Oil Activity Slump Shrinks Permian Basin Drilling
Ward county and seven West Texas counties show a drop in oil activity last week with 25 locations staked, 18 fewer than the prior week. Completions fell to 32 producers plus a gasser and five failures across 11 counties. Ector led with 14 completed wells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward County
Permian Basin
West Texas
W. F. W. Oil Co
Rufus W. Foster
Sterling County
Ector County
Yoakum
Howard
Upton
Winkler
Ward
Winkler County
Pecos
Crane
Andrews
Crockett
Gaines
Texaco South Ward Test At 2933 Feet
The Texas Co No 1 F University, three miles west of the north end of the South Ward field, drilled past 2933 feet in lime and struck a hole full of sulfur water from 28280 feet. Location lies in section 15 16 0, 440 feet south and east of the southwest corner of section 14 16 A. J E Fitzpatrick and others No 1 Dyer, 11-2 miles southwest of Madres and others No 1 Wilson, a Delaware discovery well in Ward county, drilled to 4880 feet in gray lime with base of last salt logged at 4980 feet. Elevation 2709 feet. No 1 Dyer is 150 feet from the northwest, 2970 from the southwest line of section 135 34 H H TC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Co. No. 1-F University
South Ward Field
J. E. Fitzpatrick
Dyer
Madres
Wilson
Delaware
Ward County
Gulf And Humble Add Two Producers In Estes Pool
Gulf No. 62 Estes and Humble No. 38 Richter in Ward County completed producers. Gulf No. 62 flowed 82.80 barrels in six hours for 662.40 bbl daily with pay at 2,530 feet.Humble No. 38 Richter produced 112.14 barrels per half six hours for 897.12 barrels daily with pay at 2,834 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf and
Humble
Estes
Ward County
Gulf No
H&tc
J P Smith Vacationing With Family in Hot Springs New Mexico
J P Smith and his relatives are vacationing in Hot Springs New Mexico enjoying the local sights. The family trip highlights a peaceful rural escape and leisure activities in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Smith
Hot Springs
New Mexico
Visiting Sidney Connell and the Peters Family
Sidney Connell of San Antonio visits his daughter Mrs. L. E. Peters this week. The rotogravure editor muses how winter would lack if not for the summer bathing cuties files.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Connell
San Antonio
Mrs. L. E. Peters
Rotogravure
Fatal Ohio Plane Crash Baffles Investigators
Wreckage from a New York to Cleveland sleeper plane left seven passengers and three crew dead, raising the toll to a major aviation disaster. The crash occurred in a wooded Ohio ravine near the destination airport with only the tail section intact and cabin fragments scattered along the slope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
Oilfield Slang From Drilling Terms And Film Lingo
Lexicographers note how oil workers and film crews share odd terms. Terms like roughneck and roustabout describe workers while spudding in, drilling in, bailing, and plugging back describe steps. The text lists slang for locations, tools, and outcomes such as dry hole gasser stripper and tower.
Dizzy Dean’s Pitch Curves Amid Cork Core Rumor
The article discusses why Dizzy Dean’s pitches curve, noting a belief that the ball’s cork core affects its flight and that three layers of something influence its movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dizzy Dean
Broadway safety fashion parade showcases work gloves
The Greater New York Safety Council staged a safety fashion parade highlighting stylish work gloves. Materials include rubberized cloth for refinery workers and chrome leather for rugged outdoors, with asbestos and duck for handling hot tasks. Air supplied masks appear in the lineup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadway
Greater New York Safety Council
New Rubber Hose From Petroleum Product Advances
The article notes a new rubber gasoline hose derived from petroleum compounds like pentane aiding separation of an anti injective vitamin theory. It mentions hardened bits with steel, drilling efficiencies cutting operations, Texas oil trucks aiding motorists in a spring snowstorm, and a record depth claim for a California well surpassing Mt Whitney’s height.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
California
Mt. Whitney
U. S
Cotton roofing idea proposed by Big Spring editor
W G Hayden of Big Spring Texas suggests using cotton fabric combined with asphalt as a weather tight durable and economical roofing material for flat top homes and business buildings creating a new volume market for cotton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. G. Hayden
Big Spring
Tex
Merchants Benefit From Auto Tourist Trade
Evidence shows that, on average, 26 cents of every tourist dollar goes to retail merchants, underscoring the value of stimulating auto tourism for local businesses.
Edwards Family Heads to Sweet Water Visit
Mrs. Jack Edwards and her son Trey travel Thursday to Sweet Water to visit Mrs. Edwards' parents Dr. and Mrs. Paul Hamilton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Edwards
Trey
Sweetwater
Edward
Paul Hamilton
Mae M Hayes Visits Daughter in Seamore
Visiting her daughter Mrs Ray Godfrey this week is Mrs Mae M Hayes of Seamore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Ray
Godfrey
Mae M. Hayes
Seamore
Texas Leads Nation in Natural Resource Production Taxes 1936 37
In 1937 Texas collected 18.245 million dollars in production taxes on natural resources, excluding local ad valorem taxes, beating the combined 47 states at 17.443 million for 1936, the latest year with complete figures from others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Also Mentioned on This Page
Texaco
Ballard
Babe Ruth
J. B. Cotten
Crane, Texas
Conoco
Continental Oil Co
AD Craddock
Mary
Bakers
TNS
DR. B. F. Roche
Burton-Lingo CO
Monahans
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!