San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-20
GUADALUPE FIELD
MAY BE EXTENDED
BY NO. 1 BAER
Well Near Seguin Shows
Oil and Prepares to
Drill In.

,,,
cegum' IeA.' Apru lS'-Ihe uuad'
alupe county oil field is gaining ma
tiou-wide prominence now. With four
,,or ,roauo;nr n.I,s ana . rur,hor of
'.sA "'i'' anu
others ready to come IN at any time,
the outlook is indeed promising.
Seldom IS any county from the hed
river 10 the mo urande, mas mere
ever oeen such raplu rise IN tease
ana royalty prices. IL mas recent!
become known tnat several OF tne ma
Jor companies nave mad their eyes
Oh Uuaudiupe coun'y ivr y.ais, anu
some OF them have been holding leases
Tor as long as I'VE years, IL Is said:
The section OF the field In the vicin-
ity OF the discovery wells, Is VERT
able bee hive OF INDUSTRY: Inc diller-
ent townsites are booming and the
place has taken on the appearance OF
the old days in Burkburnett. Breeken,
ridge ana the Mexia activitles. omaii
town restaurants are springing up ike
mushrooms, and a moving picture
show place Is to be next on the isl,
1t is said. :,
AT Sullivan. the nearest railroad
station, number OF new business
places and residential shacks are go
ing up. 1t is reported that a COM
pany from West Columbia traded Tor
considerable acreage there recently
and have ordered lumber by the car.
load from the mill for the purpose OF
building more business houses ana
shacks. Gusher Town, the newest OIL
town OF that section, is located on the
Schubert and Harris farms, the pres
emit western bounds of the producing
field. The roads have been worked on
to some extent, but the continual
heavy traffic Keeps them badly cut
up.
The heavy production IN the QUAD
alupe field Is forcing the Magnoiia
Petroleum Company to rush work on
their new pipe line to Beaumont Win
all possible speed.
On account OF the fine showing OF
the Dixie and Amarade wells IN the
Seguin-New Berlin. section, ana the
Rycade test becoming a real factor,
the leases in this vicinity are coming
In for a big play. The territory In
the vicinity of the Plateau Oil Com
| pany development in the wilson
Bexar county district is also forging
ahead. since a positive development
there is assured.
The Grayburg Oil Company Will be-
! gin immediate operations on their
block of leases southeast of Seguin,
on the Weinert ranch.
In the northern section OF Quad
alupe county, on the YORK creek. ABOUT
ten miles from the producing field,
Howell ct al are starting a well on
the Freeman Seligman tract.
1t is predicted that 100 or more
derricks will dot the horizon in the
, Guadalupe county oil field before the
end ofthe present week.
Plateau Oil Company. drilling on
the Gross farm about three-fourths OF
mile from production to the south
west, is in hard rock.
North of Kingsbury, Howell ct al
have started drilling on their Will
mann well. This well is about three
miles west of the producing area OF
the Guadalupe county oil field.
South Of Kingsbury the Allen Bur
man well is about ready to make
test, it is learned.
The No. 1 Baer has set casing and
is about cemented. This well prob
ably will drill in and test some time
next week. The core taken from the
well showed oil and it is expected
to make a producer. 1t is being drilled