The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-27

tho tank IL not over 1900 barrels
/ capacity and N the tank is to be
] larger then an agreement must hc
| reached between surface owner and
/ the lessee as to tho amount to he
paid. A ! 1900 barrel ttank site SHAH
/ not exceed so feet square in size
[ Tho lessee must also pay damages
I 10 growing crops or to any inn
provcment on the land. Provisions
are made, whore the parties cannot
agree, for arbitration and the sur
face owner IN all cases Is given the
/ right TO appeal to the courts. II the
surface owner IL an Indian. then the
monies provided for damages shah
be paid TO the Usage Indian agent.
Prior TO tho starting or any
drilling, the lessee must meet with
tho surface owner. provided the
latter is a resident of Osago county.
and designate the locations whore
wells are 70 hn drilled, give the sur
face owner the name and address
OF the oil companys field foreman
or superinteudeut, and agree that
arbitration shall be ruaurtcd to lr|
they cannot agree ON damage
amounts.
The Osagc indian agent may
when complaint In received, require
the oil lessee tu enclose sush
pond, carthen tanks and reservoirs
and this must be done by u lessec
within 10 days after receiving sucn
notice from the agent Lcssees are
given ten days IN which to com
municate with surface owners or
tenants In regard to the settlement
OF any damage complained OF. Sur.
face owners are required to notify
their agents and tenants or AL
these rules and regulations
High Figures Anticipated.
Judging from the inquiries being
received az the Usage Indian agency
from OIL men in all portions OF the
United states, 1t is evident that there
VIII be a big crowd attend the next
sale OF oil leases on Usage lands on
December ~ This leads to the he. |
lief, also, that the receipts from the |
sale will total as high as those of /
any former sale, and some very flat /
tering offers for leases particular |
ly IN the western Usage, are antlci- |
pated. Some even maintain that |
the highest prices heretofore paid |
for Usage leases will be shattered |
at the coming sale
These opinions are based mainly |
on the results being achieved IN the |
western Usage or Burbank field. |
whore there are now 81 wells pro-
ducing total Of approximately 30,-
600 barrels daily. Some OF the tracts
to be offered at the next sale arc
within this area or adjacent ~thcrc-
to. There are also fifty new loca-
tions In the proven field,
Takes over Zig Acreage.
The National Refining company
has taken over a considerable block /
OF acreage ON Polecat creek, seven
miles east of Medford in Grant
county and will drill Immediately
In 1924 cast, which IS one-half
mile south OF dry hole. drilled
there some time ago. The timberh
for the rig were hauled out this
week.
This test giv-Y the town Of mri-
ford quite n play. as there are tcstq
drilling also seven miles north Erd
seven miles west OF the town, waldo /
& Bucklin. drilling west OF Medford,
are down over 900 feet. TO waich
depth the ~ l-2-lnch casing has
been set. on the Northup block OF
leases, north OF Medford. the con.
tractor has recovered a big bit. for
which he has been fishing for over n |
month, and Is now drilling again at
about 900 feet.
Announcement In made that the |
Oklahoma Natural Gas company |
been taking some OF the supply from |
the Deer Creek field or Grant |
county for its line 10 Enid and |
other towns in that locality, expects
10 have severai more wells into the
gas sand in the'near future. II IL
explained also that -four gas wells
are not open al the present time,
because Of being connected with tho
Empire line into Kansas
WntcisOrn Makes Location. n
In the gas producing district,
north OF Morrison IN tho Otoc
Indian country. the Watchorn inter-
ests have made location for an
other test Both Watchorn and the
Magnolia company have several gas
producers In that locality and each
new test is put down with the eX-
pectancy OF hitting an oil sand.
Leasing of laHd In the Otoe con-
tinues rapidly and numerous tests
are TO he drilled. The Marland on
company took "A lease the past week
on the extensive Casparis cattle
ranch Just northeast Of sumner
and It is understood that n test will
be made there before long.
The Boston oil company's test, |
st richly wildcat, at a point two miles |
southwest Of Newkirk Is drilling at |
about 2,300 feet. The property was
taken over some time ago by the
Globe oil corporation Of Denver
which is proceeding With the work
Gas or oil sand Is expected between
2 200 and $500 feet, but the com |
pany is prepared to go To a depth
Of 3.40O feet II necessary II Is
unde rstood that other concerns arc
planning blocks OF acreage along
this same structure.
The New England oil e. Pipeline
Co. is drilling at about 600 feet In
n wildcat test, on a block o. 5000
acres, at a point twenty miles north
Of the Burbank pool in the western
Usage and 10 miles south OF the
Fox Bush pool in Kansas. The To-
cation is near the town Of Eaton, IN
Cowley county, Kansas, In the
southeast OF 2s 32-5 east. The test
is being drilled absolutely on ge-