, 1935-09-24
Wildcats Active
In All Sections
OF Valley Areas

LenSgraf- Walden : Garments No. !
Brock g. Showers and has been
located $50 feet from the west and
615 feet from the south lines OF
lot 4, block IL, porcion so, jurisdic-
ton Of ReynoSa, about II miles
northwest Of Mission. The test As
about 285 feet north OF the old w.
L. Clary wildcat, which In Fehru-
airy reported a saturated sand at
3.053 feet. When Houble ID Oil
company took over the hole, no
sand vas found after whipStocking
and sidetracking. The hole was
carried to 6,OO6 feet and abandon
ed April 10. +. w. Carmen Of WI
chita Is contractor and Is moving
In.
In eastern Hidalgo Union Sulphur
company set and cemented casing
Monday in its No 5 American-Rio
Grande in the Mercedes deep pool.
Casing T-inch O. d. was cement
ed on bottom at 7.529 feet, no an
nouncement being made as 70 the
sand section In the hole Casing
viii be gun-perforated for produc-
ton.
Unions No. 4 American : Rio
Grande. one and a half miles south
west Of discovery. made another
production test at 7.400 feet Sun
day night, obtaining salt water and
gas. This Is the fourth production
test between 7.400 and 7.757 feet,
where the hole Is bottomed. that
has shown salt water and gas. One
more test will be made in the hole,
which has been plugged back al
ready for another test slightly
higher.
Unions No. 6 American-Rio
Grande, two miles northeast Of
discovery, has completed derrick
and Is rigging up.
Another new wildcat, the first In
several weeks, got under way In
Starr county Monday when John
III. Clopton ct ais No. ! Roos a.
Bennett ct al, share la, porcion
90, jurisdiction Of Camargo. spud-
ed In. The test viii probably 60 TO
5000 feet or deeper.
AT Samfordyce, completion of
a northern outpost probably viii be
undertaken Wednesday or Thurs
day. This test is Mundy-Stephens'
No. / Francisco Guerra, In the
north end Of tract IL, porcion IL,
about $500 feet northeast OF dis
covery and 2.100 feet north Of pro-
duction. Hole is bottomed at $3.50
feet In blue shale and casing Is
set and cemented at 1880 feet atop
81 feet If sand with shale Streaks
10 3,027 feet, according to Schlum-
berger test. The Schlumberger test
also showed promise of production
in sand at 2.753-68 feet, which will
be attempted through casing per-
forations If the lowerr sand fails to
produce.
The fields eastern outpost. Har-
rison-Double DIS No. 4 Mrs. Lula
George. 1900 feet east Of discov-
cry, reamed down Monday to 2,766
feet preparatory 70 drill stem test
Of sand at 2.763-68 feet. The test
was delayed ten days by q fishing
job.
Three tests IN the field are drill
ing and two are preparing to start
operations.
The fields northwestern outpost,
II. ]. Porter's No. ! Garcia Land a.
Cattle Co, Starr Co, Is drilling be-
low 1000 feet and is logging exact
" with the recently completed Phil
lips-BarnSdall No. ! Yturria, 2.000
feet to the east. The Porter test
Is 1900 feet northwest OF discov-
cry.
Also IN the northwestern section
OF production, Sicily Oil Company's
No. 4 Seabury ct al, 5000 feet north
west OF discovery, Is rigging up.
Ralph K. Fair, Inc, king
Woods) NO. 7 Francisco Guerra, 900
feet north of discovery, Is making
hole below 1910 feet.
Rogers Oil AZ Gas Company's NO.
B-2 Francisco Guerra, $500 feet
east Of discovery. is drilling at 1880
feet.
Harrison-Da vi : Bishops No. y
Francisco Guerra, $500 feet east of
discovery, Is moving In.