The Fort Stockton Pioneer (Fort Stockton, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, April 1, 1921 Page: 1 of 10
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VOLUME XIV
IE Fort Stockton Pioneer
fORT STOCKTON PtCOS COUNTY. TEXAS APRIL I. 1921
NUMBER I
ANOTHER (NL WEUjl IN THE FORT ENGLAND AND NEW YORK MEN AND PORT STOCKTON FIELD OIL YIELD IS
Sim WN I .ELD ALMOST A CERTAINTY ORIENT OFFICIALS VISIT FORT STOCKTON FAR GREATER THAN THAT OF AVERAGE
Th»* Fort StarktcM) (r' H
tat*. which ik dnllmir • »rfi
*»tar nmi him on **ur
II Full grant iM»rth«*Mi
StiH ktoil U» *hiI« h, nmD
»n11< iimt’Ihw • I • • Y 1 hi
ell
wplrndul dh^wlti' *|
y\
oil
iiiid«tont* strata. «
1 we. k F'ort J
ht* depth of IJ*
7 f. ct
»*d through 26 f
oet of ,
it r«*a- t«*d to th*
n>,Mt 26- fo.
i*4t* iti a maiuo
r that t?nt n
!at«<! thi* fu*M ni
iiiiu'«'t nn*i«
min at« . F’. K. I ar
npbcll, ^ n|4(i
n| ♦'\*t*rv M|H*n*t«»
o
drilling
!
pur
ill! 11 it I it I rottf l
t* of
ith>tan«1ing t o
of ho nil* til ;«h'
iMitHtfor C«ni|»fH*l
to continue d illr
AH«in»f through t!
Fit,g hnimI** at
pull ending Mt
iniN juut a
later on, a** Hi
i a any wim
orth of th*
the nytuliciiti'
a%iturad will '
if n tailor* t
'hie part mil
kf**r Grant * *1
lamtion, who
1'K'kton Oil
Hur\filial
hf o|H*rator
'and on ilov ti
nent, ik m*w
t>d with tlu*
fig Mini hi* *‘K|
the opinion
re shot at th
would, in all
is hlirtl »■** 1?-V»
own level*
il Kheot the
advantage
t'oiild now,
‘oiwrdiztntr
production
* now t»r«n
lit «qmil |t|t.
i htH.f the
d th
when talking of matters involv-
ing the Orient railway and he
Ml An average production of 45
barrels j»er day places the Fort
The K C M A Orient su|ier- has made several visits here in A recent digest of the oil pro- ate the relative importance
intanrtrnt A J (Mearv. was here hvgone davit, is an enthusiast duct ion of the United States i* *he Fori Stockton field,
y esterday in his private car mak
mg a tour of the system. a<
rompitniHl by Mes
Hurdle ami \\ m S lNs»le of lam- greatest of transcontinental lines
ilon, F’.ng ; ('has. It. Jono*. a New i nit«sl States.
v . . i n niii-,, ___ (’has. II Jont**>. a New Y ork
1 oi k < it v hanker; r,. Dillon, as- ... _ . . , , , ..
< *ty i apitaiist and Isuid broker
istant of \\m. Keni|H*r. the Ori- c|tMW|v allied Wlth Nt,w York
' ■ e i vi and F \N n ‘ult < in and l.ondoi Fnglaml. bank- . ne n-v.es h„.,w ,„ai..xa- J„st a* thing* stand the Fort
fne«*hanlcal su|H*rintendent of the mg interests, took occasion to with a production of 9.4S9,noo Stockton field is in m class unto
I hi mt out onn* very pertinent barrels monthly, is the greatest itself and if the expectations of
iruths anent financial conditions ltj| producing state in the union, superintendent F*. E. Newby of
that exist throughout the civil- ranking fourth in the average the Grunt Oil corporation mater-
uted world resultant from the daily production of each well, urlize the Wonder well will, in
world-war. Mr. Jones made it Wyoming and Montana come I he course of brief time, be giv-
und bondholder* ami th** purpose plain that we are in the throes first in thi* average yield of each ing lorth a yield at ieasl fifty
of their visit is to acquire full “f WM «*ra °f deflation that has well, having 1JMK) wells produc- »**’' cent greater than it is now.
a n d definite information. !!!!!' !?.;i f!’U" “'111 ttn average of r»8.9 barrels. |||
of unusual interest !>erause
— - z,h-»r»**« ■**■"?t,v
rs. Frederic the proress of making one of the Hl* places the rort Stockton from a statistical standpoint.
field in a most enviable ts»sition and. in reality, as a matter of
in the eves of those w ho are con- f*<t, no other county in the Unit-
veriiwit' with th, Statu, of oil hl*' «® !“»•■» sver-
, age production per well as has
operations ham ,h,- Fort Stockton field
The review ahows that fexai
< »r.> nt.
