, 1935-03-04
Two New Wells In
Completion Stage
In WaHey,s Field

east Of discovery. Is drilling at 1850
feet.
Two tests continued to make hole
on the southeast edge OF the fielo
and another, the southeast outpost
for the area, was coring the sand.
Rogers Oil 81 Gas Companyis No.
3 Francisco Guerra, In the north
west corner OF the southeast Is
acres o. tract 254, porcion 40. about
1900 feet east OF discovery, Is drill
ing at 2,220 feet.
Cortes Oil Corporations No. 4 @.
Z Smith. near the center Of the
northeast 34.43 acres OF tract 278,
porcion 40. about $500 feet south
east OF discovery, Is drilling at $40
feet.
Hill g. Hills No. / c. Z. Smith.
in the west end of the south 10
acres of the northwest 1929 acres Of
tract 3-B, po-cion IL, about $500
feet southeast OF discovery, is coring
at 2.735 feet after topping the Sam
fordyce upper gas sand at 2.733
feet. II is the fields most SOUTH
easterly test and promises TO X
tend production about 400 feet.
Wildcats In Hidalgo county made
little showing during the weekend.
hut Starr wildcats showed more
activity.
About $500 feet west OF the SAM
fordyce discovery well and 5000
feet west Of production. <. v. Van
Hess No. / Garcia Land az Live
stock company resumed coring at
2,788 feet Morday. The test had
Nww~- ~w~I a An1g fane ~ Sand hnnwtnn
q good odor AMI showing some oil in
cores at 2,785.5-8S feet. Location Is
$50 feet from the east line Of por-
con 100. Ancient Jurisdiction OF
ReynoSa, southeastern Starr coun-
ty, and 4,747 feet south Of highway
4.
Derrick Is being completed for
another wildcat west OF the Sam
fordyce field to be known as George
Lacy's No. / Abney in porcion 80,
Ancient Jurisdiction Of ReynoSa,
southeastern Starr. about one-half
nile west OF the Van Hess wildcat.
Machinery is enroute from the East
Texas field.
In western Hidalgo. Double d Oil
company's formerly w. l. Clary)
No. ! Brock a. Showers, IN lot 4,
block u. porcion 80, Ancient Juris-
diction OF Reynosa. about Is miles
northwest Of Mission, has plugged
back 10 also feet and set whip
stock. The hole will be Sidetracked
sometime this week for another
examination Of q reported saturated
sand at 3.053-58 feet. The sand was
first announced February Is but
various troubles, chiefly mechanical.
have delayed the test. Loss OF chain
tongs in the hole caused the decision
TO sidetrack.
About three miles south OF the
Double d test, Showers a. Moncriet'S
No. / Brock a. Showers, in lot IL,
block 10. porcion 70. Ancient Juris-
diction Of ReynoSa. II miles west or
Mission. Is still shut down after
setting surface casing at 208 feet.
Delay resulted from an insufficient
water supply and q well Is now be-
ing drilled.
In northeastern Starr, c. r. Borah
ct ais No. | Arcadia Guerra, In
share s. San Ramon grant, IS max
ing hole about 2.725 feet. Machinery
troubles have caused several delays
on this 3.500-foot contract.
In northwestern Starr, Crawford
ct ais NO. / Hicks a. Hicks. 240 feet
from the northeast and 1000 feet
from the southeast lines OF the
Hicks 81 Hicks 56O-acre fee in the
south corner Of Pedernal Grant, Is
bottomed at 1915 feet with q re-
rorted showing OF gas and oil.
Texas Investment a. Royalties
company Of San Antonio Is reported
to have purchased an interest in the
Crawford test and has secured a
lease covering at least a portion OF
the ~1,l07-acre fee Of Mrs. S. WEIGH
in Pedernal, adjoining the Hicks a.
Hicks land on the northeast. The
company Is reported TO have made
location and moved in derrick and
machinery for its No. ] WEIGH on To-
cation about 800 feet from the SOUTH
west and 1000 feet from the south
east lines Of the 1.i07-acre tract.
In southern Starr John c. Clop-
tons No. / Dionicia Lopez de Tier
ina. in block 4. tract l4-C. porcion
80. Ancient Jurisdiction Of Camargo.
about two miles north Of the Rio
Grande City pool. is reported shut
down below 800 feet while awaiting
repairs on a water line.
In south central Starr. two tests
in the Barbacoas pool were attract
ing considerable interest as we'll as
a third about two miles east Of the
pool.
Merren, Bond a. Johnson's No. 4
Starr County Cattle company. in the
south 20 acres of block "a. Jeffries-
Lambeth Subdivision Of porcion 80.
Ancient Jurisdiction Of Camargo.
cored gas sand at 2.730-35 feet and
saturation at 2,735-4l feet, II was
reported. Drill stem test at the bot
tom OF the hole showed 1920 feet Of
mud and oil in 20 minutes with a
slight show of gas. The test was
not considered satisfactory because
the seat failed TO hold. Another
test Is TO be made at the same
Armstrong, Emanuel a. Adams
No. l Starr County Cattle company,
in block 81. Jeffries- Lambeth subdi-
vision, porcion 80. about one and a
half miles southeast of the pool. Is
to set and cement casing at 2,705
feet after coring six feet Of oil sand
at 2,705-l1 feet. Drill stem test last
week showed 20 threhles Of mud and
water and a show OF oil and gas,
but the seat was reported faulty.
About two miles east OF the pool,
r. II. Vices No. ! Z. B. Carruth, In
share l-B. porcion 81, Ancient Juris-
diction Of Camargo. attempted drill
stem test Of sane cored at 2.882-9I
feet but the test failed to show. An
other test will be made shortly.
In the south end Of porcion 81.
John II. C~lopton's No. / Roos a. Ben
nett ct al. is still awaiting arrival
Of tools from East Texas before fur
ther attempts to fish out Is feet Of
drill stem, drill collar and bit lost
In the hole at 4,334 feet.
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