The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-05-22
One-Third of Oklahoma Oil
Noio Being Produced in
Ponca District

Poncd District
PONCA CITY. May st.-one.
third OF the oil produced in Okla.
homa. or 100000 barrels, is being
produced daily within a radius OF 25
miles OF Ponca City. according 70
Ernest w. Marland OF this city, head
Of the Marland oil and associated
companies.
And at that development here is
Just In It's infancy" continued MIR.
Marland, "and with present plans
carried out the district Is bound 10
grow and grow rapidly. Less than
half OF the favorable geological
structure has been drilled and
Ponca City is the center OF this
richest known district" Here Mr..
Marland explained that although he
came to Ponca City in tho oil game
In 1908 that really he has "heeu in
the business ever since | was knee
high to duck"
Next TO agriculture oil IL the
most important industry in the
world" Marland declares. Mos,
people believe that the oil game Is
a gamble. but II is not. Food sup
ply is i'm evidence and nature has
made 1t possible for men TO make
use OF this source OF supply, but
oil has been concealed and II takes
careful study of the situation TO ex-
tract the fluid from tho earth and
make II productive"
World Dependent on District.
There are 10000 oil wells produc.
ing In the Mid-Continent field al
fr
Marland. and these supply rs per
cent Of the light oils OF the world
He maintains that the world viii
be dependent on this area for years
II is the intention OF the Marland
Refining company TO expend an
other million dollars this year In ad'
dition and improvements to Its To-
cal refining plant. according to Johr
s. Alcorn, vice president OF the com
pany. This will include the build
ing Of numerous additional homes
| for the company officers and en-
ployes, he said. Alcorn added tina
There are more oil wells drillinl
and 10 be drilled within rs milei
of Ponca City than in any simllai
district in America"
The immediate Ponca City dis
trict is making a remarkable con
tribution to the worlds fuel situa
tion at the present time" f. w
Marland says. "Ponca City Is nov
supplying oil for tho English motto
car and the Chinese oil lamp. ant
her products lubricate the machin
cry of Winchester. England, and tn
crude machines OF the orient"
Make New Grant Location.
A. V. waldo of Ponca City. VIII
Is associated with II. C. Bucklin Il
the development OF wildcat terri
tories, has made another Location
for a test in western Grant county
This is in the southeast OF 35-2s-7w
near the town OF Wakita. Within tn
next week the cellar and slush pom,
will be dug and machinery move
in. Waldo and Bucklin are no'
down to 3,159 feet on their othe
wildcat in that locality. on tn
Brandley farm in the southwest c
2s-27-6w. They are now engage
In drilling out lug in the holt
with some gas and the intention
to drill on through this and set tn
casing below the sand.
| A Tulsa concern, the Gladys Bell
| OIL company. is understood TO hav
taken over the Meteor Oil compan
wildcat and acreage east OF Sa
| Fork in southeastern Grant count!
| The test being drilled Is on tn
CLANCY farm in the northwest O
14-25-3w. The Gladys Belle wi
finish this test. The Meteor O
company became involved financial
| ly recently when a bank failed O
Arkansas City.
The Tom Slick test on the Nc
keenan, farm in the northwest @
23-2s-5w Is down over 1900 fee
The drilling company is carryin
the six-inch casing at that depth
having considerable trouble wit
water. Slick 5 other test. on tn
McAdams farm In the southwest G
20-29-4w. north OF Renfrow.
drilling near 500 feet. The Day o
company Is drilling at about 1,60
feet on the Janzen farm in tn
northeast Of 36-2S-5w, and the Ma
tlonal Refining company is settin
the 12h inch casing in its test o
the Buhler farm in the northwest G
| 15-27-4w.
An Important Wildcat.
Another important wildcat ties
for Ponca City district is that Jus
made by the Producers &c Refiner
Oil corporation on the Sandbank
Sturdevant farm in 5-26-4e. IT mile
northeast OF Ponca City and 8 mile
west OF Kaw City. The rig has bee
built for this test. The compan
has 1874 acres blocked in section
4, 8, s. and s, or TO n point With
two miles of Kaw City. The acr'
age between that and Kaw City ha
been taken up by Kaw City men.
New locations in the Hickman @
western Usage field include that b
the Gypsy oil company, which Is I
be an offset 10 the location made b
the Carter oil company on the Nal
street OF South shidler town, lc
cation that caused considerabl
4 CONSERVATION for a time because
was felt that II might involve III
ownership OF considerable tow
property there. The rig for III
Carter test is up and drilling wi
start at once. The entire Shidle
townsite is under oil lease to tn
Gypsy and Carter companies, but
is understood that locations hay
been made that will not interter
with town development.
other new locations in the Hicl
| Ia, "a I'M