The first trio of gentlemen
named are representatives of
Finglish ami New Y ork investors
'hi* bit entered a sh.ti* and imj (i | syndicate
•ne strata, am
louslv in that
is drilling *hot
ranging a*
formation. jnatance*, prndta turn
ailing the hole has I*** !» done ti> 5. (too bai rns of oil jn*r
egnlnr intervals sili< nn-ing ^as iK^n ^ ,intt
Gn»* appreciate
not until the people* of the world California has 9,490 well*, aver- the remarkable worth of the
'• barrel- per mrorgh jH*' *onal investigation, again get back to normal ways of aging 82.3 barrel*; Louisiana has Wonder well when he is told that
of th* general health o4 the thinking and working mav we 2.7<mi wells, averaging 31.8; Ok- the average daily production of
n an* cer- on,.nt railway, so that they may b"P»‘ to see things trend toward |ahoma ha* 50,7(HI wells, averag- ‘‘a'h well throughf>ut the United
d Mr. <.rant. ,H. f.nal>|t.(1 to intelligently m 1hat peace of mind and financial mg 6 barrels; West Virginia has States is 4.98 barrels, or only
not com- well being we all so much desire. | ]9,5(Hi wells, averaging 1.1 bar- a,*»ut ont^tenth that of the Won-
• Fort Stock- ' ‘ 1 Mr. Jones wa* one man of the re|s • Pennsylvania has 67,600 well. In other words, the
• 1 have been ri -ent, the physical condition ot party thoroughly qualified to wells, averaging .8 barrel; Ohio Wonder well is just ten times
•nd. in not but many the line, and either recommend pass intelligent judgment upon ; has 39.600 wells, averaging .5 a>< good as the uninformed man
»r disapprove further invest- the Fort Stockton oil field, due barreland Texas has ll.lOO'has accredited it as being, from
the securities «*f the to the fact that he as. for a long wells, averaging 27 barrels. Tex- a standpoint of production. |
“It is not by
tain, • ' course.'
“but wells w ith
parable to that of
ough the Hand, ai d th bow-
s'' "il are grow ing -tiring *r.
t' day. Y esterday thi slush
w.t alnn**t covered tith
a’ c at ot oil md ‘''*" ** va’
e * st imates placed
y of oil on the surt
.ush at two to sev«
*ith each ami every b*
ng an appreciable a
m.
Fort St<s st«-n Oil *vnd
ment in
road.
4 orgitial
finance,
promoted and Having manifested a desire, present time being a heavy in-
tv <mhI men on their arrival, to visit the oil vestor in the oil fields of several
n umbel of year*, ijji’en close at- j aa’ average production of 27 bar- The mere matter of volume,
tention to the oil industry. at the rejs jg only surpassed by YVyom- however, is not all that must be
ing, Montana and California. taken into comiideration. It
There are, of course, many must be remembered that a re-
m II V t * 4 4 m » . y V/ 4 V \ ’ 4 4 4 l ’ 4. 9 I IKI I I • 1(1 14 » • 4 I'V 4 V 1 I I 4 1 I I ■ w 4 J 4. 44 4 11 f) 4 44 I 4
ia,‘^ 'm •'‘pudding fields and the irrigated lands dis- Kansas county * and is sharing ounties in the state namtni that cent analysis of the Wonder well
In h« peratio* been clo*c trut*. exeral of F’ort St<K-k- ,n production ol fifty or yield a greater amount of oil oil, made by chemists of signal
^uan-1an(j anxiously watched by the
*, cit oil* m gcrvral; and, epute
dlons, Jnar, . • |y, th' oil that ha*
r* en’iy seeped from the sands
h s nspired a I with the feeling
hat it is solely a question of
than the Fort Stockton field, but ability, disclosed the truth that
how-
tit of
Sveta! iars of th* 111 have t irk ontil oil will lie found in the
• n skimmed from th slush, p «»rt Stockton field in super-
of which is, apparently, a
\ grade of the fin*** of lul>-
, , j. - . . more, very valuable wells.
