Show I Lease Owners Give UpLand Up UpLand Land Now Worth Millions I HO HOMINY Ok Okla la July 2 The 2 Th The usual ual tale of oC ones one's hard luck for the benefit benefit bene bene- fit of ot another's good 1 luck 13 Is 3 Involved in iii the drilling of the barrel 1 gusher her of ot the tue Meridian Petroleum corporation corporation cor cor- and others In the northwest Hominy in ill the corner of or 9 22 near Osage reservation Back In 1918 J J. J S S. S Moffitt of or Tulsa I who owned several cral tracts In that district dis dIn agreed to a assign Kiskaddon Bros a half hoIr interest In tho the tract on which tho the bl big gusher is located for forI forthe forthe the drilling of or a a. test Walter W W. ICIs- ICIs I geologist one of or tho tIre Kiskadon Kiskad- Kiskad don on brothers had gone over oer the field and was wn the first one to find the tho ture turc Tho rho well was wal drilled to a total depth of at 2345 feet teet after testing the first break In the tire Mississippi lime tho the hole was abandoned and Bros Dros sold Bold their Interest to fa Tames James Dunn of at tho the head of ot tho Dunn Petroleum corporation Later Latar tho the Meridian Petroleum corporation corporation cor cor- of at Kansas CIl City In Ina a merger of ot several everal companies 8 absorbed tho the Dunn Petroleum corporation and arid In that way acquired tho property now In tho the limelight When Kiskaddon addon Bros Bras sold their In Interest In- In terest to Dunn the tho second break bral In Inthe Inthe inthe the lime from which the gusher la is producing was not known in that part parl of at the It remained for tor the At Atlantic Atlantic Atlantic At- At lantic Oil Producing company compan to discover discover dis die cover production In that pa pay about two years ago ajo the Atlantic having trilled drilled the first commercial producer I in Iho lie field Following the tho finding of ot the tire Atlantic's Atlan Atlan- I tics tic's well tire the Meridian drilled the tract and found round It 11 productive Tho The gusher I which Is located In the northwest corner corner cot cor cor ner nor of at 2 19 22 19 Is 13 No C. C on the Jea lease e and found the top of the limo lime at 2551 feet teet with first oil all at 2621 feet feel and the tire present depth Is 2643 feet teet It was originally completed April 15 Hi for tor a daily adaily production of at barrels and was wa deepened April 23 Increasing Its Ua output out out- put hut to barrels and it produced around round this amount until deepened last I Saturday afternoon 1 INTERESTS DIVIDED Dl I While the half interest of ot the tire KIi was changing hands I was dividing up UI his half halt interest with many of at his friends A A. A L L. L I Farmer I and arid A. A E E. E Duran ju purchased h sed a a. three- three sixteenths Inter Interest Rt A. A AV tV Hamil and andL L L. H R. R Davis a n. three sixteenths and I I. I. I I M. M KIser a one All Al of or these men prominent T still retain well weIl while their Interest in the big Mr Mr- retains a a. a sixteenth one I II I I Of or tho the lucky individual owners I I Hamill and antI Davis stand out as its the Ar Al most prominent In the oil game Hamill with his two brothers drilled the original well at nt near I Beaumont rex Tex In 1901 While Vt It has hasI I generally been gl given gln n out to tho the public public pub pub- lic lie that Colonel A A. A F. F Lucas Lucas' was the hero of at and arid was waN responsible ble We for tor the drilling in of 01 th tire the discovery cr cry ery J gusher there thoro that made between and barrels and while Mr lr Lucas ha haa written a book hook taking credit for tor this thin strike It Is gossip In InI I ell Informed oil circles circlets that It was I n I r I Hamill who really was responsible for tor forthe the tho finding of or the big well Hamill 1 IH me one of the modest sort and does not proclaim himself but the tire following follow tollow- ing is the stor story that throws credit his way Mr Ir Lucas had drilled thu well ell to the tho d where production was ex expected expected ex- ex and falling falling- to find oil all gave cave up hope and thought It time to aban don tIon it Mr Ir Hamill protested and wired Mr Gale Galey of or tho the famous molla oil firm of at Guffey Gale Galey who drilled tire the he well that it should be bo drilled deeper Mr lr Galey hopped on a a. train and went from tram the tho East to tho the lease loase and camped campe on the ground until the well was deepened deepened deepened deep deep- ened and came In In flowIng all over o the theCo Co country U fl t PIONEER ON OX GULF GULl Thus it ma may be seen that a barrel well Is nothing new to Hamill although it may mar seem to be large to the citizens ena of at Oklahoma The firm of at Hamill Bros Dros headed b by Al AI himself himself him him- self woe wan Identified with the d development develop merit ment work of tho the Corsicana field fJeld the first field developed In Texas Thc They were at work vork In this field when the call came to move tools over to Spin Spin- Mr r Hamill made some mone money in the Beaumont excitement and then mo moved mod d to Shreveport where he pla played d tire the game gamo to advantage at Moorings Moorings- port and then thon moved to Tulsa Davis who Is Identified with the luck lucky own owners en was wan th the contractor on the teaming and ditching ditching- work on tho Gulf Gult Pipe Line Une com company's pan s trunk line lIno system from tram Tulsa Tuba Tuba-Ita to Port Arthur Tex lIe He W was 8 a n friend of ot Mr in Beaumont as os w were re also Farmer and I Duran It is la thought to be a a. great coincidence co- co incidence that these four tour old time I co-I friends finally became partners in a gusher like that at Hominy In iii the tire meantime Walter Kiskaddon says sas M My only consolation in the tho affair af at- fair Is 01 n. good game of ot tennis II xi H. H McFann well known oil producer producer producer pro pro- ducer and general manager malinger of ot the Meridian Me Me- Petroleum corporation who Ss- Ss sued aued orders for tho the d deepening of ot the well wall says I can call drill them In for someone e else clue but cannot get fret anything I when I ill drill them myself mael I I |