The Stillwater Advance. (Stillwater, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 18, 1904 Page: 3 of 8
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OIL STRUCK AT MUSKOGEE
Crude Oil Spouts Over Fifty Feet in
the Air—People Are Elated
—Companies Are
Forming.
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Muskogee, I. T., Peb. 10.
Last night just at 0 o clock the
oil well on the English property,
owned by the Muskogee Gas and
©il company, came in as a gnslv
er, and the question of |whether
this is sn oil held was settled
well and emphatically.
The oil in the well has been
gaining constantly. Until yes-
terday morning it stood at 000
feet deep. It was thought that
this was the limit, aud the own-
ers were debating the next step
toward taking care of the oil.
Late in the afternoon the well
became restive. There were
some unusual Signs. The escap-
ing gas was more noticeable,and
around the casing the oil aud gas
became “oozy.” The drillers at
the well being expert oil men.
were not entirely unprepared
for what happened, and when
the well commenced to gush
they were ready for it and had
everything in fairly good shape.
The oil commenced to run
over the tqp of the casing, slow
ly at first, but gradually faster
until it finally started a column
of oil in the air. This rose ten
or fifteen feet in less than a
noinute, when, with a rush and
a hiss that could be heard a long
ways, the oil shot high above
the derrick, and then was wit-
nessed a spectacle never before
seen in this, district— a monu
ment of oil that indicated the
future greatness of this city and
the development of the country,
like aland mark on a hilltop, a
yellow stream of oil shooting in-
to the air \ until its force was
spent, and"' then falling inja
spray that transformed the field
around the well into a lake of
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It continued to flow for several
minutes and then subsided into
the confines of the well. Inv
mediately some of the drillers
dropped a sounder into the well
and it went to the bottom. The
well was illy’ the' discharge
having completely emptied' it.
In three minutes he dropped the
sounder again and there was (>00
feet of oil in the welh_It'is im-
possible to estimate the; tiovof
oil, but it is supposed that the
well is a producer of not less
than 400 barrels per day, and
possibly much more.
After the first discharge the
oil men estimated that it would
be five hours before the well
would spout again, but they
missed their calculation, for
within an hour the oil commence
ed to rise again, and the action
of the well that brought Musko-
gee into the list of oil-producing
towns was repeated, and the oil
rose a second time to the top of
the derrick.
There is big excitement among
oil men, and also property own-
ers in the city.
The owner of the well will en-
deavor to cap the casing in order
to hold the oil, but they have
noi the means at hand with
which to work rapidly and ef-
fectively, as gushers are an in-
novation in Muskogee.
It is now supposed that Guffey
& Qaiiey will uncap some of
those plugged wells and go to
pumping oil, as the people are
apprised of the great field of
oil which underlies the town.
They have drilled a number of
wells in the vicinity of the gush-
er, but claimed to have fouud
nothing though it is said that
when they abandoned the wells
they left the casing in and in
good shape to reopen.
It is supposed, too, that the
Cudahy people, who drilled a
weil on the east side of town ten
years ago, will now get,busy and
develops some of the leases they
have taken.
Several big oil companies
have leases on land outside of
the town. The local company
has about 70 acres under lease,
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THE
niSSOURl STORE
STILLWATER, OKLAHOMA.
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We Are Showing Desirable Her-
chandise in New Patterns
for Spring.
Fancy Wool Suitings and Waistings in Cheviots.
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Flannels, Broadcloths and Brilliantines.
Biaok Taffeta Silks, 36-inch wide, $1.00 and $1.50 per yd.
Peau de Soie Silks in Black, Fancy Silk Waistings.
Elegant Patterns in Mercerized Waistings and Suitings.
Toile du Nord Ginghams.
Swiss, Nainsook and Cambric Flouncings.
Edgings, Insertions and Allovers.
Valenciennes and Thread Edgings, Insertions and Allovers
Long Cloth, Nainsooks, Cambrics and Muslins.
Next Week:
A Swell Line of Belts, Hand Bags, Waist Sets
and Novelties.
Grady Brothers
If It’s From Grady’s, Its Good.
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all of it within the city limits, as
they refused to go to the secre-
tary of the interior for permisz
sion to develop property where
they furnished the money and
paid as they went.
Council Prodeedings,
Stillwater,Okla., Feb. 9, 1904.
Council met in regular session
with Mayor Benefiel in the chair.
Roll call found present Atter-
bury, Bullen, Basel, Eyler,
Greiner, Hand, Kolburn and
Stallard,
Minutes of last meeting was
read and approved.
Ordinance granting to C. W.
McGraw and W. E. Hodges a
franchise to furnish gas.
Okdinance No. 110.
Ordinance No, 110 was read in
full and then read by sections
and passed as follows:
Moved and seconded Section 1,
2, 8, 4. 5, 0, 7, 8, '.I, 10, 11, 1“ of
Ordinance 110 bo passed as read.
Carried.
Moved and seconded Ordinance
U0 be passed as a whole’as
read.
Voting yes,Atterbury, Bullen,
Basel, Eyler, Greiner, Hand,
Kolburn and Stallard. Motion
carried.
Moved and seconded the city
clerk bo instructed to secure
bids for the printing of 250 side-
walk notices and let to lowest
bidder. Carried.
Moved and seconded the re
port of the police judge for the
month of January be approved
and placed on file. Carried.
Moved and seconded we do
now adjourn. Carried.
E. R. Benefiel, Mayor.
J. K. Menu all, Clerk.
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Hale, John S. The Stillwater Advance. (Stillwater, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 18, 1904, newspaper, February 18, 1904; Stillwater, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1137445/m1/3/?q=j+w+gardner: accessed June 22, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.