The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-02-14
NEW TEST sPUDs
NEAR CH|CKAsHA
FOR DEEP WELL
English Drilling Company Gets un'
der Way South OF City. Har.
ness Farm; Walters Con.
tractors Have Job
LOCATION Is NEAR. OLD
ROCK CREEK WILDCAT
To Check Cuttings With Rock Creek
Log; Plan to Test out Reported
$50 Foot Sand; Splendid
OUTFIT Being Used

A test that brings the develop
ment for oil or gas In Grady county
TO the very door Of chIckasha, was
spuddcd in Saturday afternoon on
the Harness farm In the northwest
OF the southwest OF TIE southeast
of section i5-5n.7w. by Badgett
Brothers OF Walters. drilling for tho
English Drillingl company.
For various reasons. this is slat.
ed to bo one OF the most interest.
ing tests. to Chlckasha people. that
10 now drilling In this county. An
oil well at this location would
doubtless mean more to- Chlckasha
than any other well now drilling in
Grady. the location being eight and
half miles directly south OF this
city, being easily accessible by au.
tomobile over good road.
Near Rock Creek Test
Another reason why the English
well is slated to draw the attention
of local people. as well as those
outside who have kept up with wild
eating I'M Grady. is that the well
just started is only six hundred feet
moth OF the spot where some nine
years ago, the Rock Creek Oil and
Gas company drilled test 15Oa
feet deep and we're forced to quit
the hole when their funds were ex-
hauated and when, at the depth
mentioned, they had progressed to
their maximum depth with the tools
they were using. the same being a
Star rig and outfit.
The log of the we'll shows that
they passed through six feet Of oil
sand at around $50 feet and had
another strong showing slightly deep.
er and that the formations were
showing oil when they were forced
to abandon the hole The log OF
this we'll Is checked up as to the
oil showings by the statements of
a number Of local people who kept
in close touch with the drilling OF
the Rock Creek test.
Have Splendid Outfit.
The contractors, Badgett Brothers
have an outfit that is amply able to
make the test thorough. The der
rick is a wonder in the art of rig
building, being combination af-
fair, for rotary and standard tools,
114 feet high. The tools are of the
heaviest rotary type, six inch drill
stem, double boilers. twin pumps
and with a full outfit of tools cor
responding. The location OF THE
well Is such that an ample water
supply is furnished by running
creek and fuel oil is hauled out from
Ninnekah, distance of some two
and half miles The camp Of
Badgett Brothers is already estab-
1ished and double tower crew is
on the job.
The leases were blocked by Wal
ter Jones and r. Il. Hughes of this
city and Crockett English, a well
known oil man who operated ex-
ter lively in the Cement field and
who, according to advices yesterday,
will be on the job to watch the
drilling Of the we'll. These men,
also heavily interested in the En-
glish Drilling company, consumated
the drilling contract with Badgett
Brothers.
Test Out showings. !
The plan under which the well
il to be drilled will be to watch
carefully the log Of the old Rock
Greek test and check this up with
the cuttings of the English well,
according to Mr.. Hughes. He stat
ed that especial care would be TAX
en- when the drill reached the depth
of 800 feet.
1--WE will run the core ahead OF
the drill fromJ 800 to 900 feet" said
Mr.. Hughes yesterday. "Our con-
tract with Badgett Brothers is that
they must stop and test out any
point which we may designate. Mr..
English will be on the job and will
order tested out any formation which
looks good to him. Some Of the
people who were in touch with the