The Cushing Citizen (Cushing, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 24, 1913 Page: 1 of 8
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ao.ouu barrvU uf oil. daily, *»■
brfufr Ik j ear i* "**f ik pro
duelum will b* *ppru*l
NU>ly< ll Hi Ik n-tenl oil *am
e*er found in Oklahoma, and >1
pruvrd ground pool lour* ti
•prwad. a* il haa Ih- m »pr*adwt
•uirr the ordinal diacovery. il
promt*** lo rival even Ih* famoui
(j|<-on |iool of Ihr Tulaa dialrirl
or Ih* liartleaville |»oo|* of Wash
inirtou County. From a |»roa(»*r
ou* lilll* cotton town of ].<MK
inhabitant* in 1910. Cushing ha»
lieeome, by th* impctua given t«
it by th.- diaeovery of thi* petrol
fiim. a city of 4.000 or nrni*. an*
growing no rant, that * half do*
*n additiona have been platt*<
ami Hold off within a year. C
II. ljamb, whoa* buaine** ia t<
a*1l new additiona at auction
gay* Cuahing i* th* moat remark
able example of quick growth h<
ever haa witneaned. H. Belli*
who manages the local oil an<:
meal mill, says that it has com»
so quickly that he can hardlj
realize it; yesterday a village
to-day a city of future great
promise. But let us bgcin thip
story at the grassroots.
In tlie fall of 1911, CT J.
Wrightsman, T. B. Slick, and B.
B. Jones leased of F. M. Wheel
«r and others the oil rights ol
some quarter sections of land in
the western part of Creek Count}
and set up a drill rig- They had
a group of leases, but they set
their drill first on fite Wheeler
ground. It was a wildcat enter-
prise, for no oil had been found
near there at that time, and,
more than this, oil prospectors,
did not view the ground with
favor. The trend of oil was not
believed to lie through that sec
tion, aijd besides some "drj
holes" had been drilled. How
ever, in an oil country the un
expected always is happening
and it happened on the Wheelei
farm at a dejith of 2,329 feet. Th<
other holes were "dry" only be
cause the prospectors who bored
them did not send the drill far
enough, not half far enough.
But distance to the sand was
not the only trouble which be
set these wildcatters; they were
out of money, and in Petrolia
when the money runs out the
drill stops- So they began to
"rustle." They went to Cushing
the nearest town, seeking aid,
They owned a group of twelve or
fifteen leases and had the one
hole well started, and they of
fered a one-half interest in all
for $2,500, just enough money to
put the drill into the sand. But
there was nothing doing at Cush
ing. The Cushing bankers and
other men of money knew of the
"dry holes," and they shied.
Then one of the trio went to Chi-
cago and presented the layout to
C. B. Shaffer, who knew the
value of a long shot in oil, and
had the money to back it. So
Mr. Shaffer took hold, and soon
the drill was shugging again.
This was in February 1912. and
within three weeks the drill was
in the sand and oil flowing- It
was a well of only thirty or fiftv
barrels daily, to be sure, but it
was enough to pay the way of (
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TtaCssfcif Ik fm
Mf «
fommg to Ik niikrf**** Una
ikabw uinlrf habirh yield*
k urW Hrf tu) allK* l»f *■«•, dally
4«id Ikfr la gaa Ion, millM* of
I. i H». man ha* *> mark uadrf
•aar I Hal hi* in rniir fruai II la
aid n> |<r #1 •**», dally
KiOr* Ik ftrwl aril aaa dnllrd
Olu ik aand. Marvh 1911 Ik
if*a of prv%rd and prodaeiag
•Il land in Ik dialrirl ha* «pTrad
itrf an arm of i« n mdra l> ng by
•il milra aid*. Wllhtn Ihl* dla
ri*l, lkr» aiv 300 arlla n«a
irutluring about 3","W barr*la,
ftail> This is an avrragr uf
tarrrla. Th«- gtvaUt daily pro
lurtmn of a ftingh- aril in Ik
liatrirt ia l/iii' barr*l*. N*a
•vrlla art- coming in. daily. Jun<
.H, th*r* w«*n* 2.Vi in * drrrirka
ruing up. and &0 waiting for
oola. Thia mi-aim a total pro-
luction, approximstrly. of fiO.IMM
•arr*ls in thia firld from (iHO
Ai-IU, daily In the mt-aolim*
non- wells will be drilled. C. B.
