, 1935-01-20
HiddZgo S~amtondyce
FiedN owB Boasts 70
ProducingOH Wells

1900 feet northeast Of discovery, Is
making hole at 1910 feet .
On inside locations, J. M. New
man ct ais No. 2 A. F. de Flores. in
the north 10 acres OF tract 275. por-
cion 40, about $500 feet east of dis
covery, Is drilling at 1000 feet.
Harrison Davis Bishops NO. I C..
+. Smith, in the northwest 5 acres
Of share 3-B. pprcion Al about s.
400 feet southeast OF discovery, was
progressing at 1880 feet.
Wildcatting in various parts OF
Hidalao county became a very in
~teresting pastime during the past
couple OF weeks, more wildcat rigs
being at work than eve before IN
the coumty's drilling history.
Cato Oil Corporations No. !
Brock a. Showers, In Lot ., block ~,
porcion 10. Ancient Jurisdiction Of
Reynosa. about eight miles west OF
Mission, was shut down for repairs
to machinery at 4,386 feet. The test
had cored hard shale and sand
streaks at 2,375-86 feet. the sand
streaks showing considerable gas.
About 10 miles northwest Of Mis-
sion, Clary a. Hoods No. ] Brock q
Showers. in lot A. block IL, porclon
10, was drilling just below 1000 feet
with some sort OF showing expect
ed at about $500 feet.
South Texas deepest wildcat test
was abandoned this week after drlll
stem became stuck in the hole ~
DAYS ago. Union Sulphur company's
NO. 2 American-Rio Grande Land
& Irrigation company, in lot 2,O62,
block So. North Capisallo district
about eight miles north Of Mercedes,
IN eastern Hidalg+o. was abandon
ed al 8.O44 feet after unsuccessful
attempts to dislodge the drill stem
al that depth. About 5000 feet OF
the pipe was cut out Of the mole
before abandonment.
Union Sulphur company's No. !
John c. Engleman. in lot 3, block
70. Las Mestenas tract, about SIN
miles northeast OF Edinburg was
drilling at 7.466 feet In hard Shale
and lime. 4.
Kine-Woods Oil company's No. !
w Nj. Doughty. IN Share 90, san
Salvador del Tule grant, about -
miles north of Edinbure, was shut
down at 1853 feet for repairs 20
machinery. i.
King-Woods Oil company's No j
Osca Daskam. In lot 23-A. block ~.
pcrcion As, Ancient Jurisdiction Of
Reynosa. about three miles east OF
the Samfordyce field. was standing
at 3.514 feet after reaching Its con-
tract depth without making a show
inc or picking UP a sand. No uecis-
ion has been made as 70 whether ~
will be carried deeper.
Harirson-M edlin- Deskam's NO.
Garcia Land a. Livestock company,
IN the east 20 acres OF the south
west 40 acres of that part Of por-
cion AZ. Ancient Jurisdiction OF
Revnosa. living north OF the Mill
tary highway. is drilling at 1900
feet. The test cored Is feet Of sand
and rock and shale at l.850-66 feet
wednesday but II showed nothing
Of importance.
Downey g. Morton's No. I Osca
Daskam. In block "a. porcion a.
Ancient Jurisdiction Of Reynosa,
about four miles northeast Of the
Sdmfordyce field. was 10 resume
during the weekend at 1902 feet
In and near the Barbacoas field
of south central Starr county. four
tests were drilling or awaiting de-
cision to deepen.
Herren. Bond & Johnson's No. 3
starr County Cattle company, In
the southeast corner of block 81
Jeffries- Lambeth SUBDIVISION. por-
c.on 80. Ancient Jurisdiction Of
Camargo. got salt water on drill
stem test OF the Barbsrcoas sand at
2.508-15 feet Thursday. The test be-
gan making hole Thursday and will
also test the 2.700-foot sand In the
same pool.
About two miles east OF Barbacoas.
r. II. Vices Nc. / Z. B. Carruth
resumed drilling Thursday after be-
ing shut down Tor 10 days at 1908
feet. The test Is contracted 70 1000
feet.
Three miles north Of the pool,
HenShaw Bros Weston-Simon's No.
/ N. NJ. Garcia. in block 3, survey
908, is still standing al 4.009 feet
pending decision TO deepen.
Armstrong a. EmanuelS No. !
Starr County Cattle company was
reported drilling at 2.1O0 feet on
location In block 81. Jeffries-Lam-
beth Subdivision. porcion 80. Anci-
ent Jurisdiction OF Camargo, about
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Northwestern Starr county,
brought first into the limelight
about a year ago BY the Sun OIL
company's strike In the 2200-foOt
Cuevitas field, again promises to
make the headlines.
Great Plairs Oil Company's No.
I s. Sanchez e Bro, started in
August. 1882. as The Jim Cloud,
Inc, No. / Sanchez. has cored %
feet Of heavily saturated oil sand
at 3.665-93 feeE and mas set and
cemented sin. q. ID. casing atop
the sand. Tie test Is expt cted TO
be completed sometime .-ext week
upon the return OF interested parties
10 the Valley. Small casing was
set atop saturati0n in this well
because 6% inch oil stcing was set
in February. 1884, when a gas sand
showing for heavy prodlcsion was
cored at 2.670 feet. In January,
1884, a gas blowout occuure0 in the
test and II ran wild for a couple OF
days before finally bridging over
The well was drilling AZ S.515 seet
at the time, but gas was believed
TO be coming Tom the sand at
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