Arizona republican., 1919-02-09
WORK PROGRESSING IN OIL DEVELOPMENT
 IF HOLBROOK FIELD
(By James F. UBrien, Asstant Secre-
 tary Chamber of Commerce.D

(By James F. OBrien, Asstant Secre- !
 tary Chamber of CommerceD
 HOLBROOk, AriZ., Feb. S.-Among | the oil men from the older fields who | have come to HolbrooN recently to look ] into the oil possibilities of this sec tion. Is W. II. Hickey. of Shawnee, ! Oklahoma. That he was satisfied with what hc saw and heard while in the field is evidenced by the fact that, be- fore leaving. he tied up considerable land which he figures on developing.
 Mir. Hickey has operated in the Okla homa oil fields for a number of years and has also spent some time in the ranger field. It is because he sees a great similarity in the geological for nation and surface indication in the Holhrook field as compared with the Oklahoma and Ranger fields. that he decided to invest here. He was amazed at the biz prices asked and obtained in the Ranger field and. while he does not pretend they are unjustified. he wants Co get in closer to the ground floor, as he did here. He says that with the development of oil Holbrook will go through the same experience as Ranger.
 Senator <. G. Mayfield. president of the Hopi oil company. has just re- turned after a hurried trip to his South Carolina home, where he was called | to try an important lawsuit On his way back he stopped over and made a ! careful examination of the Texas fields ! of Brownwood. Ranger and Eastland. ! The senator says the half has never 1 been told of the Texas fields and. | speaking of Brownwood in particular. ! |.
 duplicate of the Holbrook field. with it's fumeroles and other indications of oil and gas
 Senator Mayfield is again at the ! Hopi well and will crowd work to the limit Recent rain and snowstorms have been of great benefit to him and other oil operators. as they insure a bountiful supply of water for some time to come. No stock in the Hopi Oil company has been sold to the gen. eral public up to this time. practically the entire cost having been borne by Senator Mayfield himself.
 Tho last load of material for the standard drilling rig of the Holbrook Oil company was landed at the site of the we'll last Saturday. This site was selected by Prof. Major when he had practically the entire field to choose from. and it's possibilities are believed to be of the best. The management also announces that it has secured an- other rig which will shortly be placed on another section of their ground about four miles from town and near where the Apache oil & Development company recently spudded in it's first well From surface indications the territory in the vicinity of the Apache is considered most promising and the Holbrook oil company will help to prove it up.
 The Adamana Oil company is still in the hard cap rock which extends from the surface to a depth of about 400 feet. but the drillers are now mak ing much better progress. While this hard cap rock is very hard on the bits and makes drilling quite slow, it is looked upon by the geologists with great favor. To them it carries assur- ance that it has sealed in what oil and gas were ever in the ground, while a softer formation would have allowed it's escape. Col. Puffinburg. the com panys geologist. has written from his oklahoma home that he will be in Hol- brook for visit of inspection as soor as he recovcrs from the "flu." and if the letter he reiterates his confidence that oil will be struck in the well now being drilled.