The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-08-27

under n drilling contract larg"
block Of acreage south OF NcWush.
and drilled n we'll In 3l-S-S ana en-.
gouutcrcd a 1Ot-hIrrcl producer
from Wcwoka sand at l,GNO-l, ~
feet ana put this well 20 pumping
II is still making % barrels and is
sold for fuel 10 the drilling wells II
that district.
They started n second well two lo-
cations south OF their initial well
aud at a depth of 2,l2l foot Jos,
their hole and abandoned g. Tho
cut In price and the strIngcncy %.
the oil finance caused the with
holding Of further oil operations a.
that time, while this company ha7
large holdings there. It encouraged
tho present development that ~
now going on down there.
About 1915 II. II. Smith ot Pitts
buEh Pa, gathered a largo block
OF acreage together west and nortN
of Holdcuville right on the SEMI
mole Hughes county line, and pro-
coedcd to drlll deep test TO 3,200
feet. His organization was known
ns the penn West oil company.
II picked mn lot Of good 'aud7
and n showing Of oil at 3,120 feet
that nut that vicinity on fire as 20
oil activity Many fancy bonuses
we're being paid during this excite
mont, and almost the whole countioG
Of Hughes and Seminole leased. Its
No / scot made some fine flows.
| The McMan and =. O. & G., drilled
/ wells At this time and the Penn
/ West a second well all finding good
sand Indications and encouragement.
Tho Cushing excitement, with its
] fhan M
/ this find was not followed up, but
/ an the big producing concerns held
/ their holdings down that way hoping
/ for later development, tho town
/ ships looked upon with great favor
/ being SIS 81. TT. G-7 81. e-S, "a,
| ana all the terrltury LAYING north
ward towards tho Okmulgee district
Smith Returns Ia Territory.
About two years ago r. II Smith
one OF the original organizers o'
the Penn West. as mentioned above,
returned 10 oklahoma with the
ovowcd nurpose Of testing out thai
section OF tho country He found
the lenses held by LARGE concerns
but after much neghtlation ana
careful survey, he obtained q large
block of acreage extending over .
course or strike OF 10 miles and last
spring erected n large calf-who"l rln
in the southwest Of the southwest
OF o2-7-7 and started n 2l-inch hole
for "a deep test to the Penn Wesi
, sand and beyond If necessary. Boinr
far In advance OF any operation ol
, guide or formation, and after on
countering some ~ distinct sane
horizons, with several good oil nnt
grs showings this we'll IS now neal
tho Wewoka sand depth and Inter
, esting news may be expected IRON
now on.
Taklng into consideration the fou
| townships G-T, II, 7-G and 6-6, thi
ia the only well drilling or drille,
, I'm an area OF 1A4 square miles How
! ever, it ~ four miles in advance
! southwest from the Producers I
P Rofluers production In 31-S-S. |
. lies directly west eight miles from
the Lyons and the Clark wells II
. lA-7-S, lust west OF Holdenville.
. Twelve OF the largo opcrlNnl
, companies must look upon the terri
I tory I'm tho vicinity OF this operato
= with much favor .as they hold acre
axe there and ara watching develop
g mcnt and should n discovery we'll b
obtained much activity would be as
i sured.
I The concern. headed by r. j
smith, has another wTll dow
d ]
" southwest OF the northwest Of 81
90 SIS, or location about five On
d, One-hnlf miles northeast OF It's oper
u alton I'm 23-7-7. This well Is abor
\ two and one half miles southeast c
l Wewoka and mile west and one
\ half mile north Of tho old Pom
d West drilled IN 1915, This well
a" also nearing the Wewoka san
: depth ana may grow ntorestn
y soon,
" Doctor Rood OF Rartlcsyill'
e okla. started an operation in u
u 9-S about eight miles north Of W,
q woka the first OF the year an
found several showings ~ oil an
gas and had what appeared to l
e well at 3,20O feet, but after SON
>, difficulty in shooting decided To I
u on down loo feet To the Okcma
II sand. or that sand whore the oil
,. In the Mid-West-Gulf pool in
VI south OF Okemah This well h'
! been conducted somewhat as a my
=" tory and considerable acreai
changed hands at large acreage ~