The Nevada County picayune., 1923-04-26
OIL SHOWING
 NEAR BODCAW
Woodley Test on Mum Tract Has Strong Showing of Oil and Cas-Develop-
 ments During
 Week.

SHOWlHSS OI OH anu StfoIS gas pres sure were encountered yesterday in the Woodley test, on the M J. Mum tract, near Bodcaw, in 41422
 Operations were suspended by the drillers pending arrival of the owners from Shreveport.
 AS a consequence of the oil show ing. leases in the vicinity of the well advanced in price, and there was a renewed activity in trading. 1 Smitherman & Mcdonald of Haynes vile have a derrick up and machinery 1 installed for their test ill section To- 14-21, and will spud in today for all offset to Steel X Sandlin's producer in the same section. Day and night crews will be used and the test. it is said will be completed to the sand within seven days.
 The Steel X Sandlin we'll continues to flow steadily and additional pits are heinz erected to take care of the oil.
 Ames X Zingg are drilling their dis covery well deeper into the sand. Drilling stopped after going only three feet ill the sand while the Warmack we'll quarter mile southwest is resting on shale in 23 feet of sand.
 report from chemist at the Uni versity of Oklahoma gives the follow ing analysis of the crude from the Ames X Zingg well, covering the re finery run and laboratory test Gravity, 16.6 flash point, 2S6 F.. fire point, 345 F.; viscosity Saybolt Uni versity at 122 F, 1S7 seconds; dry dis tillation oil, by weight, 472 grams coke. 75.42 grams or 16 per cent: over 1o;nt. f2j F.; gravity of lubricating fraction. 2SS Baume or 2S per cent; E. T. |. of original oil, visosity of lubricating fraction, 100 F, 49 seconds parrafin 3,6 per eentage of lubrieating oil, 7S.4 per cent.
 The oil from the Steel X Sandln 
 Warmack No. l, according to recent analysis from another chemist, con tains five grades of lubricating, from spindle, three-inone, to the highest grade machine oil, this oil being slight ly lighter than that from the Ames X Zingg well.
 The White Oil Company of Little Rock has derrick up on the A. r. East tract, 3 miles northwest of Ross ton, in 13-13-22, and drilling will be- gin within two weeks. This company expects to drill two more wells in the near future. and probably will es- tablish an office in Prescott.
 The Lyke Watkins well, in the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter of section 12-1421, is 2,400 feet deep with the bit in rock. which has been encountered for the last 100 feet. Watkins is optimistic over the prospects, announcing his belief that below this rock he will get production. This test is two miles east of War mack No. l.
 Morefed X Tanner of Shreveport this week made location. in the north est quarter of southwest quarter of section 10-12-21, for a test. Derrick is being erected and drilling will be- gin within two weeks. This test is nine miles southeast of Prescott
 Blocking of acreage is going on for tests in sections 25 and B in town ship 10, range 23, three miles north of Prescott, and in sections 23 and 26 in township 12, range %, near Laneburg, seven miles south of Prescott.
 Machinery is en route for the Suckle- Wissman No 1 on the south central line of section 1-10-23, six miles due north of Prescott, and tho promoters are under contract to be drilling within ten days.
 It is reported the Haskell test in 19-14-22, which suspended operations at 25OO feet last week, will be con tinued. drilling to be resumed i'm l mediately