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Show MASCOT WELL ID. 1 PENETRATES SANDS Tests Indicate Twelve Barrel Bar-rel Production; Casing Put Down. Well No. 2 of the Mascot Oil & Refining Re-fining company in the Fossil field tapped the oil sands at a depth of 498 feet and is now being cased for production, according ac-cording to a telegram received from the field yesterday by the local offices of the company. After striking the oil sands the well was continued to a depth of 512 feet. Tests made with the baler indicate that the well will produce from twelve to fifteen barrels a day on the pump. The casing is being put down and when that work is completed the well will be given a pumping test. Work on the other two wells now being drilled by the Mascot is reported to be progressing in a highly satisfactory manner. man-ner. Drilling operations were hampered at one of the wells because of shattered walls, but it is believed that this difficulty diffi-culty has been overcome. The management manage-ment expects to be able to report the completion of the other two wells within the next two weeks. Contracts have been let for the drilling of four additional wells in the Fossil field. |