The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-08
Montague County Texas
Looked On With Interest

NACONA, Texas, Dec. with
the east central portion Cd Texas
sort of out OF the limelight at this
time, Col. Albert Il. Humphreys,
who is credited with drilling tho
discovery wells at MeX!a. Currie,
Kosse, and pools in several Okla
homa localities, has turned toward
Montague county, Texas, and here
his company, the Humphreys OIL
company, is carrying on an active
lease campaign, and has already
started one we'll Jointly with the
Boyd Drilling company.
According 10 Colonel Humphrey,
whose faith IN the MeXia field was
well founded, Montague county
looks much more interesting than
did McXia, at such an early stage,
and to back his belief he IS paying
some high prices for acreage. On
a block Of 1900 acres he has just
paid $l66 per acre for a one-half
interest ana is to drill a deep test
besides. This large price is not out
of line with those hat arc being
paid by the other companies, which
was all brought about by the enor-
nous gas Volume-100, 000, 600 cubic
feet-that was developed in The
Texas company's test on the Lemon
farm. The Humphreys block is on
a portion of the same fold with the
Texas we'll and the test is drilling on
the Maddox farm,
There are two well defined folds
found in tho area to the north Of
tho town OF Nacona, where the most
activity is centered at this time, al
though the entire county is getting
a good play and acreage is way out
OF sight. Leases 10 to 20 miles
away from any of the locations is
bringing as high as $50 and there
Is very little available now.
In a dry hole drilled near Nacona
some time ~ and near the Texas
well, 33 sands were found in tho
test of the Nacona oil d Gas CO..,
sometimes known as the Williams.
This test was o~ff-structure, but its
many sands have been attractive TO
those who have worked out the con-
ditions of Montague county.
This area is located less than fifty
miles away from Wichita Falls, and
this Is whore the lease buyers have
been making their headquarters,
and everyone who has investigated
the conditions of Montague county
are of one belief, hat it has great
possibilities Of showing something
~ h'Eb Will AlAb BUN
burnett pool. The sands found so
far have been fairly accurate with
those developed in prolific Wichita
county.
There had been several wells
drilled near NacOna, and the TEXAS
company had all the logs gathered
and then after making a careful
survey made its location on the
Lemon farm, resulting in the larR-
est gasser known Ia be completed,
at such IL shallow depth. a deeper
test is being made and a little below
nine hundred feet a good oil show
ing was uncovered. This largo gas
volume has given everyone the I'M
preston that a large body OF oil
exists near by and they are playing
the country 70 the west of the gasser
very strong, whore another large
folding has been located.
1t will be remembered that John
A.. Sheppard OF Tulsa was the man
who originally started the discovery
Wen on tho Rogers farm at Mexia,
which was mapped by Re.ter e. Fog-
ter. later being taken over and COM
pIeted by the Humphreys on COM
pany, later resulting in that wonder
ful field being discovered. Like at
MeNia, Mr.. Sheppard was early on
the ground IN Montague county.
where he located two good struc-
lures, ana he was again followed in
by Colonel Humphreys. Mr.. Shep-
hard has already made two locutions
and n rig is up for the first test.
The first test Will he located I'm
the middle Of the center line Of lot
43. Il OF the Morced Leila survey.
five miles northeast Of Belchcrynle.
This location IS six miles west az the
Texas Rasser and what is termed as
on better structure. The location
was made by the geological firm OF