Show GREAT STRIDES MADE IN OIL WELL DRILLING while aviators are breaking records for height oil men are breaking records for depth with the further difference however that in the latter case the descent Is made by drilling tools and pipes instead of men themselves the deepest hole ever drilled into the earth was completed as an oil producer a couple of weeks ago when a well in reagan county texas reached a depth of feet or about one and five eighths miles it Is producing about barrels of oil each day other deep holes include one in orange county california feet which was a failure a gas well near pa feet and a small producing oil well in the rosecrane field of california feet deep besides opening up a vast field for deeper drilling the new well will make a contribution to education the royalty of one eighth of all the oil produced being owned by the university of texas which has already received more than ten dollars from its oil land holdings since when it is recalled that the first producing oil well in the united states drilled near pennsylvania in 1850 was only 34 feet deep the amazing advance made by the industry since that time may be better appreciated precia ted |