The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-10-24
ARRASMITH AND M'BEE
DUE BAIL WELL TODAY
Intense Activity Seen over Entire
Area; Many New Rigs Ready;
Drilling Is Expected Doubled
Within Next Month.

west. southwest of section "a
5n-sw have hit the NichIos sand
and are eementIno today.
This word was received here
this afternoon from oil men re.
turned from the field and was
heralded as the most important
coming from the Grady county
field In many days. II Is a good
gas sand. reports say and when
we'll is made there will extend
the field materially northeast.
II was picked up at slightly
more than 1900 feet.
Arrasmith, MoBee and Fowler,
Thomas farm, In section f9.5n-
wv, showed some delay In bail.
ing their we'll today. They were
washing the we'll this afternoon
and expected to bail late this
evening. They have been ce-
mented on sand starting at
1920 feet for more than 10 days.
II will be tested late today or
tonight.
In the new Grady county gas field
area. II miles southwest of Chick.
asha. there are 81 wells, completed,
cemented on the sand, drilling or
rigs, according 10 a definite check
made on the operations today.
OF these. 25 have been started
since July 10 when the Nichlos oil
and Drilling company brought in It's
monster gasser on the Farwell farm
in the southwest of the northwest
of the northeast of section 26-5n-Sw,
for producer that gauged 49,5OO,-
600 cubic feet day at depth Of
l.27i feet. In addition to a double
row of derricks which extend more
than half mile south of the dis
covery WELL operations have widen
ed in every direction.
Here Are Producers.
There are six gassers with a COM
bined volume of around 2OO,0OOOOO
cubic feet of gas day. They are:
The Nichlos No. /; the Nichlos No.
2, southeast, northeast southwest,
section 26-5n-Sw; the Niehlos No. 3,
northeast, northeast, southwest of
the same section; Magnolia No. 1,
northwest, northwest, southeast, Sec
tion 26-5n-Sw; the Carter No. /,
southeast, northeast, northwest, sec
tion 2G-5n-Sw and the LeMaster,
Muse ct al, northeast, southwest,
southwest, section 26-5n.Sw.
There are two wells cemented on
the sand. These are: Vaudeville
ct al, northwest, northeast, north
east Of section 35-5n-Sw and the Ar
rasmith and McBee, southeast, south
west, northeast of section 19-5n-Sw.
Another well nearing the Nichlos
sand level, and which is expected
to cement the casing any day, is the
LeMaster, Muse ct al, No. 2 in the
southwest, southwest, southwest Of
section 24-5n-Sw.
Drilling wells which are slated for
almost certain producers, because
they are in the proven area, are:
The Carter No. 2, southeast, south
east, northwest of section 26-5n-8w,
drilling at around 900 to 1000 feet,
the Magnolia No. 2, southwest,
northwest, southeast Of section 26-
5n-Sw and the Magnolia No. 3, north.
west, southwest, southeast of Sec
tion 26-5n-Sw. The Magnolia No. 2
is drilling at about the same depth
as the Carter No. 2, while the Mag.
nolia 3, being cable tools, is not so
deep. The Magnolia No is to
pioneer for an oil sand at deeper
level if a large gasser is not struck.
other Operations Going.
Operations on the fringe of the
proven area are going forward stead
lily, there being aside from the Ar
rasmith and McBee, the Vaudeville
and the LeMaster No. 2, some seven
or eight rigs up and drilling opera
tions under way. These are: The
Concord Oil company, in the south
east. southeast, northwest of section
2S-5n-Sw, rig, Grogan ct al, south
west, southwest of section 22-5n-Sw,
drilling at around 500 feet; Foster,
Williams ct al, southeast, south
west, southwest, section 23-5n-Sw, a
rig; Sandford ct al, southwest,
northwest, southwest, section, 23-5n.
Sw, rig and moving tools; Marmett
ct al, southwest, southeast, section
1S-5n-Sw, a rig; Holmes, Wharton
and Allen, northwest, northeast,