San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-13
.MERR|WEATHER:
.WELE|SF[OWNG
+0!.L BY HEADS
Second Prairie Lea Com
pletion May Be Producer
When Test is Finished
TEN FEET In THE SAND
Considerable Gas Coming
Up and Bailer Is Full
of Crude. D..

Luling, Tex, April 13.-The Mer-
riweather No. 2, owned by the Prairie
Lee Production Company, Luling
field, came in Thursday, at depth Of
2115 feet. 1t was making oil in heads
after being bailed several times but
the production has not been deter
mined. There is a fairly good gas
pressure in this well and it appar-
entity is not making any water. Drill
ers, Dauchy and Bryant, say they be-
lieve it will prove TO be much bet
ter well than either the Merriweather
No. 1 or the Rios No. ]. which came
in with about 150-barrel productions
and have been flowing a large guam
tity of oil daily for the last sew
eral months.
1t was Thursday afternoon before
the we'll began making oil. The
crowd attending the drilling-in was a
large one, considering the fact that a
visitor ran the risk of being swept
down a stream or getting stuck in
the mud en- route to the well. A
rain which probably was unequalled at
Luling this year, fell throughout We'd
nesday night and Thursday morning.
Every ditch and creek in and around
Luling was out of its banks. Early
Thursday morning it was almost inn
possible to leave the, town on ac-
count of the high water. By 10
O'Clock Thursday morning the storm
had abated and crowd of specta.
tors in automobiles ventured to travel
what was said to be a dangerous road,
in order to see the Merriweather No.
1 come in.
Rains Interfere With Travel.
There are two roads to the Luling
oil field and the spectators who were
not familiar with the two routes
were put to considerable trouble in
reaching the well. On one of the
routes, q. creek, which had been fed
from the excessive rains over miles
of level farm lands, had swollen many
feet over its banks. Where the road
crossed this creek. it was at least
$50 yards wide and several feet deep
in water. A large number OF cars
filled with spectators on their way
to the well were forced to remain on
one side of the creek for several
hours until it had receded to a depth
that could be crossed in an autono-
bile.
But the flood waters had reccded
by noon Thursday and most OF the
spectators arrived at the well in time
to see it making oil in heads.
= Oil was made in heads after the
well had been bailed, several times.
and the hole partly cleaned, accord
ing to drillers. An effort was made
to swab the we'll, but only two Joints
of pipe, which had been used on this
bailer, did not form sufficient
weight to penetrate the mud. water
and oil in the hole which had filled
up by that time within 200 feet OF the
casing head.
The we'll was let stand throughout
the night Thursday in hopes that 1t
would flow by morning for the hole
was filling fast and each time the bail
err was run it came up filled with
clean oil.
Considerable Gas Evident.
Through several hundred feet of
mud, water and oil in the well, a
fairly good gas pressure was being
made Thursday and gas could be seen
at the mouth of one of the drain
pipes. Due to the gas in the Merri-
weather No. 2. drillers say they are
led to believe that it will prove to be
a much better producer than either
the Rios No. 1 or the Merriweather
No. /. These wells have been pro-
ducing from 60 to 10 barrels Of oil
daily for the last six months.
The bringing in of this well is OF
much importance to the Luling field.
1t is said to be at least ten feet in
the sand which Is several feet deeper
than either the Merriweather No. i
or Rios wells and Is therefore. the
only real test of this sand the Luling
field has. had.
1t is understood that this well is
on a lease that was acquired by the
Seaboard Oil & Gas Company recently.
Judge J. X. Armstrong OF Oklahoma.
who is representing the Seaboard Oil
& Gas and the Sunland Oil 4 Gas
Companies. purchased considerable
acreage around San Antonio during
a visit here. According to Judge
Armstrong last week, the Prairie Lee
Production Company's interests at
Luling have been sold to the Sea-
board Oil & Gas Company condition
ally on the Merriweather No. 2 being
A well. II Is said that the deal in
wolves the transfer Of several hundred
acres of leases in the Luling field
and that the Seaboard Oil 4 Gas Com
pany contemplates considerable devel-
opment in the near future.
Other operations in the Luling field
are attracting considerable attention
and a brisk demand for royalties and
leases is reported. The Luling Produc-
ton Company's Robinett No. is be-
low 1450 feet and is reporting some
good oil showings. The Smith No. !
and the Hardeman No. are expected
TO come in shortly. The Hardeman
No. / is still gassing steadily.