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F1IFUFH in GRANT C. STEBBINS, Pioneer Mid-Continent Producer j , I .; -vj Many Rich Strikes Made Throughout Oklahoma; His Daily Production Now Averages 1,500 Barrels (I?y JACK KClllJYI.KK) PIONKKU Oklahoma oil producer! Without fear of cont radiction or distrust thut In- would he accused of boiiRtinp, (irunt ('. Stchhina, president of the (lladys I'.ollo Oil company, president of the Oklahoma Union Railway company, president of the Stebbins Invent ment company, und officer and director in a score of other prominent eastern Oklahoma-business enterprises, could claim this title, for everyone rccopni.cs him as such. Not only do they penerously accord him this honor, but his rec ord would force this rccopnition even were some one inclined to dispute the claim xi-. i Ixfl iin lii Cm lit Htrhbln hlliiaelf, however. In cull attention to th fnrt Hint he ha bbtxed the trull Into morn unproven nil Irrrl try In Oklahoma, limn any nther. th world would never know, for he to one. of thnnn refreahliig character whoaa itiodcaly l onn of Hi" HiIiik which attract iilli'litloii lo hi Kteat neaa. To Mr. fltebblna the nil develnp mont "bualneaa l atinly, and nil proapnctln! a. game, one which tie tin played with wonderful aucoa Tha law of averagB appllea 1" Hi" "II ram juat the aanio aa It Bona to any other gama In which l hern are chance to l"o wall a In win, but unllka gamaa of pur chance, olnaa pplleatloii, careful aludy ami wine lUrlalona awing tha balance from chanra to cerlalntyand Unit la tha way It hu been played by (Irant Blabbln. fVHTm'.KN YFAIIS IM Oil. UAMK 111 HI- In playing thla gama lin ha a yatam that la all hla own. 11 la a ayatern h baa developed through H ""yaara of clone, analytical ApiJIca tlon to tha atudy of lla Ina and outa In whlrh original theorlra have been taatad out lb practice, peraormny directed that ho hna bean able to bring it t Ha blghaut atata of perfantltm. "If I had known aa murh about the oil gama whan I alartad Into It aa t do now." ho aald the ulnar day, why I'd be many limae a millionaire, off tha eame territory where I got nothing but duatera whan 1 drilled before." An adventuroua tflapnalllno... fn Irrealatlbla dealre to reach nut Juat beyond the other fellow. I'lillenco, nournge, dotermlnallon. keen Judi? ment. an, aggreaalvnne wlilih cauaea hlni to move quickly once he Special Pipe Line Will Tap Okmulgee Acreage Anlicltxlng an nmniMnia pro duction from tlin t.liulya IU'll I.HO-iht blix k In ma-HMurt cor ner uf t IhiiuIki' iiiiiuty, I lie) IVtaa ri 1,Iim t omimiiy la lay I nit n S-lmli iIh linn from their oiinirMliwn piimplnic alntlnn to thla baitiloii. 'Hh Im linn will lo -l(clil nillea lung. Tim (ilndya Hell nlnnily lina liniuKlit In tlirw bimmI proiliKi-r on tlm iK-riMMm lo bo tjipix-rt by ttK nrw il' linn mill mi mti'ii alvn ilrllllnn fninMiJga now la III prXMMl't. hu dlrriiilnel upnn a prniolllon iit.l rroiiii K.ilile memory are IraliM which huve ch:irnclerled hi whole life. Tin y mimed him to fornaka tbn fiirni In Iji hille cnunly, I II In it a. on whlrh he wna horn aome TiO-nild yanra 11140. to ciitur the rent eMHte and tn mn.inie IhhHiichu In Mnmellle. Thev moved ft t in to formike hla email prlvute liiiNlnrHa fur it Inraer flrld nfl lunil ieprriinliillve of onn of the irroat western liillrnuiltt. Thev rnuecd him titer to alrlke nut iikiiIii for liliuni'if In the arenlent field of bual neiiH ailvfiitin e ever entered the Oklahoma nil flrlda. That la how he happened to enme to Tllla.l aomn 14 yeiira agn. lie had mnila hlmaelf a little aiitke and Ilia nil fever truck him when e'lalern Oklahoma win a young land und when the till bualneia here wua In lla Infiincy. lla knew ahanlutely nothing about It, but aatlafled thut h n could tnnater It, and determined to mi no, he moveil In ana alariml riperatlnna. Ill flint attempt to tup the petro leum reaervolra underlying eaalern (ikliihiunii wna mmla well Inaldn the prenent Inrorporated llmlli (if the city. H wna a failure. Miiny nn nmliltlon, aa well aa bankroll, h.in viinlahed when tlm iiinlilen effort luii proved vain. Not ao with that of llnint Mtebbltia. lie ahrugged hla ahnulder nnd