El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-19
OIL MEN AWAIT
KINCAID WELL
Great Interest Shown 0w-
ing to Production on
Top of Sand.


Ranger. Tex, Sept 1s.-Much ex-
element prevails in this vicinity
where oil men are waiting with inter-
est completion OF the Ardizone Brader
Oil company's test on the Kincaid
tract. The well is now making daily
flow OF about 400 barrels from the
TOD OF the black lime. It is believed,
however, that when the well is COM
pleted the production viii increase
Up to this time the production on the
Kfncaid tract has been small
The Kincaid tract is just west OF the
500 acre holdings OF senator Brels-
ford, on which a 20 barrel well is
flowing The senator has recently
sold the royalty in an undivided 100
acres out Of this tract for the sum
and constellation OF $4,000. His we'll
which is $40 feet east Of the kincaid
tract is not included in the recent
transfer. After the news Of the Kin
caid we'll had circulated. the senator
rejected u number Of offers for other
royalties at the same price.
The Ocean Oil companys well on
the Brooks heirs property is flow-
ing 1900 barrels at total depth Of
34I4 feet
Wells Flows 1900 Barrels.
On this same property, in the south
west corner, four and a half miles
north OF Eastland, the Southwestern
Oil Development company's well has
encountered a producing sand at a
depth OF 1855 feet The well is now
flowing 1900 barrels per day and Is
showing much gas at a depth OF three
feet in the pay sand. Owing TO the gas
and oil pressure II is impossible to
keep the drilling tools on the bottom
Of the hole and for that reason drill
ing has been temporarily abandoned
At a depth Of IS feet in the black
lime at a total depth OF $3.50 feet, this
well flowed 500 barrels by heads for
several days, before the big pay was
encountered.
Barclay ct ais well on the ]. ".
Turner tract, offsettlng the Pleasant
Grove cemetery lot is making 200
barrels OF oil on top Of the big pay.
Balentine's No. on the Pleasant
Grove church lot has a fine showing
Of oil on top of a lime formation en-
cOuntered at $500 feet. II is believed
that the big pay in this test viii not
be encountered until the drill has
gone at least 100 feet deeper.
The Empire OIL and Fuel company's
test on the Peoples tract is expecting
to reach the big pay at 1855 feet The
drill is rapidly approaching this deptb.
A fine showing Of oil was encountered
on top OF the black lime
Flow Pays nj 2G7s Feet.
The Humble Oil and Refining COM
pany's F. S. Davis No. B.. in the
Desdemona district is making 1900
barrels from the black lime pay at
267S feet
In this same district the Texas
company's No. 8 G. y. Grice IS max
ing $50 barrels Of oil after being shot
with 80 quarts Of nitroglycerfn at
from 1853 10 $3.50 feet. The No. G.
\. Grice, was shot from 1888 TO 269S
feet, but nothing has yet been learned
OF the condition OF the well.
The Magnolia Petroleum company's
P O. Harris IS making IS barrels Of
oil from a IS foot sand encountered
at a depth Of 1875 feet. Its Rock
wen Is making so barrels from a 9
foot sand encountered at $3.50 feet
The Cosdeh OIL company has added
two more good gas wells to its al
ready long list OF gassers- These are
the C. c. Holcomb, which encountered
the gas sand at 1888 feet and after
drilling four feet shut down until the
casing could be set; the J. A Beard
well which reached the sand at 1910.
Casing is being set at 1888 feet The
first gasser Is making 1000. 900 cubic
feet per day and the second is max
ing 100000 cubic feet. E?