The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-02-20
MEETING WITH SUCCESS.
Senator Mayfield's Oil Company
Drilling Wells in Arizona.

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McCauley came in from the oil well
of the Hopi Oil company, south OF
Holbrook, Monday. They report ev-
thing as running nicely and that
drilling is being pushed as fast as
possible on the property. The eX-
tremely cold weather that has inter-
fered with them for the past month
is now thing of the past, which is
source of considerable satisfaction.
The snow of the past few days has
been welcomed and its falling has
not stopped operations for a minute.
It has been a wet, heavy snow, con-
tanning lots of moisture, and this is
rapidly melting and running into the
company's large reservoirs, affording
plentiful supply of water, some
thing that has been greatly needed
in the boring operations.
The gentlemen say that it is the
plan now of the company to keep
continually at the work of drilling
to the oil, and with the good wealth
er that is to follow there is little
doubt but that the determination OF
the. existence of oil in that area will
soon be demonstrated.
The geologist of the company says
that the first oil sands will likely be
reached at a depth of from 500 to
500 feet. Not a great deal of oil is
expected at this depth, but the fact
that it is encountered will be suffi-
cient to instill renewed energy on
the part of all those who are operat-
ing in the district. 1t will not be
long now before this depth is at
tanned, and considerable interest is
being felt throughout the district is
the bore is being pushed down.
The Hopi company has nearly 49,
900 acres of land scattered through
out the district, a fine Standard drill
ing rig in operation, and the open
ing up of a producing oil we'll any
wherein the district will be of great
Importance to the company, as its
holdings will be tributary to most
any of the rigs that are drilling.
The fact that they anticipate en-
countering the first oil sands at
from 500 to 800 feet is based by the
.geologist upon the formation and
the operations in the San Juan
! 4feld in Utah, north of here. The
Holbrook oil belt is considered but
a continuation of the San Juan by
the biologists of the country, 8 and
in that section they have encoun'
tered these sands at lesser depth
than that stated.
Mr.. McCauley says that the hard
formation that they have been drill
ing through ever since starting the
bore seemed to. have softened ur
considerably last Saturday, though
whether this is simply soft. streak
or a permanent thing will have tc
be proven. On leaving the camp
Monday, though the drills were
dropping steadily, Mr.. McCauley
neglected to ascertain whether or moi
the soft formation is continuing. Al
any rate, if it is, a great deal faster
work may be expected than has beer
possible at any time since the vel
was begun.
Senator Mayfeld has got strictly
into harness again since his return
from South Carolina last week
where he went to try big lawsuit
in the courts of that State. He tried
his best to get out of the Job, but his
client, an old-time friend of his, in
sisted so strenuously that the sena
tor felt it incumbent upon him to go
and thus leave the we'll for a short
time, which he was reluctant to do
The senator's heart is in the drilling
of the well of his company and it i!
with great reluctance on his par
that he intends to let anything in
terfere with his presence on tht
spot. He can be found at any houl
of the day, in overalls, as hard a
work, as any man in his employ. i
is fact that if anyone wants to SCI
Senator Mayfeld from this time OF
he will have to go out to the Hop
well to transact his business.-Hol
brook (Arizona) Tribune.