El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-04-30
.SHALL0WFIELDI5
N0NPR0DUCING
Putnam Field in Callahan
County Has Gas and Oil
Producing Wells.

Putnam, Texas, Nay S0.-Wfrh Z
profitable shallow field already as
sursds with one well producing 100
barrels OF oil and several million cubic
/ feet OF natural gas daily; With several
tests drilling or located that viii 90 as
deep as the Ranger sand or deeper:
with practically every acre Of land
under lease for oil and gas purposes
in a region ten miles wide, the Putnam
field OF Callahan county probably is
attracting more attention Of major
oil operators than any other west Of
Eastland and stephens counties in
Texas.
Col Z. Y. r. Green. railroad opera
tor, Of New York, and Col j. A. Kemp.
Il-lllC nalre railroad builder and oil op-
orator OF Wichita Fails. Texas, are
contending for honors in this new dis
LrlcL Kemp 4 heu are back OF the
test being drilled by r. o. Harvey and
associates on the Mc1athy tract near
Putnam. Green's first test is 10 be
drilled two miles south OF Putnam, on
the 10000 acre ranch Of r. F. scott, OF
Paris Texas.
To Develop Shallow sand.
Cosden and company, Of Tulsa. pio-
neer operators Of this field, in 1916
drilled q Wen TO $500 feet and aban-
dOned IL in the black lime That was
long before the Texas & Pacific Coal
through the black lime and found oil
1t is q noteworthy fact that probably
a dozen deep tests in different parts
Of west Texas structures were ahan-
coned in this lime on the theory that
il was Improbable and PROBABLY had
no oil o. gas sands below It At $50
LeeL the Cosden company passed
through a sand that Il was estimated
would make 25 barrels Of oil and
lilltsu0O cubic feet OF gas The sand
was c1sed off because the company
had set out for q deep test. II is now
proposed by Kemp & kell and prob
AMY some other operators 70 install
q number of star rigs this sumner and
develop this shallow sand.
At 100 feet the Cosden company
passed through another sand esti-
mated to produce ten barrels OF oil and
sand at 2SeO feet appeared good for
100000 feet Of gas. AS showing a
trend OF oil sands along this struc-
rure, that IS apparent across SHACK
el-ord county 20 the north, Max Elser,
OF Fort Worth. and associates q few
years ago drilled TO 240o feet a few
miles northeast OF Putnam and found
both OIL and gas in small quantities.
Adams Drills NJ 900 Feet.
The Alamo Petroleum company IS
drilling az $500 feet on the Hart ranch.
The Roxana Petroleum company Is
The Humble OIL and Refining company
has located on section sos, one mile
northwest OF Putnam The Pierce
z ordyce OIL company IS rigging Up for
a test on section 1S5- The Onio Cities
Gas company probably VIII drill IN
section SO OF its block Of 1000 acres I
-osden has = location on large block
three miles west Of the Kemp and Kell
well Kemp and Kel and the Texas
company are 10 soon begin drilling
lffsets to the wen already producing T
That well Is 60 be given a shot as soon
IS everything e in readiness and OF
7r1tors believe that me production
VIII be increased to at least 400 bar
-els- The Roxana. three and half
niles northeast has location that
under SIS contract must be operated ]
this summer. This company has four
surrounding Putnam One Is north
east. one IS southwest, one Is north
and one Is west
Other Big Lenses.
George Clifford. Of Fort Worth. gen I
zral manager Of a traction company. 7
has a block OF leases Just ABOVE the
tumble tract on which he expects 20 i
lriu this summer Dallas capitalists 4
ave a tract including section Il. on
which drilling must begin by July. The ]
school house block IN the town of Put Z
IAN has been leased 10 Ranger men Z
M-aAU lQ4AEr OF eau. Al acre anu d
m annual rental o. $3.50.
That Callahan county IS 10 get q big I
llay this summer ts evidenced by the .
act that every day from ten 20 =
biologists OF the big companies drive .
lut OF Putnam Every day the town /
S visited by superintendents. scouts .
md other representatives Of moneyed /
interests.
shackeiford Has Made Money.
Chiefly responsible for all this actiT- I
II is Pierce Shackelford, Of Putnam. I
young man who just three years out 4
y school. has made q fortune much /
arger than the average man makes /
n a lifetime Shacllelford 'smeIledn !
he possibilities Of oil IN his commu-
lity three years ago and Immediately /
llunged into the leasing game. He has /
sased and turned hundreds OF thou I
ands Of acres during that time and 4
las been the lease representative Of /
iearly every big company that &C 4
luired acreage here
Back OF the Immediate activities 4
.era, however were Max Elser. OF 4
Fort Worth. who IS years ago obtained I
III leases IN Callahan county and who /
u one time had 5000 acres under /
ease IN Callahan and Shaclreltord I
ano r. L Mobley. now a no ]
tel owner OF Cisco. Texas, who ten
-6ars ago was proprietor Of the IA /
nous mineral water hotel at Putnam 4
Probably no single individual in west I
Texas has held so doEEedly 70 the I
theory that this Is an oil region as
ir. Elser, and for IS years he has paid I
entails on blocks Of this acreage Some /
u Il that cost him 10 cents an acre he Z
sold for $65 an acre. Much Of It he I