, 1934-12-27

X thursday lot EiludlbO
ty as the result Of heavy oil pros
pecting which got under way with
the passing OF the Christmas holi-
days. Both wildcat and proven ter
ritory in the county saw virtual
shutdowns during the holiday Pc
Rod.
Operators announced the spud-
ding OF Maxwell a. Young'S No. 2
King wildcat test in lot 8, block ii,
Alamo tract, three miles south OF
the city Of Alamo in the southern
tip OF Hidalgo county. The test WIZ
run surface casing late this week or
early next. Nearby, a second Wild
cat will be Spudded with a steel
derrick now en- route. II will be
Staked on the Lensgraf-Elmer lease
OF lot IA, block IL. Alamo tract. in
the near vicinity OF the No. 2 King.
King-Woods Oil company. drill
erS OF the Samfordyce fields dis
covery in Hidalgo. attracted wide
attention with their new wildcat on
the Margaret McAllen Fairbanks
932-acre fee In porcion ca, east OF
the town Of Hidalgo and seven miles
due south OF McAllen. King-WoodS
No. ! Fairbanks was drilling az
about 1000 feet Thursday and was
making hole rapidly.
Two other wildcats were reported
for the county at mid-wek. King
Woods OIL company's No. / Oscar
DaSkam, 2l5 feet from the west and
2l6 feet from the north lines Of lot
23-A, block 40. porcion IL, north Of
discovery in the Samfordyce field.
vas spudded In during the holidays
and has set and cemented surface
casing TO 200 feet. The other test.
test, Cato OIL corporations No. /
Brook e. Showers, IN tract 8, block
IS. porcion 70, about eight miles
northwest OF Mission, was ordered
shut down early this week on an
indefinite time basis. The test stop
ped drilling below 2,20O feet.
Two new producers in the max
ing Thursday for the Samfordyce
field were:
Navarro Oil company's No. ! Sea-
curry, George g. Taylor, IN tract 256.
porcion SO, about 2400 feet north
west OF discovery, drilled the plugs
in its cement casing which was set
to the top Of saturated sand at
2756-2T64 feet late last week. The
test was being brought in carefully
Thursday morning. II completed.
the well will extend the field 400
feet west Of present production
limits. On a drill stem test last
week. the hole made 400 pounds OF
gas pressure IN four minutes.
Hiram Reeds No. ! K. Flores.
tract 26e, porcion %. about $50
feet west of discovery on inside 10
cation. has set and cenented cas-
ing TO the top of its Saturation at
feet and planned to drill
the plugs Thursday or Friday. Be-
cause OF its inside location between
producing wells and the fact 1t had
the Samfordyce s~aturation with no
upper gas sand, no drill stem test
was taken after the hand was cored
TO a depth OF two feet and s inches
from the top.
Two other prospective producers.
on a gaSser. were also listed as new
DEVELOPMENTS for the field.
Lucky-Blocker a. CoSmo Petro-
leum company's No. ! Francisco B.
Guerra, tract 254, porcion 40. about
1900 feet east and slightly north OF
discovery but on an inside location.
resumed operations at 2765 feet
after the holidays and IA unoffi-
cially reported to haze encountered
a total OF 81 feet OF gas sand IN the
biggest run OF structure yet record
ed for a Samfordyce test. Depth OF
the sand was not listed immediate
" II IS likely the crew will test the
structure extensively before going
deeepr or running casing.
Showers g. Moncrief'S No. 2-B
John Lawrence, tract 274. porcion
80, about 1900 feet east OF dlScov-
cry but on an inside location. was
believed to be nearing Saturation
The test was drilling
ahead at 200 feet and making
ready 10 core. Since IL is another
of the offsets TO the Harrison No. !
Guerra well, the Rogers test Is be-
ing watched closely.
No other tests were reported Tor
the Samfordyce field proper, with
the exception OF Davis Harrison
Bishops No. / c. z. Smith. in tract
3-B, porcion IL, $500 feet southeast
Of discovery and the fields south
easterly outpost. Having spLdded
late last week. the test has set sur
face casing to 200 feet and Is wait
ing on cement.
Phillips Petroleum company's No.
/ Seabury. George g. Taylor, in tract
256. porcion 80. about 5000 feet
northwest OF discovery, and now
the fields northwest outpost fol-
abandonment Of the Afford
Oil companyiS No. / AStruberto
in tract $50, Porcion 3S.
county. some $500 feet north
west OF discovery. is unoesicially re-
TO have obtained IN excel
Ient gas showing at unannounced