San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-11

field offsetting the Radio Oil Com
pany No. /. Judge Lawrence Hamp-
ton is in charge of the office and
field work and has offices in the
Joseph building in Laredo.
A derrick for the Carter, Muter
and Perkins No. / has been erected
in the northwest part of Survey %
on the tes-Kirkpatrick ranch in
Web county. This is the first of
three wells which this firm agreed to
drill when they purchased acreage
! from Mr.. Gates.
The location Of the well places it
| nearly two miles from the producing
wells in the Leaseholders field and
should it come in n producer it will
remove all suspicion that the trend of
| the field is not to the northwest.
1t is understood that n contract
has been closed with Bob Newton for
drilling this well and if they get pro-
duction the contract calls for large
number of holes.
A derrick has been built in the
southeast corner of Survey 30 in the
Leaseholders pool on the Gates-Kirk-
patrick ranch in Webb county. This
Ntll lOCditu u ulTtC-
ton a little more than half a mile
from the discovery well of the field.
Joe Olsan is the general field mana
ger of the operations here for the
Avon Company and he was one of the
first to purchase acreage in the field
after the coming in of the Lease
holders discovery well early last fall.
Pittsburg Men to Drill.
A derrick was built last week for
the well to be drilled by G. w.
| Haines and associates of Pittsburg.
III and will be drilled by the Lease
holders p. & r. Company who have
contracted the hole on turnkey
job. The tools will be set up as soon
as possible and drilling will begin
probably by the end of the week.
rs there any oil on top the escarp-
ment?" This much mooted question
will soon be answered.
j. W. Quigg has placed his No. 4
right on ton the "scarp" and is 60
ing after oil in his usual persistent
manner and he says he is going to
prove that the long range of cliffs and
hills known as the escarpment has
nothing to do with the oil finding and
that it is not the eastern limit of pro-
duction.
Tools will be set up on No. Just
as soon as the Quigg No. 2 is COM
pieted which began drilling in Tues
day.
There has been plenty of comment
on what would be found should a well
be drilled on top the scarp and the
predictions have been so widely diver
gent that it is only a personal guess
and Mr.. Quigg did the sensible thing
when he decided to find out with the
| bit.
Sam Payne and Ike Hall are sdrill-
ing another well in for G. A. Alonzo
on Survey COS just north of the Avia-
tor pool in the Mid-Ojuelos structure.
Casing was set Friday in the klonzo
Jr., No. at depth of 1910 feet and
drilling in was started Tuesday.
Will Operate Two Rigs.
G.. A. Alonzo has announced that
his contractors, Payne < Hall, are
to place two rigs in the field immedi-
ately. A number of locations have
been made and the contractors origi-
nal agreement called for ten wells.
Olsan, Quigg and Nordyke set cas-
ing in cement in their No. 1 Monday
at a depth of 1878 feet. The well is
located on the middle 80 acres of
Block 40 of the Ojuelos grant in the
Mid-Ojuelos structure north of the
Aviator field. There is now one pro-
ducing well on this block and another
began drilling in last week.
The lower part of Block 40 of the
Ojuelos grant is in for big play. j. W.
Quigg erected two derricks last week
on the block and will run two rigs
hereafter until the acreage is drilled
up. He is now drilling in his No. =
and the rig being used by Olsan.
Quigg and Nordyke will also be used
just as soon as it can complete a
well which is now drilling in on the
middle 80 acres of Block 40.
The two wells will be No. 3 and No.
4 and they will be drilled without
any delay and finished up in quick
time.
The J. X. Hughes Development
Company brought in one of the best
wells in the field last Saturday when
its No. 8 on the east end of its 100
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big reserve came in making around
$50 barrels of oil daily. This makes
three good wells for the company in
the Aviator field.
Tom Brown, field manager for the
Hughes Company, reports that the
No. 3 is now flowing through the tub
bling by heads and that it is making
better than 175 barrels of oil daily.
This makes the No. 3 one of the best
producers in the field at this time.
Secure Water Supply.
The drouth has been temporarily
broken in the Ellington subdivision by
the recent heavy rains and before an
other reaches here the big water sys-
TEN being installed by DR.. A. l..
Edgington will have been completed.
Doctor Edgington has gone east of
the field about three miles and drilled
wells and will drill ten wells in all.
Good fresh water is struck at IS feet