Shaffer, alone, is operating
wi-nty nini- rigs, snd hia ex-
lensra for |al>or and maU-rial
ire $85,000, monthly- A man
>f great iiieaua In-fore he entered
he Cuahing field, hia operation*
tere have multiplied his original
nilliona very much. And there
ire othera. Shaffer is the big
test operator, but there is roon
'or little operator*, of which
here are scores, and, altogether,
'hey furnish employment for
nany hundred men and teams.
In this district there are said
to be only nine abandoned holes,
ind only three were given up be-
cause they were "dry-" In the
listrict, June 18, there were 300
wells producing oil.. Only one
percent dry is something retnark-
ible, perhaps never before heard
>f in Petrolia the wQrld over-
The expense of drilling a well
.iere and getting it ready for
production runs a bit higher than
■lsewhere, sometimes. The sand
lies 2,300 feet down, and the
ground is hard and difficult to
trill. Heavier pipe for casing
the well also is necessary. So, al-
together, wells in the deep sand
;ost about $7,500. Lately, some
shallower sand has bpen found,
ind the cost of a well is propor-
ionately less. However, opera
tors figure on about $7,500t and
if they get off for any less, so
much the better. The deepest
producing well here is 2,945 feet,
josting $10,000. It is a long shot
of getting a "dry hole" here,
one in a hundred. Seven thous-
and five hundred dollars is a bit
more than a man, especially if
he be one of slender means,
wants to undertake, aad so a few
bunch their money. If they get
a well, it is from 50 to 1,500 bar-
rels daily, and one well pays the
way of the drill all over the
rest of the 40, 80, or 160 acres,
which the le^se may cover- The
royalty paid the lessor is an
eighth or a tenth, and the ex-
pense of running from $150 to
$200 monthly.
A lease undeveloped in the
froved field is worth $1,000 per
acre, and so only the man who
has great production on other
leases coming in need apply
there. However, with ninety-
nine chances in a hundred of get-
ting a good well, they do apply
nnd wrin. On the outer edges of
the proved field, with oil trend-
ing that way, leases may be
bought for from $100 to $250 per
acre. In the wildcat areas, re-
mote from the proved field,
leases are sold for from $2.50 to
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uuilytag la a>ldilM*a. aiany ar*
• tu|*io>r«| m «i|4*ai ng*. al all
writ *upply kuara. rolioa aaa*
i**aar» and giaa, laarktar *kp»
* rrmmrry, laundry, rlrrlrw- ligk'
•Od poarrr grarranl, aad a|kt
.nduairim wklrk go ailk a Wall
ord*r*d roaamumly. For Ciukmi
aaa a Wrll ralakllakd raa«in
Iy brforr ml was found kr«
l^uog kfurr Ik origtaaj dwa>»
ry of |M-ir»|runi in Oklakaaui
igrirullurr had mad* a good toa.
h«r*. Tk rot ton farmers aup
porlrd a romprras and gin, ami
l,(NAl or 5,<Ml(J bal*s ar* Boa
•hipprd by tk Hanta Fe from
her*, annually. In 1910 lk« popu
lation of Ui* town waa 1,072; it
now ia 4,000 or more, and ao full
•f tranan-nta, nightly, that hotel*
iud boarding houars ar* not suf
fieient for their accommodation,
tin overflow sleeping in tents,
v.-n on th* ground with only
blanketa for beda. However, «
'lotej of 100 rooms soon will be
•ompleted, and many bungalows
•re going up tof new i^aidentN
arriving daily- I4itely tk town
lias installed a new ayatem of
•vaterworka, and now is laying
-icwers. New schoolhouses are to
lie built, also. For these new
improvements $95,000 of bonds
have been voted. In March,
1912, the railway station receipts
were $20,000, and just 6ne year
later, $180,000. In March, 1913,
the bank deposits were $217/)00;
a year later, $572,000.
