, 1934-12-30
-Four Counties
OF VaNeyA ctiOe In
Search Fields

The tests depth Is the deepest eve
registered for a wildcat hole In this
section Of Texas.
Union Sulphur companys No. l
John G. Engelman. In lot 3. block
70. Las Mestenas grant. central Hi
dalgo county. is drilling at 6687.
feet in hard shale.
King Woods OIL company's No. ]
Osca Daskam, ais feet from the
west and 2ls feet from the north
lines OF lot 23-A. block 40. porcion
Al. Reynosa jurisdiction. north Of
the Samfordyce field. drilled the
plug on surface casing set TO about
200 feet and started making hole
Friday. Three shifts will be used
to speed the test.
King Woods Oil company's No. ]
Margaret McAllen Fairbanks. in the
Fairbanks 932-acre fee In porcion
81. Reynosa jurisdiction, just east
Of the town Of Hidalgo. on the Rio
Grande. is drilling at 4058 feet.
Cato Oil corporations No. / Brock
a. Showers, in tract 8. block 20.
porcion 70, about eight miles north
west Of the town OF Mission. is shut
down indefinitely below 1900 feet.
ID. NJ. o. Oil company's No. ]
Osca Daskam. In block "a. porcion
As, north and east Of the Sam
fordyce field, Is reported shut
down. The tests last reported
depth was 1900 feet.
Maxwell g. Young's No. 2 King.
lot 8, block IL, Alamo tract. three
miles south OF the town OF Alamo.
has spudded in and will rework the
former hole from a depth Of s75
feet. Same operators No. ! Lens
graf Elmer. lot IA. block IL. Alamo
tract. is scheduled to spud in with
in a short time.
Cameron county came definitely
into the oil prospecting picture
during the week with announcement
that w. T. Daniel ct ais No. / Ar
mendiaz. located near the town Of
Rio Hondo and near the Arroyo
Colorado. would be spudded within
the next few days. The test has
a l22-foot steel derrick and is COM
plotting a water line to supply the
boiler.
Willacy's single test. w. w. Silks
No. 2 Stillman. on the large Still
man ranch properties and In block
30 OF the Stillman ranch survey. Is
reported shut down at 1000 feet.
Silks No. ! Stillman in lot is, block
80, Stillman Ranch survey. was re-
Gently abandoned at 1000 feet when
a drill stem became stuck in the
hole.
Oil activity hit a slow pace in
Starr county during the week. al
though operations were developed
by the discovery OF a new sand In
an important test in the Jeffries-
Lambeth drilling area. Otherwise
known as the Barcoas pool Of Starr
county. Eight tests were listed for
the county.
Merren. johnson & Jeffries' No.
Starr County Cattle company,
located In block 81. Jeffries-Lam-
beth subdivision CT porcion SO. An
cient Jurisdiction Of Camargo. cor
ed into a saturated oil send at 2706-
27l4 feet and at the close OF the
week were engaged in setting casing
TO the top Of the structure. Com
pletion Is scheduled next week.
Henshaw Brothers Simon a. Wes-
tons No. ! M. M. Garcia, In block
9. survey 9OS. about three miles
north of the Jeffries-Lambeth
area. is drilling at about 300 feet.
r. Fl. Vices No. l K. 3. Carruth.
in share l-B. porcion 81. completed
its fishing job for five joints Of drill
stem at 2420 feet late in the week
and has resumed drilling operations.
Armstrong e. Emanuel's No. /
Starr County Cattle Company. in
clock 81, Jeffries- Lambeth subdi-
vision OF porcion 80, Ancient Juris-
diction OF Camargo. has spudded in.
set 40 feet Of surface casing and is
waiting on cement.
G. L. Smith ct ais No. l y. M.
Longfellow, in section 281. eastern
Starr county. was unreported for
the week and last reported drilling
at $500 feet.
Tarver a. Kennedy's No. l KEEL
sey-BaSs. in blctk 8. section II.
porciones ~75-76-77. Ancient Juris-
diction Of Camargo. is still fishing
at ITO feet.
United Production company's No.
/ NJ. Guerra g. Son ct al. six and
one-half miles northeast of the
Rio Grande in porcion IS. Ancient
Jurisdiction Of Mier. Is reported dry
and abandoned at $500 feet after
standing idle for two weeks.
Goodwin a. Zimmerman's No.
/ Mrs. Ida Davis. in block Is. tract
70. porcion 81. Ancient Jurisdiction
Of Camargc. was reported making
ready TO shoot the hole late in the
week, but definite results are not