Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-06-23
100 BARREL WELL
IN HOWARD COUNTY
: LATEST SENSATION
GENERA on COMPANY TESTS
FINDS PAY SAND ~
900 FEET.

~ Ef 81 lsIh Ill
f"t uw I' ..a.
500 .. .tuHiI ul
e. . ....s ,y.u drUnL miu th"
SIND end b. makiul Iuu blutl. lIHt 100
around .sU0 feet is. ,h. m..f mpurilri
hit ~ news received from tH. N.Iu
Central Texas ol territory .r ...,THI
weeks This sand Was discovered sos
eTal weeks ago and tho D... ht- h,.u
standing in uu tUI many d1y Huf th'
test of the sand was DELAYED
just now this se,m. in o.. is import
ant q well a. the wharton No uf tho
Siglcr on CompIu, wh,,h upu.d up
IN. new field bon Wlhrrr-r county. uf
the Pop. No Q 90 the GLADYS 3ell- OI
OCmpauy near Santa Anna in Coleman
county which has op,uri up another
shallow field
The Mcdowell b. much farther De-.
moved from amy other production than
either Of the-. wells o. opens up an
especially wide disiriDi toe speculation
and development
d. view ~ this showing. the status
Of every other wei BOO Howard county
Doutht ranch thu well 90 the MrCarlry
oil Association Be- dulhnr no : ~ fce:.
Brunson No ct the Omaha Texas uil
Company D. drilling ~ 800 .f,j and b.
showing well Illg irons TOT th. M,.
Duwell No 81 the General are being
placed and additional drilling mlrhinrr,
IL enroute
In Mitchell county adjoining How
ard the latnn we'll n the t'ud,fWft,r.
oil Company - showing considerable
oil at s.soo feet. although not enough
10 call Il We'll defined sand -Four
miels farther west ~. E0id 81 ! ~
the Colorado TEXAS Company b. drilling
az as feet
Two additional wells ~ tho General
ere making steady progress tn, Rob.
erts Il drilling 90 ga feet and %" Seal
l. down $50 fest
Quinn No ~ ihc Dir Spifrs Pro.
duction Company t. prcparnL Co 10.
sumo drilling after q fishing i1h - soy
eral weeks
Plans lor an extensive system az ,lce
trical pumps Tor Old wells IN the Rang
80 Eastland territory which have ceased
10 flow naturally are now nearing com.
plctlon and a great revival In the out.
put 81 that field may be- expected soon .
The big plan u tn OIL Fields Electric .
Company. branch ~ the General Elec
trio Company. located on the Leon
River. Ia almos; completed and already
u furnishlng current a. operate pumps
on some q the nearest wells II IL d..
elarcd the experiment already has
demonstrated IT, feasibility and that a
considerable production Is being drawn
from these old wells
II Is declared that this system will .
b. gradually extended until u viii oper
ate ON 600 wells IN the Ranger and S'e.
phens county pools which ara now
either not producing or are making very
little under the old proc.ss n sWahbing.
IL IL hoped that an average 81 20 10 100
barrels daily may h. drawn from each
% these wells hy the electrical pumps
indicating that the output 81 tho fields
may be increased from 10000 20 a.. 600
barrels daily.
Operations In the Mccullough county
rhallow field are expected To devotion
into a more comprehensive program
with the organization % the Day.Dalev {
Petroleum Company. which has taken
over all of the Halliburton trac; -
1850 acres with an estimated valuation
81 more than sscoeo The company
was formed In Chicago. has no stock
for sale and viii Immediately organize
more extensive development program.
This alro will speed up other operation.
In the county.