Excerpt from Oil and Gas in the Mid-Continent Fields This book is an attempt to put in concise form the essential information concerning the Mid-Continent oil and gas fields. The material has been derived from many sources. The various publications of the United State Geological Survey and those of State Surveys of Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas have been used extensively. In general, references have been made to publications where any important material has been taken from them, but it has been impossible to give credit for all the small items gathered from various sources or for those obtained as a result of the writers associations with other geologists and oil-field workers. Special sections have been prepared by S. E.Murphy, L. H. Pasewalk, F. W. Reeves, W. C. Bean, L. W. Kesler, F. L. Aurin and E. P. Hindes of the Empire Companies; by C. Max Bauer of Okmulgee, Okla., and by F. B. Plummer, Geologist for the Roxana Petroleum Company. These articles are given under the names of their respective authors. In addition to those named above, the writer wishes to express his thanks to Everett Carpenter, A. W. McCoy, Geo. E. Burton, W. R. Berger and E. W, Scudder of the Geological Department of the Empire Gas & Fuel Company and to R. B. Lloyd, Chief of the Scouting Department of the same company, for their interest and assistance in the preparation of the book. The Keuffel and Esser Company, the Oil Well Supply Company and the Bausch and Lomb Optical Company have loaned cuts for illustrations. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.