The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-01-15

Operating Companies Making
P0ncd city oil Headquarters
for District
PONCA cry. Jan. 1ia-Ponca
CITY is rapidly becoming tho head
punrtors Tor the development OF this
entire district. covering an area Of
approximately 30 miles square.
Eight different oil concerns have
sent their representatives. to this
city as headquarters for the district.
the past week ana one of the most
important companies I'm the Mid
Continent field is now plnnning the
erection Of its own office building
In this city. This particular COM
pany has acreage throughout the
district.
Hard surfaced roads are helping
PuncA city to great extent In
causing the companies to make n
decision in favor OF this city. There
are hard surfaced roads now lead -
ing in three directions north. enst
ana south--and other mileage Ia to
he added during the coming year a
conference, which q is hoped Will
lead TO stlll further permanent roads
H-cNtcnsions southward in purticu-
lar--is TO be held here IN the immc-
dinto future. with federal. state ana
local representative la attendance.
Local citizens believe that the fu-
turo depends n whole lot on the cX.
tension Of these roads .
II Is bhlirvcd. too, that tho east
and west railroad problem has been
solved through the offer ~ local
capitalists to band themselves to-
grthcr To build the line themselves.
The firs. portion will bo west ward.
but II Is understood that the initial
plans include also u road nstW ara
into the western Usage, where th'ro
will be continued oil dcvclupm'nt
for "a number of years. \ good y
| portion of 1t viii he developed from
| this city us headquarters.
Locations In the Otoc.
/ Indications are still that the south
portion of the Ponca and the entire
/ Otoe indian countries are to hav,
the greatest play for a time at Sns'
OF any section OF this district, Addi
tional companies are gradually get
ting into the field. In the VI 'init'
OF Morrison several blocks OF l"isei
have been blocked, Including Mar
land block Just north OF Black i'o
creek In that portion of the Otoc
and another block Is being dsscln
blcd just south of Black Bear VIII
the prices for wildcat acreage coins
~ high as $3.50,
Perhaps no country has beer
leased up as rapidly Hs tho otoe ~
recent years and oil lease hroNer'
state, as rule. the leases have beer
taken hy the more important 'ompa
MOS who mean business IN the d"
velopment line. Tho leasing game
has covered not only tho entire Oto'
ana PonC1 reservations, each ip
proNimR'ely l2 miles square, but r'S'
The paWnce reservation on tho cast
The Marland oil company ht'
several blocks in the Otoc and IN
southern Ponca. and will make o
lcnat 10 tests there. ono ot these 4
TO be on the Bar l. ranch. one 4"
the l0l ranch holdings, at the ~
trenle eastern portion uf tho lunt'
country, whore II is included withil
a big bend of the Arkansas river
J Another test OF the Mnrland com
many will be in 35-25-3c. across IN
Arkansas river north in the wcsterl
nsagc from the Bar l. ranch. Tn
Mnrland company has about 70
acres under lease, lying across IN
3 north bank of the river at tina
point. but 1t is Understood thls t"s
is to be drilled by the Star-Jool com
pany under an agreement with Mar
lund,
The Dingcc- Hoffman Test.
: one of tho important tests, 10 y
a made Immediately ia the immcdiat
pouca city territory IL that OF j. J.
! pingec and II. n. Hoffman In IN
southeast corner OF the north ma
of the southwest OF the 26-2b-3e, u
I A point six miles east Of Ponca CIT!
on the stockton tarm. THIS test
| In Kay county. but Just across "a
Arkansas river north from III
, western Usage.
Tho pingoc- Hoffman test Is b'
i ing drilled Jointly with the Marian
, OH company which has CONSIDER
I able acreage In that locality Tn
ugrccmcnt takes In the nCrcag" {
y several others In that immodla'
locality, although Diugce an
walker have approximately 2A0
= acres of their own. The test
y strictly a geological proposition
I, The location Is ~ miles straigf
, west OF burbank In the wester
;. Osnge. Mr. Dingce says the te'
r. will be spudded in during the con
a Z ing week, as the lle "a N'N
y ready for the start, \ number
I the big companies have recent
taken acreage near the well
, Claims 90 Isc biggest.
I Tho Hickman field of tho wester
Osnge is now laying claim to be th
4 greatest oil producer in the onu'
d, lMid-Continent field. Daily produ'
9 tion is around $4,000 barrels at III
ID present time II is claimed for IN
:. fold that It's production IN thrI
d DAYS time will equal that Of the ei
q tire state Of Kansas tor week, an
X. that II is greater than any ONE
n field in oklahoma or Texas, Thel
e. are 12O producing wells I'm th'
3 field. with 9S drilling and location
10 for so additional.
II Is announced that the Prair
a oil company will soon start 80 moi
.e wells. the sinclair company "a, an
n the remaining new locations al
! dts rib1ted among various oth'
.e concerns. Marland-RoNana n
m drilling Is. IL IL announced iro
l. Empire headquarters that tol
% wells have been started In the lilcl
'- man ON acreage secured AT u
,r recent Usage lease sale,
New Refinery Company Formed