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NEAR STAMFORD
Haskell County
Northeast Stephens Area South Taylor
Flowing Discovery Gauged Dual Oiler w: as
Is Completed Wildcat Staked
" Larson and Thomas of Dallas One mile west of Old Glory, to be discussed at a meeting of
the Strawn Sand discovery An oiler has been dually com filed application to drill a pro- a wildcat was abandoned at 6,041 C-C committee chairmen set for
PALO PINTO - Freer & Han Other new project is No 2 Will pleted in. the Jocelyn-Vara Field posed 3-600-foot rotary wildcat
soa Drilling Co. of Dallas staked ingham. a west offset to the dis- three miles south of Shep in Tay one tenth mile northeast of Stam-
two locations in the Greer Garson coe ery It is 1 826 feet from the lor , ountyford.
I Str awn > Field 14 miles northwest south and 3,630 feet from the west It * Jocelyn-V arn oil C ° and The Haskell County is
of Palo Pinto lines of the same survey Jack F. Grimm of Abilene No 2The Haskel County venture
Both are slated for 3,000 feet The discovery was completed in Helen Howarton, Lot 39, J. Wal- - D. 1 - -
with rotary and on the S V December It had a daily pump- ker Survey 460 Drillsite is 1,87 5 feet from the
Willingham lease ing potential of 63 barrels of 41 2 Latest completion is from the north and 2,600 feet from the east
No 1-A Willingham is 2,486 feet gravity oil from perforations at lower Fry Sand for a daily po- lines of Section 6, Block 1, BBB&C
lions per foot at "4.039 to 4.041 from the south and 4.563 feet from 1,514-25 feet. tential of 313 barrels of 48.5 Survey,
gravity oil, plus six per cent wa . ----
ter Flow was through a 16-64- STONEWALL — A proposed
inch choke and six perforations 6.500-foot wildcat 12 miles north
A northeast Stephens County 4.694 feet The wildcat was drilled the west lines of M Castleman
wildcat has been completed five eight miles southwest of Throck- Survey. A 119 It is a northwest
off et to their No 1 Willingham.
miles east of Ivan
It is General Crude Oil Co. of
Abilene No. 1 Willie Mae Ford.
Section 1091, TE&L Survey
No. 1 Ford had a 23-hour po-
tential of 156.72 barrels of 44.7
gravity oil. Flow was through a
12-64 inch choke with 1.190 pounds
casing and 475 pounds tubing pres-
sures.
Production is from six perfora-
feet opposite the Conglomerate
Gas-oil ratio was 862-1
A new wildcat was spotted one
mile east of the General Crude
strike. It is I F Dopp and .1 C.
Jones of Shawnee, Okla. No. 1
Jr Ella Bell
Site is 330 feet south and 594
feet west of the southeast corner
ofB.J. Thompson Survey, but
located in J Poitevent Survey 1.
A-142. Permit depth applied for is
5,000 feet with rotary
THROCKMORTON - Plug-back
application to 3.600 feet was filed
for Schulz & Brannan Drilling Co .
et al. of Wichita Falls No 2 J
morton.
on Rleux
Shackelford Gets
Shallow Test Well
THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS 4A
Abilene, Texas. Tuesday Morning, January 28,1958 79
Heads of All C-C
Panels to Meet
committee chairmen on ways and
means of developing a compre-
hensive and constructive work
program.
Plans for developing a long B_L • . 1
range program of work for Abi- Dexer S DOST FOT
lene Chamber of Commerce are
DANDRUFF
feet. It was Moore & Moore Drill- 10 a m Tuesday in the C-C of-Team up with Baker’s Male Mt
ing Co. and Hondo Petroleum Co. fices. p . . Ceesudandeud and Neing meh
t . 1 Walter F. Johnson, C-C presi- Baker’s will do it sr money bocks
No 1 J B Pumphrey, Jessie dent, called the session to poll =
Gray Survey 72.
Final drillstem test was taken
at 6,034-41 feet. With the tool open
for three hours, gas surfaced in
46 minutes. Recovery was 90 feet
of free oil, 110 feet of heavily oil
and gas-cut mud, and 60 feet of
salt water.
