The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-12-25
I'M THE OIL FIELDS
Office: 6241 w. II. PECK Residences 2442

was "A hustle for money
Their First Oiier.
The first oil well brought In by
Marland and his associates in the
district, just south OF Ponca City,
was on the Calls-him Indian allot-
ment, and II came in unexpectedly,
according TO Miller. who was also
interested In the company. Miller
tells the story as follows.
THE old man OF the bunch In
town Ponca city that day was
Lew Wonts. wac out here on the
! ranch and Marland was superin-
tending the laying OF "A gas pipe
| line across the salt Ford river. near
| Whlteagle, in order TO furnish the
| Ponca Indian agency there with
fuel
when wentz learned that oil
had been found. he rushed a
livery barn, got a team and came
| posthastc to the ranch, and to-
| gether we went TO find Marlard.
And when we did find him, he was
In the river with bunch Of his
men, all OF them with their l,arls
| off, laying that pipeline across the
| Salt Fork We got him into the
buggy and rushed back TO town 20
see the oil and also make arrange
ments for future development"
| SFhnt tOuntt \ SustNTs
| In finding the gas IN the we'll.
seven miles west of Medford. and
iS miles farther west than evcy bs 10
| fore in northern oklahoma, Waldo
| and Bucklin were drilling on the
| Red Hill Leasing corporation s
acreage, the exact location OF that
test being on the +. II. Bradley
farm, In southwest 2s-27-s. The
nearest production is 1s miles east
| aRg a.-I
miles southeastward toward CARRIER,
The first gas in this test was en-
countered at l.43S feet, approx
mately 100000 cubic feet, aud
later another gas sand was found n,
l,5i5 feet. The 10-inch casing was
set AZ 1870 feet and in the mean
time the gas has continued to come
up from both sands through the
l2 1-2 inch casing. The drillers
stopped work a few days ago az
/ $50 feet In hard lime but will con.
tinue operations in the near future
Other Tests Are Starting.
Numerous other tests are startinf
in the Medford vicinity as result
OF the find by Waldo and Bucklin
Two more derricks have been erect
ed. one on the Bahler farm. IT
northwest 1924, and the othei
on the Janson farm in northeast
4
is by the National Refining com
pany OF Wichita, together witt
Merriam & FendXiss OF that city
and they have let the contract tC
the Walker Drilling company for ;
test 1900 feet deep. The tools were
moved In from CARRIER the pas
I week.
The test on rhe Jansen farm is b,
the Day oil company the tools be
| L., .l, Ia nj hnI
. ten days ago. This test Is sever
miles northeast of Medford and or
the same structure mapped out b!
A. G.. Reeds OF Muskogee, on whicl
the Northup well is now beini
drilled at about 1900 feet on tn
McKecmen farm in northwest 30
2S-5.
. In the locality OF Manchester. II
northern Grant, contract for
test has been let by John stevenson
and Frank Felst. This block was as
sembled by these men south o
Manchester, and during The pas
"A week n deal TO take IL over has beel
| Investigated by Jess willard, for
mer heavyweight champion, wh'
had good luck recently in gettini
: oil production near Eureka. Kan.
, Several Blocks Being Shaped.
II several other block of acreage
, new being assembled In Grant, ma
, terlallze ther will he rumerou
, other tests drilled there Curing th
; next six ponths. In addition Z
blocks being shaped up in tn
! Wakita neighborhood others ar
z east of Medford, some around Man
chester and three north and on
g south OF the Red Hill block, wher
| Waldo and Bucklin are drilling.
j Across northward. in Kansas,
Y test is TO be drilled at once b
I Stanley. Kimmell, Ralston and tn
= Greenwood oil company, at poir
16 miles north of Deer creek and |
\ miles northwest of the Dilwortf
Peckham field OF Kay county. Th
location is on the James Craig farI
in Falls township. in southeast 2
sac west, six miles northeast
z Caldwell The rig has been erect
a and Il is understood tho test is to
4 drilled on geology.
= In the Tonkawa field.
n Tho field south OF Tonkaw
h and west OF Bliss, is continuing
Z increase in size. There are now thr'
a producing oil wells making betwee
N $500 and 3.oee barrels daily,
a wells drilling. seven new rigs u
= and two star machines drilling ft
y gas,
. The Spencer oil company is pr
9 pairing 10 drill a deep test in IL
. Prairie Chapel neighborhood, at
:, point four miles west OF kildare,
~ about 12 miles northwest OF POM
a City.