| Show Drilling Proceeds Rapidly At Magnesium Test Wells Drilling IS proceedIng rapIdly at the two t test t wells be- be beIng being Ing put down near near Crescent JunctIOn for the Potash Com Com- Company Company pany of America by the Mack DrIllIng Company contract contract- contractors contractors ors The McCarthy No 1 located about a mIle south of the Defense Plant CorporatIon well Inch proved the existence of rIch beds of and yesterday was drilling at about 1850 feet ThIS well wellIS IS expected to encounter tha salt horizon within mire next net two or three hundred feet The WrIght No 1 located about a mIle west of the Defense Plant well yesterday was reported drilling at close to 1550 feet the being largely shale At both hoth tests very favorable progress I is beIng made and nd InterestIng geolOgIC horizons are expected withIn the t nett few weeks week That casing wall soon be cemented m in the two wells ells pre to coring the salt formations was IndIcated thIs week when the Oil Well WeIr Cementing Company of Casper sent equipment to Crescent In anticipation of forth forth- forthcoming coming cementing needs A cementIng truck IS at the loca trod bod and the company IS represented In the field by George Georg Lynch who has established headquarters at Grand June bon tion The company had charge of the cement cement- cementing mg ing operations operatIon In the Defense Plant w en ell It ItIS IS the leadIng wen well cementing concern In the Rocky regIon The Mack Drilling Company thIS week receIved a car carload carload load of 88 8 8 8 inch mch caSIng for use In the two o wells veIls Also a car car- carload carload load of crushed sylvanite ore was received from Carlsbad N NM M 1 This TIus wIn will 1 e used to mIX max WIth the dulling flUId when the coring of the salt saIt formatIOn commences |
