The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1922-02-02
FEATURE BOSSIER FIELD.
Shreveport Daiiies Giving Prom
inence to Oil Field Reports
From Bpssier Parish.
BOssier Shallow Sand DiscOvery
Is Greatest In on Annals,
Declares the Times.

The Shreveport Times in its issue Of
Sunday again plays up one OF the
natural resources Of Bossier Parish
big, saving IN bold type across the top
Of its oil field page: :. B0sxier Shallow
Wells Commanding Feature Of Weeks
Oil News Again the lead article on
the page referred to was introduced by
reference to wells brought In in the
parish, the two paragraphs reading:
BOssier Parish. with two compile
| tions, out OF total of thirty in the
North Louisiana and Arkansas oil dis
tricts. commanded the entire interest
Of the week. These compilations ex-
tended the producing territory and con-
yinced whatever Doubling ThOmases
| there may have been that the Prince
ton (Bellevue) district Is an accom-
plished fact.
That the Bossier shallow sand dis
covery Is the greatest In the oil annals
Of the United States is gradually
tlawning on the members OF the oil
fraternity. When r. @. Roy & Com
pany completed their first well some
operators were hesitant lest the new
field was merely one o. those phenOnl-
ena encountered In mineral expl0ra-
tion. Recent developments, however,
show that this district Is one Of the
most promising In point Of production
as well as extent"
In Its issue OF the following day
(Monday) the 1Imes gave front page
position to the r. @, Roy C0mpanys
latest we'll, the biggest vet in the Belle
vue field, saying:
| .At total depth Of 4O5 feet the
Princeton district OF the Bellevue shall
low oil field OF BoAsier Parish Sunday
added well estimated to be good for
10000 barrels, exhansting superlatives
Il descriptive Of the most sensational oil
field known to the industry since
Il Drake drilled his first well In Penn
sylyania fields back In the los Of the
last century
Il . The well came In at ten O'Clock
Sunday morning and run. Wild for three
hours. while the crew was trying to get
I the connections III place. flowing over
the top OF the derrick with the drill
stem in the hole and the bottom only
foot in the sand.
r. %. Roy, Of the r. @. Roy Oil
I Company, owners Of the producer,
their 10. = Scanland. hesitated to make
an estimate Of production, cOnflning
. himself ut first to estimating 1t as
! twice as big Us the discovery we'll.
which flowed 100 barrels through q
! two-inch pipe and Is figured good for
/ 6000 barrels through four-inch
:. The new sensation Is q quarter
. mile south OF the Standard OIL Com
/ pany's No. 4 Wyche, In the northwest
corner Of northwest quarter Of north
I west quarter Of section 14-10-11, the
same distance east OF Il. @. Roy 4 Com
!, pany's No. Scanland, and fs In the
northeast corner OF southeast quarter
OF northeast quarter Of section 15-10-11.
1t Ii u little over a quarter mile south
east OF the National Oh Conpany's No.
!, 2 Elst0Il, In the center Of the sOutheast
|, of the northeast OF section 1O-19-11
: which. until to-day was the largest well
mated production Of 1000 barrels from
!. PTS feet as the worlds shallowes'
!, oil we'll"
! The Tin.cs In its Tuesday mornings
s issue says: 5Y
"A gauge Of r. @. Roy 4 Company
No.2 Scanland. In section 15-1sl11
early estimates Of this most phenOm
- eiNi 0I I'LL 0kk NeJlS aS dRpIOAA0tAtS1.
8 10000 barrels. Monday morning |
!. was turned into tile one 500-lmrre
= tank on the location and flowed 70
:, three hours ut the rate Of 1000 to 80
barrels per day. with the drill stem II
! the hole. At this rate 1t Is estimates
J. to lie good for 10000 barrels IL allowe'
: to flow through a four-inch tine wit
3 the drill stem out.
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