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FACTS ABOUT
OKLAHOMA
By
FRED M. BULLARD
NORMAN, OA&LAHOMA.
SEPTEMBER, 1921.

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Is larger than any state east of the Mississppi
River.
Has a total area of 70,470 square miles, an area
equal to that of Ohio and Indiana combined.
Is near the geographical center of the United
States.
Has an elevation above sea level ranging from less
than 400 feet in the southeastern corner to about
5,000 feet in the northwestern corner.
Has a population of over 2,028,280, an increase of
684 per cent since 1890.
Has an average of 29.2 persons to the square mile
according to the census report of 1920.
Has 170 separate and distinct oil and gas pools.
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LIBRARIES
Has over 30,000 producing oil and gas wells.
Has 38 counties that are classed as oil and gas
producers.
Has produced over a billion barrels of oil valued
at over a billion dollars.
Ranks first in the production and value of oil.
Ranks among the first of the states In the produc-
tion of gas.
Has a mineral production value which has in-
creased over 9,340 per cent in the last 20 years.
Produced minerals valued at $4,552,555.00 in 1901
and valued at over $400,000,000.00 in 1920.
Produced from all of her resources a total wealth
of over $1,000,000,000.00 (one billion dollars) in
1920.
TURNER FALLS, ON HONEY CREEK, ARBUCKLE MOUNTAINs.
OTHER MINERAL RESOURCES.
In addition to the mineral resources herein de-
scribed, there are enormous supplies of asphalt,
shale, clay, glass sand, building sand, gravel, sand-
stone, granite, gabbro, limestone, marble, Portland
cement rock, gypsum and salt, besides smaller de-
posits of iron, manganese, tripoli, novaculite, volcanic
ash, and small amounts of several of the rarer ma-
terials.
In its natural resources, Oklahoma stands among
the first in the states of the Union. While not con-
taining an abundance of the precious metals, its re-
sources are varied in character and are very valu-
able, and the State is rapidly growing as a mineral
producing and manufacturing center. While there
has been such a wonderful growth in the develop-
ment of natural resources, there has been so little
done, that no one can estimate either the amount or
the value of these resources. The discovery and de-
velopment of these materials in the State have added
to the building up of great enterprises which have
brought millions of dollars into the State to be in-
vested in economic interests which are paying hand-
some dividends on the money invested.
The valuable resources of the State must be in-
vestigated and attention called to the need for de-
velopment. This is the work that the Geological Sur-
vey is trying to accomplish. It endeavors in every
way to bring these materials to the notice of investors
and to interest capital in their development. You are
invited to write to the Oklahoma Geological Survey
for information on the State's resources.
OKLAHOMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.
The Constitution of Oklahoma in Section 37, of Article
5, provides for the establishment of a “State Geological
and Economic Survey.”
In accordance with the Constitutional provision, the
first Legislature of the State of Oklahoma in 1908 escal-
lished the Survey by Senate Bill Number 75. This act
created a bureau to be known as the “Oklahoma Geological
Survey," under the direction of a Commission, known as
the State Geological Commission, composed of the Govern-
or, the President of the State University, and the State
Superintendent of Public Instruction.
The official staff of the Survey is provided for in the
act, and the Commission appoints “as director of the
Survey, a geologist of established reputation, who may
with the approval of the Commission, appoint such as-
sistants and employees as may be necessary to carry
out the provisions of this act.”
Field work has been in continuous progress since State-
hood and Blore or less detailed work has been done in
every County in the State, and the results of the inves-
tigations published in reports and virculars. There have
been about 40 publications issued and a large number
of other reports are in course of preparation.
The work of the Oklahoma Geological Survey includes
a study of the geological formations with special reference
to the mineral deposits and the consideration of such
other scientific and economic questions as shall be deemed
of value to people of the State. In addition to the pull-
lished reports, a large number of maps have been issued.
and information is now available on the geology and
natural resources of every County.
Information concerning the State's resources may be
secured by writing to the Oklahoma Geological Survey at
Norman, Oklahoma.
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OKLAHOMA MINERAL PRODUCTS SINCE 1901.
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OIL AND GAS.
The first attempt at oil and gas development within
the present limits of the State of Oklahoma was made
in 1884 by the drilling of two wells in Indian Terri-
tory. One of these wells was drilled 20 miles north
of Tahlequah and the other on Clear Boggy Creek
about 14 miles west of Atoka. Neither of these wells
produced more than a showing of either oil or gas.
In 1894 the Cudahy Oil Company drilled two wells
near Muskogee but no active development took place
in this field until 1904.
The Red Fork-Tulsa district was opened in 1900
and 1901.
The first record of any oil being produced in Okla-
homa was in the year 1891. Records show that a
total of thirty barrels were produced that year. No
active development took place, however, until 10
years later. In 1901, 10,000 barrels were produced.
In 1914 over 100,000,000 barrels were produced. At
the close of 1920 a total of over one billion barrels
of oil had been produced with a total value of more
than one billion dollars. -
Drilling for oil and gas has been done or is now
being carried on in every county of the State.
The total production in Oklahoma for 1920 was
103,087,400 barrels, an increase of 14,127,800 barrels
over 1919.
The total value of the oil produced in Oklahoma
during the year 1920 was $347,355,400.00, an increas
of $190,824,500.00 over the preceding year. -
During the year there were approximately 9,100
completions of wells, of which about 75 per cent were
productive of either oil or gas.
The amount of commercial gas produced was in
excess of 70,000,000,000 cubic feet, having a value at
the well of $10,500,000.00.
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COAL.
The coal fields of Oklahoma are located in the
east-central and northeastern part of the State and
include an area of about 12,000 square miles.
Coal is being mined in 13 counties and the mines
include shafts, slopes, and steam shovel open pits.
The United States Geological Survey has estimated
the coal supply of Oklahoma at 79,000,000,000 tons,
and the Oklahoma Geological Survey has placed the
present available supply, under present mining con-
ditions at 8,000,000,000 tons.
Several beds of coal are found in the State, vary-
ing in thickness from 20 inches to 7 feet.
Beds near the surface are worked by steam shovels,
and the deepest slope and shaft mines extend to
depths as great as 600 feet to 1,000 feet below the
surface.
Oklahoma produced 2,875,675 tons of coal in 1919,
valued at $12,077,835.00. It is estimated that 4,200,-
000 tons were produced in 1920.
LEAD AND ZINC.
Northeastern Oklahoma has rapidly come to the
front ranks as a lead and zinc producing district.
The activity in prospecting, mining and milling in
Ottawa County has surpassed that of any lead and
zinc district.
The total zinc shipped during 1920 amounted to
6,275,560,500 pounds, valued at $17,350,000.00.
The total amount of lead shipped in 1920 was 130,-
950,500 pounds valued at $7,250,000.00.
The total value of lead and zinc for the year
1920 was in excess of $24,600,000.00, a decrease in
value of about $5,000,000.00 over 1919.
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