El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-13
Oil Journal Says Texas Com
pany Is in Market for 200
Miles of Pipeline, Maybe
to Run From Toyah to FL
Paso.

| not the Texas OIL company SuSpends
operations in the Toyah oil field, the
faith of the people of Toyah that there
is oil in abundance here will not oe
shaken in the least.
In fact, the suspension of operations
will be welcomed except possibly by
those who have land or options on land
in the oil belt. who had hoped to sell
at fabulous prices to the Texas, or some
other oil company
1t is generally conceded that the
Texas company is acting wisely in re-
fusing to develop its property here un-
til the mineral rights laws of the state
are so amended as to give prospectOrs
| for oil or other mineral products some
| rights in their discoveries, if they make
| discoveries. AS the law now stands,
! the owners of the lands control the
| surface only and have no rights in the
| minerals which may be found beneath.
As set forth in a recent article in
! The Herald, if mineral of any kind, in
| Guiding, OIL is found, the land or the
| right to take therefrom any mineral
| products may be sold at any price the
| commissioner of the land office may in
| his judgment see fit to put upon it and
| there is a chance that he might put
| sucnsa price upon it as to make opera
ton of the mine or oil well prohibit
tive.
: That the Texas company has found
oil in such quantities as to make the
! TOyah field commercially valuable is
very firmly believed by Toyah people.
| Though the officers of the company
| say but little oil has been found in
the three wells thus far put down, it
| is pointed out that for six weeks past
the company has shipped no oil to
! Toyah TO be hauled 10 the wells to be
]
| TO the putting down of well No. I.
! which is now capped and on which
| operations have ceased, for the time be-
| ing at least. This is the well which
was fenced and posted in effort 10
! to prevent inspection by the public.
Storage Tanks In Field.
Storage tanks have been set up and
connected with the well by means of
pipes, through which the oil is carried
to the tanks. This well is producing
all the fuel needed in the field for drill
ing
The Texas company is said to control
about 100 sections Of land by lease or
purchase. and it is asserted that it has
its brokers constantly on the lookout
for any other land that may be picked
up al a reasonable figure. This fact
strengthens the belief that the company
has not only faith in the field. but that
it knows that oil is there in paying
quantities.
Others In Field.
The Texas company does not have
the Toyah field to itself. Though the
first to begin operations, and though it
has already spent large sums of money
varioUsly estimated at from 100000 to
$4,000 doing development work and
in the purchase and lease of lands,
other oil companies are active in the
matter of securing oil lands. The
Prairie Oil and Gas company of Okla
homa has had a man in the TOyah field
for some time past and this representa-
tive has picked up a number of de-
sirable pieces of property for his prln-
cipals. The Guffy Oil company OF
beaumont has spent about $4,000 for
oil lands within the last few weeks
One tract Of so acres was bought from
Z. G. Doty of Pecos at S77.50 per acre,
and two tracts of 40 acres each were
bought from F. z. Kistler of Toyah and
J. z. Brown of PecOs, respectively, At
$3.50 per acre. Several other larger
tracts were picked UP at various prices,
but none so high as those just quoted.
4 Pipe Line.
A recent article published in an oil
journal regarding the Toyah field in
commenting upon what was being done
by the Texas Oil company said among
other things that the Texas company
was in the market for 200 miles of pipe,
presumably for the Toyah field" TAX
ing it for granted that the statement
is true, it would seem that Ell Paso
might be the objective terminus of the
proposed 200 mile pipe line, as there
is no other market nor no other city
so desirable as the site of an oil refinery
within 200 miles of Toyah
While the oil companies are active |
in a large way, an independent concern |
has set up a rig almost within the |
corporate limits of the city and has
begun drilling for oil. believing that |
the oil belt extends far beyond the !
limits set by the biologists who have |
mapped out the ground for the big |
companies.
Boring for Water.
Regar dless of the reckless rush for !
oil there are those who are busy boring !
for water suitable for drinking and for |
culinary purposes T. X. Byers' a
wealthy Dallas man, who has a ranch |
IL miles from Toyah., found a flowing |
well of pure water last Friday at |
depth of 6S6 feet. This has encouraged |
the city authorities to make another |
attempt and a rig is being put up |
in the center of the intersection Of the |
two main streets, where drilling will |
be begun as soon as the apparatus is |
in running order.
TOyah Coming to the Fair.
Toyah will be represented at the FL |
Paso fair by an exaibit of agricultural |
and mineral products, including oil, and |
by a showing of range fed and bred |
cattle that will outshine the excellent |
exhibit made by this portion of Reeves |
county at the fair last fall Though |
the Toyah Commercial club, which |
helped get up the exhibit last year, has !
gone out OF existence, Frank E. Kistler, /
Charles NJ. Tinnin and others among |
the younger business men, assure the |
management of the fair that TOyah will !
be well represented in Ell Paso this fall, |
not only by means of exhibits, but by /
attendance of Toyah people as well.