, 1935-09-25
Three Outpost Tests
In S~amfordyce Area
Attract Attention

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Is Waltluk On
cement after setting casing at o.
500 feet atop 81 feet Of broken sand.
and shale which showed for pro-
duction on Schlumberger test. Plug
is to be drilled Wednesday night on
Thursday morning. Location In In
tract II, porcion Al. $500 feet north
east of discovery and 2,l00 feet north
OF production.
Harrison : Double DIS No. /
George, tract Is, porcion !, 1900
feet east OF discovery and 800 feet
beyond production, made drill stem
test Tuesday in sand at 2,76l-65 feet
which showed 3S trebbles of Gil in
Is minutes without gas pressure,
one Of the best Showings eve made
on a similar test in the field. Cas-
ing (7-inch o. d. is being set and
cemented &C 2,76l feet.
About 1000 feet west OF production
and 1900 feet northwest OF discov-
cry, Porter a. Pickens' No. / Gar
cha, Starr Co. started coring at D.
no feet Tuesday night. The test has
been logging closely with the re-
Gently completed Phillips-BarnS-
dali No. / Yutrria, in the east half
OF porcion 100. brought in last week
with an excellent potential showing
OF about $500 barrels daily through
open tubing.
other tests in the field showed
steady progress Tuesday.
Rogers Oil a. Gas company's No
B-2 Francisco Guerra, $500 feet east
Of discovery. is making hole below
2.040 feet.
Ralph <. Fair. Inc. CKing-Woods)
north of discovery, Is drilling around
l,490 feet.
About 5000 feet northwest Of dis
coyery, Sicily Oil Company Is rig
ging I'D for immediate spudding on.
It's No. 4 Seabury ct al, tract 256,
porcion 80.
Harrison Davis Bishops No. 3
Francisco Guerra, about 5000 feet
east Of discovery, Is moving IN.
Another new test at the northeast
extremity OF the field Is expected TO
get under way late this week. 1t Is
Ernest Powells No. 2 Mrs. Lula
George. tract Is. porcicn Al. about
1900 feet northeast Of discovery.
In western Hidalgo, S. j. Sloan
ct ais No / Brock and Showers, -
drilling in shale at $40 feet on a
6,OO0-foot contract.
In Cameron county, Joseph +.
Anderson's No. / Turfitt browne
Properties Coz, block 397, San Ben
ito Subd., Espiritu Santo grant. east
Ct Rio Hondo. completed its 5000
foot contract Tuesday but continued
drilling in shale at 5.1l0 feet ON a
taken to at least $500 feet IL was
drilling Tuesday night tn shale 81
$3.50 feet.
In the Rio Grande City pool Of
southern Starr county, Sioux-Heards
NO. 3 Goodrich, 1000 feet southwest
of discovery, is waiting on cement
after setting casing G-tnch O. D.
atop the Rio Grande city sand cored
at 1,326-36 feet.
w. w. Zimmerman's NO. , Frank
Doyno, 1900 feet north OF dtscov-
cry, is moving in
In northeastern Mexico, two Wild
cats are under way.
Continental OIL company Oh h1cA
ices No. 4 Zacate, 80 miles west OF
Reynosa, lamps across the RIO
Grande from McAllen. Is drilling az
500 feet. Surface casing 03-inch o.
d. vas set and cemented at rs feet
and a string OF 7-inch O. ID. VIII
be set and cemented at about 1850
feet. Contract is 5000 feet.
About one mile southwest OF the
city OF Mier. lamps, across the
Rio Grande from Roma, Mier on
Company's NO. ! Mier Coal Co, II
share ~. porcion ". community Of
Mier. Is shut down at $40 feet. High
water in the Alamo river has pre-
vented the drilling crew from
reaching the location for the past
several days.