| Show HUMAN FISHERMAN IN OIL WELL in it is infrequently that a man enters the yawning casing of an oil well and proceeds to depths and only a few cases are on record says the kemmerer wyo gazette what is believed to be a world record for depth of a human being down an oil well was established at the midwest well near round mountain seven miles east of kemmerer when rex barclay tool dresser at the well volunteered to e enter n ier the 19 inch hole and attach a chain to a lost bit which had been broken off at the stem every precaution was taken before barclay esquee squeezed z ed himself through the 19 inch conductor pipe from the cellar cellar into the aby abysmal sinal depths down to feet it was ascertained that the air was vas good and the hole contained no water and was not caving The only pipe in the hole was the 17 foot conductor barclay was let down by means mean s of the sand line barclay carried a flashlight and an electric globe and cord with him he went down to the lost tool which had fallen over into a crevice which was vas the reason no fishi fishing Tig tool could recover it he attached the chain and on his return to the surface the machinery to pull the tool was started the chain broke this necessitated another trip down the liole hole and barclay i equal to his task again b entered placed a chain and the tool was removed without trouble the drillers drillars dr illers had fished for several days for the lost bit crystallization is believed to have been responsible for the break A man inan trip down an oil well even at slight depth is a last resort as obviously the hazard is great |
