The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1922-12-28
START JAN. 1
CLEANING HOLE
AT NORTH TEST
Z q. BODINE HAS CONTRACT TO
CLEAN HOLE AND DRILL
WELL IN.

GiedHlng anu cOmpleCl0n or the test
started by the Seward County Oil &
Gas Company, and Mr.. Bodine in
forms The Democrat that he will fire
up and start the work on January 1st.
THE tools and equipment for doing
the work have been purchased and
paid for" says Mr.. Bodine, "and
believe can clean the hole in 80 days
1, or less"
The contract calls for cleaning the
hole and drilling to production or g.
zoo feet and Mr.. Bodine feels conf
dent that it will not be necessary to
60 anywhere near the 5000 foot
mark.
In fact affidavits prepared and
sworn to by men who were in the rig
the night the oil and gas was alleged
to have been struck, and which form
~ part of this article, would lead one
to believe that soon after the hole is
cleaned and the drill starts the well
will be producer.
There has been a persistent rumor
for some time that oil and gas was
encountered the night the string of
casing dropped into the hole, and now
the men who were at the rig that
pight have made affidavit of what
they saw.
"
@. A. Sealey, who owns the land,
and is an extensive land owner and a
responsible citizen, makes a very
positive statement, as we'll as DR.. A.
N. Morrow, John LaRue, J. D. Ma
t5oney and Sam Fields, all of whom
are responsible men, so it looks like
the rImor had good foundation.
This test was started several years
ago and has had a more or less
stormy career, and it looked as tho
It would have to be abandoned when
Mr Bodine appeared and offered to
lean the hole and drill the eveil in
or consideration Of stocks and
leases.
Mr. Bodine has spent lifetime in
the oil fields of the United States.
He was bern and raised in Bradford,
Pa, having been born in 1872, and
at the age of years pumped two
wells and went to school. When 16
years of age he went to Little Wash
ington, Pa, and. worked as tool
dresser in the first well drilled on
East Maiden street by R. H. Robinson
q Sons, and the second well drilled
in the field, big producer. He then
worked in the Coffey's Crossing and
Taylor sTown fields for John Nc
Cune, an early day oil operator of
Bradford, Pa. When 21 years of age
he went to work as a driller and
worked on the first we'll brought in
in the Turkey Greek field and later
he brought in a $500 barrel we'll for
Black and Graber in the Baldwin
field. His next job was at Sister
vile, W. Va, as driller on the. old
Polecat No. l., the first well in that
field, remaining there until 1898,
when he came to Kansas to drill for
Griffith & Miller in the new Inde-
pendence field, working on the first
gasser brought in in this field and in
the state. He then spent some time
working for ]. ]. Nickerson in the
Perry field, and then went to fishing,
his first job being on the Bartles-
4 vile, Oklahoma, No. 1. Returning
to Peru he started out as contract
ing driller and remained seven years,
going to Cleveland, Oklahoma, when
the boom hit there. He drilled in the
second well at Yale, Oklahoma, and
did contract work at Drumright, run
ming three strings of tools and drill
ing 42 wells, making the best drill
ing time made in that field. Alto
gether he has had 33 years expert
ence in drilling and fishing and
knows the game as well as experience
can teach it. He says this job looks
easy TO him as he has never yet failed
to clean a hole when he started, and
that he is too old to fall down now.
Mr.. Bodine has between $4,000 and
y $4,000 worth Of stock to sell to fl.
nance the cleaning and drilling job
and he is asking the people to take
this stock to get this test finished
There will be no solicitation for stock
subscriptions. Mr.. W. o. Woods will
receive applications as trustee at hil
office, and all desiring to see th'
job completed at an early date car
assist by calling and taking up this
stock If he is successful, as we have
every reason to believe he will be
there is little doubt but what the Lib
eral OIL field viii be reality before
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