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Show Rush Cane Creek CreekWell CreekWell CreekWell Well to Completion - N New e w Manager in Ch\rge Ch rge Ch'irge Chirge ' \ ' , IN INe DrIll ChirgeDrill 1\0 1 0 \ Now r"ov rov " " at 1810 reet Feet FeetOil , 011 Oil Sand at 2025 Feet With less than 200 feet of hole holeto holeto holeto to be drilled to tap the Cane Creek Creekgusher Creekgusher Creekgusher gusher sand at 2025 feet operations operationsare are proceeding favorably at the off offset offset offset set well wel ! of the Cane Creek Oil 011 com corn company cornpany cornpany pany located 15 IS miles below Moab Moabon Moabon Moabon on the Colorado river The comp'lny complny comp'iny compiny comp'lnyVlIl comp'inywill companywill ' ' \VlIl VlIl will \ speed drilling11th drilling \ with \11th 11th the hope hopeof hopeof hopeof of completing the well wel welllthm ! \ ' within \llthm llthm 'eithm eithm the theI thenext thenext thenext next few fev fesc . "eel.sWillIam sceeksWilliam " weeks "eel.s eel.s eels sceeks . I William H Headv Head Head3 } of Los Angeles Angelesnel Angelesness Angelesnew ne\l ne l ness \ geneial genelal manager of the com corn company cornpany cornpany , ( pany panyIas \ was \Ias Ias scas an arrival anlval this week to totake totake totake opeiationThomas take charge { ) of f the opel opeiation atlOn atlOnThomas Thomas Collms CoIlms Collins chief driller dnller and andhis andhis andhis his dews Cle\IS Cle IS ciens \ are . wolkingi v.olkmg volkmg icoiking ' night and andday andday andday day and have ha'e hae hase ' made a fa\orable fa orable fasorable faorableshowing fasorableshowing favorableshowing \ showing during the past t\\ t \ t0 two tI tI twoweeks twoweeks 0 I \I I \ weeks eeks All AU machinery has been beenoverhauled beenoverhauled beenoverhauled overhauled the hole has been beencleaned beencleaned cleaned out and deepened to 1810 1810feet 1810feet 1810feet 'cleaned cleaned been'cleaned ' feet While waiting for a new sand sandIme sandline sandline Ime line " which "hlch hlch should reach the loca locaI locatIon location location tIon tomon tomonow tomoriow 0\\ 0 0drllImg \ drilling drllImg has been beenhalted beenhalted beenhalted I halted but the crew is remamll1 rernainin rernaininat remamin"at remaminat " at the location to put the ng rig and andcqUlpment andequipment andequipment I andI cqUlpment equipment in ship shape foi the thefinal thefinal thefinal final drive dri\e dri e drlse \ toward to\\ard to ard tossard \ the oil 011 sand at at2025 2025 feet I Tlie The well wel ! is bottomed at 1810 1810feet 1810feet 1810feet feet in m black shale and 1 I eavy salt saltGas saltGas saltGas Gas pressure Is strong and cons d dI derable derable derable erable oil 011 showings are in eVIdenceThe evidenceThe evidence evidenceThe I The company has purchased a astrmg astring astring strmg string of 8 4 . Inch casing casmg which svhich will willreach willreach willireach willi willij reach the location . within v.ithln vithln the ne'Ct neCt next ne'Cteek nextsseek ' j I nextj nextI \ week \\eek eek sseek or Uo tv-o tv o two - It is the Intentioni intentIOnto intentIOn I -whereI whereI feetwhereI to run the pipe to 1990 feet v . where wherean - here herean an attempt will wllI be made to o effect effecta a foimation fOlmation shutoff ofIater of \ water \Iater Iater The Thecasing Thecasing Thecasing casing will wiIl be carried carned to the cap caprock caprock caprock rock at 2020 feetlhere feet \ where \lhere lhere It will vll . ! be beI becemented becemented becemented cemented before drilling into mto the thesand thesand thesand sand at 2025 feetOperatIOns feetOperations feet feetOperations I Operations w will l be carried carned on onwith onwith onwith with extieme e'ltIeme eltIeme extreme ' : caution and the thegusher thegusher thegusher gusher sand will wiII not be tapped tappeduntil tappeduntil tappeduntil until a complete shutoff of "ater ater water "aterhas waterhas " waterhas has been obtained obtamed The company companydoes companydoes companydoes does not Intend to repeat the ex expenence experience expenence penence perience in the pioneer Shaferv.ell Shaferw Shafer Shaferwell well v.ell vell w . elI which v.hich vhich is . hlch was lost as a commer commercial commercial commerclal cial Pr pioducer ploducer oducer because the sand was waspenetrated waspenetrated waspenetrated penetrated with alet a \ wet \let let hole and It It"as itwas "as as 55 " as impossible to case out the the1 thewater thewater \1 1 water \ ater laterColumbia laterColumbia later laterColumbia Columbia . . Crude Operating Operatifig Operati OperatifigThe g gThe " The Columbia Crude corporationoperating corporation corporationoperatmg corporationoperating operatmg operating on Seven Mile structure structureat at the head of Moab canyon re resumed resumecl resumed sumed sumecl operations lastleek last \leek leek week w \ eek Cas ng ngSc ngwas Sc \ as cemented cer'iented ceriented ' at around 2300 feet feetand feetand feetand and a shuto shutol shutoY ' ! of II ss water ater v sc . was as effectE'd effectEd effectE'dThe effectedThe effectedThe ' The hole is now being cleaned out outand outand outand and the drillers drllers ! expect to reach reachbottom reachbottom reachbottom bottom at 399 3997 3999 ? feet ic within Il1thln ithin a couple coupleof coupleof coupleof of days It is the intention mtentlon of the thecompany thecompany thecompany company to deepen this well weIl a athousand athousand athousand thousand feet If necessary to tothoroughly tothoroughly tothoroughly thoroughly test theotructure the otructureSeveral structure otructure tructure tructureSeveral I otructureI Several . . of . L.M.vcidl LM.vcidl LMvcidl encouraging cjl vuia llJ5 showmgs showings i > llu > YJll o UJ 011 oil 011I 011and oiland Ull Ulland and gas have been encountered I I , |