M ^ ' . mt . f 0 C , L ',r The (Jrant Oil cor]H>ration this is attributable to the fact the oil carries a content peculiar-
* 11 v ' boon depot anti o<> shallow wells and the Fort Stock- that every producing county but lv adapted to its conversion into
the visitors, accompanied by sev- ton Oil syndicate well were giv- this has a large number of wells. Ichthyol, a most valuable medi-
**ral local business and oil men, en especial attention by Mr. When it is remembered that the;final preparation, and because
to the oil field and spent the Jones; and after close examina- Fort Stockton field has but one of that constituent property the
fiiri.h/i/n tmir matvootinn t*on of U)th oils and sands, and producing well on the pump and oil has a market value of $10.00
intelligent inquiry regarding the that well is making a yield of 4o per barrel, whereas the ordinary
a -rxiance. A amatvrof ;act. ot the\ai ious w*ells in pnxesa of formations that have been en- to 50 barrels of oil per day, one, {crude commands a price less than
none w ho kn<
„ , . • . ~ ....., alar^1 conit'rn* drilling in the immediate vicin- countered in the course of drill-1 in a measure, begins t6 appreci- one-fourth as great.
u.i po. . • ( : ... b an 01* Ked, aiul has care- jtv 0f (;rant Oil corporation ings, be said that there remain
‘‘ ,u f 1 v I 111 v kr,,,u‘ ov,r th,s area' <lueH* shallow w 11s ed no doubt in his mind about rAIAninA Mr,.T Inr nrrTUTr nrinv
nT r ! n \Y,r -. li l t t:< ? the ever; lal d.scoverv of a ‘ ! , . .. there being a good pool of oil in COLORADO MEN ARE GE FTING READY
,t»on \\ ond* -Ol. tit- a r, I>K>< 0, it > here and 'rl «‘ltt moon th* \.*it s ••jus^ where it is lo- _______ _____________
wire 'a n on a tour through i cated and to what depths you
— the irrigated lands districts and may have to go,” said Mr. Jones,
FRUIT AND TRUCK they expressed unmeasured sur- “nothing but a drill can answer,
NOT SERIOUSLY nrise on observing the beautiful m>’ judgment is that your, ... ., . „ ..
HI RT BY COl.n 5 '■ ' . 1 “ people will not find it short of number of Fort Garland. Col..!«ion 7 for the first well, as Mr
___ *' ' * ' ' 2,000 feet and it ia more probable [people, who have acreage in • ciinllz went over the ground
Ctth the sudden return of an(| (hc Leon Va])ey re3ervojr 2 too fee,
■ , , . . ,lar«e ptx>l of
it.v-five drums of wha n were r<*- (p ’j,n^ js
•tent • hasetl l>\ ;i rm t»f
I New Y’oi k City cht rn ’t* who
[paid for it at the rate f $10.00
|m r barrel, because of ts carry-
ing propert es suscep hie of
ea con\ ion to the valuable
iedicinai compound. Ichthyol,
ed no doubt in h - mind about
|LULUKAUU n
TO DRILL AN OIL WELL IN THIS FIELD
A. Schultz, representing a the\ will make a location in sec-
irland, (
Comanche springs Xai you'wiifgk"‘it a'round ’iWOO |tiun-kK» H &”t7 N railway sur" very.c.tTef,"'ly, and.' in his ,'.udf‘
— ---------- - - .......... ’ ' • ‘ ment, the location is a peculiarly
V*Litr 11 nq 1 lief Pu wpH li \l'PPk g VIC.
Relative to the advisability of ,t ^ the Fort Stockton field, and
favorable one because of the
fact that it is on a formation di-
ri£jirfi£a siS-iiii!:
t'Tbute *1,000 t.Tw ,d* tile afalfa crops en the irrigated county were placed before their out a moment’s hesitation said • Mr Schultz was ?ent hen for
t* involved in charging the : l.*n«l». which were nearing the eyes in a mirror. that he would not do so if it were j express purpo* e of tarefully
, with a mtroglycmn* blast; as_ ,f ' lu‘J* inve8ti^tin» tho a,tuaI condi*
that the showing ot oil was a ,.n.j U[ .. in i.,rfT..i,
grard one and that deeper driU-1 Vhf, W-
thousand feet of drllmg. '♦ the checkin* of the growth., result of his trip of inspection
Whi!* cZnercial nr.'" t* '* ‘ * h!s * opi n i "n."t h^plrt entill “t?o« ■'if Mexico, concluding which Messrs, r ^^*7 Id "buv »’tS was not di8Poswl *° be the
convinced that comnercial pro- — ,n.. Osinnf t.,,...... Poole and Hurdle will return I*7r ,£*!L!E?“Ld ,u“L “ill? ljombastic ‘ «-----=-•
ing will, in all likelihood, bring 1 pa|s w,)0 conterrplate drilling out
in a good well. 1 their acreage
The party left here last night | The Co|„rudoans ^ not fully
>ound for FI iaso, and thence | determined, before Mr. Schultz
dead center between the two..
