El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-27
Keen Interest
In Oil In The
AYizOna Field
-Four Wells IN Progress
Near Winslow and Pros
poets Good for Others.

winslow. Ariz.. Sept. 27.-Excite-
ment is growing in northern Arizona
in Winslow. the santa Fe railway di-
Vision point, and at Holbrook, the
county seat Of Navajo, over oil
Practically every acre OF patented
land has been leased either By drill-
ing companies or men ueslr illl5,.-' 70
speculate or later release 10 orllllns
companies. II is also learned from
the state land office at Phoenix tnat
All the. state and school lands have
Ions since been leased lor OIL ana
Gas rights It is also authoritat1vely
stated that all the government land
has been located for oil, gas anu
placer locations. and duly. recorded IN
The county recorders office
Land has even been located ana
leased north Of the Santa Fe tracks
and some leases have been made down
In the syncline, south Of the main
structure. as recommended BY geolo-
sists.
Leases and land values. however,
are vet very reasonable par nc ul-I4S
TO drilling companies that viii agree
! to enter into an agreement TO arm
within a reasonable time Speculative
/ prices run from 50 to SIS per acre. &C
cording to uearness TO operations
! Oil men expect the price 70 advance
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siderable progress and GOOD signs o.
a proven field
There are six rigs up and four are
actually operating, and making pros
ress.
timing company. which is drilling the
? Hopf acreage on a percentage basis,
was shut down for more than month.
and was delayed more than 10 days
! in reaching the bottom OF ne vel on
account Of caveins and bridges rms
well IS now cased off and is making
good progress. the last authoritative
report being $3.50 feet. This riE
passed through three oil sand stratas
and had some free oil al 1850 feet
/ The Adamana Oil and Land COM
pany- drilling with star rls. IS now
drilling through blush shale Lnat
has considerable oil showing This
well has had more or less gas The
depth is not quite 1900 feet
Going Down Rapidly.
! The Holbrook oil company mas the
most efficient standard rig on the
field. and although this rig has only
operated 50 days since its erection the
depth is now 452 feet, and il IS eN-
pected that the upper formation %
conino (whitel sandstone VIII be
nassed within very few feet when
much bigger footage viii be made.
The Black Canyon sydicate IS
3 7rilling on the western sector win an
; 0kel core drill. and has been making
very good time The rig has been IN
I operation less than SO DAYS ana lne
! last depth reported was $50 feet. some
delay has been occasioned by crew
/ Ices which were cemented OIL
Although these companies are max
ing reasonable good progress ana
there is no doubt but the rig OF the
Holhrook or company VIII ID 1e , ae.e 70
( reach the pay sand, the big interest
is the fact that large deals are now
pending with many leasenolders win
large companies
big Companies Interested.
Z The Allen OIL company now has three
linen here. the Sinclair syndicate has
lone. the Commonwe Petroleum
company has advised that IL viii
again have two Representatives mere
within a couple OF days. al neosllat
ling for acreage for drilling. Il IS
Iauthorftativelv stated that biologists
! Fred Craise, C. E. Howard and "
lCarlton Packard have spotted specific
well sites for their respective COM
lDanies There seems no doubt but
what the three companies ana very
likely the General Petroleum company
land the Hurst Keughan Drilling COM
panv viii be drilling on this field
before many months, as it now seems
assured that suitable acreage viii be
/ In addition to the six rigs on the
IlelQs seven COMPANIES nav e DSl ~
Eanized and promise drilling in the
not distant future The Chevelon OIL
( company has spotted its well site Just
I south Of Winslow, the Shamrock, just
north OF the Adamena rig. the kia-
tawa Oil company in the same neigh
borhood and another company insists
that il viii drill at OF about section
p, township I north, range p east
Biologists Numerous.
The fact that more than 20 geolo-
gists have passed favorably on the
main anticlinal structure and that the
] logs Of the deeper wells are confirm
ing the predictions Of the biologists
: is encouraging Some Of the geolo-
4 efsts who have passed on this field
| are Mai Eaton, Hager, Puffinberg
II Johnson. Baird. Gordon and Beeler
/ and more recently, Packard. Matte
III Howard and Craise, all men Of note
in their profession