The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-21
Greenwood County, Kansas
CBy an OIL Man for OIL Menu

(By an OIL Man for OIL Menu
EUREKA, Kan, Dec. 19.--Since
n previous story about Greenwood
county's development appeared in
The World some weeks ago more
operators and spectators have been
showing up and there ~ consider
ably more drilling activity through
out the northern half and along the
western side OF the county, There
VIII be some lull during the holiday
period, but right after New Years
there will be greater influx OF peo-
pie anxious TO secure leases for inn
mediate drilling or for Investment
and trading.
Recent compilations have added to
the interest ana opened consIdcra Bile
more territory until 1t Is now rather
difficult to BLOCK up as much as
1900 acres in what is called the
trend. In order To secure IA block
for drilling IL Ia necessary to pay at
least IS an acre in addition to drill
ing u well and In some coses as much
as $40 must be paid. offset acreage
is also getting higher and from $50
to $iUO an acre is now asked where
S25 and $50 an acre prevailed two
months ago. In one instance sl50.-
600 was paid Tor a particularly desir-
able 100 acres, which is indeed
/ startling In Greenwood county and
! reminds one of the government
| controlled gambling concessions In
/ tho Usage reservation In oklahoma
/ Last July Il, +, Patterson OF Man
/ nington, w. Va, formerly or Mus
\ logee) leased the west half of "a
/ 22~11, two miles southwest OF the
/ village OF Madison, Tor "a slightly In
/ creased royalty and a we'll drilled
! lie disposed Of a half interest to the
] friIa Al nc Y,l fhA GlnIiAF tli1
company and they drilled the test
/ Jointly the rig having been built II
/ September by Patterson. ! was al
/ tho well yesterday, located u milk
/ northeast OF the Il. q, Gillespie
we'll in 3. and half mile east OF the
/ Clark well in IS. Sand was found
At 1885 feet and when 10 feet II
oil began 10 show. curing the week
the well was shut down oil stopped
over and several flows followed
about 80 barrels a day going into tht
tremoly uncomfortable to work II
the sloppy derrick and the 10-incl
pipe pulled awfully hard and stucl
occasionally. This well win be drilled
[ In tomorrow tTuesday) II nothinl
more happens, and oil men who hay,
watched II put II from SEQ 20 50'
barrels when drilled in and shot
very ieW WeliS III northern ana west
ern Greenwood flow when drilllnl
in or even after shot, which make
the Wick well look unusually good
Quite Proposition,
Section ~ is owned by the John @
Wick estate, cleveland and Youngs
town, Ohio. and II is nday gettinl
some publicity because Of it's poten
tial value since the showing of tn
well mentioned above. The east hal
Of the section IL now very dosirabl
and Cleveland IS the scene this weel
tor competitive bidding for tn
/ lease. II seems Go have developet
that the Skeily and Tidal companies
partners in the west half, are com
| petltors Tor the east half, George j
| O'Neil having gone to Cleveland {
| buy il Tor the Tidal and Frank era
ham is there for Shelly. T., +, Pat
! terson left Eureka last night "a
, Cleveland to secure the lease 70
e himself and an associate who la
plenty Of money. and the biddin