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or 75 is proved territory, with richer areas in certain places. 
Lots 44 and 45 are excellent, with another rich pool about lots 
51 and 52; the richest of all is in the vicinity of lots 61 to 67. 
Here it seems almost impossible to find a dry well; numerous 
wells had initial capacities above 300 barrels per day. West 
from this immediate area, on the middle tier of lots (that is, 
lots 169 to 172), there is also a productive area; and still west 
on the third tier (that is, lots 293 to 296), and in parts of 
township 24, range 10, still farther west, excellent oil-pools 
have been developed. It seems probable that here is an east- 
and-west trend reaching from the east side of the Osage leases 
westward a distance of fifteen miles. The north-and-south de- 
velopment from Bartlesville to lot 68 is another stretch of ex- 
cellent land, eighteen miles long. East of the territory line, 
and within the Cherokee land in the vicinity of Ramona, a 
number of dry wells have been drilled, implying a limitation of 
the field on the east side. 
Outside of the richest areas already described, other excel- 
lent pools have been developed in part. Thus, a zone reaches 
west and a little north from Bartlesville over into range 10, 
which is dotted here and there all over with good wells. To the 
southwest, across the river north from Cleveland, a number of 
good wells are found; again, in the vicinity of Pawhuska, both 
oil-wells and gas-wells are found, which implies a profitable 
area. The development in different parts of the Indian Terri- 
tory has been greater than to the north in the state of Kansas, 
due in part to better wells and in part to legal considerations 
to be explained later. 
In Kansas, development was not great during 1905. The 
Chanute-Humboldt pool, the Bolton pool, the Coffeyville pool, 
the Tyro pool and the Caney pool were tolerably well defined 
before the close of 1904; then a severe winter came on, and 
just at the beginning of milder weather the price of oil dropped 
so low that producers had no incentive to drill. In fact, for 
about six months (from February to July, inclusive) it was 
impossible to market more than a small fraction of oil which 
might have been produced from the wells drilled. As a result, 
surprisingly few wells were drilled in Kansas. Chautauqua 
county witnessed more drilling than any other part of the state 
outside of Paola and Rantoul, already mentioned; partly be- 
cause the grade of oil was highest here and commanded the 
highest market price; and further, on account of less uncer- 
