San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-03
.LULINC WELL
MAKING HEAVY
FLOW Of Gas
Oil Sand Expected When
Hole Is Deepened Sew
eral Feet.
IS DOWN 1910 FEET
Drillers Say Outcome Of
Well Will Be known
by Wednesday.

In the Buda lime at 1910 feet. the
Hardeman No. l in the Luling field,
has been making 100000 feet of gas
steadily since the bailer was first
run Monday morning. according to the
drilers. Dauchy and Bryant. Tue
well will be drilled several feet deeper
Tuesday evening in the hope of ell
countering an oil sand blow the
stratum of gas at 1910 feet.
The well was supposed to have been
drilled in Saturday but due TO numer-
Gus troubles with the rotary rig and
the job of pumping water into the
hole for several hours to loosen tie bit
from the mud in which it had lodged.
operations were suspended until Sun
day.
BY Sunday the well had been partly
cleaned out. not entirely. for there
were several hundred feet of hard
mud in the hole which had been pump
ed there during the preceding three ar
four days. Drillers announced that in
all probability the we'll would be
brought in Sunday. Some SEQ spec
tators had gathered to see the well
come in. The plug was drilled Sun
day and depth of approximately
1910 feet was reached.
Gas Pressure Is Strong.
At that depth and with the drill
stem in the hole the well wGs making
considerable gas and at times would
shoot mud and water almost 10 the
crown block. The gas was coming in
heads Sunday morning and several
times the crowd received thrills even
if it did not see an oil well come in.
On one occasion when the gas shot
almost to the crown block. carrying
with it thicc black mud and black
water. the crowd was within several
feet of the derrick and only by some
fast foot work by many of the holder
spectators who had ventured nearest
the derrick was bath in the mud
averted.
The drill came out the hole Sunday
evening and by early Monday morn
ing drilleFs had placed the Christ
mas tree" on the casing head and were
running the bailer. 1t showed traces
of oil each time it was run,
BY Monday morning the well was
gassing steadily and drillers estimated
the production at 100000 cubic feet.
1t was not making any water which
is an exceedingly promising indica-
ton, oil men say.
T The gas was shut off several times
Monday and it was hoped that the
well would blow itself in. This opera
ton was continued throughout Mon
day with no better result than
tremendous gas flow each time the
well was turned loose.
Dauchy and Bryant, experienced
drillers, employed by the Caldwell Oil
Company, announced that they will 90
deeper in the hole. only several feet.
however. 1t is believed they will en-
counter a good oil sand With the gas
pressure in the well at the present
time oil, if found. would easily he shot
TO the crown block and drillers believe
it would be n gusher.
Producer Still Expected.
Although there was not great
amount of oil showing in the we'll
Monday no one interested in the well
or in surrounding wells appeared TO
be disappointed for there is still n
good chance of bringing in a good oil
well. Leases remained at the same
level despite the fact that the oil
was not found at the expected depth,
and there was considerable trading
during Saturday and Monday.
Whether the Hardpman will be an
oil well will probably be known by
night. II il is not an oil
well. drillers say there is n sufficient
amount of gas in the we'll to fire az
least five boilers.