Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-11-04
WELLS IN WILDCAT DISTRICTS ARE
F.. ATTRACTING CONSIDERABLE NOTICE

eree.ai 20 Tie kswy
BORT WORTH. Nov. J.--Thc new
townsitc well la Breckenridge. the
block 40 well OF the lledrlck Sp0onis
oil Company Is proving enc Of th'
best recent competitions ia Stcpher
county. This well first came 10 g.
about !, 000 harIls. but now is flowing
around i.eO0. and IL ~ " only In tn
ton OF the sand Already all available
storage has been filled and much 20
the production il being wasted.
In the meantime work II hcinc
rushed on the new pipe lines ~ the
Texas company and the Prairie on AMI
Gas Company. and II IN now estimated
that the district viii DO gwen RELIEF
from Its oVerproduCtion iu about ten
days or two weeks
In Easiland county there II renewed
hope for the opening 81 a blg pr0dut
lion district two miles north ~ tfc
town Of Eastland The kincaid wei or
the Frank Day OIL Company IL reported
20 have blown In with "A biz flow. shoot.
ing oil over the derrick. Several wells
In that territory have been showing Tor
production many months hut this ~
the best showing Il has had 10 date
A considerable amount % wildcat a.
tivity ~ reported from the field as g..
lows.
Gfayson county-A new shallow sand
has been discovered In the test % ia"
Zig Seven oil Company. four miles
east az Colllnsyille. bat has been pen"
trated only for six feet Eight tests
are being put down within radius oi
twelve miles from whitcshoro ana u
n reported leases are changing han Is
there rapidly
I.ampasas county--A considerable re-
vival Of activity In the Lease market y
reported from i.ampasas. About n dOzer
wells are being drilled there. but no d.
veiopmcnt OF great Importance - i'
ported
Montague county-MIuch interest nov
IL being manifested Ia the progress o
the new Big SIX test six miles south
west Of Nocona. II IN now drilling q
500 feet. Two other tests In the county
are drilling. on the Lee Crcnshaw rancl
and on the John Short survey
Coke county-Thc John Saul rane'
test Of the Transcontinental OH Con
pany, which was started as %.Oo'
foot test. II now down ! GOO feet an
making fair progress.
Within the past few weeks the sha
low field of Nacogdoches county has b,
come one OF the most active IN the er
tire state. with the development stead
~ widening The town now u ovc'
flowed with prospeciors and prepar1
tlons are being made 90 start many ne'
wells The pay level In that field Is =
shallow that the cost 81 operations
very light and this Is attracting man
operators who are not financially abb
20 play the game IN the deeper field
May q the smaller operators VII
helped 20 develop the Wichita count
fields have entered the field and hav
acquired acreage for dsvelopmnt.
lnticatiors are that q market 600
win Be found for the tremendous 81
output Of the new field recently opene
IN che Texas Panhandle. II IN reporte
from Oklahoma City that the prospe 4
are bright for the construction 81
ripe line connecting the field with citi'
In the southwestern part Of okiahom
Oklahoma IL one az the largest q
producing states In tho Southwest. bl
much Of her supply IN the souihei
part In plped into north Texas 9Th
FOR fuel. and on the north Kansas CIT
and Kansas towns take large part
the output