Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-07-17
ADDITIONAL OIL
WELL STARTS IN
ARTES|A FIELD
Especial Correspondence to The Journala


Especial Correspondence to The JournaiA
Artesia, n. NJ, July 16.-Wed-
nesday was gala day in Artesia.
The occasion was the spudding in
of another oil we'll. The starting
of an oil well is nothing new in the
vicinity. There are wells being
drilled all around the place. The
extraordinary feature of this event
was the fact that the well is being
drilled by a company of local cap
italists. The company is the Pecos
River Oil and Gas company. The
officers are: Wallace Merchant,
president; Beecher Rowan. vice
president; b. p. Williams. secre-
I tary and treasurer; c. A. Sipple,
Crockett, manager: f. L. Howard,
driller.
Added interest in this enterprise
is due to the reputation of MIR,
Howard as a driller. Drilling oil
wells has been his lifelong bust
ness He has drilled wells in Kan
sas, Oklahoma and Texas. and has
! drilled twenty-five wells for one
corporation--the Empire Oil com
pany. His rigs are standard, every
| part liable to break being duplicated
| or Implicated, and his work is, al
ways pursued with determination
as well as skill. No atmosphere OF
| mystery surrounds his job, and the
public will know from time to time
| everything he knows,
1 in AHtnGia nTAC-
| tically suspended on the day this
we'll was spudded in. The even,
! had been well advertised ano
forty-two automobiles were count
ed on the ground about the "chucl
house" all of which had brought
a capacity load. There were dele
cations present from outside
towns, including Carlsbad and RIOS
well. Coffee and sandwiches We're
served and the event assumed I'M
character and appearance OF
celebration.
AT exactly high IL the lever wa
pulled which started the machin
ery and the bit which, with tn
attached stem weighed 4,60'
pounds, commenced with rytn
mic thud TO churn a 10 " Inch hoi
into the earth. The derrick
eighty-two feet high and the ~
as a whole has no superior In New
Mexico, although there are SOM
derricks two feet higher.
The location of this prospectlv
we'll is section 81. township IL
range %, southwest from Artesi
about twenty-five miles.
Mr.. Howard also contract 7
drill the Kansas-New Mexico wei
, located on section 10. township y
, range Is. The derrick for TIM
, well is now complete and the ma
, chinery installed. The well WI
, he spudded in this week, but Tn
, occasion will be informal. I'M
; we'll is also being drilled by Artesl
neople. Both wells are in what
known as the Seven Rivers countr!
Well No. 2 of the limos re
ducers company at Dayton ia
reached a depth of 5000 feet an
= drilling is proceeding. the presel
: formation is sandstone heavily sa'
urated with oil. At each balm
, the quantity of oil runs from eigf
t 10 ten gallons. 1t is realized tht
l at the present depth the story,
= This we'll will soon be told-eith'
A a producer or a dry hole But a
me indications are satlsfactof
and the people believe that we
n NAV be brought in any day. Geoi'
: rists have thought oil would n!
be found in large quantities
!, this locality short of $500 to 400
Well No. / of the same compar
! Mt Lakewood, is at a standst1ll
u all efforts to fish out the bit at
= bottom have been unsuccessful.
= The Wells of the National ~
ploration company at Lake Arth'
y and Orchard Park are going aloi
. without interruption, and there
y a prospect, almost a certainty, IN
!" two or three more wells VIII
:, started in this vicinity within u
g next sixty days.