Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1920-06-01
POINT TOT 000BARREL WELL
K|NGSv!LLE IS HIGHLY
EXCITED OVER NEWS OF
RICHLY FLOWING WELL

Telephone messages to Jesse Dem
nett this noon from kingsvillc said
that Klcburg Well No. 2, which has
been flo~inp a fine Grade Of oil since
late yesterday, had not yet brought
ir, but that the flow Of oil indicated
that when the we'll is brought in.
which might be scme time today, a
flow of around a thousand barrels a
day will be shown.
The following news dispatch from
Kingsvillc, which was filed last night,
holds good today as TO the general
situation, II was stated by MIR. Dem
nett, who, with his brother. II. c. Den
nett, has extensive holdings at the
scene Of operations:
With the kleberg Oil & Gas com
pany well No. flowing approximate
~ 100 barrels Of high grade oil
through one and -eighths inch
hole bored in a wooden plug joining
the old siX-inch casing with the new.
excitement runs rife over what u
believed to be potential 900 bar
rel well. and everyone is awaiting with
interest the development Tuesday
morning which will determine whether
or not the vast Southwest Texas oil
field has been found nj last.
The flow started while the crew
was at work setting the six-inch cas-
ing and was flowing steadily at q
late hour this evening A continuous
string Of six-inch casing extends from
the top TO the base Of the well. but
a wooden plug has been inserted in
the first length of pipe to join 1t
with the old six-inch casing at the
lower depths has not been removed.
A small hole had been drilled in
the plug and drllers say il is through
this hole that the oil is flowing.
The casing II resting on the sand
and the live formation which has not
yet been touched will be drilled into
Tuesday morning when operations are
resumed. After the wooden plug has
been drilled out, the well will be
brought in.
One thousand barrels seems to be
the guess Of what the final flow will
be, and scouts. geologists and old-
time oil men who are spending every
minute at the well are unanimous in
their choice Of that figure. giving as
their reason all indications.
All hesitate to name larger fig
ure, treasuring the secret hope that
larger well will be found, but hold
ing without a doubt that l.000-har-
rel flow will be encountered.
There is no doubt that Kingsville
has fulfilled an immense promise TO
South Texas, and today will deter
mine just what the production of this
well promises.
Hundreds Of automobiles are park
ed near the giant derrick at all hours
and spectators from every quarter
arc thronging about the well, display
ing interest in every operation Of the
workmen and passing encouraging re-
marks. Many Of these visitors are
from Corpus Christi. and some resi-
dents there have paid daily visits to
the well. Scouts for many compa-
nies are keeping in touch with their
employers and are watching the de-
velopments.
A high gravity test is shown by an
tested registered % and chemical
analysis shows 2S per cent kerosene
and 30 per cent lubricant. The guam
tity of gasoline the oil will give has
not been determined, as must be
shown by distillation.
That the force Of the oil. when the
well il brought in today. will carry
a stream over the peak of the derrick
il the prediction of workmen at the
well
Thoroughly establishing the fact
that the flow Of hot sulphur water
which has been bothering the crew
for some time comes from a break in
the upper part of the well and not
from the bottom comes the announce
ment that the flow had been cut off
this afternoon at , o'clock. Drillers
fear not further trouble from water.
III mas Deen tHls lndL caused uouDt as
to the value of the well. For some
time the problem of the source of
the water has been attributed to the
break and 10 the bottom sand. The
latter condition would have meant
the probable loss of the well, but drill
ers say the six-inch casing effect
lively cut off the water when the CON
tinuous string was completed.
Property is advancing by leaps and
bounds and one Of these contributing
features is the announcement that a
test developed that the oil would he