The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-05-13
FHE AUTHORITARIAN EVENING HEHALn. AIauOUHsQVEe ETw, mxIcO YRpAy. MAY i iu
National Exploration Co. Has Four
Deep Tests Nearing Their Goals
r. VI. Rutpan, Field superntcndcnkiin interview at Roswell. Says
He n Confident That One or All Of -Four Wells Now Drilling
win Prove on Prodncera Buchanan Wen Of
~ I Importanoe 70 Albuquerque

Pennsylvania formation In Nov Mex.
leo. NJ least IN soihe places. does
Icarry Oh. There ~ an outcr0p of tho
Pennsl iyanla formation which. ! am
told. wua found In Aha CANYON. and
was found In ontac with oil ahaic
that carried a great deal 81 oil. IN
fact. a quanuty such that "a was uecd.
by the natives Tor fucf believing o.
to he coal The buchanan well 10
about six miles south from the town
81 Buchn nan. and AZ oh Ia found fheqe
u would he especially interesting a.
the towns ~ Clovis and Albuquerque.
NJ we'll a. Roswell " this, % vousse.
II am. not overlooking the possibilities
for a great city AZ Fort Sumnef.
The Picncho Well.
THE next work south IL at Plea
.cho. There has been a rumor that
this well has been abandoned. That
IL not true. We are somewhat al a.
luss TO now just what Kind 81 forma-
tl0n We are IN. hut we have not given
M hope at iicncho by any means
The operations there have not beer.
turned ovcf 70 anyone, and the Ma
tionai Exploration COMPANY IN still
hopeful. II WIS first thought ~
some Reologists TINT We had cncoun.
tered granite az picasho Later cN-
aminatiOns hy R~coioEisis have led us
40 have faith in tho PROPOSITION that
u IL not gruuite. hut n granite sand
or c"nsioinefatc, which H. the IRA
stratum OF the Abo. which iR rctutn.
is the first series OF the pennsylNan-
ian. and doa't forget that We expect
to find oil In 1.-THE PennsylNanian.
Orssharri Park.
1T il a. Orchtrd Park whcr we
have really hgd the most grief The
people OF Roswell are famiiiar with
The many days fishing that ~ we're
compelled to do there. hut after sue
ceedinT In this work. W. encountered
what We expected. to what - Known
~ the 'Hedfield sand. Contrary o.
what most psonie think the h"dfi"id
sand was not barren 81 oil. but W
found ID In such "a rios' aud hard
formation that ths OH could not be
extracted In commercial quantities
However. III. lim. formation. on sand.
aE u D. 1nmsumef called. wa- ut"r-
ouEhlS unprecedented with oil, u IL on,
belief. now. growing out 81 thr good
showing. some years aro, ~ N -
known az N" Garfield and The na-
german wells eaA Of the river, that
this same sand which will be- found
east 90 the river In the wells that are
now being drilled there, will be- FOUND
IN "a looser formation. and that there
- a NNAN'N ~ ~
Owes there than there A. In this par
tabular sand west Of the river. THIS
formation II. We think. she lime for
nation located at the base OF h san
Andrras formation In the Pefminn
epoch. We are now down 10 a d"pth
OF i.s2s feet at orchard Park, ana
arr having more difficulty nshing for
tvois. hut ~ expect Nuun 10 nave
that hshind ~. and Will ~ on 10 the
1900 depth recommended Dy our
~KeSlogists hs the depth wh"re We
would pfobuhly encounter oil.
Lake Arthur Well.
aThe well az lake Arthur ~ look
ina very good. We expect 10 encoun-
ter tho oil sand Of Lake Arthur at a
depth OF about 2.3o0 feet. We are
now at a depth OF ace feet. and
have set In d = - casing to case
off the sulphur water encountered az
about i.600 feet, 50 that when we
reach the oil sand we will reach Il
WIN a dry hole. The drilling con-
ditious there are good. and a. soon
a. We have completed the shutting off
1f the water. Il h only n matter Of 20
few dnys untii We Will encounter the
oh sand-if We ayc no bad luck