San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-16
PR0DUCT|0NAT
LESS THAN 1000
FEE IN No. Z
rwenty-six Feet of Rich
Sand and Consider
able Gas.
TO TEST ON PUMP
Output Anywhere From
: so to 100 Barrels Is
First Estimate.

: . Hondo, Tex. Sept. 15.-With pro
! duction conservatively estimated at
! from SO to 100 barrels with possiblll-
, ties of larger production when the well
. Is completed. the Ina Oil company S
( No. 2 on the burst tract owned by the
\ Schmidt estate. Is miles southeast oil
7 Hondo in Medina county, was conf
pleted Saturday morning and Will be
tested on the pump. Considerable gas
is developing and the well gives lndl-
cations of flowing by heads. A gate
valve has been put in place to pre-
vent a possible blowout. K. j. Boyle,
president of the Ina Oil company,
Frank Brown, discoverer of the field
and also an official of the company
have been at the well all week. They
declined to discuss the completion
other than TO say they were con
WINGED they had a field and would
continue development. From other
sources it is learned that they have
&c feet of sand. every inch of it max
ing oil. Friday night when they
bailed the well out after suspendins
drilling, the bailer came up full of oil
and the slush pit was covered with oil
according 10 those who saw it. Guards
at the gate kept out all spectators ex-
cept a few oil men admitted by pass.
Officials of the company said this had
TO be done because when the No. l
. as completed fully 1000 people gath
cred at the well making work hazard
Gus. The company is taking precau-
lions against fire.
Cores Show Good Sand.
Successive cores taken in the sand
show an absence Of sulphur or water.
A heavy oil of about is gravity, ideal
~ suited for fuel is being produced.
This is said by scouts to be from the
first real oil sand found in South
Texas. The sand is capped by shells
and gumbo resting on several feet of
soft lime. Immediately beneath the
sand is another soft lime rock. This
was shown by the last core taken and
the drilling stopped on top of this
rock. The company officials said they
would not go through this rock in this
well but it is reported they plan 4
deeper well in their No. 3 and that
they expect to carry down an eight
inch hole to this lower rock and go
through it to see what is below. They
confidently expect another oil sand
under it but will not take a chance
Of developing water by going through
1T in their No. = as they are said TO
want to make this well TO insure am
pie fuel for drilling.
There is much excitement in Hondo
and vicinity. Farmers and ranchers
are holding acreage around the well at
500 an acre and up. The Ina Oil
company however, owns 1000 acres in
leases surrounding these two wells and
thus seems to control the field. The
.1dondo river is believed to mark
fault line but this is not determined
and will not be definitely known until
several of the tests under way across
the river from the Ina wells are
drilled to the sand depth.
- No. 1 Flows by Heads.
The Ina got is feet Of sand in their
No. when they ran out of hole and
brought the well in. 1t flowed by
heads until it sanded up. With 20 feet
of sand in their No. ., they feel con-
fident that the production will be
much better than the No. /. Also it is
stated that in the No. ., the top sand
which is extremely fine and inclined
10 ocze into the well, is not making
them any trouble. Due to rotary drill
iEg. it is standing up well. There is
said to be no indication of water in
the oil and no water is ANTICIPATED as
The lower rock cuts off everything De-
low the sand and the casing is cement
ed on top OF a similar rock above
the sand and tested by bailing.
A fine strainer especially made after
a sample of the sand was submitted
10 the manufacturer is on the grounl
End viii be set for the entire 26 fee.
Of sand. II is similar TO the setrainers
(. used in the coastal fields and is the
first ever set in this part of the state.
Whether IL will work remains to be
seen. If not, IL will be pulled and a
perforated casing will be substituted
such as is usually used in this region
There seems no doubt that the Ina
Oil company has proven the Hondo
field and that It will get good play
during tie next six months.