Show DIAMOND DRILLING FOR OIL IN DEEP TEST NEAR DENVER to make a conclusive test it is declared odthe of the oil possibilities near denver a well is now un under der process of drilling three miles southeast of morrison and will be bored to a depth of feet according to announcement the work has been undertaken by the panuco oil and transport company on the reports of geologists who spent three months studying the field former government geologists also have reported favorably on the oil outlook in that vicinity and there has been much discussion as to the presence of oil in commercial quantities near denver A diamond core drill next to the largest in the world dorais for this kind of drilling is in U use se oh the M morri orrion son tract ac according dording to major J G powell field manager of the C company this drill will make fifty feet a day in the hardest formation and will go as much as to feet aday in iq lother other formations said major powell we use worth of black brazilian diamonds in each drill bit major powell was in charge of drilling three wells ii in mexico for the panuco company and says one well is now yielding 1200 barrels a day through a three inch pipe pip when the well near morrison was studded in approximately persons were on hand to witness it the spectators included delegates to the american association of petroleum geologists convention then in session at t denver test water wells on an the field are said to have struck shells of sand that are filled with oil at a depth of feet motion pictures of the and the crowd in attendance were taken by pathe news cameramen and were shown at the manufactures show in the municipal auditorium |