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pressure is reduced to eight ounces, and gas is supplied to a large 

 number of consumers at this pressure. 



At Humboldt in the same county, there were two gas wells, about 

 600 feet deep, bored five years ago, which supplied a flouring mill 

 and many of the residences of the city, but more recently the yield 

 of gas has not been very satisfactory because the water was not 

 properly cased off. A new company, however, has taken up the 

 matter and four good wells have been bored. One of these, the 

 Hamm well, is north of town, and the other three are south and west. 

 The Hamm well yields considerable gas from the shale at a depth of 

 595 feet, and a more abundant supply of gas with considerable oil 

 from a depth of about 900 feet. One of the other new wells is on 

 Coal Creek, one on Owl Creek and the other directly on the banks 

 of the Neosho river. All of these yield gas with some oil. Another 

 well more recently reported, three miles from town, is an excellent 

 gas producer. There have been no developments directly east of 

 town yet. 



NEOSHO COUNTY. 



At Thayer a new field has been opened up during the past year. 

 Here there are nine wells that are said to produce from 5 to 20 barrels 

 of oil per day. They are from one to two and a half miles northwest 

 of town and five miles southwest. Ordway No. i is about Soo feet 

 deep, and is producing a good grade of oil. Ordway No. 2, which 

 is 810 feet in depth, and contains 35 feet of sand rock, was 

 "shot" in June last. Nye No. i yields a thick oil 'that may be 

 of value as a lubricating oil. McFarland No. i is south of the 

 Ordways, and is said to yield an excellent oil in abundance. There 

 are several thousand barrels of oil already stored here in tanks. 

 Several dry wells or "dusters" as they are called have been sunk in 

 the vicinity of Thayer. At Chanute the borings so far have not been 

 successful. 



WILSON COUNTY. 



It is in this county, especially in a district near the confluence of 

 Verdigris and Fall rivers, that the greatest development has been 

 made during the past two years. There have been at least eighty 

 wells bored in this vicinity, and a large proportion of them are pro- 

 ducers of oil or gas or both. As early as February, 1894, 25 wells 

 had been bored. They are usually between 800 and 900 feet in depth. 

 In order to test the strata at a greater depth, in one case the boring 

 was continued to the depth of nearly 1200 feet, till a harder flint rock 

 was struck, but no good oil sands were met in this increased depth. 



