El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-12


zmouE the weeks development in the
central Texas oil field was the blow
Ing In Of tire Rock well Thursday and
OF the 10. . Jones well Friday even
ing. both being big producers from
the top or the sand and IN tho Ranger
pool and the disappointment in the
30. Z Bourland well, seven miles
southwest OF Eastiand; also the No. 1
Goss wen OF the Humble company IN
comanche county. east Of Rising star,
missing the deep sand.
Flows 1900 Barrels A Day.
Tie no. . Jones wei is an offset
30 tire Howard wen. one and a half
miles northwest Of Ranger and his
the top Of the sand at $500 feet and
Is glowing 1900 barrels daily. The No.
Rock well OF the Magnolia company
IS about one half mile west OF the
Howard and about the same distance
northwest Of the No. 1 Jones we'll
The Rock well IS making $50 barrels
an hour. This well filled two 1900
barrel tanks Friday. The bringing
n q the Rock wei extends the pool
northwest by a half mile.
HeAAA4AH III % Na-lAf@ INC
30. q B0urland wen was given a shot
~ $50 quarts q nitroElycerine at q
depth ~ $500 feet, the object being
10 loosen up 30 feet OF hard sand that
the driI had cut through but the in
rfcarfors are that the wen viii be
- entire disappointment as the well
is not showing any signs OF produc-
Eou
One Big disappointment.
Possibly the biggest disappoint-
-leur Of the week was when the an
uouucement WAS made that the No. /
Goss wen o. the Humble on and Re
fsnilE company, located in the eN-
creme LorthUel-eru corner or Co
uraueLe county and east OF Rising
star six miles, had passed out OF the
slack lime az 2510 feet ana that the
lrlL was cutting a black shal5 or
slate The elevation Of the Goss well
IS said 20 be about 200 feet lower than
trae OF the Duke well which hit the
black lime az $3.50 feet and at 20 1eeL
in tle black lime or at depth Of zieo
feet the Duke well hit the big nov
~ oil and Gas that was q surprise 10
the on craft
According TO geology, the Goss well
8 located I'm the CDmancheau cretace-
Gus formation. where il breaks
through the Pennsylvania formation {
The geological map as published BY
the university OF Texas shows a big
break in the Pennsylvania formation 4
which would indicate that the GOss
wen is not on the Pennsylvania Tor 4
nation This vel, however, VIII be :
drilled 20 a depth Of $500 feet before O.
Il Is abandoned. as that is the depth 4
the contract calls for unless produc-
zion IS reached
go Wells In Eastland County.
IN Eastland county alone, in the
central Texas oil field. there are to-
Gay go wells developed or in some
progress Of development The devel-
lBmeut program is SO gigantic and
the progress so rapid that the figures
following may not be absolutely accu-
rate. but they are approximately cor
recL
- Are Producers Already.
The development OF the go wells
En- Eas-iand county may be divided
into the different stages as f0llows-
Total compilations a. Of which u are
cry holes and - are producers at n
profit. Wells completed 20 the top
u che sand. but not yet drilled into
tie eand but which have been drilled
20 a depth that production is assured
Nun Der IS. Wells that are in the ac-i
-raI stage Of drilling number 142.
while the number q locations made
on which derriclzs viii be erected OF
already are under construction and ]
On which drilling VIII soon be under
way number 50.
Average Cost, s5O,OO0.
The average approximate cost oLl
u---ting down a deep test IN this fieldi
IS $50 900 and figuring from that basis
The money expended I'm Eastiand :
county alone the first year for de-
Feloumeur VIII reach S12.00e.o0os with
an estimated daily production from
this expenditure Of from $4,000 to
l98.e9G barrels daily. CT with a yearly
prod 1cri0n Of 100000 barrels or
more for Eastlaud county alone IN
licarious are that Stephens county
VII be Just as big in the way OF pro- (
luctiou. hit with the development
program today about half that Of
ne Interesting feature OF the dry
holes in Eas-laud county, outside Of
tfelr cost. IS the fact that almost all :
~ them are located in the break In =
the Pennsylvania formation 70 the
south and southeast OF Ranger. Heref
are the wells that were the disap-
pointmelts and their location; The
Prairie ccmpany's r A Wick well, q
east q Ranger Two and a half miles; ;
the Prairie companT's jack Phillips ,
lEeil, three miles east and south OF
Ranger the Texas and Pacific Coal :
and OH compa1T's Pitcock well. two :
miles southeast Of Ranger; the Texas 7
ard Pacific Coal and oil company's &
-. A. Huffman vel, one and three
quarter miles southeast OF Ranger
che Texas and Pacific Coal and OIL
c1upaly's Y. r. Cooper well 10. Q
one and three quarter miles southeast
Of Ranger. (thls wen Is credited with !
about q quarter million feet OF gas)- Z
the Gladstone G1l and Refining COM Q
pauFs Ray wen on a town lot in :
soul heastern part Of Ranger the Sea
man on company's vel, two miles
west o. German. the Texas and Pa 3,
eific Coal and OH company's judge
Corners wei, three miles north Of
Ranger. Cthis wen is still drilling at a C
depth OF 300 feet but the oil men I
consider it a dry hole as the greatest j
depth that production has yet c
been discovered in this Polol was s
on the Howard at depth G
u 15l1 feet); the Prairie com
pang's T. Fails well. about four miles I
southwest OF Ranger, Cthls well was d
abandoned al $3.50 feet): the Texas
and Pacific compauy's S A. Berry 2
rei. five miles southeast OF Ranger: q
the Tidal OIL cOmpany's Underwood
ven. - miles southeast Of Ranger. z
ard the Atlas on compsny's No. / {
sfann wen, g miles southeast Of G
Ranger II e. expected however, that z
@ DRY hole VIII be picked up occa-
Eionally On what may be termed
proved territory as no oil field vet
developed has proved 9th srWise.