The proved oil field lies ten
miles eastward of Cushing, along
the border of Payne and Creek
counties- The original discovery
wag in Creek County, but, lately,
many productive wells have been
drilled on the Payne County side.
There are three refineries at
Cushing, to which the oil is pip-
ed from the field. An electric
passenger and freight railway to
the field is contemplated. At pre-
sent supplies are hauled to the
field by teams, and prospectors
and speculators by automobiles
and buckboards. More than 200
teams and wagons are employed
hauling pipe and other material,
and man and team earn from
$7.50 to $10, daily- The livery
barns keep forty automobiles go-
ing, and there are even more
priyate cars running. Every
morning many private automo-
biles and buckboards leave town
for the leases, where drill rigs
are at work, or where wells are
producing.
The original settlers of the dis
trict came to farm, not drill for
oil, or to live by royalties, and
they found a beautiful land of
prairie and timber, watered by
the Cimarron and its local tribu-
taries. There is no more attrac-
tive landscape laid out anywhere
than that surrounding Cushing
The farmers here were so pros-
perous before oil was found, thr
the Santa Fe Railway built two
lines into Cushing, and since the
discovery of oil the business of
the coippany has increased so
greatly that more extensive
yards have become necessary.
Mrs. W. E. Derrig, returned
this morning from a short visit
with Pawnee friends.
th* drill thereafter, and so every- $25 per acre, and men are wild
thing was lovely.
4 catting ail around. Wildcat drill*
Mrs. George Oeyer, and Misses
Mary and Bernice Mee of Okla-
homa City arrived Thursday to
visit a few Weeks at the home of
Mrs. Oeyer a parenta, Mr. and
Un. Notts south of tawm.
sffawa
>1 Ma*
al k
«r*aM*l |a Iktak I It la aoal.l ak* I
a4 k aa *%*a!y taalrkd affair I
»ad aalkd off rviaraiag m a I
k*rt laa* a lib aa ally katfr I
•ad aiaktag a raak al Mr> drill* I
tlr |tr|in Mr*rd a rurk and *lof» I
•*d Ik aarllk aatag*. akl
urard away aa If lo Irat* aad I
-ailing up ka ka*f*. Mr Mia |
krrupoa lbr*» do a ii ha ara I
mU-
Tk Dm
•*a Ik
-rliua 3
I* nalui
tifcb .a mi (Ma|asy V*
ia |kpf* farm la «aoliaa
• an kr*»| aaiicaJ a«ll
k«a akl aad la
Stai hartals frosa
sad Tky ka**
wrg Houlba —1> I m N#
Workak fatal >a
7 to good for Sit bar
of d*fr|tor tia|r imia*«ll I l|
inrn*d. dr*w Ik knife and I «
ruakd limn Mr. |l*llia, wh«» n«»
bad nothing In do but "lo go
ifl*r htm with hia two hand*.'
This k did rffcvtually kmirking
hr ruffian down and giving him
thai he drarrved. Hut with tk
•'irat blow Mr. Ilrllia broke a*v
-ral Ihiuh of the hand*, running
• pninful injury, wbirh will r*
nind him of the rpi*odr> for *ome
Umc. Oagr will alto "know h<
aa* there" for lyvrral daya-
The *erond incident oceiirwl on
h* river where a party consist-
•ng of Mes*r* Weitzenhoffer,
lack Reed and Mr*. Heed wer*
'mating. They came upon some
narties bathing who began roe kin
the boat attempting to *pil| them
->ut notwithstanding the rvmon-
itrsr.ee* of the boating party,
Mr. Reed slipped off his *hoe-
'ind stockings snd got out of the
boat to prevent the other partiea
from doing injury. In the *trug
(fie they reached the hank where
Mr- Reek slipped and fell. The
>ther party took advanTTige
of this and struck Mr. Reed
i blow over the eye making an
igly wound.
