Show DRILLERS MISCALCULATED I Struck a Gusher wen They Only Wanted Dry Hole I Dr Barboursvllle Ky Dec 30It Is reported that promoters arranged to sink gas and oil wells in this county to a depth where they were certain tha oil would be found In paying quantity and thenUplus the well I leaving the impression that it Is n dry hole In order that the prices for land leases may be kept down Since Christmas the overseers were absent and It Is claimed that the drillers went too deep The result was a gusher six miles from Barbourvllle yielding 2000 barrels n day The oil became Ignited destroying all the machinery and surrounding sur-rounding timber shooting up a distance dis-tance of over a hundred feet every twenty minutes |