San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-13
In II Hours After Compile
ton Schott-Mirando
Well Fills Tanks.
In SURVEY 64S WEBB
Rio Bravo Said to Be Be-
hind Interesting Project
in Carolina Texas Field.
Laredo, Texas, April 1c.-The best

several months was brought in thi.
week by the Alworth Brothers on sur
vey of the Schott- Miranda City pool
The well which is the No. 8 for thi.
company, set casing at the depth OF
1853 feet over % feet of very rich OF
: sand. The hole was drilled to 112C
, feet, then bailed and swabbed after
{ which it started flowing by heads. BY
|. actual gauge the well made 2J06 bar.
Z rels during the first Il hours. The
well is now being placed on the beam
! with an overflow attachment and il
/, is estimated that it will make a daily
production of about 500 barrels. A
derrick has been erected for NO. 4
:, directly TO the cast of No. 3 and an.
xher for No. l on block 20 directly
!, q, the north and tools are being moved
) he both locations for immediate drill
b. he Cornhuskers Oil company No. .,
tonch is an offset to the Laurel No.
Sta the northwest and located on SUR
the sos. was brought in the first Of
! sell week for a daily production of
".Dut 100 barrels. The No. / of the
4, npany, which is direct offset to
err west of the Laurel well. Is &C.
gsnted and the derrick has been
looted for No. 8.
II Rio Bravo to Drill.
eTr The announcement that the Rio
Bravo Oil company would drill a test
: in the Carolina-Texas Field has again
caused considerable interest to be TAX
en- in that section. While the test is
being financed mostly By that COM
ha 1aoga &c L. -.
ing property are assisting. either by
small amounts of acreage or by actual
cash. Very little acreage was avail
able for the drilling of this test and
as the lease on the western portion of
survey 6S4 will expire during the COM
ing month of June. a proposition was
made TO the Rio Bravo Oil company.
who owns portion of the west half
of this survey, regarding the drilling of
a test in order to save the lease. The
proposition was accepted and the test
viii be drilled by Contractor Muckel-
roy and will so under the name or the
Associated Oil company ct al.
In The Schott pool. the Carnahan
Producing and Refining company
erected derrick for No. ; which is
located north of No. 5S and on block
10 Of the Los Ojuelos grant. No. II.
located on snrvev - and which was
brought in as small well last year,
is noo being drilled deener to the sec
ond caprock. Kirkpatrick and Lucas
set casing in No. on block 20. The
Schott Oil company has erected a der
rick on block 2S Of the Los Qjuelos
grant and is moving on tcelsN dor a
test The Shaw test located onlblock
IL of the Los Ojuelos grant has been
abandoned ut the depth of 2I70 feet.
In Aviator Pool.
In the Aviator pool, the Rio Grande
PETROLEUM Corporation set casing In
No. 8. The Radio Oil company is
drilling in No. 6. o. W. Killam, on
the Albercas grant, is drilling No. .
deeper, having obtained considerable
!. oil but not enough to make a CONNER
( cial well. ]. II. Hughes is drilling in
No. 10. Black Panther Petroleum
company set casing at 1850 fe".. The
Andrews Petroleum Corporation re-
sumed drilling in No. 8 at the depth
of 2200 feet.
In the Mid Ojuelos pool. the Gin
Tex Petroleum company is drilling he
low 300 feet in No. 3. c. A. Wheat
ley drilling below 900 feet in No. 7
while the Laurel Oil company's drill
ing operations are at standstill pend
ing the result of the suit recently filed
regarding tie title 10 the property.
In tho Wolcott pool, the derrick for
the Weslaco Oil company that col
lapsed last week has been rebuilt. The
entire drill stem was corkscrewcd and
twisted which necessitated straighten.
: ing and substituting with almost entire
new stem. Chandler and Gier set cas-
ing in No. 8 at 174S fet. The Aiagno-
ma Petroleum company is drilling in
No. with a Star rig and is about
ready to set casing in No. 6. II. H.
Palmer, located on block 30 of the
Nolcott subdivision, cored a very rich
oil sand at 1710-1713 feet. Casing is
now being set at 1909 feet.
AbandOns clifton Test.
The Southwest Texas Oil company
IN the clifton field has abandoned IT'S
test on survey zoos at the depth of
s460 feet. The Witherspoon Oil COM
pany Is nearing the 2000-foot mark on
survey 1907.
In the Bruni field the Cole Petro-
leum company is setting up tools for
No. which is located east of No. .
and near the Duval-Webb county line.
- In the Carolina-Texas Gas field the
Tarolina-Te Oil and Gas Trust is
drilling below $50 fet, having consid-
Erable difficulty due TO the shortage of
water. The rig will be moved on the
Aiorgan-Gibble test the first of next
week.
= In the Andrews Gas field the r. 8.
Howard test is drilling below 1000
Eeet while the Andrews Petroleum Cor
poration has made a location TO the
vast OF the gas well that was brought
N several days ago.
4 The A. ID. J. Oil COMPANY is drill
ing below 3S40 feet on the Pratt Cole
elan ranch. southwest of Encinal.
dsarnhart ct al is roaming below $50
Ieet on survey 1864 east of the coal
}nines. Tools are being moved on the
S1umphreys and the Forester tests in
xile northwestern portion of In, I'M
". Neal ct al located on survey 6l2
1s pulling casing for the purpose OF
drilling deeper, having made a test at
s1e depth of 2045 feet that did not
produce oil in commercial quantities.
In Jim Hogg county the Weber Oil
company is reported as having cleared
1he hole of the drill stem thai wn, re-
Gently twisted off and to have resumed
drilling below 1900 feet. ]. w. PIN
pin Is drilling below 1910 feet in the
graveyard test on survey 81 near Ran
dado. Homer Tyson is drilling around
llOO feet in No. 2 On survey 230 and