The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-04-24

Marland's Fine Layout
In Mexico

For long time, many. or the
maps OF the Mexican oil telis nave
carried what was called short
line" which started Mt che CUR or
Mexico running about west To the
Totoco field. and thence north up
through the producing pools 10
panuca; from thence II turned
abruptly toward the west ana max
Ing a wide circle, crossed the river
at FL Rio. and from there took
north -easterly course up In the gen
eral direction of Louisiana.
That II. w. Marland should be
lucky enough TO beat the bunch
that has been spending so many
hundred millions in Mexico, and get
title TO about b o miles OF this "Hhore
line" is certainly remarkable. and
a great credit 20 his al lllty az u
great oil man. His bringing In OF n
6,000-barrel well only n short dis
tance west of panuco, seems TO indi-
cate that he is directly In line with
the prospective oil fields, and can
follow this "short line" or fault.
as far as the mountains, which are
supposed to be 90 miles west.
Elsewhere Will be found n state
ment, attributed TO Mr.. Marland. to
the effect that he has added $lO,-
100000, worth OF new holdings dur
Ing the last year. and II would APP
pear that his Mexican company has
added even more than that, TO say
the least. The only question now IT,.
how far Is this "shore line" going to
produce oil, IL It going to mark the
outlines of new pools all the way
TO north Texas and the Red river;
and II so, Il is about time someone
Is finding it out.
Mr.. Marland is being made the
recipient OF many CONGRATULATIONS
on account OF his auccess IN Mexico.
among them being a wire from Har-
ry Sinclair, which congratulntes Mr..
Marland most heartily. Mr.. Sinclair
IL probably on his way to Mexico
now; with four other oil mngnates,
and II would appear that Mr.. Mar
lands new find has changed the sit
uation n whole lot. IL has been given
out recently that the Texas COM
pany has lost all it's wells on ac-
count of salt water, which was prob
ably true enough, but Il IL not usual
for the Texas company to give out
statements of this kind,--not so you
could notice II.
If any pipelines are for sale
and have not as yet been 'junked,'
Mr.. Mariand can doubtless get one
at his own price, and can pipe his
oil from his new lease out into tho
Gulf, where II can be loaded with
the least possible delay and thu
chances are, right now, some of th'
big companies that built refineriei
on the Atlantic coast. TO handle
Mexican crude: are negotiating 10,
his oil. The Standard has one a
Charleston. s. c; ono or two more
up in New England: and there ar,
several built especially TO refin'
heavy oil: which ought to be In the
market for crude. This includes thu
plant at Boston, which got none!
from the government; and the Tide
water plant Just below New YorI
City, which was also equipped Il
TO work on heavy oil at the time thu
Tidewater was taking its little file
In Mexico.
II Ia pretty nice that Marland ha
been able TO put this over withou
antagonizipg anybody, and has over,
reason to congratulate himself oi
having the foresight and energy L
take on lease of 100000 acres
with so miles of potential oil prop
erty, included. He is about "a bi
an oil man as they make them.