San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-25
|. v. ST|EREN
TO DRILL DEEP
TEST IN WEBB
San Antonian Makes Loca-
ton 10 Miles Northwest
of LeasehOlders.
CAMPAIGN IS ON
Every Part of Webb County
Soon to Be Scene Of
Active Drilling.

Miranda City, Tex, Feb. 24.-Th
search for oil is rapidly spreading il
Webb county and it probably will no
be long before this section of tn
county will be the scene of oil devel
opment. 1t is expected by many tina
this intensive drilling campaign vii
result in the discovery of the largt
oil pool which biologists believe exist;
in Webb county.
The latest wildcat to get into thu
public eye is the on3 started Wednes
day by l.. w. Stieren of San Antonio
and the Trinity Drillers of Laredo
and Miranda City. The location is
on Sector 1927 in the northeast part
of Webb county, about ten miles
northwest of the Leaseholders field on
the Gates kirkpatrick ranch.
The Weber interests of Hebron
vile will drill another well on the
Holbein ranch according to Matt
Weber.
The Cincinnati Texas-Nueva COM
bination brought in their first pro-
duction Monday when their No. on
Block 30 of the Ojuelos grant came
in making about 80 barrels of oil a
day. The well is located on the
southwest corner of the block and
was drilled on the community plan by
the Gn-Tex. and Nueva companies.
This is the second well that has been
drilled by these companies in this
part of the Aviator field.
The Nueva company has drilled one
other we'll near Reiser and it was lost
after many good showings of oil and
gas. 1t was a deep test. The Gin
Tex. has drilled three other wells on
its own behalf, two in the Miranda
Valley which were lost after appar-
emily being producers. The third one
was drilled southwest of the Aviator
discovery well about three-quarters
of a mile. It was a buster. .
New WitherspOon Wei.
Paul Tafel is in charge of the Gin
Tex. operations and he has been in
this field almost from the beginning
in search for oil. His many friends
have been congratulating him on get
ting his first production. His persis-
tent effort has been crowned with
success.
The Nueva company is one of tbs
many o. W. Killam operations and
it is the only one of his combination
which was without production up t.
this time.
4 derrick was built last week or
Bloch 8 in Survey ia in the miranda
discovery field on the Claude Wither.
spoon acreage. The rig which has
just completed the Witherspoon
Garcia No. Z in the Miranda City
Field has been removed to the Mi
rando Valley and five wells will be
drilled by Mr.. Witherspoon in this
field.
the Witherspoon No. Q. Rigging up is
in process and the well will be spud
ded in just as soon as psSible. Mr.
WitherspoOn owns valuable BLOCK
of acreage in the Miranda Valley dis
covery field and he was one of the
first operators to enter this field di
rectly following the coming in of thu
discovery well. He now has a mum
Der of producing wells in this poo
and will probably keep one rig a
work in this part of the field during
the next six months.
The Magnolia Petroleum company
has another well ready to drill in
Casing was set Tuesday in the No.
well which is midway between TIN
Nos. and 2 and about so feet to thu
east of a direct line. The casing wal
set at a depth of 1890 feet. The wei
will be drilled in with Star rig.
NOret Sets Castings.
The e. A. Noret Company drillinJ
in Section 457 about a half mile
north of Miranda City set casing
Wednesday afternoon at depth o.
1900 feet. The hole was rattailed Il
a depth of 1850 feet showing heavy
gas with good indications of oil
Twenty-Five feet of Ignite was en-
countered in this hole. 1t is a pecu
liar Ignite formation in that it resem
bles charcoal and should enough o
this substance be brought out il
broken form it would readily sell OF
the market for charcoal.
Mr.. NOret is enthusiastic over tn
drilling in of this we'll and believe
that he will bring in a small gasse
with some oil. A high grade oil wa
found in the Leaseholders well drillel
last summer on this same quartz
about half mile east of the More
well. It would have produced
couple Of barrels of oil according t
estimate of the driIler.
Lonnie Gates sold six fOrty-acr
blocks of acreage in his ranch durin
the weeS. These tracts are all close
in acreage to the Leaseholdcrs Fiel
on the Gates-Kirkpatrick ranch and i
is understood that il was purchase