The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 48, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 7, 1926 Page: 2 of 8
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THE BIG LAKE WILDCAT
AUOITHT 7. 1»2«
Elks From Montana at the Chicago Convention
s»e
pipe line from the (balk field
to the T. & I*. K\ ju.it cast of Coa-
homa i» rum going lot Hard.
A number of tin- wells in the field
are non connected with lines supply*
mg the HOOharrel storage tank on
section lit). Ilie oil nill he delivered
to loading raik on the railroad trom
tin- Murage tank In gravity lion,
BUILDING
PLUMBING '
Ctik’itiw wuN i'oin|»ltttiiji I'tpturnl by the Elks who gathered there by the thuusmut* for their animal cuBvmi
ttou Above Is the delegation frotu Hillings, Moot, In cowboy eoatutnen.
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\\ EST TEXAS
OIL M AN S
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HOWARD GO. OIL NEWS
< From the Ihg Spring Herald'
Vk ith the Mar I and. Magnolia t a
rev & Lockhart and Owen and Sloan
wells on the (his ( halk ranch m the
southwestern part of Howard rountv
showing up well and these same par-
ties making plans tor manv new test-
in thut seel ion there is no denying
the faet that a real oil field is m the
making. Work on the pipe lines of
the Kay County Pipe Line Co and
the Magnolia Petroleum I ■> is b. ng
rushed to take rare of the present and
future production of the held F le«
trie power plants are bring estab-
lished bv the Mar land and \l ifitolia
companies in antu ipatiun of an r\-
beeome ignited if tb<- wind tarried
it neat the boiler.
This is an offset to the discovery
well, Owen A Sloan < .balk No. I, and
it is conceded that it is going to be
a commercial well.
The Magnolia Petroleum Com
party's < halk No. I, on set lion III.
has been pumping from 'Ml to 101
barrels daily sinoe bring given a shot
at
bv th
to lie
started at once
l*he Magnolia is rushing work oil
their pipe line to New latan where
then tank farm i« Iim ated. \ four-
un h line is l>euig laid. Ml avail-
able storage for oil is about Idled up
so the pipe lute is a real need. The
Magnolia Co. is erecting an ele< tri«
drilling several tests, two-inch go
lines having been completed to loca-
tions on section It(», 'Pi and D7. The
rellats lor some of the-c tests have r#'r ln-
been completed and «lriiiing opera-
tim.s will Ih* started soon.
I'hc : diforni.t Oil Company's tc«t
on s.-ctioii N., blink ’2*), twp. IS i*
-aid to be good for 1(K> barrels daily
following a light shot last Friday.
Hie oil formation wa* encountered it
a depth of JU111 feet.
ECTOR GO. OIL NEWS
[trom the A.dor ( o. \eu >»
No new developments of import-
ance appeared this week in the Odes-
sa oil field. The l .i-tl.md till Co.,
Westbrook rt ul„ Hen,link No I. in,
Winkler county, was Hatilnnl all dur-
ing the week by practically all oil
scout* in the field, ami its complete -
development i> a matter of doubt so
far. The drillers went to the extent
of running the swab Tuesday after-,
noon, and the result gave about AO
barrels of oil in about one and a ball
hours. It is the opinion <>| some that
swobbing the well is detrimental, ami
is partly the cause of the formation j
in the Ivotom of the well whit h make-
bridging and cav ing eminent. 'I he
i rew now find it t*eces*arv to run tlv
casing into the remainder of the open
hole in the wall and cement it in,
since the walls of the hole still lend
Ml oil men really believe
that lost land have a real well in
their Hendrick No. |. mid those who
have leases in that vicinity arc hold-
ing them. T. <>. Hendrick, on whose
ranch land the well is located, this
week took hi» holdings off the mar-
ket. He has sold «|uite* a large
amount of royalty and leases ahead).
The Gulf-McElrov well on tin
A. C. METCALF
Contractor ami Builder
Plans and Estimates
PAINTING
PAPER HANGING
This test is two miles south of the , ,
., , , ,, , . ( rane-l pton line continues to pro-
Magnolia produc ing wells four tittles ^ ^ barrpU J>nlv
I
I
the I (lOO-foot level
locations have been made
company on which drilling
south of I at
The Marland Oil Co 's Uulk N«
1 on the southeastern quarter of
lion 111. I- now pumping fifty Lai
rel- or more oil per day arid will In-
in.> more kept on the pump tor the present.
