The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 21, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 30, 1926 Page: 2 of 8
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THE BIO LAKE WILDCAT
WEST TEXAS OIL NEWS
i*k:o> cm M v oil. \< rivn v
\il.ini Oil ( iinpaiiv, Cray No. 1,
v'rlmll V)|. drilling at l HO I*-**t, uml
m.iivinu million < ubic feel l’"ti drum
1,1. and • onio oil. No watri ii> *11,
Formation (rum which oil is ting
is very hard. The well wil’ a shot
with a heavy charge of nitro-glv-
cerine the first of next week.
I he Dixie Oil Co., completed rig-
ging their Burle-or. well No. I in
I plan county, seel ion 100, block 35,
and spudded in luc-dav. Thursday
they were reported to have reached
the depth of I 75 feet.
I he Dixie Oil < *»., Hrr*hcn*on No.
I, section <>, block 51, I wp. |0, I’. &
I’ railway survey, i- reported to be
making satisfactory progress at 1710 |,JW. completed
fourteen miles southeast id Big
Spring and machinery and equipment
is now being moved to location.
Drilling on this test i- to lx- started
at in early date.
Location is about the center of sec-
tion I(a>. hloek 2*>. W. \ N. \\. -ur-
Douthitt No. 2 on Section 173.
Block 2D, W. \ \. W. Hv. Co., IH
miles northwest ol There, is setting
rasing at 1100 feet. ■
( ollins No. I on Section 3, Block
' N\ I'. A. I*. Bx. I ii„ ti miles east of
here, has set easing below ‘XHt I eel
a .1 is now di illing
Z22Z5ZZZSESZ
Monahan sands, their position is con-
*idcrrd extremely good for oil possi-
bilities m the opinion of many geolo-
gist*.
Locating within a few miles of the
Lull is the ( hes.ipcake Oil Co. jo-t
finishing up tin ii work on the der-
rick. and rigging up the tools, etc.
I In-v expect to spud in within a lew
weeks.
In Lulherson county, all of the1
n live well- are -hut down, two hav-
Oil men and geologists consider
tin- location a most favorable one] —
and expect tin- 11an-contincnlal to Deep Hoik t.luik No. I, on .“section
bring in a conmiei rial well. Mu- IT, Block 15, II. & T. L. ID. Co., B
lest is only a lew miles Irom the l ied miles southeast of here, yy.is spudded mg reached contract depth, and the
liver tc-i wlmh i- produt mg about in l.i-t “sundav and is now drilling oil.er, tin- I’uri-Oil Co., fixing repairs
35 barrels of oil daily from a depth 1 steadily. j on their engine, having a depth of
of 1300 fi-et. ; — ! I Moo feet.
I he IViin-Windsor well, 10 miles I he California V\«-lI shut down if-
, . southeast of here in the Harley 1 ur- u-r reaching 1010 feet, which was
1,1 ‘ '{ 1 ’! ’,u 11on nrr j,a,|Ur,. setting easing at 11201 contract depth. They have taken
i "^y'l" i k'" i|,n * i 1,1 leet. A gooil showing of oil wasjoulv a few months for this hole, but
I - ,.\MWIIt«mh>l> -mil, „vd ' i„ ■'
f”r “nolh" •< -' “ ll"' <«0
leet,
I be Iranacontmental Oil Co.,
w b a h bad reached a depth around
l<>00 feet, on Tuesday dropped 1700
feet of easing a distance of six leet
mil now have an exasperating jou
ol ttshirig.
near future
rhev were to make three tests on,
1 lieir holdings in that territory and
two id them oil
being encountered in one and no
trace of oil in the second test.
The next test will probahiv In-
located south or east o| the well in
which the oil formation was encoun-
tered.
I lie Roxana Oil Co. ami the Mar-
laud Oil ( o. own large tracts ol laud
not a gieat di-iann- Irom the Lull -
holdings.
Ihe Oklavaniu No. I on Section
IIK», Bhx'k 17. H. vN T. C. By. Co., in j
the Bar S pasture 30 miles south-!
we-t of here, is drilling below 1200
feet.
| II.Io io .lo.iiMioo me iiim uoic, am
fishing vainly for several months.
I Veils Knterpt isc.
\ SON BORN TO MR AND MRS.
1111 I OF RANKIN
W. H. Host- of the Humphrey Oil
i or potation, arrived Wednesday
Irom Houston, and will take charge
«d the I orshon balance machine
which this company is operating in
lYros county. Mr. Rose comes to
t ike charge ol the Torshon balance
machine which was formerly in
i liar e ol Dr Cm. Sterner, who is iiu' south of lutan. It is -aul thi
lonvr with the Humphrey Corpora-
tion. Ihe machine sustained a
broken rye-piece a b-w days ago in
.in auto accident which has delayed
cqwralioiis a few days.
