The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-01-09
OIL NEWS

The pes Moines OH and Refining
company is preparing for "a biz day
at their arm site In Dies MCiues next
Saturday, when a number OF invest
ors from Illinois and numerous New
Mexico and Colorado points will be
guests Of the company. Several from
Ration will go over on hat day TO see
how the work OF drilling is progress
ing.
The first refinery for the state OF
New Mexico reports that the six
buildings ut the plant will be ready
FOR machinery in ten days 10 two
weeks. "a that all necessary equip
mcut viii be on the ground not later
than the first OF March. II all things
are reasonably favorable In Transport
tatiun OF materials, etc. That have
mat the first OF February may see
dhc refinery open for business, and
already been bought 10 Is possibte
March is set as the latest date when
the company Intends to be manufaC-
turing IN" products OF petroleum In
TuCumCari
George ". Barber. representing
large capital, has arrived Ia Gallup,
u viii proceed TO Seven Lakes OIL
district. whore h, has holdings. He
b. taking a commercial drilling rig,
No. . To tho Held Tor his COMPANY
The capacity ut the outfit rs more
than 5000 feet: also another Sta
tractor machine. with rotaTy ttayh-
ments with "a capacity of 5000 feet
which VIII arrive ON the ground in
the rear future.
Two more cars Of rig thinkers have
been uuluIdcd at Haulry Tor the West
location, thls week, \ wire from field
manager, " ~. Palmer. states that
the ug builders will be there with
D him uLN HAaH noe. HaHHN IA .
that location early In this month. Mr.
Palmer rs now detained In Spring
field. Missouri, OF account Of the i'll
ness Of his wife,
Benodum a Trees have made a new
location this week fifteen miles south
and near the New Mexico line. from
the Bravo Dome location ON which
they have been drilling Tor the pas
three months. This location rs on
/ the east side Of a siN by eight miles
dome that touches the New Mexico
uu, about five miles north ~ Glcnr'u
TINS company intends to commence
drilling thus new site within the neat
sixty days.
Comanchc Home Number Q, twenty
seven miles uor,h OF Tucumuari, on
the Dawson railway. II reported drill
iug again atitT receiving fuel oil tof
the boiler There n considerable act
iNity 10 their territory at this time
4 number OF wells may hr drilled on
the TrigE leases this year
Rama is not making much fuss but
Is drifting ahead Win both day and
night towers.
several ycurs ago p. n. Fullwood
drilled q water we'll where the Doodle
bug company b. now drilling, near
TuCumcari and at u depth OF around
three hundred feet, Nj. FullWood
struck What he called oil, The water
I well ht MaA drilling NNa ruined hN
this OIL and the well abandoned. lie
WAS drilling the well for a ranch
| company and they diun't pay any at
trntion Il the oil, their verdict was
\ thai IL had ruined the well for stock
water and u was abandoned, II Is
the intention OF the Doodle Hug com-
many To clean out his well and test
the OIL or whatever Mr. Fullwood'
considered oil and see what Il is. II
they find II to be oil they will put on
"a standard rig and develop the well.
Ihc SHORTY Gobblcr on company
has had seven teams hauling coal
from Ration during the past week ana
IL Is thought his Will place II In q
] position Co resume operations at once.
The company was obliged 90 stop All
work some time ago on account Of
the coal shortage.
work Of taking out the fifteen
inch casing, roaming out and putting
lu the new nineteen inch casing is
going on nicely at the IicdCho well at
Roswcil The drillers expect to COM
plote this work within q few days aud
then viii begin drilling. The well iH
now down TO "a depth OF 200 feet and
the drilcrs expect to be able To con-
unuc the hole TO a depth Of 1000
foot before putting IN another string
nt casing Irourcss viii be fast AS
soon as the drillcrs get to work In the