Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-04-13

that a lipc lins mhy hc laid ffffn the
well 10 the railroad aud Oh ppcd into
tanks on the cars direct
Tools Recovered.
The tools that have been lost In the
Ranch creek well north 81 Amarillo
FOR over a year have been recovered
and Il IN expected that operations Win
be resumed al this well 90 once. ora
Gals OF tho company declined. how
ever. "a make any statement other than
the tools had been recovered.
wh,n drilling WAS stopped IN this
well II was approximately 2fO0 foot
deep. Work on the well WAS started
In April 1919. The first gns sand Was
encountered AZ dcuih 81 1900 feet and
the second and largest Yield 40 $3.50. 1t
this depth u WAS estimated that the
well made ca 600 feel Il gas per day
Besides tn giis sands. two shuWirgs ~
all werc encountered ana experienced
men say that the well today IN Quo ~
the bcst bets In thu field
When the tools WIRE lost In thc hnl,
Il IN said that the We'll was th,n Just
Itassing through limc capru,k and
That the real development ~ the wei
eoeld be- expected az any time.
t4i men. late Tuesday night express
ell the hope that the we'll would De- Im
nscln,cly drilled deeper ana many at
thein expressed themselves ms b,luu
confident that should the wen Dc drilled
deeper u will h. found 20 b. a prudur
INK Oh Veil
Ware Buys Land.
When Ware. Ware a Garner of ANA
rlllo yesterday purchased one.hnlf inter
est IN fee ~ the Jordan and Brown
ranch 81 i02i0 acres. which lies east or
the liurk Burnett imct and immediately
sold a lease on large part of o.. ac.
oording 90 reports. 10 the Texas on
COMPANY for tl5 per acre. ioasr acilyI
Ties took on new life The fact that 'ho
bE Oh companies ~ the nation are d..
coming interested In the Panhandle oh
field N the cause u much qualification
among local al men.
The sale 81 lease On a tract NJ land
IN IN. southern part q Carson county
nearly due east ~ Amarillo. 90 one uf
tbs larsst Oh companies al sil0 per
ACRE, was reported rs local broker
Lease buyers do mo, seem 10 b. mar
ticulRr as % the distance Of leases from
the well. as they all are apparently sure
that this whole section Is over an onor
nous oil Geld,
W. ID. Jordan and w. X. Brown ar,
old.iimers. Jordan has been In thu Pan
handle Tor thirty years. ana Brown has
been here for eighteen years They both
remember wen when the land. 90 which
they sold Ware. Ware & Garner a half
Interest; was part ~ the holdings of
Frederick y. Foster and G. G. Cuyler
az New York city. who had secured 1;
when Il was sold under the hammer az
Fort Worth In the eighties The orig
inal tract owned Is these parties com
priscd sseooo acres. In 1909 the land .
which Jordan and Brown sold was
bought from Frciouck u. Foster hy /
Burk Burnett as n part 81 his G.scs 4
ranch. which embraced l07.ss0 acres /
The land sold az that time FOR sass.
AZ that time little did the owner or
the buyer dream that in less than TWEEN.
~ YEARS a mineral base on ihe land
would h. sold for sis per acre. ar that
on a part Of the great tract purchased
~ Burnett there would b. an oil well
that would h. the sensation ~ the on. I
tire continent.
There Is an old fence around this land 4
that could tell an interesting story.
Erected thirty five years ago when harh
wire first came into common Use. n Is
stu In good repair. and the cedar posts
are still In use. When that fence was
erected. longhorn Texas steers and COW
boys who "totcd" guns were common
dghts Later thc coyboy and the long
horn gave way 20 meek and mild. hlsh.
rrrde Hsreforas. and the cowman. In.
stead of bring nstride hroncho. rode
through his cattle In a Ford. and sim
later the farmer came and large mart
OF the fertile land ~ long thought use.
less. WIS plowed under and made into
the greatest wheat field In the South
today. And now. after all tho years OF
northers and bllzzsrds. spring rains ana
aacfssorms longhorus and whltefacos
brcnchos and Fords. the land has AZ
las, come into lis own with the dis.
covery Of oil beneath II.
W. II. Holmes. promoter Of the Smith.
Capers and the Purvino well announced
Tuesday that workmen wcre M the pres
ent time engaged In connecting up the
fun pipe line that has been strung
from the SmIth-Capcrs well 10 tho Gulf
No, ! and that az sooil az this work
II compls,ed Eat drilling operations will
he resumed IN the Snlth.Capcrs well.
This well IL now see feet doep. ana has
t~cn'yinch raising set @ the bottom II
the hole.
There win b. no stopping the opera.
lions on this we'll" said Mr.. Holmes.
until depth OF $500 fee, Is reached or
oil or ms IN paying quantities il On.
countered. Actual drilling operations
should start within week from this
date"
The Smith.Capers well Is three and
ene-haf northeast ~ the Gulf No and
oil men say that the operations In this
wei will be watched with q great deal
Of ipferesi.
II Is expected that operations on the
Purvine well will h. resumed within
Two or three weeks This well is south.
west Of the Gulf No. !? and Is s.Ole
fest deep hut OH men say that since
this well Is 400 feet higher on the
structure than the Gulf well. that {,
VIII D. necessary 10 drll this well 10
$500 feet IN order 10 encounter the
same structures encountered M tho
Gulf No. 2
Prospects Bright.
c. NJ. Hansood, sid 20 De- the Father