The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-08-05
GRADY DISTRICT
ACTIVITY SHOWS
STRONGER TO-DAY
Cook and HoIllster Let Contract for
Well South OF NlehIos oasser;
Magnolia RIG Building Crew
at Work on Derrick.
NEW LOCATIONS MADE
NEAR NICHLOS GASSER
Purchase OF Indian Lease by NichIon
Means Another Well; Territory
Between Cement and NiehIos
Showing More Life.

Additional activity In the Nichlos
district. II miles southwest of Chick
asha, was forecast today with IN,
announcement by w W HollistcI
and A. d. Cook. that they have let
contract for the drilling Of well
In the northeast OF the southeast oi
the southwest OF section 2s-jn-Sw,
the location being about quartz.
of mile south OF the Nichlos
gasser.
This contract goes to LcMaster.
Muse ct nj. of Duncan and il is un.
derst0od that they will move in
rig timbers at once The contract
calls for the starting OF operations
within 80 days. In case producer
is drilled in, il will mean offsets by
Nichlos on the north and by the
Magnolia on the cast.
Magnolia Building Rig.
The Magnolia is building rig for
the northwest of the northwest of
the southeast of section 26.5n-Sw and
ii is understood that they will move
in standard tools as soon az posi-.
Bile. Nichlos has also announced
that he will be building the rig fos
his second well within tne next few
days. He has not announced def.
mite location.
The sale OF Indian leases at Ana
darko, also means another location
as the southeast OF section 37-Jn-Sw
was sold with drilling contract at
tached. This tract brought $75 an
acre with the drilling contract and
was brought by Nichlos The loca
tion is in the northeast of the south
east of section 275n.Sw and offsets
an so acre tract by O. G. Bentley.
This tract brought 500 an acre.
Nichlos also bought the north half
and the northeast of the southeast
of section 33-5nSw The north half
of the southwest of section 33-5-S
and the southeast Of the southwest
of the southwest Of section 1858,
were purchased, separately, by Mich
los, the Wanda company and c. c.
Steinberger. These tracts averaged
$3.50 an acre.
Southeast Cement Active.
New operations in the southeast
extension of the Cement field, and
in Grady county between the Nichlos
area and the Cement field, are at
tracing attention now The Walda
company, drilling in the southwest
of the southeast OF section 24-5n-9w,
reported sand at 1,662 which they
are core-barreling. The result of
this test has not been announced,
The English Drilling company, in
The southwest of the southeast OH
section fS!5n-8w, Grady county is
drilling at about 300 feet lsiFs ea' 4
In the extreme Southern end OF
Grady county Briscoe and Bledsoe
have erected Il rig and are moving
in tools in the southeast Of the
southeast of section 36-3n-Sw
The Sunray has completed der
rick in the southeast Of the north
west of section 14-5n-Sw and will
move in tools next week, it is re-
ported.
Another new location has been
made by Roy ct al, in the southwest
of the southwest Of section 19-5n-SW.
Good indications are reported in
the Arrasmiih test on the Mutz farm
section 31-6n-Gw where they are near
ing the Harness sand depth. When
this well is completed, the tools will
be moved to the location in the
southeast OF the northeast Of section
19-5n-7w.