apuddad In on a new location. Again dlaitppolntment waa hla lot. Tha third, ton, waa a duater. There wa no reward - ex cept experience--In the fuurth and fifth, and lth. Ilnaiiw hla financial m cumulation of yeiira alulnk after erteh failure, bill he learned aoine thlng new every tlme'u bit w.ii Un k Into the ground and confident flint hla effort finally would be crowned with iieceaa. ha pcmUted ImiIIiiicm croaaed tho doxen mark without eer ti tirodiicer, then mounted to a mi ore. nnd It waa not until be had at art i,iu lauiottv-Hevrnth bole that -iro.k nav. H rutin In per day. 41VVr. , vl Hince tliJn'IM erntlmn hae been plienomenally aiiccennful. Ill milll he drilled Ihe flixt gaa well Jint went of fhiremore. .IjmI tliln Ku waa p I to I'laremurt. for eommerclitl ue llMIIVSIUMi: (HU.AMI l IN Toward the clone of HMO, when " became appurent that he wua on Ihe high road to fortune. In orgiinixed tlie (llailya llelle (HI Compiiny. ail lallred at llU.linil The oilier atock holdeia were Hla wife and two daughter., nnd It mi for hi rbleat ilinmhler lhat the company w tumii'd Thin company ha inin 1 hi' barrel .n. im J 0 ' V o ' I.KAXT 1'. SI I.IIIIINM, t-Jt.jHl .. r (.I.AItlei Ul.l.l.r, .i. iu.i , In capital until It hna'been rnpltallreil at a iiiVter of a million dollar for the kill three yeiira and now a the reault of unpi ecaderilcd development :i rorri'Hpoudlng Inrreuae ha been made in the capital etuck of the company. In addition to being peerlea n an oil pioneer, llnint Hiehbln m ha produced moro k than anyone cIho. In the entire mld-enntluenl field. Two year after the Incorporation of the (II, uly Hello romp. my, Mr. HteMiln opened lh Raa field near I'lufadla, In Miliitonh rniinty, and lllao the KU f:eld near CJllllllon, north of McAleater Thee wen' 10, OiMl.iniii in I '.iiiiii.ihHI foot (.'.iie-cra, brought In at a depth of about t.'.'.'oi feci. The name year he opcne.l lli( Kaet (ilenn Tool, lulnKiUK In a iniin lir of well from 7J lo ;'..0 barrel at l.Hnil feet. It wua Jn "l'JIJ lh.it he' etnick really "tiijr pay Imiwii by l.ovt City he drlllnl Into a I at I.. '.ml feet which produced I. mm lo l.'.'uO bar rel per well from nand (min.! at onlv Mill feel 111 It 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 to III" :u welH nllll producing In I Inn fielil, he la cotitlnultiK to brltiK In moie of thViu and iilao la column money troll! cmlnghead Kll In the aanie year he opened the Valiol.i pool In Mualvol.'ee county, fnllll lot at I, Still feel, feodum "II llllllail-llly llllth Itremluni iol, lh! demand for which ha been mil -li K'ealer than for the ordinary run of pet ruieii ma ile veleped In tin aeition of the country Two linking Rood fields weie uu rovereil by him In 19H, ln Parah Chm ry, In the went part of the lloyn ton dlHtrlot, ami that eaat of t'herry vule, Kan. Tim former wa cmnl for well between " and l.lMifl bar rid at 1.70U feet. The Kunaa well were aiu.iller but were only aliuut A third aa deep. 1017 (i: Or' HIS ni xr a i A us. Tha year 1 ! 1 7 wa a big nn for the (ilady llelle. II. uly In the year he put iToivn the firal K ia well In H I I, which opened the fanioii oiinf!atow-u pool Thla waa a .M.-miU.UUtl-foot etilke. He tontinucd hi opeiiitlona tire, opening the oil pool in 1 j -1 1 known n the Stclihtns pioil In the YounKi'nwn ili.atrlct. Mere Mr. ritebbin owna aome ton acrea, conaiilered one of the pioat Villtlalile pleee of acleiKe In the mid-continent field He ha broimht III well nt fiom :nni. to ' l.l.ioi i.jir rel per day and lie la dil.ltli1; fle imire at the preyent tlitie. The valid la found al about .'.Umi f.-et Tina name car Mr Stetdnn nlan drilled " -the nffaet to the f.imolla Tra phooler well In Cutler county, Kan", wiiinitii: a race ,.).,. who Would lo' al'le to hllll.e pa first Wllh hi liiiHll.in; nhlllti. Mr. Steh t.ltia Kut there firt. k1 i big well. Waa nffeied J liniioni for Ina itnartcr Intel est and look the inoncs. I,. cat year naw htm make a rich nirlke In what ha come to be known :ii (hu Itnale Monroe pool at Sloue IMuff Hand found at l.'