The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-11
WITH THE OIL MEN

With Ink UL MEN
Ed Ramsey made quick business
trip TO lAwton saturday Wis the aero
plane route wsh Pilot Dorsey As&ew
at the helm Of the ship. Mr.. Ramsey
has taken this method OF transporta-
ton quite often during the past few
mUnrhs and is greatly elated over
the IrUjd manner in which he can
transact his commercial activities by
this means.
+. Z. Jeffries. manager of the Am
ster oil interests, left for Mexia and
Fort Worth, Texas Saturday, and will
remain there several days.
i. K. Phillips. Of Oklahoma City
state agent with the Continental Fire
insurance. Company, was an Ard
more business visitor during the
week end
7. X. Phillips, VI Oklahoma City,
state agent with the Continental Fire
Insurance Company. was an Ardnore
business visitor during the weekend.
Logan Weaver, drilling contractor
OF TT. Worth, who has also operated
in the Hewitt area, was in the city
Friday.
T.. Z. NARROW, accompanied by his
wife, left for COrsicana, Texas Fri.
Gay, TO take up his newly assigned
duties with the Sinclair Crude Oil
Purchasing Company. Mr.. NARROW
will reside at Corsicana but will main.
tain his office at Mexia. Southern
Texas is his territory. Mr.. NARROW is
well known in this city and was one
oil the most popular oil men in the
local area. While here he served as
scout with the same company, and
his new assignment is promotion
resultant OF good services. He was in
this city about one and one-half
years, and came here from Tulsa.
Mike Corrigan is the latest member
to join the local oil fraternity. Mr.
Corrigan is here representing the
Republic Supply Company in south.
ern Oklahoma territory and will re-
side in Ardmore. He was formerly
Tulsan. The Republic company main.
tains storage rooms at Wilson and
Writ.
j. W Helton Of Bluefield. " est
Virginia, stopped in Ardmore Fri
day en- route TO the Burkburnett field.
Mr. Helton is stockhoder in the
Washita River Oil and Gas Company
and while here made a trip TO the
test which the company is drilling
two and one.half miles north OF
Mannsyille. Sir Helton is u retired
lumber man
NJ VI. Cox. II Wilson. rig builder
with Sykes. Rast aud Boyd, was in
Ardmore Friday
p. A. Carpenter, at one time su
perintendent in the Usage District
with The Meridian Petroleum Com
pany, has moyed from Tulsa TO this
city To enter upon newly acquired
duties as field salesman with the
Beede Motor Company. Mr.. Carpen-
ter was with The Meridian interests TO
August 10 and was in charge OF op-
brought in one OF the largest Usage
producers in section 1929 on the
kiskadden lease which topped the
sand At depth Of 1881 feet and found
43 feet Of the pay in 3j0-foct thick
formation Of Mississippi lime The
well produced for So days and then
water broke in. which. Mr.. Carpenter
states, is The manner in which all
the big producers in the Usage lime
district develope. The initial produc-
tion Of the Meridian we'll was 10 900
barrels. In speaking Of the lime form
atoms. he explains that between lay.
ers Of the lime the lays OF big pay
sands are found The formation is
more OF less OF tre3cherpus nature
cue TO It's existence ia Bpots In some
places the Bartlesvils pay sands have
been found on top cf the lime at
depths ranging from 1850 70 2975
feet. Wells producing from the Ear.
l4cS'lGr EdhO give no UOuUirt says
MIR. Carpenter. but water difficult
ties mar smooth running when the
we'll is producing from the sand 10
the lime formation
The Burbank pool has furnished
the greatest interest in the Usage
country during the past year. Mr..
Carpenter asserts ana now has pro-
duction extending over an area OF ap.
proximately fifteen miles long and
three miles wide Last spring mark
ed the high point Ut activity. The
lime formation doas not exist In the
Burbank district, he says.
The lime formation area exists
chiefly ia sections l2lS-ls. one mil.
south Of Hominy. Production is owned
chiefly by the Meridian company
with five wells. The Marland inter.
ests with IL wells the Texas company
with TWO wells and the Atlantic Pro.
ducing Company with seven wells.
The wells are making oil and water
on q j0j0 basis. spproIimate. The
gravity OF the oil, states Mr.. Car.
psntsr Is 4l.12. with one well pro.
ducing crude Of ~ gravity. Wells in
the lime country are drilled with
the standard tools In 1880 days