The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-12-19
NORTH AREA HAS
GOOD SAND; WILL
SET PIPE TODAY
crump and Beard on Empire Lease
In Northeast OF Section 20. Pick
Up Pay at i,268; Considered
to De BIG Strike.
UPSETS DOPE THAT ALL
PRODUCTION RUNS SOUTH
Other important Developments In
Field; Proving Be One Of Best
In State: Activities increas-
Ing; New WelIs start.

The strike OF crump and Beard.
drilling on the Empire lease In the
northeast OF tho southwest OF tho
northeast OF section 2S-jn.Sw, OF a
gas sand al 1868 feet. h considered
by operators here 10 be one OF the
most important developments OF the
week.
This IL. barring one or two wells,
the shallowest level at which the
Nichlos gas sand has been picked
up. Added TO this Is the fact that
Il marks the most northern point OF
production and goes TO further prove
the value OF section % and sur.
rounding territory When the big
wells TO the south OF the discovery
well came inh operators were In.
clined to shy" to some extent from
the northern stuff. but recent de-
velopments show that production
can go north as well as south. from
production row" in section &c.
North Area Proves Productive.
The ice Is broken" In section %
by the Stogner well. 1t was good
for around 20,0OO.0OO TO 25.O00.000.
This was followed by the Skiryin
well. which gagged Monday. 35.O0O..
900, according TO reports direct from
The field. The American Drilling
company also has good gasser on
the point of completion.
All three OF these wells are in
the south half OF the section. Com
ing on the heels of this development,
is the strike on the Empire lease in
the northeast of the section and
about a half mile removed from the
nearest production. They are set
ting casing at 1894 feet, reports from
operators say. 1t is expected that
the well will be completed by Jan
uary |.
Other Important Happenings.
New developments for various
the importance of the Chickasha
field and further marking 1t for one
of the greatest gas areas In the
southwest.
The Magnolia in the northwest of
the southwest of section 22-5n-Sw,
practically a mile west of produc-
tion, is drilling at around 1,100 feet.
Reports state that the formations
are such. that the drillers are ex-
pecting sand soon. They are
feeling" their way down, foot by
foot.
Ramsey, in the northeast of the
southeast OF the northeast of sec.
ton 27-5n-Sw a half mile west Of
production, has cemented casing on
the Nichlos sand at 1884 feet and
will drill out within two weeks.
In the semi-southern part of the
production area, the Little Nick
company is cemented on a sand at
a level below 1900 feet in the south
east of the southeast of section 26-
5n-Sw.
The Nichlos Oil and Drilling COM
pany is moving in tools for its Far
well No. a5, in the southeast of the
southeast of section 23-5n-Sw
The Roxana is moving in tools
for deep standard test in the
southwest of the northeast of the
southeast of section 23-5n-Sw.
Activity Steadily Increases.
Activity in every section of the
field is steadily increasing. Loca-
tions are being made so rapidly that
it is difficult to check them all up.
Derricks are building in every di-
rection and timbers are being moved
in every day to start new wells.
LeMaster is to start new well
in the northeast of the southeast Of
section 6-4n-7w.
The New Moon is drilling in the
southwest of the northeast of sec
ton 11-4n-Sw.
The. Empire has two wells going
in the southern district One is in
1.-THE northwest of the southeast of
section. 1-4n-Sw and the other is in
the southeast of the northwest Of
section 2-4n-Sw.
I> Caudill Bros. are drilling in the
southeast of the southeast of Sec
tion 2-4n-Sw.
MummeTt Drilling company of
Ponca City is drilling in the south
east of the northwest of section
1-4n-8w
The Concord Oil company on the
Courtney farm in section 28-5n-Sw
is drilling at around 1900 feet in
very favorable formations. They
are feeling for the sand.