The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-08-06
AUGUST 6 MARKS
ITS NINTH YEAR
Wonder Field Has Averaged
More than $4,000 Bar
rels Per Acre-Some
Leases $4,000 Bbls.
By Bill IirOlln

Today, August &. 1922. marks the
ninth anniversary OF Carter county"s $
most notable achievement. the compile.
tion Of the discovery wei of the Head.
ION pool. Nine years ago quintette
OF Ardmore citizens, CWirt Franklin,
I'D Gait, S. A. Apple. Roy VI. Johnson
and Ii. y. Nichos) who are now lead.
ers among the members of the Ameri-
can petroleum fraternity brought in
The neucleus of a pool which now
stands as the most remarkable oil area
In the world relative TO sustained pro
duction, and yield per acre. Other
fields may claim greater initial pro.
duction per well, or greatest daily pro.
duction during particular intervals. but
ndne can compare with the supremacy
which the Healdton field alone can
claim when the holding up Of yield is
he issue, the phase of oil production
which is the most important and pro.
fltable. The features OF the Healdton
pool are commanding international at
tention-the depths of the sands, their
prolific nature, and the future posi-
Dlties Of the area.
The figures Of production of the
Healdton field prove the contention Of
its wonderful output From the date of
the discovery to June 30. 1922. it has
produced approximately 1886 262 bar
rels. and possibly more The figures
are not accurate inasmuch as the fig
ures for the portion Of 1913 and the
year OF 1914 ar not availabl. but an
estimate OF 1880 600 barrels for these
two periods has been added to known
figures covering the years from Janu-
airy 1915 to June 30 1922 which were
l02,7362G2 barrels
There are approximately 7770 acres
in the proven area of the iIealdton
field, and when compared with the pro
duction of the pool from its beginning
10 June 30. 1922. the average produc-
tion per acre registers more than H.
927 barrels. There are leases in the
Headton pool which have yielded as
high as $4,000 barrels per acre during
the eight and one half years. one CO.
acre lease in section j-4s-3w. has aver
aged $4,000 barrels per acre and a 20
acre trasct included i'm this lease has
averaged 10000 barrels per acre
The elmer oil companys lease in
section G-4s-3w. has produced about
1000 barrels per acre since it was
originally developed. This is one of
the best leases in the pool.
The initial well was completed ON
August e, 1913 and on May 29. 1914, !
2l2 wells had been completed with a
daily production OF approximately 25.-
900 barrels. In 1914. 800 oil wells
were completed with an initial pro
duction Of los. 200 barrels. with an es
timated daily production Of approx !
mately 40 900 barrels. During 1914 |
the Healdton field. overshadowed by |
cushing. suffered a severe setback, ow- |
Ing TO The fact that pipe lines stopped /
taking oil and the corporation com !
mission Of Oklahoma ordered a COM /
pleted shutdown The beginning of /
1878, rs ihe figures below show. re-
corded very small daily production |
10y reason thereof The latter part OF |
the year saw the old wells opened up. |
drilling under way again. with a maxi |
mum production of the fielt-sO OOO !
barreis-r-achcd in January 1916.