The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-05-07
HILL FARM TEST
HAS NO SHOWING
OIL PRODUCTION
naIlInos at 600 Feet off Bottom Fail
Bring up oil; Doesn't Mean
Dry Hole; Verdict not
Yet In Sight
WATER is SHUT OFF
SUPERINTENDENT SAYS
Not Necessary 10 Cement calkins
Declares; Blo Crowd "sits up" 4.
With Well; Prank Played
on Fans by Crew

There was nothing In sight at the
test Of the Gladys Belle company on
the I'm farm in section e.in.7w yes
terday afternoon TO get excited about
or that would indicate that the opera.
tors will bring In a commercial we'll
on the other hand. there was nothing
to prove that they would get n dry
hole.
The status OF the well. up to four
o'clock yesterday afternoon was about
the same as In court case With the
Jury stlll out. The verdict Is yet
to come. There was more than 100
people on the ground waiting FOR
the answer yesterday. Half as many
the men on the rig said. spent
Thursday night In "watchful waiting"
and indications were that number
of the same would sit up with the
well last night.
They're Bailing Out.
Indicating that they were expecting
long-drawn-out affair. two boys of
Rush Springs had pitched a tent
near the rig yesterday afternoon and
we're serving hamburgers and hot
coffee to the assembled oil fans. AS
evening approached. they were doing
land office business with prospects
for a steady patronage throughout
the night
The monotonous ups and downs
of the bailer yesterday afternoon
proved to be the sole number on the
program. w. ID. Calkins, southwest
ern superintendent of the company,
STATED that they had the fluid bailed
down to about GOO feet from the
bottom. The bailings failed to show
any oil, however Those who had
been on the job since Thursday
afternoon declared that some gas
and oil had showed in the first bail.
ings. Explaining how they would be
in an oil sand and yet no showings
appear on the siush at this stage of
the game, Mr.. Calkins declared that
the pressure from a couple of thou
sand feet of water which stood in
the hole for two weeks after the
reported sand was struck, could
force much of the water back into
the oil sand, driving the oil before
it. This, he said, was what had
happened, in his opinion. He ex
pressed himself as very optimistic
over the chances of the company
to land some kind of well.
The Crowd is "Pranked'
About o'clock yesterday after
noon, a ripple of excitement raj
through the crowd when, in dumping
bailer, the slush carried considera
BILE quantities of OIL They had takel
the long baler off and put on shor
one with which they went to TIL
bottom of the hole. AS this bale
was dumped, the crowd gathere
around the pit and after giving tn
oil the once over, commented favol
ably.
1t was oil, there was no questio
about that. 1t showed to be excel
tionally high grade and was of
greenish color The only fly in th
ointment was the fact that it We
not crude oil, but liquid greas
which had been refined for use
cylindars and to lubricate other par
of machinery. 1t had apparent
been poured into the slushway fro
inside the rig, doubtless, by someol
as joke on the crowd.
Formation Sample Taken.
On the next run of the bailer,
was sent TO the bottom and work
up and down few times, tn
brought out and from its bottom
sample of the formation was take
This was washed and placed in
fruit jar for the inspection of conn
ny officiala When asked for sa
pie of the formation, an officer
the company stated, 1--WE are !
putting out ans Samples"
This formation as it appeared
the fruit jar. was blush in col
probably being mixed with gum
Whether or not the sample conta
ed oil sand could not be learned.
Mr.. Calkins ststed that the {
tings of the casing on the gum
without cementing. had been {