Regardless of whether fthe
company drills the well itself or
lets the drilling out to a contract-
or. a site will be chosen with the
set purpose of making a deep
test, with a rig equipped with
that object in'view.
Mr. Schultz was exceedingly
UZ the'Pioneer°of?iee'<MoJhj2^ng*of*he^hSnt^at*this ^,1;"^"’
the country the Orient traverses Poole and Hurdle
are beyond compare. He indi- with Mr. Jones to
on a tour of the Orient line in was dele^aVed * to come here! reticent during his stay here and
whether they
and do the drilling themselves
will
New
Tands^carrv^'rmichh^vier’vul- fav a' sanii.lV'frcim his Vine aT- P“rt,ic“!" «oing to he a The gentlemen, without cxcep.
ted l, chance th* possibdity Lihe* irWength and is estimated jOHHUl
of springing a wa r vein that
might irreparably tsh out the
hole and estop dr ig at this
stage of affairs. e takes the
ponition that in the vent he fails favorable.
i iii 1-i.sui . i.tn in thp urrp Mr nected up from Kansas City to them by the citizens in general
Halford expects to begin har- Topolobampo. eventually. (during their day’s stay in Fort
th.. latter Dart of next Frederic Hurdle, an English Stockton, and all of them, appar- nliffht n his neonle relative to ^-nuicz s siaiemeiu mat ms
reek ?f weather conditions are, gentleman, well and most favor- ently, most thoroughly enjoyed the situation and.Pin a manner, company wiU not have to make
about the financial
resources of the men whom he
represented, but the mere fact
that he was sent here to exam-
in the event Mr. Schultz rendered jne matters so that he might
a favorable report. ^ f ’ u °i his ^associates
Block 10 proved very attract-! information ujHm
ive in surface appearances to Mr. can ahsolutely rely,
Schultz and he will, accordingly, Jf corr°horate Mr.
Schultzs statement that his
Start The Yeir 1921 Right
—No peram could make i bettar resolution than to
resolve tcSAVE and K! kP his money deposited in
s bank ckring the year 121.
I
—A bank txxmnt is eaaen al for business—and it is
derfrablefor every man even the wage worker.
*>n • proven r*« d -tkta Bank offers
« certainly of •»' "faction, »nd
*«>ur buoinea* on n eeubltohed record
"«d e promise of
SAFETY—COURl ISY—PROMPTNESS.
ably known to many of the Fort every moment of the time spent w rmiv orfvnrnfep *th#> bpo-innincr *tock sales or peddle leases to
Stockton business men, as he here. iof drilling operations without un- secure funds necessary to drill
........................ 1 necessary delay. ]a we“*
In the event that the Colora-
OIL COMPANY MAKES HARD FIGHT AGAINST
ARTESIAN WATER FLOW AND WINS OUT
doans decide to start to work at
once it is quite probable that
Tennis rackets, balls and nets
at the Central Drug Store.
Bower, Hale, Lamb & Findiess
who are drilling witlT a 30-star
machine on section 592, G. C. &
under control, fast time will be
made from now on.
The men identified with this
S. F. railway survey, about five -mpany- ^^.ns^and part
miles north of the Devlin ranch for years. That they are
and in the vicinity of a pronounc- putting their *money on the
ed gas blow-out are down with board and making a strong play
their hole about 200 feet. the Fort Stockton field is am-
hove set 15-inch caeing ^ «
to the depth of about 120 feet p,t Umb one o( the membm
and are now eetting 12-inch caa- the firln vu ,t one Ume ln
ing to the bottom. | charge of the drilling operations
The drillers have had their of the Circle Oil company, a New
share of vexatious grief in a York City organisation, and Tie
fight with a strong flow of ar- *>“ ■*.•? bje?1 P°»i‘iv« >"
um. ;r m b-.«bt;»; rjrai
successfully overcome their dif- mogt remarkable oil field, sur-
ficulties and have the water cas- passing the expectations of the
practi- most optimistic; and he is back-
Your Financial Needs
You cannot forecast with certainty what
your financial requirements will be at any
future time, BUT— *
You can forecast that the right kind of
Banking connections will assure you of
being able to meet those financial re-
quirements as they arise.
The First National Bank, ever since iu or-
ganization, has been building a service to
care properly for the financial needs of
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Rose, G. W. The Fort Stockton Pioneer (Fort Stockton, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, April 1, 1921, newspaper, April 1, 1921; Fort Stockton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth848236/m1/1/: accessed March 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .