The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-09-03
SedB-CrdRfW Wen Latest
Merid Sensation

Special 20 The world
MENIA. ToNts. sept The lat
est sensation in the oil industrlos
vus furnished by the blowing in ar
D. IA Wednesday Of Sooy -Crnuflll
,cli on tho c. s. West Tract about
3lchllnd. N1yorro county ued about
the same distance north OF tho
nearest producing well In the Curry
field This well came ia with "a
high Rns pressure ana soon began
20 throw oil over the top Of the der
rick. ON account of the fact that II
lg hard by the Senv -Craufill gassCr
the drillcrs were evidently expect
Ing the high pressure OF gas ana
were prepared for II and got the
won under control by O'Clock.
Tho we'll f. drilled 10 depth Of
2.9SG feet and. Il is stated that IL t.
drilled only three inches In the oil
innd. II IL drilled by Senly- Cranfill.
with Reynolds & Richardson as drIli-
ing contractors II ls located on tho
C. - West ranch originally owned
by G. g. west of Corslcnna, who dlod
about olevnnt years ngO ana ~ now
owned by his t"a daughters, Mrs.
Susybclle West Church Of Dnllas and
Mrs Margaret West Wilkinson OF
shreveport Mrs Church was pres
rut 10 SEQ the VOL opened having
come down from Dallas FOR that
purpose this morning. There were
from 200 10 $50 cars parked IN the
pasture and from 900 TO 1880 poo
pie saw tho well opened up az 1913
n M, and for two minutes tho wcll
emitted n stream OF gas with u
ro1r that could easily have been
heard for a mile. and after that time
the oil began to flow and In loss than
two minutes was going over the top
NJ the derrick, and conservative and
experienced oil men present cs'i-
mat IN flow at from $500 to 1000
barrels daily.
Extends Field Three Miles.
A feature NJ the nerformcuce or
this well was the literally sprinly-
ling with crude oil some eight or
ten cars left In tho path OF the
breeze from the we'll The towns Of
McNi0. Workman, Curry. RIchland
and Corsicann were literally raprc-
sented In the crowd AZ the well and
thcrc were number OF parties from
even Rrcatr distances, This well OK
tends the Curry fold somt three
miles and r. situated so that II viii
more than likely he known ns the
Rlchland held. Tho writer dli not
visit Richland hut was told by others
who ala that the town was full OF
vigitors ana cNcltemcst wns running
high. while this development Is
not regarded as important ns tho
bringing In OF tho wells I'm the Kosac
field II IL sufficient 10 attract the
attention Of oil men everywhere.
Tho daily production FOR the Mcxia
field for the week ending August
% was 1905 barrels, the Curry
field for tho same period Of time
shows q daily production OF 1000
barrels ana tho Spindlctop No. ? NJ
Itossc nj the present s. cNimated al
10000 barrels. maGinE the central
Texas field show a daily production
Of I'm the nclEhborhood OF 100000
barrels daily.
Spindlctop No. . at Kosse has at
tNcted so much attention that tho
general public has overlooked the
fact that the Gulf Production com
many brought IN Sherrer No cred
ltod with flush flow Of 1000 bar
rolls from a depth Of $3.50 feet This
| we'll is IN tho Fish poui district
| Tho Humble n & Refining Co Rog-
| crs No . has also been added TO the
| producers, making 41O barrels from
| 2,97O feet.