Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-11-24
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!. PECOSNOW MAKING 20 BARRELS


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FORT WORTH, Nov e3.-Aglm tho
southwestern part Of the state IL prom.
inenily IN the limolght On the develop.
ment oi the North Central Texas oil
fields Another good well has hc,l
brought In On TIE Turuoy ranch DO
pocos County hy the Grant Ol Cor
porRtion. found M 70 depth ~ seventy.
ono feet. 10 II declared this viii y,
equally as good MS the first we'll which
tested out a, the rate ~ 900 barrel,
daily at about the same depth This
second well is only 30l fcot from tn
discovery we'll. and the two guud DO.
duccrs makes the territory look rsp..
cially attractive when the depth az IN,
pay sand IL taken into consideration
The cost Of drilling there ~ very small
and wells may be- drilled clos, to each
other.
This field Is located fourteen mile,
northwcs, Of Fort stockton aud much
Of the acreage there Is held hy th,
Grant Corporation and other pioneer
operators In tho recos County field.
Although details a, the discovery r,
the new oil field In Limestone County
are still mcager IN reports received
here. there Is considerable enthusiasm
being manifested by operators through.
out North Texas. According 20 most
conservative reports the well Is stand
ing 1900 to ?.0O0 feet In OH ou IA,
top Of n sand az around 1850 feet an
has made several good gloWs shooting
oil over the derrick 10 is DECLARED
these flows came az rate % indicai.
the well will be good Tor al least sto
bsfrels daily. this being the lowest a..
innate that IL contained In an reports
from the well. other estimates place
the production at from 1000 barrels
upward The well has not been con,
pleied. however. and estimates made
now are 81 little consequence. The ir.
portant featur Is that a now PRODUCING
sand has been found IN entirely virgin
territory, there being no production N
any kind In many miles u the new wild.
cat.
In Wichita County the new Tex honn
Gas field has accounted Tor anothc.
good producer. the Hornsby No . Of
the Texanna oil Company. which 2,
making around .0Oe 600 feet ~ g,s
daily az 1000 feet and l. expected 70
Increase Its flow when Il Il completed
This gas field. which was only recently
discovered, Is spreading rapidly ami
already the now is being used 10 au.
ment the domestic and manufacturing
fuel supply for the city Of Wichita
Falls.
Although the production of wells drlli.
ing In the Nacogyloches County shallow
Held II very small. NJ compared with
the average completion II the North
Central Texas fields. there has been
no development In Texas Tor several
months that has attracted greater M.
tenuon. Reports from the new fleiI
declare that rigs and drilling machln.
cry are being unloadcd there every
day and II will be- only a short whine
until fully 100 holes are being punched
into the earth there for the black flula
The pay sands are found AZ dopth,
ranging from $50 60 400 feet and m,
wells average from two 20 five barrels
daily In production. this being a very
hish grade product that commands A
very high price.
several new competitions are report.
cd from the Nacogdochcs County field
most 81 them located on the Muckc..
roy and Mundy leases. and Il Is r..
ported that the scope u operations is
rapidly widening In all directions.