Ion Pioneer.
A font* of workmen is now com -
pletmg tlx- work of installing a four
inch water main horn the bloodyke
wells, south of Coahoma, to the Mag-
nolia Oil Company's new oil held
line will
be rxtendril to tin- warehouse and
tank farm at New latau ami may be
continued on into the We-throok held
where the Magnolia Company rs
Fort Stock carrying on drilling operations.
1 In the shallow wells, secured neat
the Klotidvke well on the lurrh
has
Some more new locations have
j been made in this vicinity, but it is
too early to giye out the details.
Sterling City News-Record.
WORLD Wild. STRIKF.S SHOW
Ol OIL AM) CAS; COMPLETES
CIRCLE AREA
\ pink envelope containing a card
of the same shade was received at
th«- Wildcat offic this week. It was
neatly addressed to the Big Lake
W ildeat, stamped and placed in the
postoffice. I he card reads:
“To The Big Lake Wildcat: Mr.
ami Mrs. Duke Hill of Rankin,
Texas, arc the proud parents of a
fine baity boy, born January 21st.
Mother and bain- doing nicely.”
There was no name signed to the
— card hut Ihe Wildcat was glad to
have it just the same. The Wildcat
With .he finding of a good show "’—join- u host of friends in eongratula-
oil. called a rainbow, by the World tlOM all(, U1,|„. foi ]_ u*eful
Well. I«m ated on the we»t side ol *',e , and successful career for the young
Pecos River, a complete circle is
made of lest wells that have found ,y)p Wildcat also wishes to com-
oil in the area of northern Reeves and mpnd a|)d thar|k |he *rilrr of ,hr
la.vtng counties. I receedmg the iard Should all who know an item
*0r,d- '* lr„ loyah*^;!'- ‘hen «»«* ; new- “go and do likewise" we
“Wheat Well, then the I maI Dome rou,j raai|y tnnkr t!l<> Wildcat the
the Lockhart, and now the World
BUY TOMB WATCHES. JEWELRY AND
DIAMONDS IN BIG LAKE
The house of 01 \L1T\ merchandise
The house that SAVES you MONEY
The house that is behind every article
THE MILLER JEWELRY STORE
BIG LAKE, TEXAS
HOW L ARGUES FOR
K D I'C ATI ON A L ADVERTLSIN G
Oil DEVKl.OI‘MFJNT IN HOWARDi ramh“ thr Magnolia Company
AND ADJOINING COl NT1KS urrtl a hig water supply and tin-
i* indeed a \ultiuM«* powmiun since
\ test well is Iw-ing drilleil on **x.- good water is a scarce article in thr
lion ft, block 17, S. P. survey by j lutan section. The water main now
Thompson and Morrison. This text J being put ... by the Magnolia p/J^ *70n” blyT: ■ lhe u of
» xTv , ;>Ur“ Nt°f , DrC,,;»'a ry m°rr " The World is now drilling below paper ,p.( * for educational
1 " * T^'an . o. an n ong. | Ir>(m> f*s-t, going ahead as rapidly as paignx along the line* of corporate
Howe, the Kunsus
now
Well ha- found traces of oil proving
the fad of its existence in the terri-
tory. Others inside thr circle have
also found traces of the oleaginous
fluid, with none vet aide to strike
peer of any country weekly in Texas.
news-
rara-
lhr Co-Operative lease &
opment to.'- Douthit No I
iVrvel-
on thr
E„ W. Douthit ranch, 25 miles south-
east of here i- making slow progrrs-
due to caving This lest is now be
low the l2lWT-fovt mark
Fred Carey is in charge of drilling
operation*.
pnign* along
possible, s|>crdiiig up all operations, management, Kd
V cording to rumors the Magnolia] following the encouraging show at
IV! i bum i o plans to dull at least IB*'1 Located in Iwp 2, Bio. k ...
thirty well* in the latan and W e*l- ^ec. 3<>, }{ miles west of the Pecos
river, and 5 mile- southwest of Or la,
their position is considered goixl
from the geological standpoint.
Coining on the heel.* of the luttmg
newspaper sage, observes:
“A -urpri-ing thing is the dullness
of big corporations in defending
themselves, l suallv they are lion-
c-tlv managed, but without thr slight-
est intelligence so far as publicity is
concerned. With a -light rearrange-
the u,-pet Dei iwaie -and* by thr nenl of their puhlieily, at no inerra-e
i -I ..it \Vell la*t week, co.isid.-ra- e\].erise, they might save the coun-
ble t t diu-iasin is registered as to the
Big Lake Drug
Company
PRESCRIPTION DRUGGISTS
DRUGS, DRUGGISTS’ SUNDRIES
CIGARS AND CIGARETTES
PANGBURN’S CANDIES
SCHOOL SUPPLIES
SERVICE — QUALITY
tir.i.-k oil fields this year. They
have about 1 5.MU0 acres surrounding
th« Nlarv foster well No. I which
j opened up the new oil pool in die
lutan -r. t ion. Wbde their Watson
Swrvn.d m#tr U*a» for od are wtw- No. t. atw.ui <**U t.-.-t south ol du
ante.! lor lhe It H U«Y uii-b, 2*.'!diacovety wed did not come m y .... . ...
