Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-11-23
MEXIA WELLNOW
PRODUCINCOIL
Special 10 The New,


PORT WORTH Nov % --Iloportl
~ the discovery uf an entirely new oil
field NJ large possibilities iu l.imsatuns
county. re- cived here from Mrxin. ma,
aroused Keen interest in uil circle.
throughout the North Central TeNai
fields IL d declared thu well ~ th,
Humphreys Petroleum Company. lust
west ~ McXin struck hig lluw Ut al
40 . 100 feet ANA shui Over the dpfricl,
the flow being estimated go 900 bar
frls dnily. II " said this estimate VIA
made GA "a conservative basis after q
careful Investigation ~ the pusSlhiliti,s
no tho Well and that II b. uuduubtcdl,
ui tremendous importance.
Tho NyNh territory has been uro
duciug gas Tor several years but thl
u the first development II oh in that
part ~ Texas, the nearest production
being IN the CuruClna shallow field
niiy miles a. the north. and since there
Is uu similarity in the depths. this "a
regarded aS an entirely new nsld.
Already Il Il reported that leases IN
me M"Ait district are changing hands
90 enormous figures and the rush g.
ward thu new field has begun ~
~ the large operating concerns ar,
expected 10 take hand in the devotion
mcnt there and will take immcdlat,
steps 90 acquire acreage.
Another new deep produced is re-
portcd from The Sipc Springs field in
tumnuchc County n h tho potc,t ~
az the Fisher a Giililhnd. which 3.
flowing steadily between the eight an,l
.iN inch casing following shot place
roo .,oj 60 ss4i feet. a bridge formed
after the shot ana the we'll h expect,
Co make gocd producer when this h
cleared
JI'i tn the north IN the nov Robor..
pool. IN" l'uct NJ. of the New Do.
uun pu Company b. siN feet in IN.
,1ddo lime and is expected to come IT,
shortly
Additional Information from the new
gu.h,r in the South Ecn district ~
lnIng county Indicates that early o..
NHIlF ~ IT, production. just - he
h''n expected, were somewhat CXng.
s'rhi'd. 10 IN reported ~, well VITA
ir' brought IN for SEQ barrels from
The 2lo0fuut sand and during the nigh.
broke luusc with much larger floty.
During the first twenty hours ~ m ,
Increased flow 1900 barrel storage
tank Was almost filled. which wuul 1
give the well an initial flow ~ sum..
thing more than 1000 barrels ON a twcr.
iNiuur hour basis The well was first
q 'imaicd as high ~ 1000 barrels dali,
Regardless ~ this pNagg,ratinn. how.
trr. % II considered q very important
addition and will place tho south Bend
district IN the class ~ the best part,
NJ the entire fields.
In the Ellasvillc distric; Just 90 the
1u,hwcst u the South Bend TERRITORY
md almost directly between the South
Bend field and the North stephen,
county field. there has been tremeu
ious Increase IA activity during tho
past week. II IN reported that forty.
ave new locations have been made Ina
that immediate vicinity during IT,
week. most 81 these being made hy
mail operators who arr working out
The development on the syndicate plan
under which the breckenridge gushe'
district was drilled 90 large exten,
Most q these groups ~ small opcrtors
haN" acquired tracts uf eight To- 100
acres for drilling and this interluc king
agreement on the financing 81 IN. ope.
-tiiuns u having n generally good If.
f,ct upon the Development.
During the week there was biz
increase IN the flow of one Of the new
producers In the Lytlon pool. mst
southwest ~ Ellasvillc n IN the ~.
dun No. . ~ the Prairie on a G,s
Company, which increased from sos
To more than lioo barrels daily.