Bisbee daily review., 1912-04-13
AGUA CAL|ENTE
 THOUGHT GOOD
Writer Tells of What He Learned on Visit
 Buffalo Bills
 Property IS DOWN 1S6 FEET
(Yuma Sum-


 The writer, who has been keeping in touch for the past year with the possible development of oil in what is known as the Agua Caliente oil field, on his recent visit to that Ia. nous spa had an elegant oppor' tunity to learn at first hand just what the Moctezuma Oil company IS doing towards the development of the field.
 ] II. Tait is the resident manager of the company with headquarters 3t Tucson. He arrived at Agua Caliente the day after the arrival of the writer and was forced to lay over there Tor a few days waiting for teams and ma terial which had been ordered. Mr. Tait is not an enthusiast but a conservative business man and what he told us has in it much or the probable.
 The Agua Caliente oil field, which is in fact the Eagle Tail Mountain oil field, is about nineteen miles by waS on road due east Of Agua Callente springs. The oil bearing land lays right under the shadows of tne maJes- ! tic face of Montezuma which can be seen for dozens Of miles by the tray eler as he approaches the springs from any direction.
 The Montezuma Oil company IS really the Buffalo Bill Oil company as he is the leading spirit in the en- terprise and has interested ID the de velopment of the field through the Montezuma company some ten pr i twelve very rich men in New Iork l and Kansas City, all his old triencS. They have all kinds of money, III fact money to burc" and if they do not develop oil they will not miss tAe outlay, but they are going to develop I oil if there is any iE the field. | The company holds by right of io- cation two full sections of ground, or | I,2SO acres.
 When Mir. Tait was placed ill charge he was given instructions 10 get the best rig in the market anu | get oil if it could be found in the field. He purchased and now has on | the ground the finest and best oil rig ! that money could buy We could not describe it as he described 1t to us | but it Is big and heavy and strong | and will put down hole to depth, ] if necessary, of 4,5eQ feet. | The well has been driven to a depth of 1S6 feet. The going was I easy and rapid progress was made i out water had to be hauled several miles and it became necessary to suspend operations for few days pn Til additional teams could be secured to haul it.
 The ground so far penetrated has | l. ,T. haF pNnRRfRn "A five hundred feet MT. Tait expects tc develop water and from that time ou progress will be rapid.
 Experts who have been over tnC ground are Of the opinion that higt grade Of parafne oil will be deyeUpc at from J,2OO to l 800 feet. If it De comes necessary the drill Will be sem down the capacity of the rig.
 MT. Tait is sanguine of the results The company behind bia is Serl rich, they are not selling stock' Hh less some one close by should wan to take little flyer"
 If it should happen that this wei should develop oil there Will De on ol the biggest Tushes to the Easi' Tai Mountains and one of the great est oil settlements of the last tei years. Many peep | dlc NoI>H4H5
 Montezumd company. All ot tn
 ground near by has been located, bu
 no development work done.
 Within the next sixty days MI
 Tait. unless he should meet wiH some unforeseen misfortune. will dro
 his drill far below the point wher'
 the oil bearing sand should be 70
 cated Keep your eye on the Agu'
 Calente oil field and the Montezum
 company.
 From the point where the Gila riy
 CT debauches into the Colorado river four miles above Yuma, to the NeV
 Mexico line. experts have fouhd eh
 cellent indications of high grade oi | II one good well is developed, as nov
 seems most likely, there will be sucI an oil excitement iI the Gila valie
 from it's mouth 10 it's source as Wi
 do the soul good to see.
 Keep your ear tp the ground 70
 verily believe that something big ! going to come out of the Montezum
 well in the Eagle Tail Mountains.
 Dr. J. A. Ketcherside ana Bob AT
 derson are both largely interested |
 this company.