, 1935-02-10
Three Compilations
In Hidclgo, One In
Starr, Feature Oil

cored both the Samfordyce produc-
ing horizon ard for a sand which
showed fairly well around $500 feet
IN a nearby wildcat drilled some
time ago but picked up nothing.
About three miles east Of SAM
fordyce, King Woods Oil Company'S
No. / OSca DaSkam. in lot 23-A,
block 40. porcion As. Ancient Juris-
diction OF Reynosa, Is drilling in
hard rock at 4,267 feet. The test
penetrated another hard rock form
alton Thursday at 4.245 feet but
cored nothing but shale just be-
meath.
Downey a. Morton's No. / OSca
Daskam, in block "a, porcion As,
Ancient Jurisdiction Of ReynoSa,
about tour miles northeast of the
field, is drilling in pink shale at
ing hole Wednesday.
Also in western Hidalgo and
about eight miles west Of Mission,
Cato Oil Corporations No. l Brock
a. Showers, in lot 8, block 20, por-
cion 70, Ancient Jurisdiction OF
ReynoSa. has been shut down for
the past several days at 5,025 feet.
Nothing important was reported
thus far.
About 10 miles northwest Of Mis-
sion. w L. Clary'S No. / Brock 81
Showers. in lot 4, block II, porcion
70. Ancient Jurisdiction Of ReynoSa,
cored a gas sand which made a
fair showing at 1896 feet Wednes-
day night but resumed drilling
Thursday and IS below 1888 feet.
The test also cored IA inches of
well-Saturated oil sand at 2,4l6 feet
q few barrels OF oil daily.
In northern Hidalgo county. King
Woods Oil Company's No. ! w. NJ.
Doughty. in share go. San Salvador
del Tule grant. was scheduled to
resume drilling at 1886 feet this
weekend. IL Is expected to 90 10
$500 feet.
About five miles TO the southwest.
materials are being moved in for
MuteX Oil Corporations No. / Frank
Rabb. TO be located in the Rabb Sill
acres Of Laguna SEGA league. Exact
location has not been aScertained.
In eastern Hidalgo Union Sui
phur Company'S No. ) American
Rio Grande Land g. Irrigation COM
pany. IN lot 2.082. block So. North
CapiSallo district. is drilling at 3.449
feet IN hard shale and lime.
Activity in Starr county dropped
slightly during the week but Is
expected TO pick up again shortly.
Several locations made recently are
still locations, only one outfit hav-
ing moved in. Two abandonments
were reported during the week.
In the BarUacoas pool OF south
central Starr. Armstrong. Emanuel
& Adams No. | STAR County Cattle
company, in block 81. Jeffries-
Lambeth SUBDIVISION. porcion IS,
Ancient Jurisdiction OF Camargo, Is
due TO drill cement plug Sunday.
The test cored ~Saturation at 2.5T2-74
feet and set and cemented casing
at $50 feet.
In the northwest corner OF the
county. Crawford ct ais No. | Hicks
e. Phelps. III the northwest go acres
oil the south SOC acres Of FL Ped
ernal grant. Is shut down at l.5O6
feet.
"A most important wildcat in
southwestern Starr Is Dale Sneed's
No. | Virginia c de Guerra, in the
southwest corner OF the north 1000
acres of share 90. porcion SO. An
cent Jurisdiction Of Mier. The test
has set and cemented l0-inch sur
face casing al 208 feet and is
waiting on cement 1t is only a
short distance from production Of
the Texas Company in Porcion 81
and north of a Texas Company
capped we'll in Porclon So.
Another new test IN western Starr
got under way this week when Sun
Ray Oil Company'S No. ! S. San
chez e. Bro, about 1900 feet south
Of the recently abandoned Great
Plains Oil Company No. ! Sanchez
II survey 344. was spudded. Surface
casing was reported set and ce-
mented al 30 feet
In southern Starr. John ri. Clop-
tons No. | Roos a. Bennett ct al,
in share lib. porcion 81, Ancient
Jurisdiction Of Camargo. is still
shut down at 3.O52 feet while laying
a water line.
The two abandonments we're:
G. l.. Smith ct ais No. / j. NJ.
~Longfellow, in section 28l. eastern
Starr, dry and abandoned at SSH
feet.
Merren, Bond e. Johnson's No. 3
Starr County Cattle company, in
block 81. JeffrieS-Lambeth sub
division, porcion SO. Ancient Ju-iS-
diction of Camargo, south central
Starr. abandoned at 2,846 feet after
drill stem test at 2,S29-46 feet show
ed salt water.