„.y,rn.,. I*.-' as ripmid Ihe\ «re to drill otli- prosjM-ela of tue field, though wild
. e-.tv rder to d t-i " ,M" man v prof**** avowisl ^.-00 ;f| *0iQ: fl;ff i(l: U :0 ;0;0:0 :R iU :R: 0:() :0 ;f): If o iO :0:0: Y
ol the pool \ . th L of the Inline o| the field. |
ir% from an.irdiv and -et sotnewlier*-! emigres- and lcgi-latures.
..ear jti-liee from the people, courts. I tility New-.
men looking • n the field lately
fit*' f r--! Hvet veil i* located o-;
thi- raea h and n* good -flowing m-
dinilr* oil f«*ol m that terniviry.
Vi < bn l» ! tilled nine .jUJlIrt -ei
If"-■■ - u. • 'll .'ret,- ) I r-.l 1C e, M ,11
ami rvprc!s t.> ; are n-si wril* on a
filtllll-er of tli.-w Iia. t-
Di tiling on the ( hisale Menshaw
in fi|a>*M •«. k eiwiwty < ootmue* with
\. f) Neal No I on the Ne.»| lao.h
ginwl progrew* being made.
Ihry are now Im-Iow »he .fKJUfoot
mark Tht- te*i t.« in the center of
m l3,OdOaKsre t.*ct leaseil hv thr
Mail ami Oil Co
Just seven aide* to the south, on
another 15,000 a* rr tract, owned hv
I Im Marl arid (Ad Co, i* being dulled mile* *«ulh«asl of here, w a- shot last
the < abler N*». 1.
te-
rn im* 11............ .... _____ ________ i -
cr well i to l>e drilled a whorl dis fimd\ he lie vine that it will soon U-
lanei e.i-t of tlie Watson No. I and of pr.wludion tviw.
n; i up fm ,-t te-i one and one-hal! I*1’' I ockharl Well, striking tin
mile* m-rthr.st of thr Man Foster *«pp**r oil -and Tuesday. January 12.
\u j j i- still shutdown. Their string of
Vi ,’<-i i* Ihihl toped to the latan ca-iog arrived Ihursday, January _l.
utd to thi Magnolia’* *an> and » bauiad oat to location
• irm neat N. w l.»- b( truck, lhia -tring of I? Mdndi
,lM !casing will lie run into the hole as
Mir Magnolia company will de- ''>*•*» as possible, and the source of
vrlup the latan *tcikm in a thorough lhe water, that followed the hailing
and systematic manner Big Spring *>f the -u barrels of oil. will lie deter
Hearld. . mined, and stopped.
The S liooler Well, located within
2 miles of thr World rig. is still shut
> THU.IM.* < .Ol Nil till, NEWS down, pending the arrival of their
15 inefi casing, who h must Ik- set
*
Sr
*
*
or
••a
Joe S i. Moore Motor
Company, Inc.
j i l>efore further drilling. They have
The derrick wa* completnl at the
IV- p Ko< k Oil t o,’, Hyman No I
<iti .ei lion R}t, hbx k W \ N W
-survey and drilling is to fw resume*!
the lost of Una w<-ek
Tlie dei rick at this well was de-
wlroyed several werk* ago when the
$ra» i-suing from the well wa- a- < i-
airut.illy ignited. A depth ot iixMl
feet had hern reached when thr burn-
in;- of tlie derrick trx>k plare A hi
was encountered -evrial depth* in
this te*t.
Ihe Koxaua ( lark well No. 1 on
-euom 5, (, C. & 5. F. By. Co.. 12 ^
fuesdav afternoon with 75 quarto ofj P“ V“ ,,.c‘r|0,rum Wdl “
rutlo Kiycerm. \ few moments after a'l< Uf*
the diot, a hailstorm of d,altered I -veragmg Iretween
column of oil “ ' j ,
W ith the**-
*
I* the
risk was followed by
.1,., ...C, .W...C --«• J^T^TLK'oT-I Hr-1
irra-eiullv lo il»e north dim -praveo , . . . , .
• ... a lining Co. located about a mile north
-oi over aim-ut an a* re ot ground. r . .... .
of Angeles. Itieir first consignment
of tools and rig equipment arrived
thi- week at Angeles, with the rest
exacted in the next day or two. lhe
steel derrick that will be Used is now
in transit and will be erected soon
' after arrival.
