The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1921-12-29
GOOD WELL BROUGHT IN
The K. O. Roy Company Gets Sec.
Ond Producer In New Field
Southeast OF Bellevue.
Its Location Quarter Mile South
Of Discovery Well-Shallower
in Depth by 81 Feet.

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Saturday afternoon OF last week the
r. o. Roy Company brought In Its
second well In what is now referred to
as the Bellevue field. It Is known as
their Scanland No. / and Is located a
quarter mile to the south OF the dis
covcry well-in the northeast corner
of southwest quarter OF northeast
quarter of section 15-19-11. Its depth
| is but 364 feet--33 to "a feet shallower
than the other well-and 1t is es-
timated to be making about 500 bar
reIs of POS gravity oil per day.
/ With the casing into the sand three
or four inches deep a flow of about Is
barrels showed Drilling somewhat
deerer, the production was increased
to 500 barrels The management Of
the company said to-day Monday
that six-inch liner would be set at the
bottom Of the well (inside the 1O-inch
casing) and that should have ten
dency to increase the wells dow. How
the well can be ON top Of the fields
structure, on a higher level than the
| discovery well BY thirty odd feet and
vet yield a less production we are
| unable to explain.
The Roy Company Is now rigging up
to drill In the northeast corner OF
southeast quarter Of northeast quarter
OF section Is fScanland No. ~, aud
has derrick timbers on the ground In
the northwest corner OF southwest
quarter Of northeast quarter OF section
Is (Scanland No. 81. Also, location
for its Railroad Lands Company No.
s has been made In the southeast
corner Of southeast quarter OF south
east quarter Of section 0-10-11.
The Standard Oil Company has der
ricl.s up at its Smith No. I, In the
northwest corner Of northwest quar-
ter OF northwest quarter OF section
-1sa-11, and It's Wyche No. 1, In the
nor Invest corner Of northwest quar-
tier Of northwest quartHr Of section
1419-1I. This acreage Is owned, res
pectively, by Messrs. g. w. Smith, OF
Haughton, and r. II. Wyche, Of
Shreveport. The two locations are at
test holes prioriy drilled bs the Roy
Company later assigned TO
the Standard Company.
The Louisiana Oil and Refining Cor
poration ESQ the reporter has just
been told) will put down twelve wells
around the rim Of the northeast quar-
ter of northeast quarter Of section 10
1911. which acreage the company
owns in fee.
In the friendly settlement Of a con-
tr0yersy-to avoid litigati0n-Mrs.
W. II. Scanland. Of Benton, last Fri
day assigned to Misses Helen and Jane
Poindexter an undivided one-third
interest In the south half Of northeast
quarter OF section 15-19-11, and 80
acres lying In section 17-19-1I The
acreage was purchased at the success
sion Of r. b. Poindexter twenty
years ago, and the two young ladies
(millor orphans OF that time) were
preparing to enter suit to regain half
interest In the two. plots.
Frank Saunders some days ago sold
to Messrs. Elias Goldstein and Henry
Walker, members Of the Shreveport
law firm Of Blanchard, Goldstein &
Walker. thirty-second royalty inter-
est in 800 acres adjoining the Bellevue
field, the consideration being So, 600.
The description Of the acreage Is: The
west half Of southwest quarter Of Sec
ton %, west half Of southeast quarter;
of section %, west half Of northwest
quarter OF section % and west half Of
northwest quarter of section 2t;, all in
township 10, range II. This acreage
is from one to two and half miles
south Of the discovery well.
The olweryant reader has no doubt
learned through the columns of the
Banner that there are pipe lines to the
south and quite near the new Bellevue
field. That will afford means Of
marketing its production. The Roy
Company is now making all necessary
Preparations for the erection OF steel
storage tanks and will, as soon as
practicable, establish loading rack
on the +. and A. to the east OF Prince
ton and put down four-mile pipe line
to lead to it.
AS stated above, this Is written
Monday evening. The story will be
added to later In the week, il there
are further developments that would
be Of interest to the Banners readers
We learn this morning that six-inch
casing and liner have been set III the
new well brought in last Saturday by
the Roy Company, which Is expected
to increase its flow. No gauge test
has as yet been made at the site, but
this will follow perhaps this week, as
500-barrel tank Is in readiness and
additional storage Is being built on the
lease,
Deputy Sheriff Y. v. Whiting
ton has asked us to announce that the