The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-07-26
The Wilcox Sand to BE Sought
On Numerous Tests in North
Oklahoma

PONCA CITY, July 25.-The Will
o sand. OF dcepeat producing horl-
zon in northern oklahoma, Is the
aim OF numerous deep tests
throughout this territory Mt tho
prescn. time. tho white Mule test
OF tho Gypsy oil company In the
Otoe county I'm 24-22-le, being In
the llmelight more than the others
right now. This test Is now drilling
at about i,2S2 feet and expects 20
find the Wilcox at about 1900, or
Mt the seoond break In the lime.
There have been six good gas show
ings in this test thus far.
Another drilling down to the Will
coX, which Is nov attracting at
tention. Is the test by Dingee, Pat
terson g. Hoffman Of oklahoma
City at a point ak miles straight
east of thla city In 26-26-3e. which
In now rapidly approaching the re-
quired depth. In this particular To-
callty this sand Is found at around
3,gO0 feet, Il being tho same ms the
Marland sand from which The fam
Gus Brett No. 6 and othor good
wells Just south OF Ponsa city are
producing. The only other locality,
where this sand ls known to be pro-
ducing, is In tho Atlantic test In
lN-at-fft III INV NAAl'AAA' 'f' -
Usage, where n small production
was found ut about 3,4G0 feet. Tho
3,SOO-foot sand In the northwestern
Kay county area IL supposed to be
tho Wilcox also.
All OF the six tests, now being
drilled In the Otoe Indian country
by the Alcorn ON company Omar.
iand), are to go 10 the wilcox sand
81 necessary. MARYLAND has deter
mined to give the Otoe n thorough
testing. And two other tests that
are now drilling TO that horizon are
tho Autwine test OF the blackwell
OH 81 Gas Co, spencer and other
in southwest l3-2G-tw, nine miles
straight west OF ponca city, and
the Vanselous test OF Nnrland anc
others in lS-25-2e. five miles south
west OF this chy.
Tho Vauselous test missed tn,
%2,lOO-foot sand, which is PRODUCING
in wells just across the road soutl
on the north edge OF the lOl ranch
and Is now down about $500 feet
The Autwlnc test had several bis
gas sands but missed the 2,6O0-foo
producing sand OF the Bliss-Ton
kawa field.
The Gypsy OIL company test OF
the Jim Hutchins ranch I'm the kav
Indian country, In l7-2S-1c, IL an
other that Is going down TO tn
Wilcox sand. having missed tn
2,9OO-foot production hat has mad
the Hickman OF the western Osag'
famous. The Hutchins well i
down now 70 about 3,425 feet II
tho Mississippi lime, The frs
break has been passed and drllllnl
TO the second or Wilcox Is now II
progress.
The Peters, Finance oil compau.
wildcat test. two miles north OF tn
Hickman or western Usage, drille0
Ia the Wilcox about 60 days ago, hu
found water, This location was 4
S-27-Gc. II had also missed IN
2.g0O-foot production.
The Mnrland oil company an
williams of Tulsa got gas the pa.
week In tho Wilcox sand. amount
ing to 100000 cubic feet. TIL
location is in 9-22-llc, in the Osag
country, and the sand was foun
at 9,0Sl TO 2,l26 feet. It IS sal
that the only other test put dow
20 the Wilcox in that district wa
dry. The usual producing sand
that area IS that at about 1900 fee
49, ESsrland-Willinms test missc
rhat sand, however, and made
deep test,