San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-04
MIRANDA FIELD
SCENE Of MUCH
ACTIVITY NOW
Oil Shipments Indicate
Growing Importance
Of District.
SURE SHOT SPUDS In
Shasta Company Will Drill
Second Well in Schott
Pool.

Miranda City, Tex, Feb. S.-The
Sure Shot Petroleum company has
spudded in its second test on a lease
just to the west of the Schott Field.
The No. . hole is located 600 feet north
of the No. 1 well. The No. l well
of this company was drilled TO the
can rock by Boland ct al, and has
been known as the Boland well. a
star rig is now being used to drill this
well in.
The Shasta Oil company has the con-
tract to drill the Sure Shot No. = and
it spudded in the hole on Monday.
Mr.. Ogburn, president of the Shasta,
said yesterday: I'VE will make fast
time ON this we'll and will be ready
to cement in two weeks" Mr.. Ogburn
also said that as soon as he completed
the well for the Sure Shot, he would
move the tools to the Wolcott lease
and drill the Shasta No. . as an off
set to the Shasta No. l which was
lost on account of water trouble. The
Shasta acreage is TO the west of the
Ochoa pasture partition of the OjueloS
ranch.
Wade Changes Location.
The location of the first well 10 be
drilled by X. L. Wade and associates
| of Iowa has been changed to Section
$50 in Duyal county. This section is
| located on the Peters ranch in the
northwest corner Of the county and to
the west of the escarpment. The loca-
ton was made by GeOlogist w. +.
Richards who looks forward TO another
pool being opened in this section of
| the country.
Crouch Brothers, drilling contractors.
were rigging up the middle of the
week and the hole will be spudded in
as soon as possible.
The end of the week has seen things
pick up considerably in the entire
| field.
The Carnahan people shooed the ink
out of the Schott field Thursday with
the bringing in of two big wells off
setting the Magnolia wells. These
wells are good ones and show that there
is just as much oil here as there ever
was and a glance at the record of oil
! shipments will show the conditions just
as good today as they were any time
in the past and they are always get
| ting better.
Another Canadian Well.
Carnahan No. 13, an offset to
Magnolia No. 3, came in last week
for q production Of between 300 and
400 barrels Roy Canadian said that
the well showed more oil while being
drilled in than any well yet brought
in in the Schott field.
The Carnahan No. IA is in also. 1t
is located on the west side of Block
10 of Los 0juelos Grant and is an
offset to the famous Magnolia No. 4
which came in last week for COO bar
rels and increased to 1900 barrels be-
fore sanding up and is now doing
around 400 barrels. This latest Carna-
han well is doing just as good and
has not yet been finished. 1t nav re-
peat the actions of Magnolia No. 4.
Colen Schott of Cincinnati, an Off |
Ger and a director in the Schott Oil
company and affiliated companies, has |
been spending much time in the field |
inspecting company holdings. He came |
here for the purpose of attending
stockholders meetings of the various |
companies. Mr.. Schott is also heavily |
interested in farm lands along the |
Rio Grande and has one of the best
producing. onion and truck farms in the
Laredo district.
About mile and one-half northwest
OF Reiser the McKenzie-Ryan Petro-
Ieum company is drilling for oil. 1t
has drilled two wells to the shallow
sand and the No. 1 has been brought
in as a gasser with considerable gaso.
line content. The No. . was abandon
ed at depth of 100 feet only after
1t was found that the salt water could
not be shut out.
Spud In Third Well.
H.. ,.l iY, d. |
nesday. 1t is located in the northwest
corne. of Survey 1870 about 120 feet
distant from the No. 2. The company
expects to be able to control the water
in this well and be able to bring in a
producer around a depth of 100 feet.
The Alonzo Jr., No. ., located in the
eastern part of the Alonzo lease on Sur.
vey COS, an offset to the Richmond
Garacia No. /, came in Friday at a
depth Of 1866 feet for an estimated
production Of 100 barrels of oil daily.
This is the second well drilled on this
lease for G.. A. Alonzo by Hall and
Payne. contracting drillers.
The No. 8 well is located to the
south of the No. 9 well and will be an
offset to the ]. w. Quigg No. l. Hall
and Payne have a contract to drill nine {
more wells on this lease for G. A.
AlOnzo.
A test will be made at a depth of
1880 feet in the well being drilled on
the Mesquite tract in Jim Hogg county. !
This well is being drilled by Conway.
Seagraves. Taylor and l
others. 1t is few miles 10 the south
last of the Cole Petroleum company
drilling north of Bruni.
A good showing Of oil is said to be
present in the hole at depth of 1880
feet just underlying stratum of
Jumbo. Eight-inch casing has been set
10 make a test and the well will be
jrilled in Monday.
1t will be remembered that a good
showing of oil was encountered in the
Cole well at a depth of 100 feet and
his well is some miles to the northwest
rom the Conway well. 1t is the opin-
on of many oil men besides the Cole
,eople that they could have brought in
/ small well at this depth. There is
possibility that the Conway well will
how enough oil in the test to be
'rought in n producer.
PaultOn Gets Well.
The Paulton Oil company brought
n its No. . well yesterday on Block
% in the Aviator field. The well is
TO be good for a. barrels.
I is an offset three hundred feet south
4 the No. l well which is located in