San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-09
Many Witness Spudding in
of New Well on Shrum
Ranch.
ARE AFTER BIG PAY
Drillers Will Not Stop Un-
til Commercial Oil
Encountered.
Miranda City. Tex, Sept. S.-A

lina-Texas Syndicate No. rs Shrum
No. l deep test was spudded in on
the Shrum ranch in the extreme
northwest corner of LaSalle county.
six and ene-half miles southwest of
Dilley. The day will be one long
remembered.
Drilling will not stop until the hole
is put down TO the contract depth, I'M
less a sand is picked up in the mean
time which will warrant test. The
Carolina Texas Syndicate No. . is
said to be amply financed will allow
nothing TO curtail its efforts in drill
ing this well and completing it in a
reasonable length of time.
The Magnolia No. IA came in We'd
nesday at n depth of 1856 feet with
an estimate production Of from 50
TO 100 barrels of oil daily. This well
is located near the north line of
Block IL of the Ojuelos grant, Webb
county.
Drilling was started on the Mag
nolia No. 10 Tuesday. This well is
located east Of the No. IL on the
south part of Block II of the Ojue-
los grant, Webb county. The Mag
nolia is running only one string Of
rotary tools tat this time. Two
strings of Stark tools are being used
for pumping and drilling in pur-
poses.
c. z. Scott. field manager for the
Carolina Texas Oil and Gas Trust.
announces that the Carolina-Texas
No. 5 will soon be tested thoroughly
at the present depth of $500 feet,
TO determine if an oil well can be
made.
Good Well Completed.
The No. of the Weslaco Oil COM
pany came in Wednesday n good pro-
Queer estimated good for 125 barrels
Of oil daily. This well is located
on Block 3 of the Ochoa Pasture,
Webb county. Casing was set IN
this well at TIA feet and the sand
was picked M ten feet deeper.
The Cin-Tex Petroleum company's
No. . on Block 80 of the Ojuelos
grant. Webb county, in the Mid-Ojue-
los structure is drilling below 1000
feet. This well is an offset to the
Cin-Tex Nueva No. / which came in
last spring, making around 100 bar
rels.
The Lowry Oil Corporation is drill
ing a deep test on Block 4 of Survey
1912 in Webb county less than one
half mile from the Carolina-Texas
wells.
Casing was set last week in the
Claude Witherspoon No. Is on Block
/. Ojdelos grant just TO the southeast
of Miranda City. This well is north
of the Carnahan and Magnolia wells
and is an offset 10 the east of the
Witherspoon Nos. 10 and IL.
Test Creates Interest.
Probably the most interesting well
in Vthe Miranda District today is the
Hughes, Butler and McMurry No. L
on the upper end Of Survey 33S
mile north of clifton. This well set
six and five-eighths casing at 20l0
feet and tested out sand that showed
AZ gravity of high gasoline content.
Drilling was resumed and like
sand was picked up around 2O6O
feet. Considerable oil was boiled out
of the hole but the oil was in
porous rock which acted as a filter
and it came into the well very slowly.
Drilling has progressed until now
the well is ratholed TO depth OF
1915 feet and several gas and oil
sands have been picked up.
The owners are awaiting the ar
rival of a string of five and three
sixteenths inch casing which will be
set and the well tested again in the
hope of bringing in n producer. Drill
ing has proceeded carefully on this
well and every sand and rock has been
cored and the log has been kept ac-
curately.
The Chico Pool Oil Company's No.
/ on Block Il of the Ochao Pasture
of Webb county which was started
Monday, is drilling around 1000 feet.
This well is being drilled under con-
tract by the Shasta Oil Company and
will be completed in record time with
out some bad luck steps in. The well
is located east of the Esperanza Ne.
.. which is one Of the best wells in
the district. 1t is also still to the
east of some of the good producers
farther TO the south along the Mid
Ojuelos structure.
Laurel Spuds In.
IduTei vi COMPANY SldINtu VI ilIii.s
on its No. 4 well Thursday. This
well is located as an offset to the
]. w. Quigg No. . and is on the
northwest part of Block 6S of the
Ojuelos grant. Webb county. The
Laurel has three producing wells on
Survey Cos. Webb county. which
adjoins Block IS on the west.
The Laurel Deep Oil company has
made a contract TO have its No. l
on Survey 266 of Webb county
drilled to depth of 5000 and the
contractors will start work just as
soon as water is available.
Casing was set Sunday in the Fin
ley and Bailey No. l well at 1856
feet. This well is located on Block
40 of the Ojuelos grant of Webb
county TO the northeast Of the
O'Hearn wells.
Casing also was set Sunday in the
Kirkpatrick-Lucas Trust Estate No.
1 on block 20 of the Ojuelos grant
to the southeast of the Schott field.
While rafting ahead a sand was pick
ed up at n depth Of 1876 feet and
casing was set just above this depth.
The well will be drilled in Monday.
The sand picked IN showed oil and
ras according to- Geologist Richards