El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-23
DRILLING
IN NEW MEXICO
Rigs Are Set Up'and Drills
Sent Down in An Eff
fort to Secure Oil:
Continued from Page One

OF tools was lost in the hole ana Work
was stopped for time
The same concern that owns the
Lincoln well in Chavez county re-
Gently bought the Belt well, really an
artesian we'll about three miles east
ward from Dayton. but which has al
ways produced considerable OIL
The Eddy on company has rig al
the old Craigie place on South seven
rivers, about eight miles southwest
ward from Lakewood
The Kansas-New Mexico Oil com
pany is said to have a rig on section
1e. township 20 south, range % east
southeast Of Lakewood.
The West Colu.lbia Trans Pecos Oil
company, headed by c. NJ Watson, is
reported as having received at Loving.
Eddy county. a rig TO drill on 5000
acres, Mr. Watson is said to have
there. Mr.. Watson recenaly made a
deal TO take over the Wei known
Brown well, the artesian well north
east Of Dayton, Eddy county, which
produces from 20 10 40 barrels OF oil
daily, together with about 1000 acres
Of oil leases in that vicinity, but at
last accounts he had not begun any
operations at the wei named.
Standard Oil in Game.
The Carter OIL company. reputed
subsidiary Of the Standard Oil com
pany. has. according to a Carlsbad re-
port. received a rig at that place pre-
quarter OF section Z, township p
south. range 26 east. near Mckittrick
Springs. The Carter company was re-
ported some time ago as having pro-
cured oil leases on $50. 900 acres east
Of the Pecos river in Eddy county.
The state OF New Mexico has leased
the oil and gas rights on several hun
dred thousand acres Of state lands
and the privately owned lands leased
for the same purposes are probably
Up to several millions.
Down the Pecos river valley, into
Reeves county, are the Sunshine OIL
company corporations operations near
Pecos city. The Laura well, six miles
from that place, is a Il inch hole,
down now about 1900 feet This COM
pany has star rig drilling its King
well. about half way between the
Laura and Pecos. This well is to get
the shallow sand struck in the Laura
at 500 feet The King should be down
$50 feet at least by this time. Just
over the Pecos river in Ward county
two and a half miles south of Quito
IS the Sunshine corporations Victory
well. which has been equipped for a
second deep test, except that its en-
CINE had not arrived at last accounts.
Near this wen the same concern has
second shallow test down $50 feet.
This concern. which has its principal
offices in FL Paso. has over $780, 00n
acres OF oil leases in Reeves. Ward
and Loving counties in the Pecos val
ley Of Texas.
Coming west OF Pecos on the Texas
& Pacific railroad to Toyah. in Reeves
county. the Troxel OIL company. head
ed by c. r. Troxel. is preparing 10
start another deep test about Il miles
from that place. It Is said that some
shallow tests are under way in that
section.
Near Marathon. Brewster county,
Texas. on the G. r. & s A. railroad.
the Hargrs well No. 1 is renorted to
have spudded in on july "a. The Am
Oh company was reported a few
days ago TO be unloading materials
for three derricks. one for well five
miles north. for a second y miles
northeast and for a third SIS miles.
southeast OF that town