.'i'H feel pro duced well dellvellliK L'lM! to Kllll Leate house, band power home, boiler houe and other buildings of the Gladys Belle Oil Company, on the tfosy Monroe least at Stone Bluff, where the company has IS producing wells. barrel dally A large part of thla leaae I Mill In he developed. 'I'll on i;h thl j ear la young, It ap peal to. have added another to Mr Stehhln' long lint i f drilling triumph, for he h ia opened n new km field near Viagnr. In llughi.a county, that offer great promise. While Mr Slebhln ha oroapeeled In Kalian and look a fling at the Texa.a oil ii.iiiih, he deelari'a that 'Iktalloum hold greater proapei-ta wfth nurer irturna than an other Ntllte III the union. tit! beleea there are many big field yet to be opened and he nun necured hundrril of acre of leunea with the Intention of going down a"l neeing what he can find. He believe he wilt atrike Mime rich iinolui timi In what I Mill vlrijln territory. At the prenent time he haa a pro. Iiictloii of moie than I.fiilu barrel Lilly. Today he I, drilling 1 well In Oklahoma ainlV cxiitempla'e i ilmi ding thl nuinner within the ne 'iO day He ha 200 n ii i rent ly proven location for weba which lie pro. poeea to put d-iw n at the eat Ileal poaaible moment. Sl ( KKSr'l I, IN tynn:it umi kmusix While nil hu been (Irant Slehbln' major bii.ainea. he ha proved hlni elf to he a ema r kally -vernatih htinlneaa mini. More than a dny.cn enlerprlae. every one of them a big one, have been built up with him n. trie directorate, many of them with him ut the head. Second oiUy to the extcnalvc ( iklahonni t'lfi.' Iiiterurban ayatern b that of the Hklahoma I nlon K.ulw.i-. lomiuuy, of which he la the prcNl- detit. AIho the .Steblnn lini-l n I'nnipany. Ile la, ami iilway hu.' been Mince the organiatioii of nn l a body, a director of Ihe Tulaa (.'hamber of ('ominerce. lie ula.i ? a director In the Tu!.i Aiitoinolnle t'yrpnratlon. ('II KI.I S A. STI I in: i:i-i itii.( i:i mm u it. "I've got the beat drilling man In tile llllted Mate", Tbeae are Ihe exact word of" Mr StebbiiiH. Ill epeaklng of l A. Stcere, generul nyrrlnlendeiit of the til.ula llelle oil Company, who haa been I Mr Htebbln' right hand man for the j hint Hi x yen! . Mr. Steere come by hi itiarvelmiH ! aurn-NH aa a aupcrlntc mltlil of drill lug naturally. Ile wa horn In I tn I - ( I.i ii o, Ohio, about the name time n.a Mr Stebblna appealed upon the I w orld xtage In lllinoi. i Mr. Steere father wa a driller i before htm. hringiiiKT In the I'.tNt Well eer drilled with cable toola j 'Mil Wa J ll mt ubout Ihe cloae of ;the civil war. Mr. Steere himai if j h.ia been In the oil game for hoiii" IK. I year, hiiviug tackled every phaac I from that of Inhorer on up to hi preaent poaitluti ua generul Hiiierm I lenient of one Okl.ihuiii'i a I greatiaat ioneerlng ml i-ouipanie j III cxperlem e cover work In th ! W eat Virginia, I'l'iinayhania and I Oklahoma feld. ( IIMtl.l S . Kli:i.lli:. (illM-.llAl". rlil'l-IUNTIADKNT GIiAlhs III I.I.i: OIL t'OMI'AXY. New Oit Pools and Gas Fields Opened by G. C. Stcbbins. 1903 First pas well just west of Clarcmore. 1912 (las fields near Kufaula, Mcintosh county. ('as fields near Quinton, north of McAlester. Kasi Glenn oilool, 75 to 2f)0 barrel wells at, 1 ,R0() feet. 101 :$ Lost City pool, 1,000 barrel wells at 1,500 feet. Inola pool, 1,000 to 1,200 barrel wells, at 500 feet. Yahola pool in Muskopee county, hitfh premium oil at 1,200 feet. 1910 Sarah Cherry pool, in Hoynton field, 200 to 1,200. brrrel wells at 1,700 feet. Cherrvvale, Kansas, .field, 25 to 100 barrel wells at 000 feet. 1917 First passer in Vounpstown pool, 2.'?, 000,000 cubic , feet. i Stebbins oil pool, Vounpstown district, .'500 to 1,500 barrel wells at 2,300 -feet. Offset to Trapshooter well in I'.utler county, Kansas. 1918 Rosie Monroe pool, at Stono Uluff, 200 to 800 bar rel wells at 1,200 feet. 1919 (las field at Yeaper, Hughes county. ' ' ' 'I Key-aT- -- '-..' f V; ip . Jii 'I I l 1 nKOMi: Ol'Tllt; HIU tHSIIKHS W TUU t;l.AI)!i UtCIJil-'. COMPANY . IN OKMCIa-lKi: COI'XrY.- Till: Wi l l. OX TVT. I I IT CAMC. IV lull H00 ltAHRl'.I.S, Till: WI.M. IV Till: I'OltMillOCM) AT Till; IllUHT CAMK IX AT 1,5110 IIAIUIKUS AM) Til JN Till: IIACHt.lloCMI AT 11IK 1UOIIT A f 1,000 ll.VUIti m TUli liLAVYM UiuIX UA 400 AClUJe IN THIS TILVt T. -i AT -I I 11