Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1915-06-27 | Page 35 | Deepest Well in World is 7350 Feet Deep

DEEPEST WELL fl WORLD IS FEET DEEP Upper Silesia Silecia in Germany has the deepest well wen in the world orld It la Ie i a G. dia dia- dia mond drill hole in a coal field and I is 73 0 feet deep A well veil in tho the United States which ma may go 0 deeper accordIng according accord- accord In Ing to the United States geological sur stir vey i la Is four tour miles northwest of ot McDon McDon- ald aId Pa and about fifteen miles west of ot Pittsburgh This well welt which la Is be being be be- ing sunk to the Medina sand sandstone sandstone-a tone a. a abed bed that elsewhere contains oil and gaa gas Is Is now feet deep Some gas as asand and oil were struck in the upper part of ot the well welt the depths of and feet teet rocks bearing rock salt and salt aalt water were encountered The These e are regarded as of at Sauna age the same as aft those carrying rock salt In western New York The temperature temperature tempera tempera- ture In this well won at the depth of ot feet teet H as recently determined d with great In Is 1458 1468 degrees Fahrenheit At Derrick City McKean county Pa near Bradford thero there In is a a. well feet foet deep which is probably the second deepest well in the United States Another Another Another An An- other deep well ell is I. on Slaughter creek Kanawha county W W. Va Va- VaIt it Is la feet teet deep deop It penetrated a 1 sandstone at to feet and from this depth to the bottom a distance nce of ot feet the well la I. in limestone Near Neal West Elizabeth Pa there Ja Is another well ell feet beneath the tho surface penetrating pene pane Into a black shale Another deep well wen is I. being drilled at Gaines Pa This has hns already reached a G. depth of ot feet teet Deep Deepwell well drillers In this country of ot course employ the most Improved Improved Improved Im Im- Im- Im proved and effective rl rigs pl but one of ot the most remarkable t wells tell ell s. s reaching a depth of ot feet was drilled for tor petroleum In western China by means of ot such crude appliances as a cable cable marl made nt ot twisted strands strand of or rattan