El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-05-31

able to get through the quick sand,
which is encountered at $500 feet and,
after getting three strings of casing in
the well, it was abandoned for the well
on the right side of the draw, which is
now known the capped we'll" A
bit was lost in the first well that was
started and the rig was moved over
few feet and operations again started.
This well was put down 1900 feet, &C
brding TO the head driller. The log
T neither well was available.
-Four months ago, operations on this
felI suddenly ceased. The rig and
lower plant was dismantled and moved
across the draw. The casing was cap
ped and the cellar covered over.
Think Oil Is There.
All kinds of rumors resulted Some
said a gusher had been struck Others
said that the company was forced to
stop work or bring tn. well in, thing
which was least wished for at that
time. The real reason for the removal
Of the rig and the Gaping of the well
seems to be that the Texas company
found sufficient indications OF oil in
the I6GO-fOot well to warrant it's con
tinued operation in the field. Wishing
to prospect. it abandoned the well tenn
porarily in order to get a line on the
formation of the field and also 20 see
If the formation differed any in other
parts Of the field.
In the meantime, the Texas company
is securing all of the ground possible
IN the vicinity of the we'll in addition
to the three sections. less so ceres.
which we're acquired from Capt Ross.
the company is said to have control OF
at least 80 sections of the land, either
by purchase, lease or acquisition from
the state. The Withholding of the min
eral rights on some of this land by the
state has complicated the matter con-
siderably and it is probable that the
legislature will have to take action to
properly define the rights of those
holding grazing rights TO the mineral
rights Of the land.
The FL Paso party which investigated
the field. has acquired approximately |
$500 acres of the land in the Toyah |
field OF this amount Il. r White and |
II. B. Stevens have Is 90 acres. the en- |
tire amount having been purchased !
through the DeShazo realty company, |
which arranged for the trip to the |
TOyah field
No Excitement.
In TOyah the excitement over the oil |
field is conspicuous by it's absence. |
Men owning several sections of land in |
the iateineighborhood of the field |
talk of selling il as If il was so much |
pasture land. and there seems to be no |
real excitement over the results the |
Texas company has had out in the COW
ranch to the northwest OF the town.
In fact the disposition among the Toyah |
people is TO discourage any boosting Of
the oil field. One business man said
that while he was confident that the
Texas company had found oil in the
capped well, 1t was get to De determined
whether it was there in commercial
Quantities and SINCE that company had
invested 100000 : in prospecting the
ield, it should be gwen the first chance !
It anything which might result from
he prospecting now being done.
The presence of a party from east
Texas, which arrived IN Toyah Tuesday
morning and left Friday. caused the re-
'ort to be circulated that the Gulf Re
lining company was investigating the
Ield. The presence of another big OPP
rating company in the field is just
fhat is not wanted by the Texas com
any, and the gum Shoe policy of the
evelOping company has been increased !
ince the investigators arrived The |
'exas and Pacific has also taken a large
ection of its land off the market in
he immediate vicinity of the wells. and /
can no longer be purchased for So
n acre as formerly.
Land Increases.
While the Toyah people are inclined
, be under enthusiastic about the field, J
hey are letting no gramma grass grow
| the immediate region Of their feet
scti0ns are being acquired wherever {
ossible. and those who OWE land are
skiing from $40 TO S25 an acre for it.
= it in single acres or sections The J
sneral opinion among the FL Paso (
arty which visited the oil field Sat
rday was that while there Were no di-
,ct indications of oil there, the pros }
,ctS were such as to make the strik- I
g of oil there within the next 60 | :.
lys almost a certainty, provided the
'illing is continued.