The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-11-15
SEES BEST
WEEK, PRODUCERS
EXTENDING AREA
Interest Doubles Since Bringing In
Of sunray Mammoth oasser;
Hotels Crowded az Many
Deals Being Closed.
NO REASON GIVEN FOR
HOLDING UP NEXT WELL
Circle DerrIeks Widening as oper.
ators Search for oil Pool;
Score New Rigs Expected
Be Working In Few Days.

The Mummert Drilling company IN
delaying the bringing In of the well
In section 13'5n-Sw. according 10 re-.
ports from the field this afternoon.
No reason was given for tho delay.
the word being that there was no
explanation available In tho field.
The plug has been drilled. but tho
well was not TO bo balled before
tomorrow. according TO the report
on the supposed new arrangement.
Cuttings from the well indicated
gas. the report said. but there was
no authoritative check up Of this
statement.
This week has been the banner
one, from the standpoint OF develop
ment, In the Chlckasha field. the
main event being the bringing In of
the Sunray oil corporations mann
moth gasser In section fi.in-Sw.
which marks the field as one OF the
biggest gas producing areas In the
state.
With the eleven producers brought
in ahead of the Sunray we'll, proving
the almost absolute uniformity OF the
field. the Sunray well at one jump
extended the field to more than
twice the producing area and set
the oil fraternity all but wild In view
of the possibilities opened up. Acre
age that last week was going beg
ging, is now sought after at high
and higher prices. Territory that
last week was frowned upon by the
wise boys. is now considered proven
stuff and the buyers are after 1t with
their check books out.
Mike LeMaster Busy Man.
Hotel lobbies are taking on tho
true oil field aspect. The khaki,
corduroy and lace boots Of the oil
field have replaced the conventional
garb of the commercial traveller,
only more so, and the talk is leases.
royalties, drilling contracts, produc-
tion, instead of boots, shoes, sundrles,
silks, woolens and the like. Where
there might have been dozen
"drummers" before, there are
score or more of oil men, lease
hounds, brokers.
Since the bringing in OF the Sun
ray we'll Monday, there's one man
who has perhaps, been buster than
the others where the oilers gather.
He's Mike Lemaster, who was at the
helm of the drilling operations on the
new we'll OF evenings, in the
hotels, apparently everybody and his
brother must have a word with
mike" Each day, since the Sum
ray nearly toppled the derrick to the
ground from the force OF the flow,
the number Of scouts and oilers in
general, increases.
Vast Territory Is Opened.
The reason the Sunray we'll has
caused more excitement, more actual
buying. more activity, than any well
since the Nichlos No. | blew in, is
apparent. Instead of mile and
half marking the production limits,
the Sunray well has extended the
area to more than five miles.
, The gauge on the well, taken by
the Oklahoma Natural, sets at rest
any gossip concerning its being an
ordinary producer. The official
gauge shows it to be by volume.
44,460,000 cubic feet day with
rock pressure of around $50. It
brings the total gas in the field up
to approximately over 350,000,000
cubic feet a day from the IL wells
combined,
In addition, there are two other
wells on the sand, number drilling
and new derricks going up every day.
Operations Are Widening.
In the search for the oil pool.
which all the oil men ON the ground
believe will soon be tapped, oper-
ators are widening the circle Of der.
ricks So far, none in the immedi-
ate field have gone through the gas
sand. Twelve have been drilled to
production depth and twelve have
proved giant gassers.
The operators are closing up as
rapidly as possible for the drilling
out of the territory between the
Nelson we'll, former southern point
of production in section 36-5n-Sw, and
the Sunray gasser, some three and
a half miles south in section 14-4n-
Sw. While no definite locations have
been announced to date in this ter
ritory, it is known that a dozen deals
are pending, giving promise that be-
fore the end of the month a score
L. IL.