AU TO
at 4,689-90 feet. east of Aspermont was drilling
It was originally completed as below 5.028 feet It is AB-TEX
an upper Fry discovery. From Production Co. and Texas Gas
that pay it had a daily potential Exploration Co. No 1 N. A Pit-
of 163.5 barrels of 45 3 gravity cock. Section 75, Block D, H&TC
oil Flow was through a 16-64-inch Survey.
choke and perforations at 4.639-43 There have been no cores or
tests.
feet.
Spotted in the same field was
Robinson-Puckett, Inc . of Abilene
No. 1 Rebecca Gave. Site is 1.963
feet from the south and 3.287 feet
from the west lines of .1. Walker
Survey 460. Permit depth applied
for is 5,000 feet with rotary.
Jones Well
Completed
Potential was taken at a Jones
County Regular Field well com
pleted 12 miles southeast of An-
R Cribbs Shackelford County has gained Drilled to 3.982 feet was No 1 ---
Location is six miles northwest site for a proposed 1,900 foot ro- Erma Lowe. Section 61. Block 14 S B Roberts of Abilene No. 1
of Elbert in the Oinks (Strawn) tary wildcat T&P Survey. Raymond Petree was staked in son
. Field it is 330 feet from the Located 14 miles northwest of ---the Frederickson (Capps) Field walk
north and east lines of Section Albany, it is Low Drilling Co., Low Drilling Co., Inc No 1 L. 312 miles west of View -all AS C
3014, TE&L Survey, Inc , of Cisco No 1 J. P Morris J Ackers. Section 27, Block 13. Having a proposed depth of phi o,u002
---Estate It spots 130 feet from the T&P Survey, wildcat 15 miles 4.800 feet with rotary, it is located BLOCK ures.
Noel Pautsky of Wichita Falls south and west lines of Section southwest of Albany, was plugged 330 feet from the north and 970 Daily potential was 11.5 barrels
feet from the west lines of Lot 6, of 41 gravity oil The well is pump-
ing from 40 perforations at 2,350-
No.'1-C. J B Matthews, Section 199, ETRR Survey
at 2,000 feet.
Another
test was taken at
5,235-41 feet with the tool open for
two hours. Recovery was 400 feet
of salt water.
113, CIR Survey, was plugged at
'lagnolia Petroleum Co No. 2 Some firm s No. 1 Byrd West.
Guadalupe CSL Survey 120.
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Why
No Increase
Asked by
Unions Here
• Natl. tract 20 was staked in the Section 57, Block 14, T&P Survey.
Hovgard A FitzGerald of Abi- total depth.
60 feet Casing is set at 2,403 feet
regular field 10 2 miles northwest was plugged at 3,302 feet It was lene No. 1 H G. Franklin, Sec-
drilled in the regular field 32 tion 49, LAL Survey, wildcat one
of Albany.
Having a proposed depth of
1,400 feet with rotary, the project
is 2,602 feet from the north and
2.375 feet from the west lines of
Section 67, ETRR Survey,
Another regular field project
was staked two miles north of
Albany as George Christie No. 7
Walsh & Watts No 1 Harrison.
mile southeast of Potosi, was J. S. Hall Survey I. wildcat six
plugged at 2,050 feet miles east of Stamford, was plug-
In the same area, another reg- ----. ged at 3,510 feet.
ular field project was plugged at Their No. 10 E F Downing. ---
3,36 feet It was Callihan Inter Section 50. LAL Survey, was plug- A wildcat drilled 14 miles north
ests. Inc. et al. of Abilene No. 2 ged at 1,470 feet. It was drilled of Tuxedo was plugged at 3.300
K. K. Morrisett, Section 60. Block in the regular field 15 miles feet. The duster was J. W. Sor-
14. T&P Survey southeast of Abilene.rells of Abilene No. 1 C C. Cop-
miles east of Hamby.
Four West Texas labor unions 1 ® Matthews
are sticking to their present wage The planned 1,500 foot rotary
levels in the 1958 contracts, it project is 1,640 feet from the east
was learned here Monday In so and 620 feet from the north lines
doing, the unionists apparently of Section 58, ETRR Survey
IN CALLAHAN COUNTY
are agreeing with pleas by the ,
President and others to help hah Bridwell Oil Co. filed plugging
inflation reports for two wildcats
The last four unions signing 1958 No. 1 Coates Estate Section 18
contracts with the West Texas Block 14 T&P Survey 14 miles
chapter of Associated General northeast of Abilene, was plugged
Contractors have sought no n e w at 2,280 feet
wage increases, according to AGC -----------------------------
Operators Slake Location
For 2,000-Foot Prospect
enhaver. Section 81, Block 1.
