San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-14
Brief Bits of
Oil Field News

The completion of the Maggie
Moore No. of the Jarmon Oil Com
pany MS commercial producer is the
best news that has been broadcasted
from the Luling field in many months.
This territory has had her full share
of wildcats drilled in every direction
from the line of faulting, with one
failure after another being record
ed. Had a single one of these Wild
cats picked up pay horizon, LulinS
would have been city of 25,OOO in
stead of 5000. With lannon's COM
pletion, however, the field has been
given a mile extension which will
mean an extensive drilling campaign
to the south and west in all proba-
bility extending into Guadalupe coun-
ty.
A great deal of credit for the sue
cess of the Maggie Moore well must
go to Jake Jarmon and his drilling
contractor, Jim Harper. The hole
drilled in good time was put down
with the greatest degree of safety and
up-to-date has shown no water. The
No. . will be drilled Immediately, be-
ing located due north of the initial
well.
From all indications, the water
flow in a number of producers in the
proven area is exhausting itself. The
Hardeman No. 3 of the United North
and South Oil Company which for
time was reported as making 40 per
cent water is now. down to 20 per
cent, while one of the Byrd producers
which made IL per cent water is now
running Double . oil.
Casing is being run on the School
house we'll at Joliet. This we'll and
the Grady No. / well of the Luling
Petroleum Company are both looking
good, according TO the drilling crews.
Efforts are being made to side
track a slip in the Bolton well Of the
Soda Springs Syndicate five miles
northeast of town. A core will be
taken, according to A. b. Estep, gen.
eral manager, at 2541 feet. a showing
having been obtained at the base OF
the Taylor mari.
A half million barrels of crude will
soon be in storage at the Magnolia
Petroleum Company's tank farm south
of town. Six of the 55,OO0-barrei
tanks are filled, two more are to be
completed this week and two more
the coming week. Fifteen in all will
be erected. Fast time is being made
on the refinery and it will start OPP
Grafton November 1, according to an
official of the company.
Fast time has been made on the
three tests being put down in Guada.
lupe county by the United North and
South interests, all having passed the
1000 foot level. Production, it is UNI
derstood, is looked for about 300
feet.
X. C. Baker, vice president and
general manager of the North and
South Company, is again back on the
job after two months vacation
spent with his family in the East.
A well it is reported will be drilled
by J. G. Oltorf ct al in the neishbor-
hood of Old Nixon.
Oil men are still seeking houses in
Luling. Requests are received daily
by William McGinn of the Chamber
Of Commerce who states the demand
is for small places of from three to
five rooms. This appears like a good
investment for some real estate man.
J. A. Williams. head of the Big
Gusher Oil Company. has announced
that easing has been shipped from
Mexia for the company's Walker No.
1 we'll.
J. s. Owens of Cameron, Texas,
who is interested in the Maggie
Moore we'll was Luling. visitor dur
ing the week. Mr.. Owens has been
very successful in the Minerva field.
A number of oil men have been in
capacitated during the last two weeas
due to dengue fever.
Fast work by Gus England. local
constable and two prominent citizens,
resulted early in the week in the ar
rest of three "yeggs" who were camp
ed on the edge Of town. From the
amount of explosives they had i'm
ported, the strangers were preparing
to shoot something other than an oil
well.
Gas masks are TO be provided by
United North end South Company for
those employed who are forced to
come in contact with the sulphurous
gases from some Of the wells and
tanks. Several serious accidents and
one fatality have been due to men be.
ing overcome. Other operators would
do we'll to follow the example of the
North and South.
WORK OVER .GASSER