Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-05-30
Remarkable Demonstration in
New Peoos Valley District !;
Visitors Amazed at Showing
Made.
OUTLOOK BRIGHT FOR
STEADY PRODUCERS

pure stuff There were fuliy COS peo.
pie present. and they went wild The
htrnnEerH tmore than half those pres.
tntj Wsfe enthusiastic, az they netei
before believed that the oh was here
IN such qnantlty; and probably a6
cations were carried away IN small
Niain. The demonstration this time
was nnder the auspices 90 the cham.
Der Of commerce. and each guest
WAS presented with a small aonSenli
OF the new Oh field. This was u vel.
low banner two inches long. acros,
the TOP 81 which was printed the word
Artesia. just below this was a amall
bottle Of crude oil. tied with green
ana white ribbon, the cOlors Of The
chamber. There were probably a
hundred kodnks, and everybody "Roi
q shot" as the gusher was permitted
70 spout fot several minutes I'm order
that the demonstration might be ab.
solutely convincing. after which the
now was turned into the storage
tanks.
Dr. S. a. Blrchfleld Of Tausvllie,
Pa, who has taken tease on many
thousands % acres OF oil lands In the
Malaga section, WAS here recently,
accompanying Senator w. m. An
drews. The doctor stated that ha had
much confidence In this field. and
that he would return here shortly
and make n long stay
senator W. n. Andrews has been
here Tor several days. leaving sunday
evening FOR the south. hut he viii re-.
turn Ia a few days 70 remain some
time. He IN here In the interests Of
Pennsylvania OH producers. securing
leases and options He represents q
strong company and whenever their
holdings are sufficiently large. drill
ng Is 10 begin. He said 20 the writer;
Nothing doiHg--in politics. But Ar
tesla surely has an ois field. There
Is no ground for gainsaying this. The
OH world IL now looking toward Ar
tesla Ia BRING Ia a blk field very soon
and ! believe you will do i1---indeed.
you have an oil field To-Day. and with
the large number of operators here
and the drilling going ON Il should
not be- many months until your out
put Is quite large.
The OIL lease ON goo acres OF thc
Dausherty place having expired to-
day. the representative 81 the Doheny
company. G. ". Troxei, paid cash
bonus Of &3f0 for a 9O-duy extension.
There IL "a working clause In this
lease.
Leonard Buchanan. representative
OF the Guffey company. leased 100
acres IN 22-18-2b. lying quarter OF a
mile west OF the Dohcny holdings; the
lease reading from ". :. Dnugherty
60 l. &. Hansen. The 0uffey COM
pany Is not chartered as yet 90 op.
crate Ia New Mexico; but as Mr.. Blu
chanan IL wei known here as an old
time regular scout FOR the Guffey peo-
pie. II Is generally believed that this
concern " beginning to take hold here
A "A G.... IA
lease. MIR. Buchanan did not dis
close any plans Tor the future.
r. n. ReQua ana W. 8. Parish have
organized the Requa- Parish OH Co.
A derrick Ii now being esected under
the supervision of Jake Bumpas on
10-1S-2e. A complete string OF drop
tools II now en- route for this rig.
Parish II prominent official in tn,
Texas company. lie has visited this
field many times. and said 10 the
writer on his last trip that the field
was here and would probably be
very good one n the nrtesian water
IL demonstrated IN the well being
drilled BY the DOheny company.
where there was no trouble whatever
because Of the artessan water, though
the water sand was heavy when u
was struck. But every precaMtion
al been taken In advance and the
" alter was cased out 50 quickly that
II hardly had time 10 flood the hole:
since when drilling "a greater depth
has gone ON steadily. II Is undoubt
eddy the case that Parish and nssocl-
ates have nj last determined To- go
ahead; and Il Is gratifying because
they have large holdings Parish
owns personally more than 10000
acres 81 oil land on the east side Of
The Pecos river. opposite Artesia
Judge Ino Loveioy Of Houston.
head Of the pecos Valley oil and Gas
was here for several days
and made Il number Of important
10 the writer. II ann more
than pleased with the development la
this field" the Judge said. hia COM
pany Is operating on larger scale
than All the others; Il nov owning and
operating the Brown we'll. when =
about 100 barrels Of oil
per day; the Everest well. also pro.
Queer: the Martin lease. whore ro-
tary tools are now down over 200
feet. and with derricka on the Altus
lease and the Preacher lease. each 81
tho latter TO be equipped with tools
this week and drilling begun.
~ have had up wish AIR Rrinker
Of the Santa Fe." said Judge l.oVeioy.
"the question Of freight rates, and
he has made freight rate from Ar
tesla that for the present Is very sat
lsfactory In this matter ~ adjusting
lates the Santa Re officials have act
ed very promptly. ana have shown
h desire 10 build up what they call
the new Industry Of the Hccof VAL
lev a. soon % the production ~ OF
iustifies H. Mr. Brinker notified me
on May IS that they were ready 20.
take up the question or pipe line
from the Oh field "a Atoka.' "a switch
In the outskirts % Artrsia.l with
loading facilities az the track This ~
very grasifying. and " we develop an
Oh field here ! look forward 20 the
most harmonious relations between
the operators and the Santa Fe rail-
way, and one that WIN be mutually
ana resulting IN the furn-
Ishlng To- the people Of New Mexico
aud tho Industries up and down the
pecos valley cheap fuel. which VIII
insure prosperity. this * what tho
state needs more than anything else
now.
Development work h now progress.
Ing very rapidly The company has