1, BBB&C Survey.
Four miles northwest of Anson,
a wildcat was plugged at 2,480
feet. It was R Y. Walker Jr.,
et al. of Abilene No. 1 F. II Brock
ett. Section 71. BBB&C Survey-
records at 702 N 13th St The
four union locals are the plaster
ers, cement finishers, carpenters IN REEVES AKCA
Aproposed 2,000 - foot rotary Mathews. SA&MG Survey, regular
wildcat was spotted one-half mile field project three miles northwest
west of Dudley in west Callahan of Brownwood, was plugged at 670
WILDCAT SLATEDCounty 'feet
and common labor
Most recent signers of the new
working agreements with AGC
were the carpenters and the labor
ers, who met with negotiators last
Saturday
Carpenters held to an hourly
wage scale of $2.70 for tourney
men Laborers agreed to keep the
$1.45 laborer and $1 55 helper
scales
Stanley Wiggins was head of the
White Eagle Oil Co of Mid-
land No. 1 A. T Randolph
was staked as a Reeves Coun-
ty wildcat
The planned 3,000-foot
rotary test is six miles south-
west of Orla
Site is 2.310 feet from the
south and 3.302 feet from the
east lines of Section 42. Block
57, T-2, T&P Survey.
The venture is Lomac Drilling -----1-----------------—
Co. and Jack Grimm of Abilene -
No 1G A & L gChrane Two Locations
Drillsite is 330 feet from the
south and 1.650 feet from the Cal far DarAr
west lines of Section 7, Block 7 10T PECOS
SP Survey
carpenter negotiating committee.--------------------------------
and Ray Hockendonner represent pa Ay ■
ed the laborr union IVA I SPAA
Last fall the plasterers kept 1 1 VV tllQI UUU
their $3.4375 hourly scale and $2.75 *
for cement masons Ed Fly of >&faa| e ■
2626 Pine St represented both I rimae
unions- I H Dates is chairman W IIII IIIIU3
of the AGC labor committee
Hugh Welch, ABC secretary Five persons have been charged,
---Grover, MacCurdy & Knox of
Hoy gard & FitzGerald of Abi Midland announced locations for
TL." suNey 22 emlacat seven two projects in an undesignated
miles south of Admiral, was plug shallow area in north Pecos ( oun.
ged at 2,478 feet, ty. 12 miles south of Imperial
•— No. 1 Iowa Trust will be dug
Fair miles southwest of Moran 330 feet from southwest and 2 Ml
a wildcat was plugged at 2,267 utheact lines of
feet. That dry hole was Moore & feet Hit N
Gilmore of Midland No. 1 Blanche tion 61, Block 10 H&GN Survey -
Williams, Section 46, LAL Survey No. 2 is 1,021 feet from south
___east and 330 feet from southwest
BORWN - Miller, White & Por- lines of the same section No 1
ter of Brownwood No 14 C. L. is one location northeast of pro
-----duction, and No 2 is two locations
said that both the contractor and with felony crimes in complaints ex ■■ n
labor groups agreed that some filed here with Justice of the riO IIA
slowdown in the spiral of building Peace H F Long DllIRv
costs was needed to protect the Included is one case of robbery
best interests of business, labor by firearms, an auto theft, second | |
and the owner offense drunk driving and two h ieGNK
President Eisenhower has asked check swindling complaints III PIVAV
for a slowdown on wage increases, Hillman Lee of 857 Mesquite
along with Lester i Rogers na St was charged with Saturday’s Pan American Petroleum Corp
tional president of AGC, and two $15 armed robbery of Lorenza has been assured discovery pro
union presidents—Harry C. Bates, Jo 1033 Plum St duction in No. 1 M. M. Ed
International president of the Jerry Richard Christi, 1441 wards, wildcat eight miles north-
bricklayers union and Richard Beech St., was charged with theft east of Spur in central Dickens’
Gray president of the AFL/CIO of an auto Saturday from James County
building and construction trades Henson. 1941 Cedar St. Operator drilled the project to
