The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-31


county Oklahoma.
In the yenr 1873 or "grasshoppsr
year just i9 years ago la the littls
hamlet ~ TopokH. Kan. Joseph l.
cromwell wna horn lnherillug many
OF The ch1TaCtrIl4tlCA OF English
Iron Sidcs' Cromwell. as he grew
10 Doe fearless of any undertaking. or
any persons that might be involved.
% typical American pioneer and
business man, Il good scout and n
true example Of American in1lvld-
uai.sm.
Al The present time Mr.. Cromwell
i9 residing Ht MuakOgec. Okla. where
leisure moments are enjoyed among
the Boy scouts He i8 seoutmaster
of Troop 3. MuGkOEcc. consisting Of
A3 boys ana five Eagle Feputs his
Hon, Joseph, jrY Us a member Of this
troop, and it - only natural that
Mr.. Cromwell sh 9uld fnlte moro than
ordinary interc8t 100 The sports and
work oi this splendid organization,
His most worthy efforts wcro his
operations Of the Wetumlla pool. I'm
Hughes county which was Hn un-
certain venture In q wildcat terri
tory. Here for many months, regard
less OF nil obstacles, be was success
iui ,u hiCCkiHF Hp what appears 10
hc one Hf the largest structures in
tho oklahoma area. Here a new
and prolific stratum was discovered
which up to tho present time has
boen unknown IN any pool ana which
is entirely duo 10 tho efforts of Mr..
Cromwell and % seems to the out
slider, that due to the perBlsteut et-
forts OF the dIscoverer. that this new
area should be termed tho Crom-
well pool ana the sand dealgnated
tho Cromwell sand"
Unlike most discoveries OF a now
and prolific territory. Mr.. Cromwell
w6A not left with only a few scat
tered acres Of land to repay him
for his pioneering efforts, but retains
large holdings Independently, aside
from his Interest with DR.. j. 9. will
hoit and the Prairie OH r. Gas Co.
throughout Hughes and Seminole
counties. oklahoma. and these will
keep him busy developing and oper-
atlng for years to come
Mr.. Cromwell has royalties on
both OF the 5-9-10, and l5-l0-S,
structures, and as large an interest
az any other individual owner in a
3.400-Acre tract with Doctor Wilhoit
and the Prairie oil Il Gas Co.
He also has from one-half
interest to four-fifths interest In 500
acres around the big Cosden n Co.
leases on another untested structure
In that same locality.
First Venture sucoesn.
Mr.. Cromwell first embarked into
the oil business in the year 1912, his
initiaal test being drilled near the
town OF Inoln, In Rogers county,
which resulted In paying venture
Five wells were all told drilled
which proved productive ana later
the property was sold and netted
quite a handsome figure on the
of this property he located a 5truc-
ture IN Marshall county upon which
was drilled n shallow gasser.
While operations were progressing
In tho Healdton pool. Mr.. Crom-
well predicted that the southeast
direction offered tho best bet for
larger production and future opera
tions bore out his abatement. He
also worked out several localities in
Commanche ana stephens counties
and upon his recommendation tests
were drilled which resulted IN pay
ing ventures.
The Earliest Wildcatter.
About four years ago, when the
new Ranger and Burkburnett pools.
In Texas, were calling the oklahoma
operator across the oklahoma Texas
S'ilo liiNt tNh u lhtEo uuinpor OF
them needing the call, this man
wore out pair OF mules and two au-
tomobilea surveying the virgin coun-
try comprising tho northern portion
OF Hughes county and the southern
portion OF Okfuskee county, Oklaho-
ma, Ho was a practical geologist, ,
and had already established name '
FOR himself by his record IN Rogers
county, Oklahoma.
e.
worthy OF that name in those parts
OF Hughes and Okfuskes counties.
and this pioneer suffered many
hardships ana mishaps. In April.
1919, after having visited the Gladys
Bcll OH company. Cromwell and
Graves well in lS-S-1O, in
Aughes county which developed q
depth OF l,946 feet, which really
made It the pioneer gasser of that
Locality, II its location can be regard
ed as a part OF this district.
Cromwell was on his way home
and when he arrived AT the bridge
across salt creek. he stopped and
wandered down the creek bottom.
Here Cromwell, well versed IN rock
hound lore" had discovered tho out
cropping OF the rock and his expert
enced eve indicated the presence OF
good structure, which might or
might not obtain oil
He was curious to know Just what
the possibilities OF structure were
ana he traversed the county. found
satisfactory dips and then decided
ne was on a dome OF exceptionally
large possibilities
After becoming we'll satisfied
with his findings. Cromwell re-
turned 20 Nuskoges and began TO
look around for assistance In map
ping and detailing his new find
just about that time a young Ceolo-
Eist had hung out his shIngis there.
llo had come hero as residence
manager OF the Greenwood oil COM
ppuy. Previous 20 his present con
necuons he was in the employ OF the
Empire Gas ~ Fuel Co. in its geolOE-
ical department. Quiet, s-udlous and
Ike the majority OF the rock hound
clan adverse 10 publicity. his pres
ence and advent into his line OF work
hero failed TO create a ripple--apd
here 90 may be said that his popu-
larity now ls wave high-but ne at
tractcd by the fact OF his work
CNentage made loyal hy results at
talaed, and 70 was 20 him. NJ. x.
Read that Mr Cromwell grayltated
and outlined his new discovery.
Make Maps OF structure
Mr.. Cromwell and Mr., Read then
surveyed the original find. Mr..