, 1935-09-03

cored at 2.77s-sO feet with casing
set and cemented at 2.778 feet.
All other tests under way at pres
|ent in the field are either In the
northeast or northwest sections Of
the area.
About $500 feet northeast OF dis
covery, Mundy- Stephens No. /
Francisco Guerra, ratholed TO 1850
feet and will make Schlumberger
test. Driller's log showed gas sand
at 2Y66l-2,701 feet, shale at 2,70l-37
feet, gas sand at 2,737-40 feet, oil
sand at 2.740-52 feet and shale and
sand streaks. none more than two
TO three feet thick, to total depth
OF 1880 feet. The hole Is contract
ed to 1000 feet or production. Loca-
ton Is about 2,i00 feet north Of
production and consequently Is one
Of the most interesting tests In the
entire area at the present time.
At the eastern extremity Of the
field and 800 feet east Of produc-
ton, K. d. Harrison-D Double ID Oil
Company's No. 4 Mrs. Lula George,
about 1900 feet east OF discovery,
Is drilling at l,450 feet.
About $500 feet last Of discovery,
Harrison Davis : Bishops No. 4
Francisco Guerra, Is making hole
below l.415 feet.
Another new test In the eastern
section Of the area Is Cortez Oil
Corporations No. / Francisco
Guerra. about $500 feet northeast
Of discovery. 1t set and cemented
200 feet of l0-inch q. d. surface
casing Sunday night.
The fields new northwest outpost
Is Barnsdall-Phillip's No. / Yturria
Land a. Livestock Co., Starr Co.,
abo--t 500 feet northwest Of produc-
ton and $500 feet northwest Of dis
covery. Surface casing, 400 feet of
lO-inch o. D. was set and cemented
Monday.
About $500 feet northwest Of dis
covery and on the west edge OF the
producing area, Henshaw g. Roth
ert's No. 2 Seabury ct al, set and
cemented 204 feet Of 10-inch o. ID.
surface casing Monday night.
Skelly Oil Company's No. 5 Sea-
bury ct al, about $40 feet north
west Of discovery, completed derrick
Monday and Is moving In machinery.
Union Sulphur company contin-
Ted its development in the Mercedes
deep pool Of eastern Hidalgo coun-
ty where 1t has two producers In
sand between 7.475 and $500 feet.
one other wildcat in the county Is
drilling.
Unions No. 4 American : Rio
Grande, one and a half miles south
vest OF discovery, Is coring In hard
Shale at 1880 feet. Production was
found in the No. 3 American : Rio
Grande, discovery well, at 7,477-93
feet. and in the second producer, the
No. ! American-Rio Grande, two
and three-quarter miles northeast
Of the No. A ARG, at 7,490-97 feet.
Unions No. 5 American : Rio
Grande, about 600 feet northwest OF
discovery, Is drilling in shale at 6,26S
feet.
About 10 miles northwest OF Mis-
siCn in western Hidalgo county. S.
]. Sloan ct ais No. ] Brock a. Show
ers. resumed drilling after making
pump repairs and Is now making
hole at 1850 feet.
In Star county, one Of the deep
est tests yet made In the Rio
Grande City pool Is drilling ahead
and two other wells are being COM
pleted.
Hiram NJ. Reeds No. Al Doync
a Chatfield, Is drilling below 3,04O
feet on location 1900 feet north
west of production and 1920 feet
northwest OF discovery. II is n OF
the deepest holes to be put down
a. Rio Grande City.
About 1900 feet north OF discov-
e-y, w. w. Zimmerman's No. 2
Frank Doyno, Is awaiting arrival OF
casing preparatory to setting ana
cementing oil string atop sand cored
at 1888 feet.
About 1900 feet southwest OF dis
covery and 100 feet south Of pro-
cuction. Sioux Heard's No. 2 Good
ricn, Is awaiting necessary equip
ment before being placed on the
pump. The test bailed oil after
drilling plug in oil string set and
cemenfed atop saturation at 1888
IS feet.
Ir willacy county. two deep tests
are under way.
King Woods OIL Company's No. l
Septa Rosa, southeast of Sebastian,
Is about ready to resume drilling at
5,647 feet. The test was shut down
for two weeks because Of lack OF
water and Is now washing down
preparatory TO resuming.
L. a. s. Drilling Company's CalSo
listed as w. r. Daniel's) No. 2
Francisco ArmendiaZ. in southwest
ern Willacy. Is making hole below