El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-17

considered very likely that good pay
ing oil viii be struck when they drill
through this blue limestone formation,
so the oil people say.
Plans Pipe Line.
This company's object is 90 develop
flow Of oil sufficient TO pay IL 10
build a pipe line TO the railroad. and
the company has the machinery and
equipment sufficient to 80 20 that
depth which it has every encourage
large quantities VIII be obtained L.
A. Stemmous, OF Dallas, president Of
the company, is not Of the opinion that
shallow oil iu very great quantities VIII
be found here, yet in some sections
Of the country he thinks there may be
other Coke county wells considerable
shallow oil has already been found,
but Mr. Stemmons and other oil people
believe that the deep oil VIII be found
in the most paying quantities.
Tucker Wei Derrick Completed.
The ll2 foot derrick for the Tucker
oil well NO. =, on the Harris ranch.
south OF Robert Lee. IS finished and
the machinery is now being placed I'm
position. All OF the machinery for
the we'll including 1000 feet OF drill
casing, has arrived at Bronte, and IS
being hauled out as fast as teams
and wagons can be secured
Field manager W. j. Long is push
ing the work along. and expects to be
gin drilling iu q very short time. Et-
ficieut drillCr. machinists and other
workmeu are on the ground and a
cooking establishment and tents have
been erected near the vel site for the
accommodation Of the workmen.
The Tucker company has one OF the
best oil drilling outfits in the country
and expects. with It's experienced help.
TO dig a deep well and bring In biz
gusher.
skinner Well Work Resumed.
Mr.. skinner, after a few days alb
sence, arrived Tuesday from Comanche
and has begun pumping out the well
on the lIcCabe ranch where the shah
low oil was recently brought in. He
is having some difficulty in getting
the casing hauled out from san An
gelo. as the wagons and teams are all
in use on the farms Oil is stul be-
ing pumped by the windmill from the
AcCabe water we'll % yards below
the skinner we'll
Mr.. Skinner expects 20 develop
enough oil in the next few weeks from
this shallow oil well 20 furnish all OF
the well rigs in this county with fuel
oil
Burdett Co. TO Start June -.
The Burdett OIL company. with Of
fees I'm Fort Worth and Chica 20.
viii be on the ground at Bronte with
machinery ana NALeE 4ElAlLuE equip
ment, ready for business by the 2Sth
Of this month.
The company viii put down its first
deep test well somewhere iu the vicin-
ity OF Bronte. This company has IN
der lease approximately 81, 900 acres
Of land in Coke and Nolan counties.
r. S Huffman, OF Fort Worth. viii
be IN charge OF the operations in Coke
county.
Well on 1IcCrovven Ranch soon.
Upon good authority DO is reported
that within 60 days a well will be
i'm progress on the McCroweu ranch.
ten miles from Robert Lee. I'm the
western part Of the county.
Another deep test wen outfit Is
scheduled 20 arrive in this field dur
ing the next six weeks To has not
been given out just where the site for
this wei viii be located
Leasing Continues.
Leasing in this county for oil de-
7elopment purposes continues and
county clerk Roy Taylor and his dep
uties are kept busy recording oil
leases Land has been leased I'm prac-
ucally every section OF Coke county.
some large companies. including the
Texas OH company, are looking this
way and closing up leases san An
gelo parties have leased land in Coke
county for mineral rights.
Real Estate Going Higher.
At this place the values of real es-
tate are steadily climbing. higher
Small places en- Robert Lee have dou
bled in value since the oil operations
began in this field. Many pieces Of
ground have been Withdrawn from the
market and are not now for sale at
their property at three times the nor [
NAL price