San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-19
TRUE OIL SAND
DISCOVERED IN
M|RAND0F|ELD
High Gravity Oil Is En-
countered in Well on
Magnolia Lease.
MAKES 40 BARRELS
But Oil Men Believe New
Sand Has Great
Possibilities.

VOOASAAAssSVs
Miranda City, Tex, Aug. 1s.-The
Miranda oil district is ever springing
surprises and the oil fraternity is now
primed up to that point to accept and
expect almost any condition.
Monday afternoon the Magnolia No.
- picked up a real true oil sand at a
depth of 1917 feet which is produc-
ing 40 barrels daily of a high grade
oil testing 40 gravity. This well Is
located on the Magnolia lease in the
Schott pool which Is Block IL Of the
Ojuelos grant of Webb county. The
usual Miranda crude in nearby wells
is coming from a sand that varies in
dcpth from 1884 to 100 feet in the
different parts of the SchOtt pool. Oll
from this level tests slightly above
~ degrees.
What effect the finding Of the
high grade oil by the Magnolia Petrol
cum company will have ON the field Is
only proDlematical and the producers
of the Schott pool may yet be salts
fled with what they are getting at the
usual levels.
Sand at New Level.
II is only conjecture that this
sand underlies the entire field a.
there have been other wells drilled BE-
low the usual sand which have not
produced this high grade Tub. There
nave been wells drilled far removed
from the Schott pool which do show
this grade of oil in a slightly different
color and whether they are Identical OF
from the same source is a guess.
The Magnolia No. Il did not get
oil at the usual depth OF the other
nearby producers in this same lease as
it is offset by producers which are
pumping around 100 barrels of oil
from from the Miranda sand. The first
casing is set at $500 feet. The well
was drilled in and more than Az feet
of oil sand was drilled through but
it was dry, not even showing oil or
gas. Superintendent Jack Proctor de-
cIded to drill deeper.
For some two weeks drilling COLI
tinued at q slow and careful rate SO
that no formation would be passed
without a test. A sand was picked up
at 1899 feet which showed oil and a
test was made with no appreciate
results. Drilling was resumed and the
sand seemed to thicken until at 104o
feet it was apparent that an oil well
was in, the making. a test of the Int.
tie oil coming into the well showed
I'M fine and it had been increasing
from 1899 feet.
A Trte Oil Sand.
The sand Mt 1917 feet showed true
oil sand of the usual kind picked up
in the big oil fields of Texas and
Oklahoma. After drilling eight inches
into the sand it was decided to make
n test. A string Of five and three-six-
teenths was set with n four-inch liner
and the we'll bailed and swabbed. The
oil began coming in quite fast and the
quality showed 40 degrees with d
high gasoline content. -.
The first II hours the well pro,
duced 20 barrels of oil and the cord
was maintained for the next y bours
making a 40 barrel well of this high
grade oil and proving up another freak
for the big Miranda district.
Is it new sand! We do not say
and we cannot predict what will be the
outcome. Other wells will necessarily
have to be drilled to this level and by
careful work the trend Of this sand
may be followed up and the result
may be that new and more prolific
and higher priced oil may be brought
to the top. -,
Mr.. Proctor does not say what viii
be done with the well. He is not thor
oughly satisfied and has not made vi
his mind whether to drill deeper or let
it stand. There is no water between
this sand and the Miranda sand nj
the usual depth. There is evidently
water under this sand but ut how deer
the sand may be is a question that
must be solved by the man who has
the courage to assume the possibility
of losing high grade producer.
First High Grade Oil.
Forty barrels of oil daily is nothing
to get happy over, but. coming rs il
has in the middle of field which has
never produced anything better than
around % gravity oil. This 40 barrels
Of oil is only an indication of what
the possibilities are and it is the opin
| ion of many that this well may in
crease and should it not do so it vii
establish the fact that somewhere IL
this vast region lies oil of the sam'
grade and quality which will eventual
/ " over balance what has been taking
out of the ground.
It is natural to look forward t.
wells in the Schott Field being drille,
deeper and the sand will be sough
after and it will be permanently 10
Gated.
In the No. 5 of the Magnolia whicl
was drilled late last fall and brought
in n gasser and then decided to drill
deeper, an oil sand was picked up a
O25O feet. A test of core takcI
this same high grade oil was presen
and when drilling was resumed SOM
gas was present with showing Of OF
ON the ditch. This we'll is to the south
east of the No. II we'll nearly a hal
mile.
In the Leaseholders well a quartz
of mile due north of Miranda Cit!
drilled last August by o. w. Nllan
on contract, this high grade oil Wa
4 picked up at 1907 feet. George Rainey
driller, said that it would make tw,
to five barrels of oil day. This wei
was abandoned and plugged.
The Deepest Well.
The Hughes, Butler & McMurray Nc
on Survey 33S, about a mile mort
70 clifton in Webb county, is now tn
deepest well in the Miranda oil terri
tory which is drilling. This well wa
$3.50 feet Saturday and the formatio
! was blue shale.
, Many scouts have been constant