, 1935-09-29

made 81 trebleS OF oil IN IA minutes
on drill stem test with neither gas
pressure nor signs Of water.
In the northwest section OF the
field, Skelly OIL Company's NO. a
Seabury ct al. 5000 feet northwest
Of discovery, spudded in Thursday
and set and cemented surface cas-
ing Goo feet Of l0-inch O. ID Fri
day.
About 900 feet north OF discovery.
Ralph Z. Fair, Inc, King-Woods)
NO. z Francisco Guerra. started
coring Friday at Alto feet.
Rogers OIL AZ Gas company's No.
b. Francisco Guerra, $500 feet
east Of discovery. topped the upper
gas sand at ATS feet Friday and
continued coring. The test is on in
side location.
The next test In the field Co get
under way probably win be Cortez
Oil Company's No. 2 Francisco
Guerra, about $500 feet east Of
discovery.
The three new locations at the
fields northwest extremity were
announced by Porter e. Pickens.
who expect TO complete their extern
sion well, 1900 feet northwest OF
discovery, early this week. All were
made for Porter a. Pickens and the
list includes the corrected location
OF the Porter a. Pickens No. l Gar
cia Land and Cattle Co; now wait
ing on cement before attempting
completion within the next few
days:
Porter a. Pickens' No. / Garcia,
$50 feet from the east and midway
between the north and south lines
OF block 5. porcion 100, Starr Co,
as shown on current maps. or $50
feet from the east line Of the west
half OF porcion 100 and 914 feet
from both north and south lines OF
the Porter & Plckens 60-acre lease.
The test was originally reported in
block Q. porcion 100. The 60 acres
includes blocks 8, 4 and 5 as shown
on current maps.
wildcat activity continued In
widely scattered sections Of the
Valley Aea
In eastern Hidalgo county. Union
Sulphur Company's No. 4 American
Rio Grande, one and a half miles
southwest Of discovery, Is awaiting
orders after making salt water on
five production tests IN as many
sands between 1900 and 7.756 feet,
where the hole is bottomed. Casing
was perforated at 7.74l-56 feet and
about 1900 feet. $500 feet, 7.400
feet and 1900 feet.
Unions No. 5 American Rio
Grande, 600 feet northwest OF dis
covery, will set and cement 7-inch
O. ID. casing on bottom at 1923
feet as soon as casing arrives. Com
pany officials said casing would be
gun-perforated for production but
did not announce the depth at
which production will be sought.
Unions NO. s American : Rio
Grande. two miles northeast OF dis
covery. is being delayed because OF
muddy roads. Derrick has been COM
pleted.
In western Hidalgo county. one
wildcat Is drilling and another Is
moving in. while a third viii start
reworking shortly.
S. j. Sloan ct ais No. I Brock a.
Showers. Jurisdiction Of ReynoSa.
Is drilling in hard shale az 5.3l5
feet on n 5000 : foot contract.
Schlumberger test viii be run on
completion Of contract depth and
little coring Is being done as the
hole IS carried down.
About three miles north OF the
sloan wildcat. Lensgraf- Walden
Garments No. / Brock a. Showers,
is moving in. A gasoline rotary rig
from Jim Hozg County Is enroute
and the hole viii 20 TO al least
400 feet To test a sand reported
al 3.O53 feet In the old Clary well
but which coring IN a sidetracked
hole fail to pick up. Location Is 2S5
feet north Of the Clary wildcat.
Downey a. Morton's NO. ! Osca
Daskam. five miles northeast OF
Samfordvce, will start pulling cas-
ing as soon as roads permit drillers