San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-18

deep test in this section of Zapata
county and Mr.. Brown said that it is
the intention of Mr.. Hughes TO set up
rotary and resume drilling in this
well some time in the near future.
Announcement was made last week
that the Arkansas Natural Gas Com
pany will drill a deep test on Survey
l00S about IS miles north of Aguil-
ares. The drilling Of a well in this
territory by this company is good
news as it means that everything
known TO the oil game win be used in
this test and that the territory will
get a thorough test. The we'll is To-
Gated near the center of the survey.
A road was being cut out from
the main highway running north out
oof Aguilares, on Sunday. A large
arroyo necessitated the building Of
one bridge. A derrick pattern has
been ordered out of Miranda City and
will be delivered as soon rs the road
is completed A rig which was used
on a well Is miles east of San An
tonic is now en- route and will be
hauled out to the lease upon its ar
rival.
X. Watson will be in charge of the
operations as field superintendent.
vice President J. X. Munce spent the
last week in the field and inspected
the large body of acreage which is
owned by the Arkansas Natural Gas
Company. The location for the well
was made by r. c. Holsworth of the
Consolidated Engineers of Laredo.
Ross Gets Good Well
]. f. Ross brought in another big
well for the Ross Amigos Company
last Sunday, This is the No. / well
and it is an offset to the No. on
Survey DIGS in the Schott Field. The
casing was set in this hole at depth
of 1917 feet and the top of the pay is
1910 feet. There is is feet of Oil sand
heads and is making good pipeline oil.
There are now four wells on this
lease and they are all flowing.
The entire oil fraternity is looking
forward TO the coming in of the Cole
Petroleum ComTany's No well
which is drilling about two miles
north of Bruni in Webb county. This
well has struck numerous showinss
of oil and gas during the last three
weeks and is now at n depth of 300
feet where six and fiye-eighths casing
will be set and the well brought in.
The work of setting the casing will
begin Monday, according to Z. K.
Cole, president of the company.
Many favorable reports have come
in regarding this we'll and now that
the company has struck oil and gas
signs that justify the setting of cas-
ing, the oil fraternity has suddenly
been handed a big jolt and everyone
is looking forward to tn coming in OF
the first deep test in the field. The
well is also ten miles east of the es-
carpment.
OIL Shows In Hole.
Gas and oil signs have been push
ing up through the heavy mud stand
ing $500 feet in the well. The gas
is strong enough TO be lighted, which,
under such conditions, denotes very
strong pressure.
The well will be drilled in with
standard tools.
Otto Middlebrook, vice president
and general manager of the Radio
Oil Company, closed q deal Tuesday
with DIR. \. i. Edgington and q. 5.
Mckinney for the upper half of lots
3 and 4 of the EdgingtOn suh-di-
vision of the Aviator tiedl. This
tract contains 40 acres and as the
Radio already owned the lower half
of the same blocks it gives them 81
acres of practically groven terri
tory. This is very important deal
as the acreage will be given quick
development The Radio owns two
rigs and we understand that both OF
them will be used on this lease.
The Radio Oil Company has just
finished Il producing well in the south
west corner of lot 3 and is now drill
ing a second well on this lot as an off
set to the east of the No. l.
Plan Dep Test.
A deep test will be drilled By Nor
ton & Merriweather of Shreveport on
Block Z of Survey 10 in the Lease
holders Field of Webb county. A
derrick was built Monday and the
tools are being set up. This well
will be drilled to a depth of 300
feet. No tests will be made under
1900 feet by agreement with the
Leaseholders' Company. Eight-inch
will be set at or below 1900 feet and
drilling will continue to n depth on
$500 feet should oil not be found be-
fore that depth is reached. X. W.
Norton, who is here experimenting
the field work. is very much i'm
pressed with the Leaseholders' Field
and expects to pick up new sand.
The Quigg, Nordyke & Olsan No.
was spudded in Tuesday on the middle
thirty acres of Block 40 of Los Ojuelos
grant. This acreage is located in the
d-Ojuelos Field and is near the
Quigg No. . well which is located to
the south.
Quigg, Nordyke & Olsan are all oil
men of the successful type. Two OK
them, Quigg and Olsan, now have pro-
ductiOn in this territory.
The America Mexico Oil Company
brought its No 3 in yesterday max
ing 300 barrels of oil daily. The well
is located in the north end of Survey
2241 in the Schott Field and is an
offset to Magnolia and Carnthan
wells. This company recently pur-
chased the NindicatOr lease in the
Schott Field and this is the first well
they have drilled on the property.
There were two producing wells on
the lease at the time Of the sale.
On Long Recruiting Trip.
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