The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-12-12
COMPLETION FOR
NEW GASSERS IS
EXPECTED TODAY
stonner Well and skIrvIn Both Havo
Plug Drilled; May Ball This After
noon; American Booked
10 Drill Sand.
OPERATORS BUSY OVER
BIG BLOCK TERRITORY
Drilling Program Covers over Nine
Miles North and South by More
lnan Five East and West No
Lct.up Indicated.

The American Drilling company.
the Stogner and Baldwin and the
Skirvin wells In section 23.bn.Sw are
occupying the center OF the stage
In the Chlckasha field this week.
All are threatening to lengthen the
string OF gas producers before tho
end OF the week, and II the weather
clerk will play 5O.50game with tho
operators. the first OF the new wells
should be completed by tomorrow
night. possibly before. Field reports
this morning were that the Stogner
and Baldwin well IL ticketed for the
first OF the trio. barring accidents.
They have drilled the plug and were
rat.tailing the sand. II was thought
possible that they would get TO tho
bailing job by this evening
The American Drilling company
was scheduled TO start drilling the
plug today and II was believed that
they would be balling by Wednesday
evening. Skirvin has drilled the
plug but was being held up by
some trouble. II was believed prob
able that Stogner would beat Skirvin
to n completion, this being however.
only guess of those who had
watched the operations at both
wells.
Huge Area Is Covered.
With operators hammering away
over an area some five miles east
and west by nine miles north and
south, the Grady county gas area
and its outskirts promises to see its
busiest month in December
In section 19-5n-Sw Arrasmith and
McBee on the Thomas farm, have
started on their grind for the 1927
foot oil sand again, after skidding
their rig from the original hole which
was lost when the casing froze 400
feet above the sand
Added to the general drilling pro.
gram which is under way in every
direction from the main producing
area, an almost certain extension of
the field slightly north is seen ut
the location of Skirvln, In the west
of the north half Of the southwest.
southeast of section 23-5n-Sw. They
are drilling the sand and should
have a gas producer in a few days.
Other Operations Going.
The Concord Oil company of Okla
homa City, on the Courtney farm In
section 2S5n.Sw, is drilling at around
800 feet, having passed through much
hard digging.
The Magnolia standard outfit, in
the southwest OF the northwest of
section 225n-Sw, is drilling at around
700 feet.
Grogan ct al. with star rig are
shut down in the southwest of the
southwest of section 225n-Sw at
around 500 feet
Ramsey ct al, in the northeast of
the southeast of the northeast of sec.
tion 27-5n-Sw, have picked up the
Nichlos gas sand.
Briscoe and Mills, in the northeast
Of the southeast Of section 35-5n-Sw,
are drilling at 800 feet after shut.
down caused by trouble with the
water pipes.
Grogan ct al in the northeast OF
tile northeast of section 34-5n-Sw,
are drilling at around 300 feet with
a rotary.
Powell Briscoe, in the center OF
the northwest of the southwest OF
section 25-5n-Sw, is drilling at around
$50 feet.
The Empire is down about 400 feet
in the southwest OF the northeast
Of section 23-5n-Sw and is making
rapid progress.
If the weather does not interfere
with general freeze-up, Jan. ] Will
see the number of gas wells IN
creased by nearly dozen, 1t Is indi-
Gated by the general run Of field
operations. There is no let-up in the
work of moving in tools for new
wells and the erection OF new der
richS.