The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times., 1919-10-09
AMARILLO OIL NEWS

The Plainsman made trip to the
oil activities north OF the Canadian
this week and found the various tests
going forward steadily. The per.
manent work being done in this way
of water mains and gas lines to the
various locations are proof enough
that this section is going to be
thoroughly tested for oil before many
months.
At the Ranch Creek Well being
drilled by Haygood, the father Of Am
arillo's gas field, we were asked to
come in and see the operations il
we were willing to take all risks. y
We accepted the invitation and found
the veteran drillcr Wood handling the
screw. He wasn't jouncing the bit
down very hard for there was about
three million feet of gas coming up
the ripe and all it would have taken
to make real downtown" fire,
would have been a little friction spark.
The drill was being worked in gray
ime about 2400 feet in the ground,
and when the bit was pulled out about
| 100 feet Of the cable was coated with
heavy oil caused from whipping
against the sides Of the hole which
passed through several feet Of hard
| oil sand last week. Mr.. Hapgood
said he did not know how much that
sand would have yielded, II "shot,"
but as he had a splendid hole so far,
he was going to make real test well.
II he does not strike a good oil sand
deeper down, he will come back up
and "shoot" the sand that he has
gone through. II smell and gas and
indications generally mean anything,
we believe this well will bring in oil.
II may be in the next few days and
it may not be under $500 feet, but
we're betting a good Irish potato
Chats the most valuable thing we
know of that Ranch Creek No. l will
hit pay dirt. Under present condi-
tions it is very dangerous for out
sders around the well and we think
Mr.. Hapgood is doing the right thing
| for safety when he turns away vs-
itors. A lighted match within a hum
dred feet Of the derrick would be as
dangerous as it would be in q powder
magazine. We neaxly forgot to men,
tion that Ranch Creek has already q
perfectly good flow of gas "Branden-
headed" between its IL and s-inch cas-
ings that when turned on shows a
twenty million foot flow with an 800
pound rock pressure. This will not
interfere in any way with the bring
ing in Of an oil well in the same hole
The rig on the location for the Park
well, section s, just four miles west
OF the Ranch Creek is being erected
The derrick is finished and some of
the pipe is on the ground. We did
not find anyone there but we are told
this will be combination rig and that
work will be pushed as rapidly as pos
sible.
The three gas wells of the Amsril-
10 Oil Co, are finished and capped
and ready for commercial use as soon
as connected up to the city mains.
The rigs are being moved to new To-
cations TO the east and south about
three miles where oil tests will be
made. These wells are being drilled
by Jones Bros.
The Haines well on the Trigg ranch
is setting its 8-inch casing so that
the gas flow can be shut of and util-
lied for fuel, after which drilling will
be resumed at 2540 feet.
The well at Pullman is down about
400 feet and going good with a ro-
tary.
The Bivens No. /, being drilled by
Jones Bros. for the Amarillo Oil Co.
south of the river, reports a showing
of oil sand and gas at 1885 feet. Drill.
ing will proceed in the hopes of find
ing better sand.
The Purvines Well is down 400 fee,
with the casing stuck in quick sand
One bit was lost in the sand and
can't be found, it having broke loose
from the cable.
The Palo Duro well is l1S5 feet
down and the last 25 feet has been in
blue shale, under which it is hoped
will he found oil sand.
The Happy well is down 600 feet
and manager Miller says the drill
passed through an oil sand last Fri
day. II was not enough to stop for
however, and work is going on.
Leases took a wonderful squirt upon
the report of oil in the Ranch Creek
well last Wednesday. They went
as high as $3.50 for offsets and quite
lot changed hands at from s75 to
800.
Interest in leases around the Tur-
key Track is becoming general and
when work actually starts on the
Coble- Haywood we'll there is a chance
for considerable activity. II is hoped
that this we'll will spud in by Novem'
ber l5th.-The Southwest Plainsman
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