department Otto Vernon Vinson was charged 6.625 feet, plugged back to 4,671
with second offense drunk driving feet, and set 4 4-inch casing at
Mrs. A D Baxter of 1442 S 4.930 feet
8th St was charged with passing '
a worthless $93 42 check to Leon. , Operator perforated the pipe
OIL & GAS LEASES
M Sayles et al to w
118 acres out of Blk5 T& P Ry
( M Sayles et al to W R
acres out of Blk T&P Ry C
< M Sayles et al to W
10 acres out of Rik TAPF
Fisher, Nolan
Tests Plugged
southeast of the same well
Operator will drill each of the
projects to 1,800 feet
ire ard’s Dept Store Dec 13 from 4,660 to 4.664 feet, opposite
' L B Squyres. an oilfield work, the upper Tannehill zone During
er. was charged with passing a 24 hours of swabbing, the project
c>* worthless $80 check Dec 26, to returned 276 barrels of new nil
-----J C Haynes here and 18 harrels of water Gravity
The cases will he investigated by of the oil was 33 7 degrees The
the grand jury for 42nd District testing was natural
C ourt During the last one hair of the
Gulf Oil Corp No 1 J 0
Rob
erts. Section 161, Block 2 GH4H
Survey, Fisher County wildcat,
was plugged at 7.381 feet
It was drilled eight miles west
of Rotan
Denver AIME
Meeting Set
DENVER Colo.. .Jam, 27-The
program of technical papers has
been completed for the fourth an-
24 hours of swabbing, the well re
turned 14 barrels of oil, plus one
per cent water
Pump was being installed for
completion on last report
The strike is eight miles north
of Fletcher Oil & Gas Drilling
Corp. No 1 Copeland, recent
Tannehill discovery, and 1,980 feet
from north and west lines of Sec- i
tion 273, Block 1. H&GN Survey 1
A Sylvester (Goen) Field project nual joint meeting of the Rocky
drilled three miles south of Syl- Mountain Sections of the Society
vester was plugged at 5,458 feet of Petroleum Engineers of AIME
The dry hole was Fletcher Oil & The two day gathering, March 3-4.
Gas Drilling Corp of Dallas No will headquarter in the Cosmopol-
1 L D Rainbolt. Lot 28. Bastrop itan Hotel, Denver
CSL Survey 322. Seventeen papers to be present-
-— ed during the two days cover en-
NOLAN — William J. Carey ot gineering and economic problems
Dallas No. 1 S A. Estes, et al, of oil from the Fair Corners area
Section 166, Block 1 A. H&TC Sur- to Western Canada held Feb 3 Monday in the
vey. wa, plugged at 6,100 feet Program chairman is R.L. Hoss wane shade school auditorium
The wildcat was drilled six miles of Vaughey & Vaughey, Denver The meeting will he at 7 3n p m
--Superintendent R H Landers
Town-Wide School
Meet Set of Wylie
WYLIE. Jan 27 — A commun-
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Another wildcat drilled six miles
west of Dora was plugged at 6,000
feet. That dry hole was Cheyenne
Oil Corp of Wichita Falls No 1
Mack Collins. Section 69, Block
X. T&P Survey.
Robert Levitt,
Ex-Publisher, Dies
EAST HAMPTON, N.Y., Jan 27
* — Robert D. Levitt, former
publisher of the American Week
ly, was found dead in his bed Mon-
day night, apparently of a heart
attack He was 47.
COKE COUNTY
DEEP TEST SET
Coke County has gained site
for a proposed 6,600-foot ro-
tary wildcat •
The venture is Wilson Ger-
many and Paul Page of Dallas
No. I H E Weaver Ranch
It is eight miles south of
Robert Leo
Drillsite is 2,225 feet from
the east and 4,921 feet from
the south lines of Silas Dins
more Surety IS.
said Monday the meeting will be
used to discuss new requirements
for graduation, problems of the
school district and to answer ques-
lions of interest to residents of the
district
The meeting was originally
scheduled last week, but was can
celled because of had weather
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