The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-07-25
DEAL IS CLOSED
TODAY; To START
IMPORTANT TEST
Arrasmlth. MeBee and Fowler Con.
tract for Well. Section 1857;
viii be Between NIehlos and
Old Harness Well.
NO DELAY EXPECTED IN
GETTING DRILL STARTED
VIII Move Tools Soon from Mutz
Test or ship Direct from Dun
can: Niehlos VIII Start No. 2
Farweli In Near Future.

What IL considered as one OF the
most important turns taken In the
development OF Grady territory since
the bringing in of the Nichlos gasser
two weeks ago yesterday, was the
announcement made this morning
that a drilling contract has been
closed for a well in section 1857.
This announcement came this NOR
ming after o. G. Arrasmith and w.
d. McBee of Duncan completed a
contract with Mrs. A. V. Thomas.
The contract calls for well, 25O0
feet deep unless pay well is struck
at lesser depth. Mr.. McBee an.
nounced the location as the north
west of the southeast of the north
east OF section 19-5n-7.
Drilling is to start within 40 days
and Mr.. Arrasmith who has charge
of the drilling end, indicated that
they would get going as soon as pos
sible, not playing for any time limit.
Interested with Messrs. Arrasmith
and McBee is w. p. Fowler All are
well known producers OF the Ste
phens county field.
Creating Great interest
For several days, oil men have
been waiting impatiently for the
definite announcer Mt that this well
would be drilled. II was reported a
week ago that the test would be
made, but not until this morning was
the deal definitely closed.
Perhaps the answer to the unusual
interest in this particular well, lies
in the fact that it is to be located
in the territory between the Mich
los gasser and the original Harness
well. It is about two miles, as the
crow flies, northeast of the huge
Nichlos gasser and a little more
than that southwest of the Harness
WELL
The world knows that the Nichlos
gasser is the biggest in captivity
depth considered. Oil men declare
that there is an oil pool somewhere
near. Perhaps it is below the
Nichlos gas sand, maybe 1t is slight
lv removed from that immediate To-
cation, they say 1t is known that
the Harness we'll produced oil. Not
very much and not very good oil,
but oil at that.
Finishing Mutz Test.
Mr.. Arrasmith stated this morning
that work was started again on the
MUTT well, east of Ninnekah in Sec
tion 1855. He estimated that there
is more than a weeks work there
vet hut stated that the test will be
finished as soon as it is consistent
with safety, following which the
tools on the Mutz well will be moved
to the location on the Thomas farm.
In the event anything happens to de-
toin the tools on the Mutz well,
string will be brought from Duncan.
Meanwhile, Hughes, Jones and
Badgett are putting in new set OF
flues in the boiler at the Harness
offset. section 1851. They expect to
get the Job completed by the end
of this week and start on the task oil
finishing that well. They have only
a short distance to drill before the
verdict in the Harness sand is told.
They are now about 2l00 feet and
should pick up the sand within the
next so feet
NichIos No. to Start.
7. B. Nichlos stated this morning
that his crew is breaking down the
machinery on the big gasser to move
to the No. 2 location. This location
vii, be on the 40 on which the gas
ser was drilled, but the exact loca-
tion was not announced.
81 brought in the gas well, now
want to be the man to drill in the
first oil we'll in this district" said
MIR. Nichlos. "I'll get started as
soon as possible"
The Carter company, it is under
stood is planning to drill as soon as
they can get ready. Therefore, 1t
seems that a sort of race has de-
veloped between the Carter, Nichlos
and Arrasmith to see which will
complete the first well resulting
from the Nichlos gasser.