PRODUCTION OF THE WELLS 269 



Barrels 



Laguna No. 5, from May 17,' 1909, to January 8, 1911 92,810 



Laguna No. 7, from June 20, 1908, to April 12, 1913 991,618 



Laguna No. 10, from July 9, 1908, to April 12, 1913 178,492 



Laguna No. 11, from September 17, 1908, to April 12, 1913 242,226 



Laguna No. 14, from February 2, 1909, to April 12, 1913 462,706 



Laguna No. 17, from May 19, 1909, to April 12, 1913 94.202 



Laguna No. 19, from May 17, 1909, to January 8, 1911 90,160 



Laguna No. 21, from August 11, 1910, to August 13, 1911 39,263 



Laguna No. 22, from July 18, 1909, to January 8, 1911 62,070 



Laguna No. 23, from January 5, 1910, to January 8, 1911 11,250 



Laguna No. 26, from March 30, 1910, to January 8, 1911 16,240 



Laguna No. 27, from July 7, 1910, to August 30, 1911 83,400 



Dicha No. 6, from February 1, 1909, to January 15, 1911 38,413 



Dicha No. 8, from January 20, 1909, to August 30, 1911 92,694 



Dicha No. 17, from July 30, 1910, to August 13, 1911 15,071 



Chijol No. 2, from December 22, 1909, to February 3, 1910 20,400 



Ohijol No. 4, from December 22, 1909, to April 12, 1913 880,229 



Chijol No. 5, from June 1, 1911, to April 12, 1913 481.130 



Chijol No. 6, from February 20, 1913, to April 12, 1913 2,710 



Chijol No. 7, from February 9, 1913, to April 12, 1913' 62,950 



Total Ebano production 13,395,607 



Laguna No. 10 was closed in August 30, 1911 ; opened August 16, 1912 ; closed 

 again October 20, 1912 ; opened November 1, 1912 ; closed once more November 

 25, 1912, and not opened until March 25, 1913. Laguna No. 17 was closed in 

 June 13, 1912, and opened up August 7, 1912. 



In making up the above report I have taken the figures shown in the report 

 of Dr. I. C. White of December 21, 1911, as a base, and added the gauger's re- 

 ports of production from December 1, 1911, to April 12, 1913. 

 Yours very truly, 



(Signed) J. Oswald Boyd, 



Superintendent. 



The following cablegram was received from Herbert G. Wylie on April 

 16,1913: 

 "Total production to date, Casiano well No. 7, 20,697,000 barrels." 



Extent of the Oil Tkrimtoky 



The developments in the Ebano district and Casiano In the Mexican 

 and Huasteca companies, and at Dos Bocas, Potrero del Llano, and other 

 points b}' the Mexican Eagle Company, would appeal- to establish on a 

 very sound foundation the proposition first advanced by Messrs. Doheny 

 and Canfield, namely, that wherever seepages of petroleum and natural 

 gas come to the surface around dikes, plugs, and cones of basall or other 

 igneous eruptions along the Gulf coastal plain of Mexico, there we ma\ 

 expect to find deposits of petroleum in commercial quantity. This propo- 

 sition is based on the theory that a large quantity of each must he present 