I he Marland < halk No. 2, b* ated
OW) feet south of well No, 1, w.i-
spudded ut this week and is now
diillin Ih-Iow the lOO-foot mark.
This company recently teste*! out
a water well near the ( halk home to i
v» aler
was drilled further into the sand a
week or two ago. \ctivitv in that
s»s tion is steady and companies
which do not already have offsets
l.vcatrsl are trying to secure leases
for this purpose.
ascertain if a
to operate a numlver of rotary tig-
was available. S four-inch stream
was pumped for thirty-sis hours
Band musir at army camps during
rrvtrillc is suggested bv a I niled
States Senator, who claims that lhi»
would put the soldiers into a more
upi.u sufHneiu! ,;h<rrfu| uf ,,um ,hr ,,r'
dinary bugle.
WE \KF
sole agents
\ ()\{ EASTMAN
If it isn't an EASTMAN
it isn't a KODAK
Bozeman
Drug Company
tensive development and the erection power plant for the big development without diminishing the supply, lon.j^"' ' “l'ul 1'
of many rig* in tin* field
Tim Magnolia Petroleum ( >». is
diiHuiit two test wi lls ivn their h> bb
ing» south of latan Three prodo*
itig wells have l>erti ^retired by lb-'
(ontpanv in that territory (>d fr. n
these Hells i* delivered to the la k
farm it New fat an
The W Edgar test on wr turn 111
planned lor this field,
Carey lawk hart (.halk N*». 1, «»n
section I l V, and n-t of the discov-
ery well, wa* given two light shots
around the I'f8-foot depth Sumlav
and *wahhu>g indicates that it t» go-
ing to prove a good well.
• a rev and Lrukh.irt spudded in
pumped tor unity-Ml hours) , ....... mdustrv has grown up in
i . . i j this country the manufacture of a
clusivelv proving the water supply f«»r u*e in removing hardened
adequate. It is now reported j dewing gum from theatre seats.
SS iIdeal a*l' get results.
The REX ALL. Store
1
T
Tin
in the ( balk field.
Feed flyer ■*>*, ured the produc-
ing well on. sect toil l.PJ on tire H It
( lay rattcb wlmh furriv»be*l the fueI
oil for the ng whnh drilled m the
dirM'Ovrry well m ihe ( halk field, i-
planning to ilnll more |e»t* nrai the
first riw he drilled.
It is said that one or more ng- .r>
to he moved here tram the \t!■--i.i
V M„ field.
The work of setting fit teen neb
dMIlg at one hundred md CtlV ''in-
fect an»I four «'■ lie* in the Kervrs S.
Vpperman te*r, section I2f>. II If •
< .lay ranch, ha* twen completed ami
ilrilltug ha* been resumed.
t)wing to the hard risk formation
riifkt al the surface of the ground the;
drill ha* he«n making slow pr«*gre**
»o far
The -*h«H»ter' with the ne.-ewsoi *
material to give the (>w.-n -V 'loan
( halk No l a shot, ha* l«ecn on th*
ground .srver:*1 days. Owing l<» the
fact that the wind w »* in the wrote-
direct km, blowing toward the IvotL-r,
it was decided that a »h.*t at this tin.**
rmiangcreti the well, a* the gas would
-mp.i-
that the Marland Company will plate;
from two to ten rotary drilling rigs!
in the Chalk field in the vei\ nc u
future.
A I (tori tug space alongside the I
X I’, tra* k* in Big >pi in}- was recent-
iv secured bv the Marland Company
for .steering piping runl other supplies
which were to be shipped ir.lo I’i;1
Spitng for use in the Chalk field. It
i* stated that casing for thirty vu-li-
i- now rnroute to this point.
Work on tie- Kat County Pipe I un
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Hibdon, John. The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 48, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 7, 1926, newspaper, August 7, 1926; Big Lake, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth633612/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Reagan County Library.