Eagle Pass Oil Boom as 1000 Barrel a Day Flow Reported
Eagle Pass Texas December 10 reports a major oil strike at International No 1 near the Rio Grande two miles north of Eagle Pass. Geologists call the anticline formation ideal with a 480 acre DeBona lease held by International Oil & Gas Company. The well hauls oil in increasing buckets amid crowds and is predicted to reach 1000 barrels daily with high grade lubricating oil observed.
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Texas Oil Ledger
Eagle Pass
Texas
Hind
J. H. Clark
Uvalde Rock Asphalt Paving Company
Austin Halls
Eagle Ford
Rio Grande
International Oi & Gas Company
van FE. McFarland
McFarland
Oil Found in Shallow Field Near Lawton
Nine operators in the shallow field east of Lawton haul oil to market with about 100 barrels daily. Sand at 65 feet yields a barrel a day, plus sands at 96 116 and 800 feet. Power pumping plants installed by Mrs Hanley and Lukra Oil Co. Dr Gooch and associates report oil and gas at 1,860 feet in Gladys Belle district. Healdton Oil & Gas Co. seeks a sand at 1,850 feet. J S Simmons resigns from Dende Oil Co to start own business. W D Calkins named successor from Kansas.
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Texas Oil Ledger
Lawton
Okla
Lawan
Hanley
Lukra Oil Company
Gladys Belle
Bartlesville
W. D. Calkins
Kansas
Coastal Operators Watch Texas Co Well in Blue Ridge
Special to Texas Gil Ledger reports Houston oil circles await the Texas Company No 1 Robinson well at Blue Ridge. The well blew in October 24 at 340 feet, flowed about 5000 barrels through the drill stem, and is now down to about 3430 feet awaiting pry sand drilling. Eighteen nearby wells race to reach the same depth, with many derricks up and Blue Ridge buzzing with new business buildings since November 1.
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Texas
Gil Ledger
Houston
Texas Company
Robinson
Blue Ridge
Oil Belt Power Company Hosts 400 Plus Oil Field Men
More than 400 business men oil operators and chamber leaders from Eastland Ranger Cisco Breckenridge Dublin Desdemona Germin Sipe Springs Rising Star and other oil towns visited the new De Leon river plant three miles south of Eastland. Officials gave a tour explained machinery and a lunch to showcase the plant’s scale and future service. The nearby lake covers about 1000 acres and the facility now pumps at least fifty wells with more added weekly, supplying power to towns within forty miles.
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Texan Oil Ledger
Ranger
Texas
Dee
Chamber of Commerce
Eastland
Rangen
Cisco
Breckenridge
Dublin
Desdemona
Germin
Sipe Springs
Rising Star
Ol Belt Tower Company
de Leon River
Judge Sadler to Confer With Wichita Oil Men
Special to Texas Oil Ledger Austin Dec. 10 The Railroyd Commission announced that Judge P. Sadler who has gone to Wichita Falls to investigate the oil fields in Wichita County will hold a conference next Sunday December 12 with oil operators of the territory. The meeting will cover issues related to compliance with commission rules and regulations.
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Texas Oil Ledger
Austin
Texas
Railroyd Commission
Tudee
P. Sadler
Wichita Falls
Wichita County
Buiaay
Commission Head Reports Corsicana Fields Drilling Status
J I Hoover deputy supervisor of the Railroad Commission reports Corsicana oil field activity shows no new wells near Powell, drilling east of Corsicana with salt water not found below 1200 feet. Two salt water wells near Rice left unplugged bubble daily, risking subsurface oil strata. total field production under 75 barrels daily, no gas encountered, average well depth about 450 feet.
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Austin
Texas
Corsicana
J. I. Hoover
Railroad Commission
Powell
Hoover
Commission
Rice Territory
McPherson
Sewell
Bosque
Fire destroys 100000 gallons of Humble lubricant oil
Houston dispatch reports a warehouse fire at Humble Oil and Refining Company on Saturday destroyed 100000 gallons of lubricating oil. The loss is about 75000 for oil and 10000 for the building. Twenty tanks burned, four saved, with oil spilling into the street and lighting a long stretch like a burning lake. A nearby car loaded with drums to Jennings Louisiana escaped damage.
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Houston
Texas
Humble OW & Refining Company
International & Great Northern
Jennings
Stockholders face 13 cent assessment delinquent sale
Oklahoma City Okla Dec 10 Special to the Texas Oil Ledger If stockholders in the Western Crude Oil Company of Los Angeles do not pay an assessment of 13 cents per share recently made by directors their stock will be sold at public auction according to H D P Ware secretary of the company Sale is to take place December 23 of all shares that are delinquent on December 6 A number of shareholders live in Oklahoma and Texas.
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Texas Oil Ledger
Oklahoma City
Okla
Western Crude Oil Company
Los Angeles
H. DP. Ware
Oklahoma
Texas
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Armstrong
West 15Th St
Fort -Worth, Texas
Armstrong Mfg. Co
Aterloc
Texas CO
Oil Belt Power Company
Judge Sadler
Wichita
Spencers
Rae Eee Eeer Serra Penal
Germany
Chas. Franks Company, Inc
Broadway
New York
MEXIA
Humphreys
Humphreys Well
J. F. Marion
Reference
Farmers & Mechanics Bank
R. Dun & Company
J. F. Marion Company
Mexia, Texas
Burkburnett
Fort Worth, Texas
Humble Company
United States
M. K. Broughall
First Avenue
Salt Lake City, Utah
Breckenridge, Texas
Messrs
T.O.L
Mo Ag
Eee
Sharing Syndicate
P. D. Box
First National Bank Bldg
Breckenridge School
Breckenridge School Block Oil Syndicate
Rock Island
School Block
Fidelity
Breckenridge School Block Syndicate
Adress Oo
Breckneicie
LBRO
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