Show MIDWEST GETS LARGE GUSHER IN SALT CREEK casper wyo march 18 the midwest refining company has brought in one of the largest gushers bushers in the history of salt creek the hig big wellis well is located on section 36 40 79 and it was intended to drill it only to the top of the sand and then shut down but the cap was thinner than was expected and the well broke through the hole started to fill immediately and the drills shut down at once as the well was not wanted in at this time however before the hole could be capped the gas pressure started to spray oil and in a few minutes the well was roaring out a great column of foaming crude that struck the walking beam and then forked there to spray itself over the surrounding landscape the hu hurry rry call for help to shut in the big gusher brought crews from nearby wells and the field superintendent from salt creek on the run and a after a wet and greasy trial the well was turned into the tanks through the gun barrel it was wa s then found that the gun barrel would not hold the flow and the oil sprayed out of this small tank faster than the pipes could carry it into the larger ones the gun barrel is a small tank used tr separate the gas a and nd oil as it comes from the well and connections from the gun barrel carry the oil into the regular tanks |