, 1935-11-04
WILLACY TEST
HAS INTEREST
OF OIL men
Black Gold Fever Is
High In County
As Efforts Made
For Production
Especial 20 The HeraId)


MISSION, Nov. A.-Attention Of
Lower Rio Grande Valley oil OPP
orators was focused early this week
on a Wllacy county wildcat $500
feet deep while Starr county again
oomed prominently with q number
JWK tests drilling and an extension
of the BarbacoaS pool showing oil
IN cores.
About three miles east Of Sebas-
tian in Willacy county, King Woods
Oil Company'S No. / Santa Rosa,
finished drilling 900 feet of cement
out Of casing set at 6,207 feet and
started washing down the remain
ing 3l2 feet Of the hole. bottomed
in shale at ssh feet. Three sands
showing on Schlumberger test be-
low $500 feet will be tested, includ-
ing a tight sand at 6242-65 feet.
another tight sand at 6,297-6,326
feet and a third tight sand al
6.400-23 feet. If these sands are
unproductive, casing probably will
be gun-perforated for production
tests in at least two sands Of the
remaining nine shown on Schlum-
berger log between 2,400 and 500
feet.
In southwestern Willacy. l.. a. 8.
Drilling Company's No. 2 Francisco
ArmendiaZ. is still fishing for drill
stem twisted off near the top Of the
hole. which bottomed around
$40 feet. Drilling had Just been
resumed when pipe parted.
In Starr. T. e. Irwin ct ais No.
/ Starr County Cattle Co., cored
six feet Of sand early Saturday at
2.648-54 feet, the upper two feet
showing gas and the lower four
feet making an excellent oil show.
Casing was set and cemented at
2646 feet in Shale and was cement
ed back up to 2.1O0 feet to cure
leaks In a string OF 81 Inch .. d.
set at 2,325 feet on an earlier pro-
duction test in the hole.
About six miles south Of the
Irwin wildcat. Observation-Disclosures
No. I Starr County Cattle Co.. Is
reported making hole just beneath
surface casing set at 20 feet. The
well will 60 to 1000 feet.
John H. Clopton ct ais No. ?
KelSey-BasS Is ready TO resume
drilling with standard tools after
setting surface casing at 80 feet.
w. w. Zimmerman'S No. 3 Frank
Doyno Is waiting on cement after
coring the sand at l,464-71 feet and
setting casing atop the sand.
Hiram NJ. Reeds No. l Mrs. Ida
Davis, is coring at LAS feet.
About u miles northwest of Mis-
sion. s. j. Sloan ct ais No. ! Brock
"a Showers probably will be re-
perforated IN sand section showing
On driller's log at 4,640-59 feet dur
ing the coming week.
Gulf States OIL Company'S No.
John q. Engelman. has set and
eemented surface casing at 603 feet
and is waiting on cement.
Gulf States No. ! Delta Orchards
Is building derrick and moving In
machinery.
Union Sulphur Company'S No. 5
American-Rio Cratic. is drilling
out cement plug preparatory TO
setting whipStock and Sidetracking
at 7.400 feet.
Unions No. s American : Rio
Grande is drilling in Shale at $3.50
feet.
Samfordyce field has onR test
being completed and several others
drilling.
The next completion is expected
70 be w. r. Lacy'S No. B-1 Seabury
ct al. which made considerable oil
rs il was being completed in SAND
At 2.I,J-88.5 feet.
Preparations are being made 20
swab the Mundy-Stephens' No. l
Francisco Guerra. The test has
sand at 2.937-5l feet and failed 10
show after being rocked and jetted
with gas for several days.
Showers e. Moncrief's No. ?
Francisco Guerra, cored the Sam
fordyce gas sand at 2,763-84 feet,
shaIe at 2,784-95 feet, topped the
~saturation at 2.795 feet and con-
tinued coring.
Cortez Oil Company's No. 2 Fran
cisco Guerra, is drilling at $500
feet.
Harrison = Davis = Bishops No. s
Francisco Guerra. set and cement
ed l0-inch o. D. surface casing
Sunday at 2O1 feet and is waiting
Oh cement.
Phillips BarnSdalls No. 3 Yturria
Land a. Livestock, spudded Sunday
and Is ready 70 set surface casing.
Porter & Pickens ct ais No. B-l
CSecond hole Garcia Land e. Cat
tie Co. is below 2.100 feet.
Sicily OIL Company'S No. 9 Sea
bury Ell al. Is building derrick and
Pat Rutherford Of Houston has the
drilling contract.