El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-12-17

WELL COST TO
DATESHEAVY

DATEISHEAVY
BY G. A. MARTIN.
CContinued from page ID
road ever since has also been costly,
I Some idea can be gained Of the enor-
nous cost Of this project from the
hauling OF fuel and water alone
Costly Hauling.
Fifteen barrels Of fuel oil are re-
Quired for each "a hours work The
I cost Of this fuel oil IS $40 per bar
rel; the cost OF hauling to the wen
site is $50 per ton or about 50 a bar
rel Fifteen barrels a day brings the
cost OF fuel oil used at the wen 10 APP
proXimately s13s a day
It is necessary 20 secure water
from the rauchmen wherever avail
able, out Of earthern tanks Water
is being hauled II miles (it has been
hauled as far as Is milesl az a cost
Of so cents per ton mile or $3.50 per
ton, approximately six barrels 70 the
ton making the cost Of hauling sl-le
per barrel The cost Of the water from
ranchmen IS 10 cents per barrel and,
allowing a little for waste the total
cost per barrel AZ the wen ste IS
about Sl-z5. Approximately 10 bar
rels OF water Is used every "a hours
This makes the total cost OF the
water I'm excess Of $3.50 day. or
water and fuel. together, in excess
Of S275 a day
When Trouble Occurs
Whenever tools or parts Of ma
chiuery break on a well in a pr0duc-
ing field where supply houses are
hours delay. Any nishap OF this ma
ture that occurs at this well causes
several days' delay, instead OF hours
One hundred miles has TO be tFav-
eled ana new parts made AZ the toqn-
dry. Material or parts not available
locally have to be secured from sup
ply houses near q proven field
Drill stems. cables, bits. jars, eleva-
tors and many other tools and parts
OF machinery do occasionally break
and have TO be replaced from afaF.
Even the walking BEAM a heavy tlna-
Der 16X56 inches and 26 feet long had
70 be replaced and ordered from the
state Of Oregon
Every pound OF supplies aH well
~ all drinking water has 70 be
hauled from Fl Paso-
state Recognizes Efforts.
Recently the legislature OF Texas
recognized the effort these FL Paso
Velop a field which viii mean so
much, not only 20 those directly in
terested but 20 Fl Paso in general.
as well az the University OF Texas,
which would get a royalty on every
barrel OF oil produced in this field.
At the fourth called session the law
makers passed a measure extending
for a period Of five years title Of lease
holders on university lands where, In
a bonafide effort to drill for Oil a
depth Of 5000 feet had been reached
So far as known. the Hueco Basin
company's well Is the emily one bene-
fitting through this legislation
Everybody IN Fl Paso believes there
Is oil near El Paso somewhere and
the stockholders and officers Of the
Hueco Basin company believe that
way and are determined 70 find 10 il it
exists in the Basin
Old Report Was Favorable.
one report in the office OF the
Huec0 Basin OIL company, made By
q geologist OF one Of the largest oil
companies IN the United States, shows
that this location was reported upon
faVorablF as a probable oil field as
laT back as q years ago, but tle
low price OF oil In the past and the
isolated condition OF this field held
back development
The officers OF the company have
never lost faith nor developed a case
OF nerves" They have Just gone on
plugging 10 settle once and for all
the question Of whether FL PasO has
an oil field near By; il they win Dc
will make a bunch Of FL Pas0ans nile
IOnalres over night
Il c. Moss, the contractor. has
never lost faith He Is more enthu-
siastic than ever, although he has
lost heavily on this well
Analysis OF samples OF this vel
secured recently 10 a depth OF 2312
feet, including several test tube tests
which showed oil, were submitted 20
Dr. s. u. Worrel. president o. the
School OF Mines, and 10 contractor
Moss and both pronounced q a most
remarkable showing.
The. officers Of the Hueco Basin
oil company are G. ". Theisen, pres
ideut; mayor Charles Davis. r. Burt
OFndorfE j. q. Held and VIM. II. OFT
vice presidents; 7. E- Anderson. sec
retary-s =. B. Fletcher. assistant sec I
Lorentzen. assistant treasurer, and I
the trustees are c. ". Theisen. G. A. I
p, c. Davis, r. Del Richey /
and A. r Grabbing.
The Men Interested.
The original holders or organizers.
promoters and first buyers OF stock .
IN the drilling company are; George i
W. Ihelsen, Charles Davis, Burt Qrn- .
1orrL I'd O. Held, william orr, j. T. /
F. B. Fletcher. Max M0ye.
Monroe Proctor. Chas. y. Bassett, @. /
W. Marshall, Bert MoCahe, r. Del I
licheys ~. p Jackson, C. W. Harper,
llyrtl Coblent1, A. r Gramhling- r. D
T. p. O'Eeefe. C. ". Groom. 7. Har-
lie, r Krakauer, w H Glenn, 2. NJ
ZONES. 2. Williams. c. A. Martin. j. /
:. Wilmarth, e. Coblentz. Lee II. Oru-
iorfL, H S. BurWeu, Park W Pit
nan. Lamar Davis, H Z Christie, Ed
L. r. Hoard. c. II. Cooper,
= II. Bussing. S. B. OFndorff 7. ~,
Iayfield, L. r. Ritter, ". 3. Poe,
:, III. Order, W. p. Ware. Alfred H.
Crimson, E ~ LaWrence, F. @ Davis.
lulleF, Claiborne Adams. A. H Woods.
2 IL Dudley, Ballard Coldwell. Tom
sea, WIN j. Rand, Jim Phipps. John
luaid, ,. 7. Harris Haymon Krupp,