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Show Drillers Prepare to Tap OilSand Oil OilSand I 1 ! I Sandat Sand at Cane Creek Offset Well 1 Drilling operations opprahons at the Cane CaneCreek CaneCreek CaneCreek Creek Oil company sell s a \ well \\ell ell hell do\\n do n down donthe downthe downthe CaneI \ I ( the Colorado river were halted haltedI haltedthis haltedthis haltedthis I this week when water broke In Inalound inaround Inalound alound around the casing casmg after it was wasthought wasthought wasthought thought that a formation shutoff shutoffhad shutoffhad shutoflhad had been effected The \ well ell had hadbeen hadbpen I Ibpen bpen been diilled dlll1ed drilled ahead to 1836 feet The Thecasmg Thecasing Thecasing casmg casing casmg111 will \\111 111 \ now be lowered , to that thatdepth thatdepth thatdepth TheI I depth where It111 it will \\111 111 \ be rnudded mudded In InFive inFive InFive Five tons of heavy mud is being beingmoved beingmoved beingmoved beingI I moved down do"n don " the river rlver by boat to today today today day and111 and \ will \\111 111 be pumped into mto the thehole thehole I Ihole hole The drillers drll1ers have every con confidence confidence I fidence that a shutoff of " water "ater ater Hater can canbe canbe canbe be obtained by the use of o { the mud mudHo mudHo mudHovever Ho vever should the operation operahon mudI fall fail fallthe failthe failthe I the casing will Wlll be cemented as lL H lLS H.S HS . . S Henderson U S geological sur survey survei I I"e "e e vey " rcpresentitlvfc rcpresenhtlv representative Is Insistent that thatthe thatthe thatthe the oil 011 horizon honzon at 2025 feet be - tapped with a dry hole to prevent preventa a recurrence of the experience in inthe inthe Inthe the Shafer No 1 gusher "ellAs wellAs " well "ell ell wellAs As soon as the water is shut out outdnUmg outdrilling outdrilling dnUmg drilling " will "Ill Ill be resumed and about abouttwo abouttwo abouttwo two weeksork wrecks weeks \ work \\ork ork shoild ShOlld should put thew the w \ well ell do\\ do dow down don \ n to the caprock at 20"0 200 200feet 2CPOfeet " ? feet accOl accoiding according dmg to William WilHam H HHeady HHeady HHeady Heady general manager At this thisdepth thisdepth thisdepth depth casing easmg will be cemented pie pre pieto prelimmary pielimmary limmary to dulling dlillmg drilling inDevelopme'rts InDevelopme'1ts in inDevelopments Developments Developme'1ts Developme1ts Developme'rts Developmerts ' ' of a most interest interesting InterestIng ing thennext rature are expected eXjected : ' \ within 'i\ithln 'i i ithln the theI then thene'lt thenext \ I ne'lt nelt next ' : month TheeU The w \ well \\eU eU ell is making makingpersl makingpersi makingpersi ' persl persi tent showings of oil and gas gascheckmg gaschecking gaschecking checkmg checking in every respect ' \ with 'i\lth 'i i lth gasI the theSh'lfer theSlvifer theShifer , I Sh'lfer Shlfer Slvifer ' pioneer v w . well ell It is believed believedthat , believed believedthat believedthat that when the sand at 205 20"5 " " ' feet Is istapped I Itapped Itapped tapped It will make the samesensational samesensational same samesensational ; I j sensational performance that- that thatNo . - . No 1 1did 1did 1did did |