El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-02
HEAVY 6USHER
IN CLAIBORNE
Three Factors Combine to
Keep Down Production
In Louisiana Field.

Shreveport. la, Dec. "A 10000
barrel well has been completed By
Eastman and Barnes at a depth OF
2o7o feet It is the company's shaw
No. S. in section 30-21-7. Clai-
borne parish The well Is shut down
for storage facilities
The Sims Oil company's McClung
well is attracting much interest 1t
is in the Claiborne district and has
Enormously been reported as a com
pletion Of $4,000 barrels. The well
is not yet IN. but is expected in al
most any moment A number or
other wells ia this district are at
tracing much interest as they ap-
proach the production level
Steel Kings iu Field.
Charles n SchWab, steel magnate,
and others have purchased the hold
ings Of George Baird, in the north
ern part Of section 24-21-8. Clai-
borne parish. for the consideration
Of $4,000 an acre This Is the high
the Claiborne field
In Pamela county, Texas. just
across the Louisiana-TeXas state
line, the Gulf Production company
has purchased the holdings Of Louis
Werner. The company is planning
an active drilling campaign for this
new property. In Pamela county
drilling was started several years
ago, with the sinking Of the well
north Of Joaquin Much validating
has been under way since that time
throughout the county. Ten wells
are now drilling.
Fate Takes Hand.
Three factors are keeping Clai-
borne production doWu-ina bility OF
the I. & n. W. to handle the traffic,
embargoes at the hreveport end
OF the line and insufficient eurip- /
ment. when these three factors are.
removed definite production Of the
field viii be known, and the present
production Of each OF the recent To- 3
900 barrel Eushers viii also bel
known At present the production oil
the Homer field cannot even be {
guessed
while pipe lines are available to |
car for a large part Of The produ.es-- I
ton. they cannot be utilized until
equipment IS provided to receive the |
oil transported
The l. & A. and v. s & P are
handling an average Of 50 cars. or
10000 barrels. Of oil lay. Both
lines have loading racks capable OF
handling IS cars DAY. but the car
riers cannot furnish that number Of !
cars. Shreveport railroad yards are
jammed with the worst blockade the
cltv has experienced In 20 years
Carriers refuse TO accept too mucn
crude, not wanting 20 have it stalled
in the Shreveport yards.
Drilling viii be started soon In the
Delhi district. according TO informa-
ton received here. Leasing has
been very active IN that territory, [
and It IS hoped that a field may be
found there which viii equal or rival
the field in the eastern part Of the
state.
10 prospecting for oil has been
carried on On the Delhi section so Z
far. Two years ago company
drilled a shallow wei on the Epps
land. II miles north Of Delhi. but the
never made public The vel is now Q
capped and IS about as important as
a rock or tree Biologists have re-
ported favora bly, on the vicinity sur
rounding Delhi
Shreveport Grows Rapidly.
Growth OF Shreveport during the
last several years is Illustrated BY I
the recent sale Of two lots for 500 I
900 which were purchased several
years ago for $500.
The lots are at the corner OF Nj Z
lam and jefferson streets. which IS
now an Industrial section When /
the lots were purchased g was q !
residential section
Considerable comment is made on
the Homer field. because there wood
IS used for fuel, gas and oil being
used very little OIL gushes from the /
ground in giant producers. flows
over storage tanks. fills the bitches
and basins and stains the vegetations I
By the surrounding farmers.