But this was not the end. On
the way to town Mrs. Reed was
handling a target gun which wa
ccidentally discharged wounding
her in the hand-
'The man and the boy" are
?lad they remained at home on
Sunday.
News Of The Berry Oil Pool.
The Berry pool is that portion
of the Cushing field lately dis-
covered and lying north and east
of the city—Ed.
Leasing in this territory is very
active and leases are bringing
good prices.
John Brown has leased an 80
acre tract to the Iiex Petroleum
Company, —J. Mascho and as-
sociates— consideration $1,500
cash.
The Sims quarter section has
been leased for $2,000- It is re-
ported that George Pounds and
Newt Fry have leased parts oi
iheir places, immediately north
of the city limits, the principal
condition of the lease being that
drilling begins in five days.
J. H., Wright will begin drill-
ing on the Gage farm which is
contiguous to the Pierce farm in
section 19-18-6.
They are having considerable
trouble shutting off the gas at
the Milliken well, section 19-18-6.
The well will probably be drilled
:n tomorrow-
We have Seen told that $100
per acre has been offered for the
lease of the unleased 80 acre of
the Lauderdale quarter, which
corners with thfe Pierce farm.
Drilling in thai Millikin well
has been delayed a day or so.
The derrick material has been
hauled on to the George Pounds
place, near the foot of Cleveland
avenue.
Tk II, It JiXtra I ral on Ik
I ark «<>n farm In •rrlioa 14 1*7
giMn| fur Ml barr*!* la Ik l<ay-
on aand.
Thr
Prairie Oil am! Daa row
•any No. 14 «»n thr I*. Ilrrtoaw
•"arm in ae*lion 'J' 1*7 ahirh wa*
food for 'J25 barrel* natural ia
tow making <175 after a *hol,
rom the Wheeler *and. #
The Flight and Bum* ami rom
>any No. 5 on the J- R. Yowell
farm, in are!ion !I J|!l M ia good for
•o barrel* from the llartlmvill*
and.
The I'rairie Oil and Gaa Com
pany, No. 16 Polly Deriaaw farm
n *eet ion 29-18-7 ia good for 425
•arrel* natural.
T. B Slick No. 6 Halo Ful*om
farm in aeetion 6-17-7 is good for
Kt barrels after a allot in the
Wheeler sand. They had 40 feet
if same.
Waters-Pierce Oyl Company,
N'o. 17, L. Button farm in k»c
tion 8-17-7 is good for seventeen
nillion feet of gas in the Wheel-
•r sand-
The Kathleen Oil Company, No.
i Dewey Brunaer farm in sec-
ion 18-17-7 is good for 140 bar-
rels from the Wheeler sand.
Phey had 48 feet of same.
The McMann Oil Company,
No. 1 Musselman farm in sec-
tion 8-18-7 is still making 75
>arrels per hour.
C- B. Shaffer has pulled the
packer on his well on the Wilson
t'arm in section 18-18-7 and the
veil is spraying oil.
T- B. Slick No. 4 I. Wochoche
t'arm in section 10-18-7 is making
.000 barrels, from the Wheeler
land.
T. B. Slick No. 5 Miller Tiger
['arm in section 17-17-7 is good
i?or 800 barrels natural from the
Wheeler sand.
C. B- Shaffer No. 8 L. Tiger
farm in section 17-17-7, is good
for. 8,000,000 feet of gas from
the Wheeler sand.
The Millikin Oil company have
bradenheaded and are now ready
to drill their test deeper in sec
"ion 19-18-6.
C. B- Shaffer has erected tank-
ige on the Wilson farm in section
18-18-7 and the well will be drill-
id in soon.
The Roselle
spudding No.
west of No. 1.
