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Show _ _ _ _ _ u _ _ Drilling Resumed ResumedOn ResumedOn ResumedOn On Cane Creek Well ; Install Control BeadConductor Head Bead HeadConductor Conductor Pipe Cemented to- to tp-- tp , - toGuard tpGuard tp-Guard tp Guard - - - Guard Against PossibleBlowout Possible PossibleBlowout PossibleBlowout Blowout When Sand Sandis Sandis IS StruckDrilling Struck StruckDrilling Drilling was resumed Tuesday onthe on on.the onthe . : the No 1 well of the Cane Creek Creel Creek.Oil CreekOil . . . 011 Oil company located on Cane Creek Creekdome Creekdome Creek.dome Creekdome . dome on the Colorado nVer flver and andoffsettmg andoffsetting andoffsetting offsettmg offsetting the Shafer No 1 gusher gusherell gusherwell gusherwell gusherwellThe \\ell ell well wellThe \ ellThe The drill was started pounding poundingtoward poundingtoward poundingtoward toward the oil horizon at 2023 202a fee feeafter feeafter feeafter after several weeks \ were ere spent incementing in incementmg incementing cementmg cementing conductor cas casgig caswg ig and In Installlng installing Installing stalllng stalling a control headhich head \ which \\hich hich willprevent will willprevent willprevent prevent a blowout bloout blo\\ blo \ out such as occurred occur occur- occurred occurred - red in the original origmal \ well ell resulting resultingin In loss of the hole through mechanical me mechamcal mechanical chamcal chanical troublesOne troublesOne troubles troublesOne One hundred and ten feet Of of12H or12ii 12H 12 inch mch casing casmg " was "as as cemented un tm . tmder un.der under . der the direction of W S Hendel Hender Henderson Henderson ' son of the United Umted States geological geologicalsun geologicalsurrey geologicalsuney sun surrey ey A control head with Wlth bleeder bleederline bleederline bleederline line was then rigged ngged up after afterwhlch afterwhich afterwhich whlch which drilling dnll1ng was resumed Tues 'rues rues Tuesday 'ruesday ' Tuesday day The rig ng is lS being bemg operated 24 24hours 2 2-ihours 2 ihours - hours daily . with v.lth vlth three shiftswroking shifts shiftswroking shiftswroking shiftswrokingThe wroking wrokingThe The " well "ell ell is 1 > bottomed at 857 feet feetand feetand feetand and numerous oil 011 and gas showings showingshae showingshate showingsha\e showingsha e ha\e ha e hate \ already been encountered Itwas It Itwas Itwas was deemed advisable adVlsable to cement cementcasing cementcasing cementcasing casing and install mstall a control head headbefore headbefore headbefore before drilling dnllmg deeperSupermtendent deeperSuperintendent deeper deeperSuperintendent Superintendent Supermtendent Mas Max . LaGrOl551 LaGrorssi LaGrOl551here LaGrorssihere LaGroissiliere here in addition to resuming worn wornon wor war woron " , -on on - on the well on Monday also startedconstruction started startedconstruction startedconstruction construction of a truck road to the thelocation thelocation thelocation location This road " , will ill leave the theBIg theBig theBig BIg Flat highway and drop off in- in into into in into - to the river canyon can ; } on just above the thewell thewell well \ ell A break in m the cliffs chffs risingfrom rISing rISingfrom iisSagfrom from the river can cannon canyon } 011 has been beenfound beenfound beenfound found through which it is feasible feasibleto feasibleto to construct a road on a grade that thatwl11 thatwill thatwall wl11 will not be e e\cessne e cessne e.cessne ecessne \ . cessne it lt is lS stated A Asurve Asurvey Asurve survey surve } of the road is being bemg run this thisweek thisweek thisweek week and it lt is 1 = possible ossible that the Dal- Dal DaI- DaI Dalton DaIton Dal Dalton - ton Wells CCC camp will cooper cooperate cooperate cooperate ate on the v.ork vork . work , , , as such a a . road road"ould roadwould roadwould "ould ould would " be of great value to stock stock- stockmen stockmen stockmen - men by facilitating facllitating the movement movementof of cattle to and from the Big F1atIL FlatH Flat F1at FlatH IL H . . B Walker an expenenced experienced expenenceddriller experienceddriller experienceddriller , driller arrived arnved last week to accept accepta a position on the Cane Creek welLMr well weILMr . Mr Walker was formerly associatedwith assoclated associated assoclatedwith associatedwith with Superintendent Supermtendent LaGrossIhere LaGrossrhere LaGrossiherein LaGrossrherein in contracting contractmg ' work 'Work in CalifornIa Californiaand , , and is alsoell also ' \ well \\ell ell kno\\ kno known knon \ n in theOklahoma the theOhlahorna theOklahoma Ohlahorna Oklahoma feldsA feldsA felds feldsA A telephone line hne from Moab to tothe tothe tdthe the Cane Creek well is being erect erect- erected erected erected - ed and will w111 be in operation byFebruary by byFebruar byFebruary Februar February 15 it lt is expected e.pected epected } . Theestablishment The Theestablishment Theestablishment establishment of phone connections connectionsto to the camp will greatly facilltate facilitate facilltateoperations facilitateoperations facilitateoperations operations |