running by tomorrow or Sat-
urday. This forty also shows Mr.. Lane
as Its owner according to the Ban-
ner's map.
Messrs. II. E. Wyche, Of Shreveport,
and G. w. Smith. Of Haughton, are
said to have recently leased small
blocks Of their joint acreage in the
Bellevue field at what might be con-
sidered good figure some at 500 an
acre, some at 500. The reporter was
| told they had leased 60 to 50 acres,
but Its location could not be learned
Mr.. z. u. Taylor, Of Benton, some
days ago leased to the Humble Oil and
Gas. Company the southwest quarter OF
northeast quarter Of section 16, the
consideration being $500 an acre.
This acreage Is only one mile west Of
the discovery wen. The lease money Is
being held in escrow, pending the es-
tablishment Of ownership OF half the
40-acre tract.
Vance Chandler and associates, for
some time past operating on acreage
belonging to DR.. J. w. Mobley, of
Naturalization mile and half to
the northeast Of Bellevue, In section
2S-20-11--ha q good showing Of oil
at around 24OO to 245O feet. Once
again their packer would not hold. II
Is expected that good test at the site
/ will develop well. s...
The boys out at the Thigpen 4
Her0ld site, three miles to the north
east Of Benton Tin section 15-20-13)
are now bailing oil from two sands
liner set in both sands. Following, re.
peated swabbing out of the. well the
showings Of oil have been better.
Operations are said to be running
smoothly at Bolinger No. l, being
drilled by the Atlantic OIL and Refining
/ Company. This location is mile to
the south Of Plain Dealing, in section
22-22-13, and near Plain Dealings one
time producer.
Geye Love, OF the. well known and
popular drilling firm of Love Brothers
says he Is going to bring in 10000
barrell producer in the Plain Dealing
section as soon as he gets to going
good but maybe he means that's what
! they hope to do. The last we heard
from these boys was that they were
| "nosing around for a site for loca
tion between Antrim and Collinsburg
They have the reputation Of being
mighty lucky land here's to 'en.
Il The Banners story run last week
to the effect that the r. o. Roy Com
pany had assigned sundry acreage tt
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