Oil company is
2 which is south-
Miss Elizabet Saunders of Ok
lahoma City, is here on a visit to
her mother and friends. She is
spending her months vacation
here.
Messrs Campbell, Yfaront snd
Browning of Harrah, Oklahoma,
are visiting friends here and
vieariiif tho great oil field-
Floyd Harmon, of Edmond,
spent Sunday with relativea in
Cuahing. He is also visiting his
brother, A. L- Harmon, near
Agra.
|Sfi»h Ik |rt*iwl ra*k
bm*aa aa UNI* akal Ik t «afr
lag ga» ftold Na .aynrtiy, *
a wail*** aad Ma panikiiaaa. aa
«ImmI •*! at Ik gf*at Ml
.dasUy aaa g«4*g aa m aar mi4*
I I f** W II T*h»«ii. *****lari
jaad inaiai*f a# Tk l*ka
Coaaiy Oa* i «aa|may. wk*k
*«air*4a Ik «m ajafsisaa Mi Ik
ftold aad akiak farataka Ik ga»
't* ik k**al tympany. »* ka%*
aauia*d Ik falloaiag ttoa# ml
mlrfrai *Mar*miag Iks aaad*«
fal natural naaiw akbk ka%
111 do sa mack fal
Tk company n»a has lW.ot/'
•rr«a af gaa rtgkla upua abtok •
lady pr»da*ln»a af a boat 300,
■ai.isio rabir fa*I ha* alrvady
W -n d*v*|oped. Thia d**»kp-
meat can *amly k inrrraard lo
one billion ruble feat daily oka
thr mark*! d«*nanda it»
The kat ga* b found irt jthr
Wheeler »and on arrounl <bt tk
•Irpih and ro*k pn'aul-Tk
depth and rork |K*fwr* «rr
gn-at*r than in any field w*at
of the Mi**i**ippi riv*r and In-
diealea that the lif* of Ik Cuah-
ing gaa fi*ld will k an *xeaad-
mgly long one, which attribute
of ga* fi*lda ia 4h* one moat
tought after by manufaetarvra
who use gaa.
This company ia anxioua to a*-
,-ure mor* manufacturing con
•eraa for Cuahing and will make
rataa to bona fid* eoneerna who
mamma neceaaitatea the
tion of largo quanitica of
ind they will make theac rates
ittractive to auch consumers and
<urh aa will induee them to lo«
rnte in Cuahing.
The company are now aupply-
-.ng gaa to thi* three large refin-
•ries in Cushing.
Mr. Tippitt says that his com-
pany has some very comprehen-
iivc plans for the future, _ the
cruition of which will materially
idd to the welfare of Cuahing
ind that his company are an-
;ious to do their part in the up-
uiilding of Cushing-
There are three things in this
nterview which we wish to em-
phasize :
First, the increased amount of
?as in the territory controlled by
he Creek County Gas Company
tnd then remember that there is
i vast- amount which the com-
>any does not handle. It is the
greatest gas field in the world.
Second, the fact that the gas
s found at such a depth and has
uch great rock pressure show-
hat there is an extremely long
ife of this field.
Third, that this company is
•repared to meet any demand for
;as for fuel and are ready and
villing to furnish it so cheaply
s to attract manufacturing con-
erns which use the commodity.
These three facts being once
horoughly known to the manu
acturing world, Cushing i:;
;ound to become a factory cen-
er as well as an oil gyiter-
There are great probabilities
md huge possibilities for Cush-
ng as a result of this great gift
>f nature to her, an abundant
>nd permanent supply of natural
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Lyor
md daughter are the guests of
Mr- and Mrs. C. E. Warren.
Miss Elizabeth Sanders came up
from Oklahoma City on Satur;
lay on a visit to her mother, Mrc.
E. Saunders:
Mrs. Will Mansfield left the
latter part of last week for San
Diego, California, where she will
spend the remainder of the sum
mer.
Miss Mattie Sappington, ot
Oklahoma City is visiting ia
Cuahing, with her wter. lira. E
E. Sam pica.
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