The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 48, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 7, 1926 Page: 3 of 8
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AUOVBT 7. lOttO
THE BIG LAKE WILDCAT
3
WEST TEXAS
OIL NEWS
PECOS CO. OIL NEWS
(From the Fort Stockton Pioneer)
TEXAS NOW SECOND
account of a shortage in fuel. |
Wednesday evening the hit was push- P,,r* ,,n production of the
ing steadily downward in anhydrate ■
to the Gulf Coast, dur to the sky-
rocketing of Spindle Top, heljted hy
the completion of gushei> in other
[Coastal fields, notably Lockhart. The
I’unhandle gain, whic h is reflet led
in the North Texas heading account-
ed for most of the rest.
I Texas’ gain of 36,300 barrels ac-
counted for most of the largest in-
1 i rease reported for the nation as a
■ whole during recent w<*i*k«. The to-
_ n t.il gain for the I nited State# was r<
OIL PRODUCING STATE sri&£cr£ttf££
T he Dixie Oil Company resume.!, ...... ! ££t,UC,ion for ,,H’ ' ,,u"*ry *° 21 15’’
drilling Wednesday on their Hershen-| leasing Oklahoma, current daily t ,
son No. 1 on section 6, bio, k 51. twp. I «rude production of Texas! *a" lhe f,r»‘ w7* ,l"('
10, T. & F. Ky. survey, after having "™ ranks as second among the oil *h"h production arger than
laser, shut down a couple of days on P^ucing states of the nation. . ^responding week of last year.
of a shortage in fuel.) This is indicated in the weekly re-1 [he corresponding week of I92.a
port on crude oil production of the 'I1"' “ “a,l> average crude produ,
American Petroleum Institute which , wj. 2,114,400 barrels,
around 5 170 feet ! waa made public in New York Tues-1, ' reduction for the year to date.
Tile .pudding of the Kimlurlin | duyndumoon. , however, i, .bout I2,<>U0.UUU barrel.
Cromwell null reclion 24. block Reduction uf T.xu. i, nns '•» i"lrt '”.1
3, H. & T. C. Ry. fturvey. i, .till df- )t|'Pr°.»nately U11,0»0 barrel.
layed un account uf the fuilurc of iday. ", Oklahoma i. .howu a. 1 ’ J11' i.t.■ - 1111
ut engine to arrive. barrel,, ami of California. ..... <•.*»**. fur I»»
The Pilbdturg Oil S Dcvrlopmct <• -till the leading -tale, ft I Sc ""*• .....'''' •W """ "
Co. ha, let a e'ntrae, tu Carl (., :'""1 *>■"«'.....' I'ro.lnctim, of “•'kly report. are -howo tn the ful-
" ■ * lio... I,..If ,.f lowing table:
Average Increase
hi I .(HHi 3,250
11 1.950
168,400
53, PHI
jyt,(HM i
•t5.ooo
.'»(*, i r»i)
I <>0,100
137.050
105,500
71.8(H)
25,(HH>
10,100
1.050
southeast eorner.
The Transcontinental well on sec-
tion 5, block Z, H. if T. C. Ify. *-ur-
vcy, was reported Werlnesday to be
drilling in gray si 1 1
depth of 3,331! feet.
REEVES CO. OIL NEWS
(From the Pecos Enterprise)
well for drilling of a deep test on j We*1, Trxtt» » m"r‘’ than half of the l™,nP
block 8, section r>0, 900 feet from the MaU‘ * *otal- «"« eels the produ.-
lion of any stall* except California. '■*|aiionia
Arkansas and Oklahoma. i Kansas
Oil production of Texas is riot car- ^"rth lexas
ried under one heading in tin* Amer < cnl. lex.
dv lime at a ,ct,n Petroleum Institute reports, bull ,rM 1 eni. tex.
| is shown under North Texas, blast Southwest lexas
Central Texas, West Central Texas, < N,rrl1'
Southwest Texas and the Gulf Const. Arkansas
The sum of these districts production • Gulf Coast
| is 493, PH) barrels. About K).(HH) Fastern
barrels »>f this is from the Louisiana' Wyoming
' <»u 11 Coast, leaving the total prodm -1 Montana
i lion of Texas 183.(HH) barrels per Colorado
IlurnbloKloh No. I continues to day. This is more than one-fifth uf New Mexico
hold interest this week. It is now at the total output ol the I nited States. |
The heading of North Texas in the lolnl-
rebuilding the derrick blown down
last week.
The California Davis No. I, on
southeast quarter section 288, block
2, H i. I. C. Hy. survey, three-quar-
ters of a mile north of the town lim-
its. is plugging. This well will be
abandoned and the rig moved to the
northwest quurler of section 288. and
a new well started.
Sparkman No. I, on section 34,
block 30, VI. X N. \V. Hy. surveyt 20
miles west of here is drilling in grav
lime past 3315 feet.
Douthit No. 2. on section 1 73 J
block 29, W. & V W. Hy. survey 18 !
miles northwest of here, is drilling in
lime around 28*19 feet.
Durham No. 2. one and a half
miles southwest of here i« -till pump-
ing, The product of this well is br-
ing uael for fuel.
I hr Chalk field -hows great activ-
ity in preparations for further de-
velopment.
remained outside only long enough
to view the holler going over the der-
rick. He returned to a safer place,
immediately. When the boiler fell
i eurby, it rolled about I(X) yard-.
