During the past year a number of shallow wells have obtained small quantities of heavy oil about 14 miles northeast of Fort Stockton, Pecos county, in Southwest Texas.
Early in January the eighth well in this group was completed at a depth of 96 feet with an initial production estimated as equivalent to several thousand barrels daily. The news of this completion created considerable excitement throughout Texas in spite of the fact, not so generally given out, that the well ceased to flow after a few hours.
The wells were all drilled in a circular depression about 100 feet in...
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