The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-11-17
RICH PAY FOUND u
DECLARES OWNER
Of WELL, SEC. l9
Sand Picked Up at 1927, Carried to
i,s47. Stop Work In Sand; VIII
Set Pipe; Expect Bring Well
In After Dec. 1.
REPORTS SAY MUMMERT
ALSO HAS OIL STRATA
News Of Strike Spreads Rapidly;
OIL Men FIookIno In; Brokers
Wild; Other Operators Plug.
cling Away 70 Production.

ators have been ssa-ch.ny. has tear
picked up by Jim Arrasmith and Bill
McBee at 1927 feet. IN their well OF
the Thomas farm. ssc.ion i9-sn.,w.
according to statements conlag d..
rect from MIR. McBec.
The sand was struck yesterday
afternoon. They d illol four feet
IN II with the big Bit before being
aware OF their find. From that
point to 1917. they core ba-relei. Mr..
McDee said. The result. he re9os..
cd. was that they stopped In tho
sand. the last seven feet co-ei. 10.
ing exceptionally rich IN OIL ard iha
sand above apparc1i,y earring
much gas and oil. The Intention II.
he stated. to core few feet moro
to test the thickness o; tho sand.
then set casing. II VIII he some
two weeks after the EASING q set
before the well is brought in.
I'VE would like the wel! to be
Thanksgiving gift for Grady county,
but Il will be impossible to set cas-
ing set and the well drilled In By
that time" Mr.. McBee said.
He stated that the sand was test.
ed with chemicals and proved to bo
very rich in oil.
Great Excitement Starts.
Late yesterday afternoon, rumors
of the strike were nfloat in Chick
asha. The leak" OF the informa.
tion resulted in a decided ripple of
excitement and was confirmed by
Mr.. McBee yesterday evening when
he made public the statement that
they had in reality struck the sand.
The news flew over Chickasha
like wildfire and started wave of
excitement that mounted steadily to
this morning and started brokers
literally running around in circles.
Long distance lines carried many
messages out of the city to various
points in the state and to other
fields, while the telegraph wires
were kept busy until closing time.
Hotel lobby crowds doubled This
morning, hotel men stated that the
scouts and operators were leaving
the hotels by daylight, armed with
lease blanks, contracts and check
books, for the field. Early trains
were bringing fresh supply of oil
men to the city and the rush which
has been swamping hotels for the
entire week threatened to double
before night.
Another Oil Sand Reported.
Oil men this morning had the re-
port that the Mummert Drilling COM
pany, section 13-5n.Sw, had also
picked up an oil sand. This report
could not be verified, however. 1t
is known that they have drilled the
plug and that either an oil or gas
sand was generally believed to have
been picked up yesterday.
Reports from Farwell City, mile
south of the Mummert location,
stated this morning that the Num-
inert drillers were running core.
Definite information wos lar'rir~ and
Farwell reports c-e that the Num-
inert officials were apparently not
giving out any dope"
While the strike Of the oil sand
has all but stamDeded the brokers'
and independent buyers, the opera
tors are continuing the drilling cam
paign.
The Magnolia this morning al.
nounced new location on tie Ten.
dali farm, in the southwest OF the
northwest of section 22-5n-sw. Work
ms scheduled to start at once.
Nichlos No. 5, Farwell town5iFo
well, in the southeast OF the south.
east of section 23-5n.Sw, has the
derrick complete and il getting
ready to spud.
A location has been made ty the
Little Nick company "a separate
company from the John 3. Nicalos
Oil and rilling company IN the
southeast of the southeast OF sec.
tion 266-5n-Sw. The well Il nor'f'
offset to the Mackey-Mandaville we'll
and is to be drilled by Nichlos him.
self.
Holmes, Wharton and Allen, south.
east of the southeast OF ss lion u
5n-Sw are drilling at around $50
feet. This we'll is located about
half mile northwest of Arrasmith
and McBee, where the oil sand il
reported.