San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-07
ANOTHER PART
MIRANDOFIELD
To BE DRILLED
Richmond Pool in Mid jue-
los Section to Get Sew
eral New Wells.
WILL EXTEND FIELD
Many Wildcat Tests Planned
for Territory Around
Miranda City.
WILL EXTEND FIELD

Miranda City, Jan. 6.-The Richmond
pool of the Mid-Ojuelos field is des-
tined to become one of the most active
parts of the entire Miranda oil district.
Three well were spudded in there last
week by the Richmo nd Garcia Company
which brought in it's first making about
/ 20 barrels of oil daily.
This pool is on the Mid-Ojuelos struc-
ture worked out by W. L. Richards
many months ago for the o. w. Killam
interests. 1t is also the last section of
the three Ojuelos structures to be
opened up and it has always been the
opinion of Geologist Richards that three
fields would be found. The first. or
upper Ojuelos. is the Schott field which
was brought in u year ago last Deem
Der. The second. or Lower Ojuelos, is
the Aviation field brought in last June
and the Mid-OjuelOs came in l." o weeks
ago with the Alonzo and Richmond
Garcia wells. A third well was brought
in in this field Wednesday by j. w.
Quigg.
The Richmond Garcia Company is
composed principally of Californians
from Richmond, Cal. The president
of the company is NJ. A. Hayes. a real
estate dealer. o. Duggan, director,
is also a big real estate man of Rich
mond. Arthur p. Duggan Of Little
field. Texas, and r. T. Duggan of
Dallas, Texas. are also directors. r. +.
Duggan is really the pioneer oil man of
this district as he came here early with
the Hughes Oil Company to drill well
that was located east of Miranda City
about a mile. However, there was no
Miranda City here in those days. His
well was drilled to a depth of about
1000 feet and sold to the Killam inter-
ests and has been standing for better
than a year. Mr.. Duggan has never
ceased to be believer in this territory
and he finally succeeded in interesting
| the Californians in the oil venture for
Texas and their first well resulted in
a paying proposition as testimony Of
his faith.
Three Contracts Let.
J NJ. A. Hayes and o. Duggan spent
about a week here the first of the year
in getting acquainted with their hold
ings and they decided that if they had
a good thing they were going to get ac-
ton and the result was that three wells
were ordered started at once. Two con-
tracts went to o. w. killam and one
was awarded to Butler & McMurray.
Messrs. Hayes and Duggan are enthus-
iastic over their holdings in this field
and they were materially increased dur
ing their short stay as the company
field for record about 100 lease trans
fers on the last of December paying the
count. clerk $3.50 fees.
George II. Coates of Miranda City
has been placed in complete charge of
all properties and field operations for
the Richmond Garcia Company. Mr..
Coates was recently with J. f. Ross
and he is an experienced oil man.
The location of the wells now drilling
are the No. 1 and the No. 3 an offset
to the AlOnzo Jr. No. ., both on survey
sos. The third well is the No. / on sur
vey COG about a half mile north of the
No. l well on COS. This well is near
the center of survey COS.
The company has about a thousand
acres of land in surveys COB, Cos and
COG. right in the heart of the Mid
Oiuelos structure and is considered
some of the most valuable territory in
the entire field.
The territory in the neighbOrhOod oil
clifton is going to be tested for oil. The
Magnolia. Laredo, Hughes and Mara
thon companies and several individuals
have Joined Butler & McMurray. con-
tracing drillers. in drillin a well or
survey 1856. the same section in which
Oiltcn is located. The well is located
in the southwest corner of tn; survey
This test will be an important one
and will be drilled with the Creates
of care as it has long been commended
that oil is in this vicinity. The coming
in of this well will extend the territory
considerably. The we'll is distant from
Miranda City about n mile and a quar-
ter to the northeast.
Believes in Field.
Much credit for this test is due r. F
Duggan Of the Hughes Oil Company a
he has worked long and consistently OF
the theory that there was an oil field II
this part of Webb county. The frs
oil derrick ever built in this side o
Webb county was built by the Hughe
Oil Company, which drilled a hol,
about a thousand feet deep and theI
sold the immediate holdings to o. W
Killam. The black derrick to the cas-
= of Miranda City is the original Hughe
well and it was drilled. but never com
pleted. long before Miranda City wa
ever thought of or before any produc
ton was ever found in Webb count.
outside of the Reiser gas fields.
Butler and McMurray. big Louisiana
well contractors, have come the Mi
rando oil district after carefully inspect
ing the field. They are outspOkcn il
their praise for this field and say that j
is preferred to the GuShcr district o
, Arkansas and think it n much bette
money making proposition.
Five cars of machinery were unload
ed by the firm the early part OF tn
e week. One rig was moved TO survey GO
in the Mid-Oiuelos field where they hav
a contract to drill a well 70 the Rich
, | mond- Garcia Company and another ri
was moved to survey IS6 near Otto
where they are drilling a well in col
l. junction with Laredo, Magnolii
I. Hughes, Marathon and other con
panieS.
T. 6. Benne has returned from Cal
fornia to drill another well. This tin
he has selected location on the uppt
a part Of block II of Los Oiuelos graz
d on top the escarpment about two mil,
d east of the production in the Soho
: field. The two big gassers Of the Scho
n company arc located about midway b
= tween the Benne well and the SchO
,, field and it is the theory Of many Oper
e tors that these Eassers mark the top
l. n structure with a possibility Of b
J. production to the east as there Is 10
= ! wCs In any case the Rennc well vi