The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-01-23
In the Oil Fields
Northern Kay County Tests
Confine To Hold Stare

I
ioN'A CITY. Okla. Jan. "a
~ the many wildcat t,4ts belug
lfilI'h throughout this nrction of
ne STATE. non ~ attracting NOR, at
tchtlon Than that Of the Mid
company on tho Chilocco scbonl re-
serve and that OF the Twin sta,c
company In tho kaw indian country
Ihe Chilocco test. which ia ON "A
s'OoV-acrc tract IL now down about
S,elO feet and should soon show one
way or the other.
Inc Twin state test. which is In
IN" uorth~cst Of 3s-27-Je. Wls
l'"uy 'o drlil IN the past week when
""u' prohe IN aisi has delayed the
tests completion This we'll ,s hc-
lng drilled by the company Itself ns
me original contractor uuit when
me wei was down TO the depth for
Whlch he had contacted. The com
pahy' however, desired "A deeper test
ana put string OF its own tools on
| INC Jop' " is believed that "A new oil
| to'fiory Will be opened up in thai
| locality Tho Marland COMPANY la
also drilling wildcat test on a con
| sidetable acreage In the Kaw coun-
| try
Have Been Five Tests.
Altogether there have been five
| tests drilled for oil and gas In the
halSion district or northern Pawnee
| county, whore 1t now appears that
| the 'oinmbine OIL company Of Den
| scr' Color may have good pro-
| Queer at 3,0l5 feet In the Skinner
sand. The sand has been penetrated
~ rect when II was decided to ore.
pare tankage and get ready to care
Tor the production. II is estimated
mat the well will make from 200 to
900 barrels daily.
lho tolumbinc IN the fifth well in
tho halston locality. or within three
| WlIcs or the town. Ralston occu-
pies a position in the big bend of
me Arkansas. known frequently as
the Raiston loop. whore the river
makes big horseshoe bend north.
"ard INTO Usage county. The Iirst
test was put down Is years ago by a
company OF Ralston men. No log
was kept o fthe first 1000 feet, but
the ifnal 500 feet showed five differ
cnt oil and gas sands. Considerable
OIL and gas were encountered some
where between 1000 and 3,20O feet
thcn the casing was pulled and the
mole filled with old hemp cable
through which the gas and oil have
continued to seep ever since.
Several years later test was
drilled on the Frank MITCHELL farm,
a mile west OF Ralston, which wen,
: down to 3,000 feet and had several
oil ana gas showings. In 1915 n test
: was drilled on the Mccullough farm
mile west OF tho Mitchell test.
-Four showings OF oil were found be
fore reaching the Bartlesvillc sand
at $3.50 feet where both oil and gas
were encountered. The well flowed
at Intervals Tor several days The
gas production was estimated AZ
100000 daily and the oil at from
20 TO 90 barrels. The sand proved
Thin and the drillers went into salt
water, tho hole being plugged and
abandoned.
Two years later the Cosden com
pany put down a test on tho Loveall
farm, three miles northwest OF Rails
ton but 1t was dry the entire depth
OF $500 feet, The recent test by
, the Columbine company on the Phil
lips farm had four distinct show
ings OF oil and gas before She Skin
ner sand was reached at 3,0l5 feet
II IL said that leases In the Ralston
field are now selling at from $25 10
si25 an acre.
Two other wildcat tests that are
drilling near Ralston and the one al
Masham, which IN now down be-
tween l.S00 and 1900 feet. and one
siA miles east OF Ralston near tn,
old Indian town of Grayhorse, whisn
Is drilling at 2,S00 feet, but is beinp
put on down to the Bartlesville sand
. This Is n Marland test.
To THavc Deep Test.
. A deep test is TO be drilled in tho
I Kay county territory, just north OF
p Blackwell, where W. r.. TredwaS
? and W. 4. Stoncr drilled well tw,
% years ago to a depth OF 3,ll5 feet
I They had a showing OF oil but latel
i me hole rlled up with salt water
Seven-inch casing IN now being pu
! In, preparatory to deepening tn,
= hole and drilling wHl start as soor
as conditions will permit.
In the eastern Grant county fiel,
the oklahoma Natural Gas com
y pany, which has good gas pro
Queer at 2,l6 0fcet on the crooci
Arm in southwest 23-27-3w, is con
= sidcring the deepening OF the nol'
4 to the 2,430-foot sand where thcr,
is 2o,oO0,0oo gas producer on tn
- Stewart farm,
A The Western Statea oil compan!
b, is drilling at about 1900 feet on tn,
: Flood farm in southeast 23-27-23w
10 the Green-Wyoming company
Il working at about 1900 feet on tn
4 Cole farm In 36-2S-iw. II had
o showing OF gas AT l,l90 feet and o
= oil at $40 feet. The Globe oil q
= Refining company is drilling a
= about 1900 feet on the spark
farm in 2S-29-3w. This location /
IL miles north OF the discovery wei
on the stewart farm, In 22-27-3w.
The Blackwell OIL a Gas compan
!, is drilling At about ago feet on tn
Martin farm in southwest 2S-27-3H
and Is ready TO spud IN on the Ian
farm in northeast 22-21-3w, bot
NJ, being offsets to the discovery We
=, on the Stewart farm. The same com
II pany has completed rig for ties
n on the Baldcrson farm In 24-sS-2W
% which is to be a deep test,