The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1921-03-16
NEWS.
tBY E. r. KEMPER.l y

The price of Somerset light of grade
!, crudeoil, the grade found in this
section, has remained stationary for
ssveraldays past at $3.50 per barrel, the
lowest price quoted for several years
past, and it is hoped and believed that
the bottom In prices has been reached
Mr.. o. G. Fink, drilling for the Co
Iumbia Development Company just
north of town, has been wrestling for
several days past with a bad fishing
| job, and drilling operations there are
entirely suspended.
The Wood On Company are drilling
well No on the Cummings Bros farm,
NEAR Creelsboro, which is their first
development work in that field. They
are near both the cMcMead and Beacon
Companies, and they should strike
'spay" there
The Day Oil Company, drilling on
the Granville Williams farm, in the
edge of Clinton county, near Creels-
boro, have been tied up several days
by bad break in machinery They
hope to be able to resume drilling OPP
erations soon.
An unconfirmed report comes from
Dunnville that the Roy Petroleum
Company, drilling on Damron's Greek,
in the northeastern part of this,
Adair county, have struck good pay
sand and the outlook is now very en-
couFaging. These people have had
enough bad luck there, in the way OF
breakages in machinery, salt water,
cave ms; etc., to discourage almost
anyone, but they have kept right on
the job. and they are due to find some
thing good soon.
\ Mr.. S. L. Ginter, prominent oil
> operator, who has been located here
for several months past, left the first
OF this week on an extended trip te
California and other western sections
: Mr.. 1Ginter, has not been enjoying thu
: best of health for sometime past, ant
he hopes to be benefited by the so
= jouru in the west. He will retain hi
Il interests here and expects to return
: and engage in development work il
= this territory later on.
The Palmer Oil 8 Gas Company, op
Grating on the Royse farm, two mile
out ON the Stanford pike, have receiv
!, ed new string of lighter tools ant
they are now running double tower
again, after shut down of sometim
awaiting arrival of a shipment Of sup
!, plies Their water supply ha
been very unreliable within the pas
few days, due to pump trouble, but
= new pump is on the way and they ex
!, pect to have everything runnin
smoothly again soon after it arrives
:. Mr.. Geo h. Palmer, president AM
~ general manager of the company,
very optomistic over the outlook 70
some good strike in this field at q
distant date.
The operations of Mr.. j. B Doolittl'
ny on Cedar Greek some seven miles on
Nv 90 the jamestown road, are progress
nd ing satisfactorily. They are now dow
, nearly 300 feet after having passe
vs. through SONG seventY-fye feet {
nc sand The pencil cave formation
the next oil bearing strata due, an
they are expecting to find 'pay
there,
- Mr.. Elmo Pearce, the well know
live wire oil man from Blackwell, OF
- lahoma, who spends considerable
his time here, returned to Columb
on Saturday last for an indefni
stay. He talks very ecclesiastical
regarding general conditions of tt
:. business, and he reports several pror
inent oil men from his section will
rive here within the next few day
Some of them are driving through
cars, and they are coming prepared
spend sometime in this terrific
ing where they can operate on a mu'
orn cheaper basis than in the deep feel
SO of the west and southwest. /
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