Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-02-10
HOLbRO0k OIL
FIELDS APPEALS
To OLD TIME rs
Men Who Have Operated in
Oklahoma and Texas Find
Indications Of Great Posi-
biIitieS in Arizona Field.

tsssciAt coHHEspoRnEncE TO MORNING JOURNAL
Holbrook. Ariz., Feb. 9.-Among
the oil men from the older fields who
have come to Holbrook recently -
look into the oil possibilities of this
section is w II Hickey or Shawnee,
Okla. That he was satisfied with
| what he saw and heard while in the
field is evidenced by the fact that be-
fore leaving he tied up considerable
Fland which he figures on developing
Mr.. Hickey has operated in the oil
fields for q number of years and has
also spent some time in the Ranger
Held. 1t is because he sees great
similarity in the geological formation
and surface indication in the IIol-
brook field, as compared with the Ok
lahoma and Ranger fields, that he
decided to invest here. He was amazed
At the big prices asked and obtained
in the Ranger field and while he does
not pretend they are uniustified, he
wants to get in closer to the ground
floor as he. did here He says with
the development of oil Holbrook will
go through the same experience as
Ranger.
Senator s. G. Mayfield. president
y,
returned after a hurried trip to his
South Carolina home, where he was
called to try an important law suit
On his way back he stopped over and
made a careful examination of the
Texas fields of Brentwood, Ranger
and Eastland. The senator says the
half has never been told of the Texas
heids and, speaking of Brownwood in
particular, he SAYS: For all the world
it is depulicate of the Holbrook
field, with it's fumeroles and other
indications of oil and gas
Senator Mayfield is again at the
llopi well and Will crowd work to the
limit. Recent rain and snow storms
have been Of great benefit to him and
other oil operators, as they insure
bountiful supply of water for some |
time to come. No stock in the Hopi |
on Co. has been sold to the general |
public up to this time, practically |
the entire cost having been borne by |
Senator Mayfield himself
The last load of material for the /
standard drilling rig of the Holbrook |
on Go. has been landed at the site 1
of the well last Saturday. This site ,
was selected by Prof Major. when he |
had practically the entire field to
choose from, and its possibilities are
believed to be of the best. The man
1gement also announces that it has
secured another rig which will short
~ be placed on another section of |
their ground about four miles from
town ana near where the Apache Oil
lhd Development Co. recently spud-
led in its first we'll From surface
the territory in the vicinity
Of the Apache is considered most
promising, and the Holbrook Oil Co.
will help to prove it up. ....
The Ada-nana Oil Co. is still in the
lard cap rock which extends from
he surface to a depth of about 400
,eet but the drillers are making much
better progress. While this hard cap
'ock is very hard on the bits, and
makes drilling quite slow, it is looked
upon by the biologists with great fav-
N. 70 them it carries assurance thas
t has sealed in what oil and gas were
'ver in the ground while softer for
nation would have allowed it's escape.
Sol Puffinburg, the companY's geol-
,eist, has written from his Oklahoma
lome that he will be in Holbrook for
1 visit of inspection as soon as he re-
toyers from the FLU and in the let
er he reterates his confidence that
oil will be struck in the we'll now be-
ng drilled.