The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-02-26
TWo Famous Present Day
Wells in Oklahoma Fields

PONCA CITY, Fob. 25.-An oil
well that has made 23s,60O barrels
or oil I'm approximately four months
time, and that oil of high grade, Is
regarded as the wonder well I'm the
Mid d-Continent field OF tho past year.
This is the No. / OF the Comar oil
company on the John w. SEQ farm
In the Bliss s-Tonkawa pool, iS|
miles southwest OF this city.
This well was drilled In on october
0. 1921. and It had put 23S, 900 bar
reis into the pipeline TO Ponca city
by February Is, 1922. The we'll is
still making around 1900 barrels
daily.
This was not the discovery well in
the Bliss-Toukawa pool, but Il was
the second TO be brought in by the
Marland interests. There are now
five producers I'm that pool with a
total production at the present time
of 5000 barrels daily and there are
about 80 other wells drilling. The
pool In right at eight months old.
tho Marland OIL company and Cos
den bringing In the first well there
last August on the Smith school land
lease.
All present Indications are that the
Bliss -Tonkawa field is trending to
tho northeast. This Is the direction
that geology plays II and the oil
companies generally are anticipating
a chain of pools or n continuation that
Will cross the Salt Fork river near
the mouth of the Chlckaskia and fol-
low up on northeast across Kay
county. one OF the first tests in this
chain will be started Immediately
by the Amerada oil company across
the river In Kay county, not far
north OF the Chickaskia- Salt Fork
junction. Here the Amerada has a
block OF about 1000 acres and the
Marland OIL company about 5000
The latter company has several
blocks farther north and northeast
whore tho continuation OF the pool;
Is expected TO lie.
Another Prominent Well.
Another prominent well in the
Ponca city district and one which
started the greatest field In Oklaho-
ma since tho Gushing Is the Bertha
hickman No. l of tho Marland Re
fonlng company In the western
o sage. 'fhis particular WELL the dis
&C very well In that pool. came In or
Mag IA, 1920. at around 700 barrels
and it Is still n good producer. III
advent attracted immediate atten
ton to n new wildcat district and n
the present timo there is n daily pro
duction in that pool of over 40, ,00t
. barrels daily ana there are over 10(
additional wells drilling at the pres
ent time. This particular pool lie
about 80 miles northeast OF th,
Bliss-Tonkawa pool.
Following the bringing in OF IN,
Hickman pool In the western Usage
the Mnrland Refining company sol,
n half interest In this lease TO tn
, RoXana Petroleum company 70
S1,500,00O. There are now four pro
| duclng wells on the lease. making
total OF l.700 barrels daily, ant
three more are drilling.
Both tho Bliss-Tonkawa and IN
Hickman pools were drilled original
$ ly and In absolute wildcat territorie
i by the Marland companies on geol
ogy, When it was decided TO drill
the Bllss-Tonkawa test, the Marian,
J. companies had some leases that the
: desired TO sell to other big concern,
Y IN order to help pay the cost of drill
c ing such an absolute wildcat.
was a very difficult matter, accord
ing 10 the story now told. TO se
the leases, as the district was nc
J, looked upon favorably by other con
Z Germs Now. however, every com
s. pany In the Mid-Continent field
in tho district or trying 70 get in.
O An $500 900 Lease.
Following the drilling in OF IN
Bertha Hickman No. 1 In tho west
ern Usage there followed severy
sales OF Usage oil leases I'm that pal
a OF Usage county by the federal GOV
\ ernment The pool grew rapid
N both In production and in impoi
tance and now has an estimate
value OF S75,O00,OO0, Naturally, 1
z, the pool grew the price OF leas,
,e grew, and on December last, whe
there was such sale of Osal
leases at Pawhuska one quarter-se,
re- tion tract in the western Usage WI
ye bought by the Prairie OIL q Gas G
rs for 100000, the highest bon,
. price ever paid for lease In Il
, Mid-Continent field and one Of Il