, 1934-12-08
Mew Producers Are
Brought In During Week
In Samtordyce Oil Field

porcion SO, about 5000 feet north
west Of discovery. has been coring
az an unannounced depth.
Afford Oil Company's No. 1.
Astruberto Flores, III tract $50, por-
cion 3 in Starr county, about
$500 feet northwest Of discovery,
was reported drilling below $3.50
feet.
T. I. Larsen Trustees No. / G..
@. Salinas Ct al, IL tract 10, porcion
IL. about 1860 feet northeast OF
discovery, has been shut down for
the past few days below $500 feet
after making 40 pounds gas pres
sure in eight minutes on drill stem
test OF sand below the depth given.
OF great interest was the an
nouncement Thursday that the Heep
Oil Corporations No. / w. r. Jack
son, in the Heep 81 acres Of tract
273, porcion 40. about 1900 feet
southeast OF discovery. would be
deepened TO $500 feet or the Cock
field formation. The test has been
standing for the past two weeks at
1867 feet and drillerS went back In
the hole Thursday preparatory TO
deepening. The test will be closely
watched because OF possibilities OF
deeper production In the rea
-Four other deep wildcats attract
ed interest during the week One
was a newly announced deep hole
south Of McAllen on a very inter-
esting geological prospect.
About four miles north Of the
Samfordyce field, D. NJ. c. Oil COM
pany'S No. ] OSca DaSkam, in block
"a. porcion 45. was drilling al 200
feet. The test had one and a half
feet Of heavily saturated oil sand az
2.l1O feet, and anticipates another
sand about 1900 feet.
In eastern Hidalgo county. Union
Sulphur company's No. 2 American
Rio Grande Land & Irrigation COM
pany, In lot 2,082, block So, North
CapiSallo district, was drilling at T.
782 feet in hard shsle and lime. The
test is the deepest drilling hole in
south Texas.
Union Sulphur company took over
AlAE OOAA GAPlQA GAAOAA VIII
pany's No. ] John G. Engelman, In
lot 3, block 70, Las Mestenas grant,
northe; st OF Edinburg, and is now
roaming preparatory to deepening
from 5000 feet. The test will now
be listed as Unions No. ! Engel-
man.
The new Hidalgo county wildcat
will be located about 10 miles south
OF McAllen near the town Of Hi
dalgo. It will be the King-WoodS
Oil company's No. ! Mrs Margaret
McAllen Fairbanks and viii be To-
Gated In the east 40 acres Of the
west 30 acres OF the north 100 acres
Of the Fairbanks 932 acres In por-
cion "a. Ancient Jurisdiction OF
ReynoSa. The Fairbanks property
consists OF the south 932 acres OF
the porcion. The test will be Spud-
ded by December II and will go 70
5000 feet. King-Woods also obtain
ed Lots /, 2, 3 and {, including E4
acres, out Of Section A, Porcion IS,
from the Hidalgo Canal company.
Starr county also offered an in
tereSting report.
Four tests are drilling In the gen.
eral vicinity Of the JeffrieS-Lambeth
area, a new wildcat got under way
during the week. q new test show
ing for a northern extension OF the
Rio Grsnde City pool was 10 drill
the plug during the weekend and
other wildcats continued to make
hole.
Henshaw Bros Weston-S imon's
No. | M. NJ. Garcia, IN block 9, sur
vey 908, about two miles north OF
the JeffrieS Lambeth area. set and
cemented 100 feet Of surface casing
Thursday.
r. II. Vices No. | Z. 3. Carruth
ct al, in Share l-B, porcion 81, An
cient Jurisdiction OF C3margo. was
10 Spud in during the weekend Lo-
cation is about three miles east OF
JeffrieS-Lambeth.
In the pool proper. which now
boasts one gaSSer and two oil pro-
ducerS, Merren, Johnson a. Jeffries'
No. 2 Starr County Cattle company,
spudded in Thursday and expected
TO set and cement surface casing
during the weekend. Location Is
$50 feet from the north and $50
feet from the west lines OF block
81, Jeffries- Lambeth Subdivision Of
porcioneS $3.50. Ancient JurSdic-
ton Of Camargo. The test is in
porcion az.
Armstrong g. Emanuel's No. :
Starr County Cattle company, in
block 81. JILL Subdivision, pUrcirn
$3.50, Is preparing to Spud In with
in a few days. Location is in por-
cion SO.
IN the Rio Grande City pool where
production has been obtained in a
small area from about 400 feet,
Goodwin g. Zimmerman'S No. ! Mrs.
Ida Davis will drill the plug and
attempt completion this weekend.
The test showed for production with