Much credit is due Arch W. Bell
for the advent of this major com ;
puny, due to his having blinked up
it solid blink of leases sufficiently
ilepin immeoiaieiv auer me snot.;. . . , ,, v
ar.ll.nll...» ... !»,»». o.m*... A,™"“* ; "• J'""'' 'V ,1"1' I
________ ..I .k- i»._____i r . (his test well, and secure the entrance!
. j into tlie field by tl»e Humble Co. Mr.,
* I.' .11 wnvl Lla awacwstfllwa f «*a* 1 *t«r#Vi.
unr*f
lb is display lasted only a lew nun-
utes and then subst.leu. I hen tlte
bailer wa lowered, it was found that
thr hide was Idle,! with about 15
(ret ol debris, and tlie result of tlie
shot was only a guess at that tune
Before -hooting the hole was hailed]
dear of oil, ami it was evident that
more oil had been lossened. W hen j
the well was shot it was 13<U) feet in]
depth. Immediately after lire shot.
caving of the loowenrxi
(leaning out will not be com|
The »ii hundred and eight* quart
whot of nitro-glyeerwe which was set
off in the Choate & flensliaw (YDan-
iel No. I seewi* to hare tom up an
immense area as it has not lecn ■ — ;•«"* —* *......V. ]""1 Beil and h.s associates feel rxcep-
|>o-sii3e to successfully .lean (h.s unld .onw tune odav. U | ,tim.lly confident of success of thi#
well to tew. production H* th* *•“ *,U U ^r,‘ part of the f,eld. and have plotted the
fhe bailer was lost in the well ■' quarter section, the towns.te of An-
lasl week and the work of drilling ~ geles into b»t* and .treets. A gro-
this up to complete the work of clean- lhe drill at Durham No. I .» going (Yrv >torr rr,UurMnl| lodging house,
ing out is now in progress da* and nigh, in hard lime past 2423 ^ fi|jin ,ulion f>a, already been
T'he well will lie put on pump feet. Owing to the hardness of the
when the cleaning out prore-s has material, progress .» slow.
Been completed.
_ I The Jsloan-Owens well on the N
Owen and Slonn spudded in their {J l-i “f S*cti«*» y';
*e-t on the Otis Chalk ranch las. Fre * V 1,1 ,hr ( h-lk
Lincoln
Fordson
CARS - TRUCKS - TRACTORS
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m
o-
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m
dlav and exprr-t |
stradily right soon. They are now,
wetting 15-inch rasing in concrete. *' n,t,nM steadily
This test is on section 113, block 2D,
W. & N. W. survey, about midwav
brtwen the Fred flyer (ewt and the
Deep Rock well oil having been
fnitH iw both tests. The location is
in a depression surrounded by hill*
ami is pronounced by oil men as hav
rm-Ird.
In southern Reeves, the Deep Rock
Well is drilling below 231K) feet, on
their fir*t location. Their second test
i* now undergoing a finishing of the
ur, and derrick, preparatory to drib
| AUTHORIZED SALES and SERVICE 1
DARTS AND ACCESSORIES
to begin drilling 1 ,n Howard County, wa* *pud- (n 4(>mrtlinr Wl,hin ,h. next m
i lew tlifev 4 AMI Afkd M HOI 1 ...... - si
a few day* agi» and i* now
TTie derrick at the Hymen well it
complete and rigging up will prob
month.
Ihe Dix»e Well, ju*t over the line,
rrro* wawly, i« now reported ai:
#4U
ably l*e completed today, when drill
ing will he re-umed
--— r-------------* ----- - j Cedar Hill well on Section 53,
ing every ear mark of bring favor- Block 2. II & T. C. Rv f... IS mile*
northw.*s» of here, ia »hut down at
able oil territory.
The transcontinental Oil C.o. ha*
derrick up on the Dora Robert* ranch
17H0 feel
caning.
feet. They also have another;
w<-|| m f’ecoa count*, located *outh
of fort Stockton, toward the Big,
I akr I teld.
In Ward count*, die (iulf Well i«
getting to a nne rfrpth, having struck]
seyrral nirr show* of ga* and oil.
Their bi*t depth wa* reported at __
awaiting the arrival of (,2(i - I ocatra a few mile* south ol ^ ___ Jk
Mm ih in, ,n the area known a* the |?#?#?#?#?f?#?#?#f#1 #f#f#f#f#?#?#f#?#?#’#?#?#?*?*?*
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THE NEAREST SERVICE IS
FORD SERVICE
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Hibdon, John. The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 21, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 30, 1926, newspaper, January 30, 1926; Big Lake, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth633828/m1/2/?q=%22~1~1~1%22~1&rotate=180: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Reagan County Library.