El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-28
COUNTY
FULL Of WELLS
Drilling Goes On in Every
Part Of New Section
of Oil Field.

Henrietta, Texas. June 27.-Almost
every acre in Clay county on which a
test could be sunk now has a derrick
on it and drilling operations are going
on in every section OF the county. oil
men believe that there Is no doubt
that oil will be found in practically
every section OF this county.
The Scaling or corporation has
made a new location in the southeast
corner Of the sealing ranch. three
miles south of the derrick which they
have Just erected in section II. H T.
& B. railroad land, 20 miles south OF
here. The derrick for the new loca-
ton viii pHpbably be up in very
short time. The test on section IA is
expected to spud in within the next
few days This company expects to
drill three deep tests on their ranch.
PAM has now completed its derrick
on the n. Boldly ranch. IN block q.
Angelina county school land. seven
miles northeast OF Henrietta. and its
rival Of drill and other necessary
tools.
Two miles northeast of Byers. IN
Byers Brothers subdivision the South
west National Petroleum company IS
drilling a deep test on the R. L
Lyon land. The well began with a
% inch hole and is now drilling at a
depth Of 1920 feet. The most note
worthy sact in connection with the
drilling OF the test is that the com
pany has brought a California rig TO
its location. This rig is the heaviest
over brought to the territory.
After casing off strong flow OF
water encountered at a shallow depth,
the Misley Mining OIL and Gas com
pany has resumed drilling on the Dr.
Edwards ranch, section Z, II E. F. P.
& P. railroad company, four miles
north OF Henrietta
The Luna Oil company on the Luke
Zihlman tract. two miles northeast Of
Windthorst. has q derrick partly up
and tools on the ground for the be-
ginning Of their deep test
The rig IS completed for the deep
test 20 be sunk 10 a depth OF $500 feet
by the Peters eager OIL and Gas as
ISOLATION on the northeast quarter of
section p, Montague county school
land. Joe Douthitt tract This test
is located on the highest point in Clay
county. known as ''Cueba Dome"
The Big Six oil and Gas company
will begin drilling on their deep test
on ". E Collie lands. block g.
Graves subdivision. three miles south
OF Henrietta, just as soon as the der
rick can be completed The contract
reads that the we'll viii be sunk to a
depth of 4500 feet
The National OIL fields company IS
drilling at 1910 feet on the Wiley
Morse survey in block 1o2. Liston sub
division. There are three derricks up
on the Stanfield ranch in the north
east part OF Clay county. one OF which
IS the National Oil Fields company's
test The others are being operated
BY the Weyman Oil company and c.
z. Burlingame and associates.
The Clayco Oil company has made
location for well on the Polzin place,
six miles southeast Of Henrietta
The West Three state Oil associa-
ton has timbers on the ground for its
well 10 be sunk on the northwest cor
ner Of James King survey. on the
Higgins ranch This location Is about
six miles east Of Henrietta.
The rig Is up and tools for tempo
rary use are on the ground for the
test 10 be sunk on the Pool farm by
the Thornberry Oil company.
Six wells are drilling in the Charlie
district Some OF these have reached
the interesting point in their opera
tons. II is expected that a number of
wells viii soon be completed in and
about Henrietta district Tanks have
been placed nearby for immediate use
and pipe line connections viii be soon
ready