The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-05-23
START GREATEST
GRADY CAMPAIGN
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County ls Being "Played" Harder
Now Than Ever Before With
Trend OF Activity Running
South and West.
NEW LOCATIONS MADE
AND DRILLING STARTS
OIL Men Believe Summer VIII See
More Development Than In All
Past History; Some Wells
Near Completion.

Grady county Is on the eve OF the
biggest hunt for oil and gas ever
engaged In within It's borders, nc.
cordlng to Indications.
The play" seems TO be drifting
to the sections on the west, south
and southwest parts of the county
shere wells are already drilling and
whore others are booked To start.
OIL men ave firm In their belief that
during tao summer, more drilling
will be under way than has ever
been seen in Grady for all time.
The activity seems. at this time.
TO be starting with the Mutz well.
two and n half miles east OF Mime.
kah In section 1866 and TO con.
tinue from that point south and
west. II Is being carried TO the
south and west OF Rush Springs
where one well Is cemented on the
sand and where another is ready to
start, with still others in prospect.
The well cemented on the sand Ia
the ]. d. Ross well, on the Evans
farm in sector 1S-Sn-Sw. II is to
be drilled IN this week at depth
reported TO be slightly below 1900
feet.
New Test Is Booked.
Operations are to start soon at
location in section 36-in-Sw, accord
ing to reliable reports. This well is
to be drilled by Phillips and Caudell.
It is understood that they have the
timbers on the ground for the rig
and one report reaching Chickasha
this morning was that the rig is
completed. This report, however.
was not confirmed.
1t Is known, however, that the
block is completed, the contract
signed and the location made. Tools
have been arranged for and are to
be moved to the location In the very
near future.
There is rig up with several
hundred feet of hole made In sec.
tion 29-3n-7w where Nelson Brothers
started a hole, lost 1t, skidded the
rig and turned the proposition over
to new parties. The new operators
drilled several hundred feet, accord
ing to reports, but for some cause
were forced to shut down. There
was a considerable furry over a re-
ported gas sand before the hole
was shut down. 1t is believed that
with plenty Of operation going on
in the district, some operator will
take over the outfit and finish the
well.
Norge Territory Active.
There are persistent rumors that
work is under way which will mean
a new test for the Norge district.
The Nichlos we'll is drilling at 400
feet south of Norge on the Kit Far
well farm in section 26-5n-Sw. There
are reports that another well, north
and a little west of the Nichlos well
will be drilled.
Reports from those who claim to
know, are to the general effect that
still another block in the Norge
territory will be ready for an oper-
ator before many weeks have passed.
There is no statement, however, to
indicate just which direction from
Norge this test is tentatively To-
Gated.
Harness Draws Attention.
Work should be started soon at
the Harness offset in section 15-5n-
Nv, to be drilled by interests repre-
sented by M. e. Ingleright. The rig
is up and tools should be on the
ground today or tomorrow. The
well, oilers declare, is certain to at
tract great deal of attention be-
cause Of the excitement the original
we'll caused.
There are rumors, also, that a
we'll is to go in nearly directly south
of the Harness WELL placing it some
where in the district north and pos
sibly little east of Agawam.
Every day there are flocks of ru-
mors afloat concerning activity in
some section of the county, from
Chickasha south, and oil men point
to this fact as proof that the oper-
ators are interested now to a great
er extent than they have been in
nearly two years. No one in touch
with the situation doubts that Grady
is due for exhaustive testing dur