The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-04-09
By
w. N. BEARD

and has lived Is years in West Texas. He was
formerly connected with the j. J. Hagerman
irrigation projects in the Pecos Valley. Before
coming to Texas, Mr.. Bell was an engineer ana
newspaper editor in Illinois.
Fisher & Gilliland, another large independent
company, have just completed good producing
oil we'll in the Poteet No. l, three miles west
of Sipe Springs Comanche County. This Wild
cat firm has been somewhat responsible for the
discovery and development of the Spe Springs
territory. The Poteet No. was five months
drilling Job and was drilled under many diff
cultes.
The Vestal well, in southwest Callahan Coun-
ty, was drilled by the Consolidated Oil Com
pany, an independent company with head,
quarters at Cisco. The company was promoted
by r. S. Rumph of Cisco The company owns
leases on $500 acres Of land around the well.
Oil was struck in the Vestal well at 3,757 feet
and flowed over the top Of the derrick before
the drillers could bring the well under control:
II is now probably producing between 800 ana
500 barrels by heads. The company cannot
determine its flow accurately as it has not yet
been put on the gauge. This well proves up
large radius of wildcat territory and is the first
well to flow from the Permian formation in
that part of West Texas.
Young County where the big companies are
doing some validating, broke its long silence
last week with the announcement that the Cos
den Oil G. Gas Company had discovered oil on
the Mary Timmons' farm, in the southwestern
mart of the county The Timmons' well is
promising and some of the experts think it is
really the first big well for Young County.
Production in the Timmons is coming from the
Caddo or gray lime. II was shot at $500 feet,
flowed by heads and the we'll is reported maxi
ing between 700 and 800 barrels per day.
Vernon is celebrating the coming in of the
well of the PrescottPeoria Company on the
Wharton ranch. in Wilbarger County, twelve
l, ,f4 b.f ctt,r tthip
March 26th. Arrangements are now being
made to test its production and according to
statement of Mr. Lloyd Sigler, General Manager
of the Tee-Pee Company, who brought in the
we'll the well made two flows over the derrick
with the bit eighteen inches in the sand at
2OAO feet This test proves up a wide extent OF
wildcat territory The Tee-Pee Company owns
5000 acres around the well.
Some Real Wildcats
Some of the wildcat wells in Texas are being
drilled at remote distances from railroad points
and under the most trying circumstances. The
Sinclair Gulf Oil Company has Just abandoned
dry hole north of Throckmorton at depth
Of g 100 feet The drilling outfit and fuel for
this well was hauled from Albany, distance
of AZ miles, and the well cost $4,000.
The McCarley Oil Association of Beaumont
are drilling a we'll % miles southeast OF BIG
Spring on the ranch of Ed Douthit prosper
Gus cattleman. The ranch consists OF ~ seC-
tions of GAO acres each.
What is probably one of the largest blocks
of acreage on which a wildcat well is drilling is
that of the States Oil Corporation well, eight
miles from Midland This company is drilling
on 100000 acres
Fifteen wells are drilling and are preparing
to drill in far off Fisher County. Ten of the
wells are near Rotan Each Of the fifteen wells
are on blocks of 10000 acres each.
Three deep tests are going down near Spur in
Dickens County. One Of the wells on the "a
Ranch fifteen miles south of Spur. is now at a
depth Of 800 feet. This well has gone through
three o-bearing sands and is continuously
smoking gas. 1t also went through 90 feet OF
solid rock salt at a depth of 200 feet.
A wildcat well that has cost great deal OF
money is the one being drilled by the Quanah
Texas Drilling Association in Hardeman Coun-
ty. The company was forced to haul materials