The Holbrook news., 1919-10-31


 Directors a Rig of Adamana Co. .
 one instance has been positively analysed parafne base oil Three of the wells now drilling have encounter ed shaes sands having oil content although not of course in commercial quantities at the depth encountered The fourth we'll drilling in not yet at sufficient depth to expectation of these indications but undoubtedly will encounter them depth increases.
 DRILLING SCATTERED
 Four wells drilling strip twenty-two miles in extent and in line with the famous Great Holbrook Antcline The Adamana is at the eastern end of this series of wells with the Hopi-Wind River some seven
 miles northwestery the Holbrook Oil Company well three miles west of the Hop and the Black Canyon we'll ap proximatey seven or eight miles west of the Holbrook The Zuni Oil Company has spotted it's well what is known the ''North Side, few miles north of the station of Adamana Thus the field with the addition of the Apache Oil Company well, which will be spudded some twelve miles southeastery of the Adamana we'll the field should be thoroughly tested Several more rigs early prospect and preparations under way present for the erection of the derrick of the seventh well in the field 1srss
 IMMENSE FIELD
 In addition to the patented and deeded land in the County of Navajo 4000 locations have been filed Government land embraced in the county limits. The endorsed field is immense and while varies from the cangular will measure some forty miles long by twenty five wide the south side of the River, while the pro- spective field the north side will be probably forty mes.in length.
 FOUR DRILLS WORKING
 The companies present active in drilling operations are the Hopi (being drilled by the Wind River Company the Adamana, the Hobrook Oil Co., and the Black Canyon Syndicate These four will be agumented in few days by the Zn which expects to spud about the 4th 9th of November and the Apache, making preparations to drill with most of the equipment ready for work
 & THE HOPLWIND RIVER
 The Hopi Oil Company, S. G. Mayfeld President and Thos. McCauey Secretary the first to spud in awel in this field the location of the well being the Great Anticline, Section 21 Township 15, N Range 19 east Start operations the approach of the extreme y cold winter year and from another indirectly due the ncement weather and the prepara tions which necessarily not complete before the hardshps began the progress not rapid could have been wished In the late spring of this year con- tract was entered into with the Wind River Producing and Refining Company for the further drilling and completion of this we'll and this company has been in charge of field operations snce the well at present having attained depth of little over 2400 feet At the 2000 foot mark the drill encountered what known among oil the Pennsy clover seed sand which is convincngly indicative of producing field Water was encountered about this time and underreaming made necessary From tests made of the sands they found to have an oil content which shown from chemical test and the oil content of the drngs has increased with depth. Opin ions of geoogsts that commercial oil would be encounter ed from 2500 to 3400 feet have made late operations of the company of supreme interest Whether oil will be produced from the present depth whether 1t will be necessary to drill through the Missssppian red wall lime formation varously estimated at from 600 to 800 feet thick is question only those conversant with actual con
 ons at the well answer but suffice to say that the showngs made in this well have convinced the most
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