The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-12-14

Itself.
Reports from the field at 2 o'clock
stated that the American Drilling
company would not complete its well
this afternoon, but had drilled the
plug and would be ready to bail to-
morrow
AT that hour the telephone re-
port stated that the cars were being
moved back from the Stogner well
and that II was expected TO blow
In any minute. The reports indl-
Gated that bailing of the hole mad
started.
The Magnolia, In Section 26.5n.Sw.
started this morning to drill out the
plug, the report said. This would
Indicate that this well would also
be completed tomorrow, barring ac-
cidents, moving II up day or two
ahead of the schedule developments
indicated yesterday.
The Atlantic and Skirvin may also
be in tomorrow, marking Friday. as
possibly the banner day OF the field
as concerns competitions.
With delay yesterday evening In
the Stogncr we'll, IL was ticketed to
be completion by the middle Of
this afternoon.
Reports comnig from the field yes
terday evening were that the we'll
all but blew In on the drillers while
they were breaking down the drill
stem. These reports stated that
with few joints OF the stem broken
and set in the derrick, the gas
pressure forced tho mud and slush
out around the stem and spouted In
forty feet in the air. Workers hastily
connected the kelly joint and pumped
more heavy mud into the hole. being
successful in holding the well in.
The American Drilling companys
we'll was due today. A man in close
touch with operations stated this
morning that by this afternoon they
would be ready to start bailing the
well. Both the American and Stog-
ner wells are conceded to be In the
proven area and both are expected to
make wells up to the standard of the
field.
Both are located in the southwest
quarter of Section 23-5n.Sw, across
the Little Washita from the main
bend of the creek through the field
The virtual certainty that both will
produce has stimulated to great
extent the interest in stuff to the
north of the main gas pool. There
are several rigs up in Section %
and more are certain to come, as a
result of the American and Stogner
wells. 1t is predicted that shortly
Section % will rival Section 26, the
discovery section, from the stand
point of the number of derricks and
accompanying activity.
Skirvin, another well in Section 23.
is scheduled for Friday. 1t is In
the southeast Of the section and lies
between the Stogner and American
wells and the LeMaster No 2 In
Section "a. This fact supports the
report that Skirvin has good sand.
1t is expected to be standard well
from a production standpoint.
The cold weather of the early part
Of the week delayed to some extent
the bringing in of the wells due, but
it failed to put material damper
on the general activities in the field.
Everywhere there is plenty of activ-
ity with new wells starting, new der
ricks building, new locations made.
The tent colonv on the banks OF
the Little Washita has doubled in
size about twice during the past
three weeks and new families are
moving in almost daily. The colony
already is sizeable town, with pros
poets for it's growth to large proper
tions within the next three months.
Operators do not expect any great
amount of trouble from the threat
ened cold weather after Christmas.
They state that there will perhaps be
several days when work will be
stopped, but in the main the drilling
program is scheduled to continue
right through to the spring weather.