The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-31

right. II was an old Bartlesville
sand well drilled rs feet deeper TO
tho Tucker. The well topped the
Tucker stratum on February z.
1915, and started flowing 1000 bar
rels, gradually increasing until II
was flowing 1000 barrels for "a
hour period. The following day ~
kept up It's steady increase and
while an accurate gauge was impoB-
sible. as considerable oil was wasted,
there wuro 1902 barrels actually
accounted for. Some estimated the
well good for as high as 500 barrels
hourly. but this was all conjecture,
as there was no way OF accurately
recording the flow. BY June OF the
same year its production had de-
creased 90 $500 barrels daily, and
at the present time 10 making APP
proximately 35 barrels. During the
five and one-half years OF its exist
once, an accurate gauge was not
kept, as Il flowed into tanks with
other wells.
Owners OF the we'll believe that
the Barnett gusher made as much
oil rs the Gypsy OF company No.
5 Shumway in the Towanda pool
In Butler county, Kansas which
was 30 .00O-barrel well In the early
stages OF rs completion and pro-
DuttG u tbAdl VI GtGdVsVUV btlifAH
Of oil before 20 stopped flowing. Tho
No 10 on this same lease was a
20, 0,000-barrel well, this lease pro-
ducing over 100000 worth OF oil
by the time II was drilled up. These
two were the largest ever struck In
Kansas and are given as compari-
son with the large ones In Gushing.
Fixlco Lease Prolific.
Next largest 10 tho Barnett well in
the Cushing pool was the No. 10 on
tho Benoche Fixico lease in 17-18-7,
belonging 10 the Mid-Co Petroleum
company. which tract was one Of
the banner ones OF the pool This
producer was a 500-harrel we'll 1874
In the Bartlesvliie sand and whom
drilled n few feet deeper to the
Tucker pny q increased to $500
barrels daily. II continued to drlll
itself in until Il reached 10,484 bar
rels on n gauge. At this time the
market price for Cuahing crude was
60 cents, but oil was being sold for
less. on this particular lease the
oil was being sold for 3s cents a
barrel. This well was finished in
July, 1915, and was the largest in
the Cushing pool UP until the time
OF the completion OF the Barnett
gusher, In tho early part OF 1915.
Another good wen in the north
ern area was the c. r Shaffer No.
5 walker in the northwest quarter
Of 1887, which had an initial
production of 5000 barrels, The
Numa OH company, in the south
field. had an 8.000-barrel well on
the Fife farm, and on the Mussel-
man In S-1S-7, the MoMan Oil COM
pany had a 7,00O-barrel we'll These
are but a few OF the gushers that
were completed In this wonderful
producing area, where a we'll the
size OF 1000 barrels attracted but
little attention. There were many
compilations all the way from 1900
TO 5000 barrels and practically all
of tho wells are producing today
not large amount of oil. but suf-
ticient TO make them profitable,
sven at present prices.
Two at Shamrock.
To the south of the Cushing pool
is the Shamrock development, also
In Creek county, and to this pool
goes third place in point OF large
wells finished. This development
was opened shortly after the Cush-
Ing pool, in February, 1915, by
Frank Fox. who drilled In a a00-
barrel well In i5-15-7, in the Lay
ton sand, and some large wells were
developed in that formation. Then
came the striking of the Bartlesville
stratum where larger wells were
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