El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-23

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I Paso. selected two drilling sites last
week in the northeast quarter OF sec
/ tion 30. township . south, range 8
| east, in what has come TO be called
the Huec0 Bolson. in Utero county. n.
/ n. and two miles southwest OF FL
| wood station on the Il Paso and
J Southwestern railroad
start TuIarosa Wen.
In the Tularosa Basin proper, in
I OterO county. n. NJ the Valmont Iu-
larosa Basin Oil company spudded in
I last week its first we'll This well IS
I in the center OF section IS, township
IS south. range 8 east. just north OF
! Twin Buttes, and about four miles
west OF Nalmont The rig IS said to
be capable OF going 1000 I5et. but the
/ expectation is that oil VIII be struck
between 1000 and 5000 feet
II is said that probably half a dozen
concerns are planning to drill in the
neigh bOrhoOd OF the TalmOnt well in
the very near future
The Southwestern Tularosa IS a To-
cal company that has secured claims
IN the Iularosa basin and is planning
TO drill at an early date Local cap
ital is back OF the project.
On the west side or the Tularosa
Basin. and in Otero county. and east
ward from Las Cruces. the ". y. Cox
the W W Cox ranch This is also
TO be a deep test.
IN Las Cruces, Dona Ana county. Up
the Rio Grande valley. a number OF
oil companies have been organized to
exploit prospective oil lands in the
Tularosa Basin 50 called, farther
north in the valley named Several
companies are planning to drill in the
latter basin It IS understood that
Dr. h v Patrens EeoloEisr from
Golden. Colo. recently examined that
particular section, studying its oil
probabilities
A company composed OF AlagdaIena-
Socorro and Deming- " ". cattlemen.
and called the Magdalena on com
pany. is planning to exploit a possible
oil territory westward from Magda-
lena in Socorro county. n Il
Columbus has Wen.
At Columbus, Luna county. y r.,
the alley OIL company. E c. Kniffen.
general manager and promoter IS the
persistent pioneer concern in the OIL
game. The well is down about $500
feet. now a AZ inch hole When 1lr.
Kniffen was in & Paso last week he
said that results OF the drilling ars
still encouraging
-Four miles south OF Dsming. also
in Luna county, It is understood that
the Texas Control company recently
took over the C'Brlen wen which was
put down 500 feet for water with
is awaiting the arrival Of a standard
rig to continue the we'll
The Deming Bisbee OIL and Rein
Ing company recently selected a drill
drilled a water we'll built camp
houses and has derrick timber on the
ground The United States Oil com
pany. which was drilling near Bowie.
ARK. for oil, has combined with the
DENIM -Bisbee company. according 20
report The United states company's
well near Bowie IS reported TO have
resumed drilling about two weeks
ago. after having considerable trou-
bic with collapsed casing.
In Mckinley county. n NJ. about
50 miles from Gallup. there should be
drilling for oil going on. but there
has been no definite news from that
section for some time
The Canadian American Oil and
Leasing association recenrlv took over
the E G. 6affety well. 500 feet deep
and his oil holdings and leases. az
greEating 5000 acres at Oscura.
western Lincoln county. n. NJ When
IN 81 Paso few DAYS ago Mr. Raj
aEreed TO get TO work drilling on the
wei at an early date.
There have been a number q re-
ports Of prospective drilling opera-
tons about 10 start in Guadalupe
county. in territory said TO be most
promising for OIL
Report Gas in Union.
In Union. QUAY. Curry and Roose-
welt counties there have been frequent
reports OF drilling operations about 10
be started An unverified press dis
patch from Santa Fe last Saturday
said II had been reported that a
strike OF wet gas had been made IN
the American Refining ard Producers
company OF Wyoming well at 925 feet.
This well IS being put down in Union
county. 30 miles east Of Roy on the
Dawson railroad between Tucumcari
and Dawson
'wildcatters" Of the Texas fields. are
said 20 have started vel near Tu-
cuwcari. Quay county.
The Clovis OIL company OF Clovis,
Curry county, IS drilling at fabian,
Roosevelt county It is said that the
Carter OIL company has about 100 600
acres Of leases In Roosevelt county.
other contracts 70 drill have been
made in this county. including that OF
the Great Western at Elida. now drill
ing
OF the extreme northern counties Il F
is reported that the 2. T. Williams OIL
company OF Denvar and WyominE viii
probably test out a section Is miles
whore Il has leased 20o.0o0 acres Of
oil rights on the TERRA Amarillo
grant- It Is claimed that machinery
has been ordered IL Is reported that
the Snencer interests have taken over
the Mesa VERDI company's two wells.
one 1145 feet and the other 1910 feet
deep. in San Juan counts together
with an oil lease a~Cre9 dting 5000
acres OH was struck in both wells
mentioned.
The real efforts 70 get OIL IN New
AfeVico are now being put forth best
and In greatest number n Eddy coun-
" in the Pecos valley. with at least
two efforts In Chavez county to the
north. where the Lincoln well near
lake Arthur. and the well It Kenna.
IS said TO be nrogresefnE IN Eddy
county the Illinois Producers COM
panv IS drillinE at DAYTON and has
resumed work on ITS wen ut Lake
vvnr1- seven rrflrS routh The latter
wei was e1oo feet deep when a string
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