Let The Wildcat get it for you.
rx:r::rr:
A South American explorer found
a dirt of ants and monkeys very edi-
ble. Ants tustc like crisp bacon, he
suid. and monkeys like u blend of
pork mid chicken.
Wildcat ads pay hig dividends.
YOUR PATRONAGE APPRECIATED
CITY BARBER SHOP
WEST SIDE MAIN STREET, BIG LAKE, TEXAS
(rood Workmen Courteous Treatment
A Modern. Sanitary Shop
NO ONE HURT WHEN
BOILER BLOWS UP
800
lex on, August 2. Members of the
10 550 ‘billing crew and boilermakers near-
750
850
250
by were luckily uninjured when one
of the boilers ut the Texon Oil a"<l
Land Companv s No. 51 well bb-w up
1,050 Sunday, hurtling the machinery .i-
(»5oJhigh *i- the derrick. The full tele
24 300! scoped the boiler. Hill Morgan, a
boilermaker standing bv another
boiler, was plastered vvitb mud and
wu> burled against u storage tank,
though he sustained no injurv.
Hob McLaughlin, another boiler
maker, had jn-t entered the smoke
BIG LAKE SERVICE STATION
FIRST CLASS REPAIR DEPARTMENT
New Equipment
WE RECHARGE AND REHITLI) UATTER1ES
YOl H PATRONAfiE SOI.ICITED
1.5(H)
450
2,( H HI
7<HI
a depth of 1325 feet, and after
bailing test this week it made show- A. I
ings of oil and water that were very-
encouraging. It managed to shut the
water off with a packer to above <»0 |
feet. It is now bailing an average of t zone pools
2.1 15,850
ll'MHl box of tb<* boiler on which he and
i . . , , . . | | imtioiis of nelroleum Morgan were working when the bias
.....V L™ .. lft “dNorth C^llaU principal port, foi th, month ol ' ' ...............:
West Texas shallow Ik* It and the Pan-' J"1)' were 209.290 barrels com pa ml
handle district. T he East (Central. with 219.<0O lor the month ol Juiw-,
(mnil'and for the week ended Julv 31, 18?,-
in the Woodbine
\ tool dresser ran from in-ide tin*
derrick when lit- heard the blast, but
35 barrels of oil a day.
The Dixie-Hershenson, in Pecos
county at a total depth of 51(H) feet
was forced to shut down when fuel
gave out this week. Operations were
expected to begin once more T riday
when new fuel will arrive.
Reports from the Lockhart Allen
No. 1 in Loving county give its depth
as 1565 feet. It is drilling fast and
is one of the big bets of the Pecos
field.
The Deep Rock well across the
Reeves county line in Culberson is
drilling at a depth of 2300 feet. Oil
showings have manifested themselves
at different depths in this hole.
The Schooler well in northern
Reeves county has shut down. No
reason wus given for this action. It
was being watched with interest.
The World well, west of Orla,
seems U> have all the gas in the
world. When the crew tried to set
casing this week, gas pressure was su
strong that it blew the attempted
cup off.
A new locution hy the World Co.
was announced some weeks ago hut
it was indefinite. The exact location
was given out this week as section (>5,
block 112, in northern Reeves coun-
ty. This well will not spud in until
the first of September, is the report.
The new locution for Renedum-
Trees was announced this week as
section 50, block 8, on the Reeves
county line. No report was given us
to when this well will begin opera-
tions.
Of Ancient Family—Two colored
men were standing on the corner dis-
cussing family trees.
“Yes, suh, man,” said Rastus, "1
can trace mah relations hark to a
family tree."
“Chase 'em hack to u family tree,
huh?” said Mose. m
“Naw, man, trace ’em--get me.'
“Well, dry ain’t but two kinds of
things dnt live in trees, birds and
monkeys, and you #ho ain t got no
feathers on you."—American Mutual
Magazine.
The British Government is trying
to abolish slavery and put an end to
human sacrifice* in the Naju Hills
region of Burma. Freedom for 3,-
500 slaves has already been pur-
chases! ut an average price of $1.25
a person.
Texas heading embraces the fault-} 143 barrels compared with 2<H»,II4
belt. “West Central Texas” in tin* A..f°r tlu* previous week.
P. I. heading includes the West Cm-| Daily average receipts <>f t.alifoi-
trill Texas black and grey lime undjnia oil at Atlantic and («ull t^»a-l
shallow sand producing areas, ,i* ports for the month of July wen- <>8.-
well as the Big Lake and Hurdle dis- barrels compared with 11 (),<><H>
tricts. I f«r the month of June, and for the
“Southwest Texas” includes the ( week ended July 31, 59,571 barrels
lading and Lockhart pools, the shal- compared with 110,8.>i for the pre-
low sand pools around San Antonio J vious week, tort If orth Star-1 rlc-
and the production along the Mexi- gram.
can border. The Gulf Goast hcad-j
ing is self-explanatory.
The “North Texas” and "West
Central Texas” headings combined i
make the district known locally un-'
der the general term “West Texas."
Texas achieved its position in sec- j
STERLING GO. OIL NEWS
(From the Sterling City News Record)
The Exploration Broome No. I, on
ond place through a gain of 30,400 \ section 2L block 11, S. P. Ry. *ur-
barrels. Of this 24,300 is credited | vry. nine miles southeast of here, is
T. L.
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For particulars and
prices see
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SEWING
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sonable price.
Mrs. J. E. Monteith
White house south of
News «,f!h-r.
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There is one brand of flour which fills every re-
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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/m1/3/?rotate=270: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Reagan County Library.