, 1935-01-03
STARR GETS
new CASSER
I Especial TO The Herald,

ht1tA&O1l Ill AltLE LAinii FilCc yTuAe
OK heavy oil and gas prospecting In
starr county was recorded Thursday
with completion OF Merren. John
son a. Jeffries' No. 2 Starr County
Cattle company. located In block 81
CIT the Jeffries- Lambeth subdivis-
ION OF porci0n 80. Ancient Jurisdic-
ton OF Camargo.
Production In the test. which came
In ms "A gasser, was not immediate
ly estimated.
The fact that the test was flow
Ing from d sand topped at 26ss feet
and bottomed mt 2704 feet. however,
lent peculiar significance TO the
well. The completion Is the first
ever recorded In starr county at
such q depth, thus opening up On
almost unlimited amount OF land In
the immediate vicinity 10 heavy fu-
ture development.
The Merren test encountered, as
expected. the Enthusiastically. or
Barbacoas pool. structure at 1850
feet. coring IA feet OF sand. A drill
stem test, taken early this week,
showed oil. gas and salt water, the
latter forcing operators TO deepen
the hole. The new structure was
topped al 1858 feet, casing was set
to that depth and the plugs were
drilled late wednesday. The hole
immediately cleaned itself out and
built up pressure OF 1850 pounds on
tubing and 1850 pounds on casing.
starr county operators were 1uni-
liant over the discovery.
Only two other sands had been
good enough for production In the
county outside OF the shallow Los
Olmos and deep Cuevitas pay, the
former ~ miles northwest Of Rio
Grande City and the latter In the
far northwestern corner OF the
county. The two structures were al
$50 feet, which was sulphur gas, and
at 1850 feet. the Jeffries-Lambeth
OIL and gas sand. The sulphur struc-
ture vas further proved during the
current week when Armstrong g.
Emanuel'S No. starr County Cat
tie company. block 81. Jeffries-La
beth subdivision OF porcion 80. An
cient Jurisdiction OF Camargo,
picked 1t Up at $50 feet On q ~
foot core.
Previously the 2550-foot SAND was
good for production In four tests,
these being JeffrieS- Lambetn's Nos.
4 and . starr County Cattle COM
pany, Weekley OIL corporations
No. I starr County Cattle company.
and Merren. johnson g. Jeffries
No. I starr County Cattle company,
all I'm the Jeffries-Lambeth pool.
With oil interest heightened by
the starr county discovery. develop
ment went forward rapidly through
out the Valley.
Cameron county was listed a. a
new prospecting area when w. T.
Daniels az ais No. ! Armendiaz,
located on "a 5000-acre lease 10 miles
southeast OF the city Of Harrington
near the Arroyo Colorado. was Spud-
ded In and set 400 feet Of surface
casing. The test, with "a l22-foot
steel derrick and an excellent rig,
In waiting on cement 10 resume &C
tivity.
III the Samfordyce field OF Hidal-
no county, two tests on the sand
drilled plugs In their cement Thurs
day morning TO attempt completion.
Showers A. Moncrlef's No. ! Amer
lean State Bank a. Trust company,
tract l76. porcicn 40. ReynoSa iuris-
uiction, $500 feet southeast OF dis
covcry on inside location. vaS max
ing ready 20 10 into the hole and
run tubing after opening the cas-
ing. The test topped Its ~Ssturation
nc 275B feet.
Rogers OIL a. Gas company's No. !
Francisco B. Guerra, tract 254. por-
cion 40. about 1900 feet southeast
OF discovery on the new eastern
producing edge OF the field. had
saturation NJ 2750-l760 feet and
drilled the plugs Thursday morn
ing for completion.
Nearby, Davis Harrison Bishops
No. 4 &. II. Smith. tract 3-B- por-
cion Al. about $500 feet southeast
or discovery and the fields south
easternmost test. was coring near
~saturation below 2700 feet.
Heading the list OF Hidalgo coun-
Nv wildcats. King Woods Oil con-
pany's NO. | Dasksm. lot 23-A. block
40. porcion Al. north Of the sam
fordyce field, resumed drilling
Thursday morning and was max
inE hole at 1910 feet. "A shutdown
for boiler repairs delayed the test.
King Woods Oil company'S NO j
Marraret McAllen Fairbanks. In the
Fairbanks 932-acre fee In porcion 81.
east Of the town OF HidalRo. was
temporarily abandoned "wednesday
night at 4700 feet after being spud-
ded as one OF the most important
new wildcats In the county. II was
located within several hundred yards
ar the Rio Grande. Inability 70 Sc
cure sufficient leases was said 70
have caused Abandonment within
800 feet M the Jackson formation.
RIG from the test will be moved 70
"A location 10 be Staked late this
week near Linn. 10 miles north OF
EdinburE i'm north central Hidalgo
county. where King-WcodS interests
will spud In a new rank wildcat
q The area has been recently
blocked up. The test will be the sec
ond In the immediate vicinity. the
Carl-Johnstcn'S No. | Doughty hav-
inE explored that section to a depth
uf lO0O feet about two years ago
The section recently opened up
by Cato Oil CORPORATIONS NO. ]
Brock a. Showers. block %, porcion
10. now shut down al 2200 feet on
location eight miles northwest OF
Mission. had another drilling test
Thursday.
Hood. Clary A. SpencerS NO. ]
Brock. located In lot A. block 10
porcicn 8n. ReyncSa jurisdiction
about 10 miles north az the SAM