El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-10-15


nas been leased
niles salt water on the Terrell lease
which is persistently reported e. DO
other companies. affected BY the re-
port tour OF the field viii show
these facts 70 be incontrovertibie and
should set at ease any fear existent
IN the minds q timid Investors
representative Of the oil and ea1 de-
partment q the Texas railroad ccrn-
mission 90 on the ground who VIII
insist that laws relating TO salt wa
70 may be wen 70 mention at this
tine that no vel "a the field has
ever flowed salt water. In the wells
On which e has appeared the water
either has been sTabhed or bailed.
All the salt water wells have been
are no scattered instances OF salt
water appearing elsewhere 10 the
field.
Fifty Two Rigs on rounsits.
To settle another point in question
for the readers Of this article, it may
be understood that there are exactly
81 wells and rigs on the townsite.
Out OF this number the actual pro-
oucers that Is wells that i1 some IN
starces have and "a others may pay
returns on the Investment are. The
Riley on the Daniels Tex-OEla Drlli-
ing and Development company. Masco
6 IaxHels Walduu OH and Gas.
Planeti Tennessee OIL and Refining
company. Union OIL and Refining No.
3 Henderson Gasoline and Refining.
ana the skeiley- Sankev. These are the
Only wells IN the lowrsitc that may Be
called pay wells The others. those
who we're brought IN were inc0nse-
quential producers and with their
present production would require 8
"a |HHTH arH |a|aH
q drilling There are also six rigs I'D
Tor some time which never had the
tools placed IN them. Lately three
rigs have been torn down and THIS
marks the beginning OF townsite
proper abandonment.
The field north. east. south and
west continues TO show I'D well and
production the past week was greatly
improved. Something better than 5000
barrels was added TO the production
figures.
Good Wen Brought IN.
The best Wen o. the week was the
Crosby No. g on the Putty tract The
wen Is good for 1000 barrels md como
IN unexpectedly. The pay was struck
az $3.50 fcet Thc well IS situated I'D
the northwest corner OF The tract and
about one and one-hllf miles from
Desdemona- The Ed Putty lease ls
now producing e000 barrels Of Oh
The second best producer was the
szeiiey- sankey No. on the Anderson
tract This wei o. located on the
northwest corner and touched the
sand at 1850 feet. making $500 barrals
me well e offset By the Magnolia Nc.
8 Woodward on the west and AGAIN
offset BY the Mayfair No i Anderson
BY the Midlothian No. Manning. The
oEelley- Sankcy wen proves uD tarrl-
tory north and west Of the Comanchs
Home and tho TOWNSHIP This makes
four wells that the company has drill
ing on this tract with inree rigs wait-
ms Tor tools. y has two rigs on he
way, making altogether II locations
and 2 production of 5000 barrels.
The Effen OIL company's No. ]
Naming WAS among the last arrivals
q the week coming III with 600 bar
rels production. The company'a 40. z
also struck the sand ana Is flowing By
heads at the rate az 200 barrels It Is
shot.
Another wen OF considerable pro-
portions IS the Eosedale No i on the y.
o. Beardou tract which ls doing a
coed 500 barrels. TIE company has its
rig up on !ts No. 9. Reports persist
that this company may sen its entire
holdings 70 eastern capital.
Two other wells complete the list
up 70 Thursday evening. The No. 6
Cosden on the Hamilton tract is said
20 Be good for 400 barrels az a depth
or zoo feet. The last well 70 Be re-
ported Is that Of the Desdemoua Pc
trcleum company which fs making
100000 feet Of gas with 1000 feet %
OF standing in the hole This well is
known as No. shellenberEer and lies
zoo feet north o. RanEtr-Rock Island
No. l. The vel VIII be drilled "a FRI
day. Production WAS found with the
drill six inches ia tho sand.