Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-05-02
PRODUCTION Of NORTH CENTRAL
FIELDS IS GRADUALLY SETTLING
IN AREAS HAVING TRUE SANDS

FORT WORTH May Further lu'
dications that the true sand fields -
tha southern district % the North t'u
,Fal Texas oil fields are taking the pay
away from the line production are sen
Ia deyelormcuis duuns the past wees.
Eventually. u u le'icNel. The tru" sand
districts viii have thr bulls u Che pru
cuCiion end wi, flr ulilast thr Rams O..
Caddo nrcckenrdge p'sdcniuua I'D
other lime fields
Aosi ~ the true sand fr'dr sa ir
d.Nelolpsd are in the areas n' shallow
production which ar, spreading rapidly
and Furthermore they are holding ub
rimarhaily ln th"ir "uipui 1hr ii"..~.
man shallow field iu thr northern ut'
II Eaaland cpuuiN Whi.h ALREADY '".
els a proven AREA .' twenty ave square
miles althnulh uitlr rf ~ Dos fr'n
drilled hsr during tl" uast jumped up
~ aruind .no0 barrels daily ana IS now
accounting see nearly uretHuIfh az ihr
outpu, 90 The Easiani l,HE'i district
Al IL the wells in that TERRITORY 'r"
holdinr on w.ll and virtually as-lt" 'h"
field a lie of several years longer than
the Ranger pool.
The strawn I,od in Palo Pinto also
hears out this idea oi the fields u Is e
true.sand district and iuSt bnw a. de'
velop!ng more RAPIDLY than any other
part 81 the TERRITORY During the mast
week the production jumped from 900
g. 4.ii0 barrels daily and So tar u has
had but few competitions.
sN..s.fa
areas have becn holding up very we'll
aud even recording increases hut u is
DECLARED this Is due largely o. the rapid
development OF new production in new
areas However u u partly du" Co 10"
shallow production which is scattered
over the county practically al Il which
comes from the true sands IN one mart
81 the county just north of Er~h"n-
ridge. the black Inn" formation seems 20
hold Up better than any % the older
districts. th.s. wells holding very rluS'lv
10 their initial flnw Wells g. tho south
IL BreckenridKe and IN IN" Cuddo Dis
tric, weaken rapidly. however. and M"
outpui of the county would have de
clined at an alarming rate except Tor
the addition 81 new TERRITORY. which has
spread over grcaicr portion ~ IN"
coenty.
IL, first deep true sand was dis"uv'
ered recently In the Wheeler well Of the
gcxana Petroleum COMPANY. Ia Psla
Tisto county. eight miles south q Min
eral Wells al a depth of ASS feet. and
although hs production i not large.
running from 900 20 400 barrels daily.
the field has he-n regarded very "a
yerably BY operators. They believe that
its production viii hold up for wears and
they prefer 20 operate with small wells
that maintain their Flow Tor wears
Another deep true s3nd now has he-n
found In the Graham Stewart No. ~
the Cosden oil 4 Gas cn. near lermyn
IN Jack county. at a depth Of l.soe feet.
So far II has not heen allowed h. flow
and the drille,s are proceeding cautious.
~ In the hopes 10 developing this
into a nrs well The larger uperai-
ing companies are keenly watching this
test. a. mes; ri them have large hold.
inss IN Jack county and many % them
are Confidently expetcing Jack county
10 furnish the next big sensation 4 tn
North Centrn Texas fields
All Of the Wichita district pools are
producing from true sands and il IL be-.
cause Of that that they are able ~ main.
tain such a normal production. The old
Electra field has been producing Tor
nearly ten years and for several years
PAST has ralntained flow 81 around
10000 barrels. The Durkburnei; and
WaRRnr4gr esrafa - n
for large production for several Years