The Winslow mail., 1920-05-07
BIG OIL INTEREsT-FIvE RIGS
OPERATING; ONE RIG IDLE, AND
OTHERS TO BE ERECTED SOON.

Much interest has been shown re-
Gently by Winslowites in the oil field
auto parties visiting the fields and
operating rigs quite frequently. Sat
urday two auto parties made a tour
OF the field and the operating rigs on
the main anticline structure, the par
ty included Eli Hosler of the Win
slow Mutual Oil Association. e. A.
Sawyer and Julian Harbfn of the
Wnslow Oil Company. Lloyd Keith
OF German, Texas. r L. Keith Win
slow magnet and other parties, names
We failed to secure
The Adamana we'll is making good
progress with Roy Doughman in
charge who impresses us as a we'll
Qualified man for the place. Dough-
man has had long experience in drill
ing oil wells and as yet has never
drilled dry hole or has been con-
nected with failure. The bailings
of the Adamana look very favorable
ana encouraging indeed.
The Holbrook Oil Company is work
ing 16 hours per day with Messrs
Carl and Hastings in charge of oper-
ations. This well still retains q II 1-2
inch hole and the company is amply
financed.
The Black Canyon is pounding
away and making depth, although
rather slowly. but it. seems surely
This is closed company in fact a
syndicate and no stock for sale. The
directors are much enthused with the
recent showing of gas and tests of
oil in the slush.
We are informed that the Zuni on
the Painted Desert, is again operat-
ing, and has now passed 400 feet
with ten-inch hole.
| The Aztec Petroleum Securities Co.
have recently closed contract
whereby the company is financed and
further has contracted for several
| new wells in their immense holdings
| We are unable to secure definite
| terms of the new wells but do know
| that the parties agreeing to sink the
wells are amply able to do business
on a large scale. and 1T is understood
| that four or more wells will be COM
| menced this season.
The Aztec Company own the largest
lease on the entire structure, some
$4,000 acres. all patented lands The!
company is now planning a large
reservoir and tank near the Holbrook
Oil Company we'll so that the water
problem will be solved before begin
ming any new wells.
The Winslew Oil Company holds an
operating contract whereby drilling
must commence on or before July 1st
| or the lease will be null and void and
all rights revert to the Winslow Oil
Company and the lessee would for
| felt their deposit.
| We understand that several other
minor contracts have been consumat-
| I'd whereby one and two wells will
be commenced on different tracts well
scattered over the structure. some to
commence drilling as late as Septem-
| oer 1st 1t seems that this is to be
a season of operations on rather
large scale.
| There is much interest in the Wes-
| tern Sector near and west of the
Black Canyon Syndicate we'll No. /.
| 1t is thought that oil in commercial
| quantities should be reached at the
5hallower depth than farther east.
| There is big demand for leases In
this sector both speculative and on
drilling contract. In fact the demand
/ and interest is good over the entire
field, particularly in the Black Can
yon district of the Adamana
/ The hotels in Wfnslow are crowded
all the time with interested parties
from far and near and we learn that
the same situation is prevailing al
Holbrook.
History of other fields now we'll
proven and great producers show
that they are prospected, drilled on
from two to five years prior to pro-
duction The Pecos field of Texas
vas the last which has been on the
map for three years.
4 Our field here has been prospect
ed and drilled more or less for nearly
0 months and we cannot find any
field that was so promising and had
so much real activity and progress
under two years; the experts and
operators insist that this field will be
, satisfactorily proven before the fielc
is two years old We admit that in