, 1935-08-27
New Tests
Get Under Way In
S~amfordyce Field

Henshaw g. Rothert started dis
meptling the Diesel rig used In
drilling the No. / Seabury ct al and
+ now moving In on the No. z
Seabury ct al. located 4S9 feet south
o. the No. l In the northwest is
acres OF the south 1853 acres acres
OF tract 256, porcion 80.
About 500 feet northeast Of dis
cOvery, Ralph E Fair, Inc, (King-
WOods) No. 6 John Lawrence, is
drilling below 200 feet.
IL the eastern section OF the field
a new eastern outpost spudded In
Tuesday and another new test Is
moving in 10 offset the Ernst Pow .
No ! Mrs. Lula George, new north
eastern outpost completed Sunday.
Harrison Double D Oil Company's
No. 4 Mrs. Lula George, about 1900
feet northeast Of discovery, rig
sea up Monday and spudded In
Tuesday morning. 1t offsets the
Harrison Double d No. 3 George on
the east and the Powell NO. / George
on the southeast, and will be one
OF the most interesting tests in the
field as 1t attempts to push produc-
ton another 400 feet to the east.
Cortez Oil Corporation is moving
in on its No. ! Francisco Guerra
230 feet from the south and $50
feet from the east lines OF the east
20 acres OF the north 40 acres OF
the south 80 acres OF tract II, por-
eion Al, about $500 feet almost due
East of discovery. This test offsets
the Powell extension on the south
west and the Harrison Double ID
No. 3 George on the west. Cortez
last week purchased PowelI's half
interest in this 20 acres for $500 per
acre cash and $500 per acre In oil.
Cortez has made two tentative
locations in the same 20 acres, $50
feet out Of the southwest corner
and $50 feet out Of the northeast
corner.
About 5,700 feet east OF discovery.
Harrison Davis Bishops No. 4 Fran
cisco Guerra. Is drilling around 400
feet.
One OF the most interesting ana
important tests in the entire Sam
fcrdyce area, neutrality-suspicious. NO.
l Francisco Guerra, about $500 feet
northeast Of discovery, cored the
top Of the gas sand around 2,74O
feet Monday and continued corsnR
at about 2,748 feet Tuesday morn
ing This test Is expected 70 prove
contention Of some operators that
the Samfordyce producing area Is
recurring TO the northwest after
reaching its approximate eastern
limits.
Two wildcats In western Hidalgo
county are busy.
Downey a. Morton's No. / Osca
Daskam, about five miles northeast
o. Samfordyce, Is setting leaa
packer around the top Of three-inch
liner set and cemented around
4.oOe feet.
S. j. Sloan ct ais NO. / Brock a.
Showers. about 10 miles northwest
Of Mission, Is drilling at 1,340 feet
on o 6.000-foot contract. This Is one
Of the most interesting wildcats
drilled in the area.
In southern Starr county, three
rigs were working in the Rie
Grande City pool.
Hiram Reeds No. Al Doyno ~
Chatfield, 400 feet northwest OF
discovery, Is drilling past 2.5O0 feet
Sioux Heard's No. z Goodrich
about 1900 feet southwest OF dis
ccvery. cored q good oil sand al
1885 feet and Is now setting
and cementing casing G-inch o. d.
atop the sand.
About 1000 feet north Of discov-
cry, w. w. zimmerman's NO. 2 Frank
Doyno, Is drilling past I,275 feet
ard expected to be coring by wed
nesday.
in the south edge Of the Barbacoas
rool Of south central Starr, A. Nix
No. / Starr County Cattle Co, Is
reported drilling at ALTO feet on a
2.S00-foot contract