Show Drilling Goes Forward in Two Crescent Wells l 1 Mechanical troubles the the- t h e bane of drillers have been mOl more e or 01 less prevalent at Crescent this week but nev- nev nevertheless nevertheless the two wells of the Potash Company of America were reported today to he be drilling ahead wIth good pro pro- progress progress gress being made The WrIght No 2 which IS the most northerly of the several potash OIl tests m in the Cre Crescent area was wac drilling toda today at between 2800 and 2900 feet Drilling trouble commonly known as fishing Job jobs delayed dela ed opera opera- operations operations to some extent the past week eek but better than a hun hun- hundred hundred dred feet of hole has been made the past few days and favorable progress IS now now re- re reported reported ported The salt formatIon formatIon- WhICh carries carnes the objectIve beds of magnesIUm and potassium SlUm Is chloride expected to to- tobe tobe be encountered at any moment mo- mo moment ment The Woods No 1 well lo- lo located located east of highway No has made good g headway the past week eek The depth to to- today today day was reported to be about 2400 feet over feet of hole having been made the past week The salt forma forma- formatIon formation tIon m in thIS test IS expected m in the ne next t few hundred feet of hole It was learned from an au- au a source this eels eek that the McCarthy State No wen i-wen located about a mIle mile- south of the Defense Plant CorporatIon well would be- be given further tests to deter deter- determine m mine ne the production of oil of fl from om a saturated sand en- en encountered encountered countered at around 1300 feet When drilling was suspended sus- sus pend-ad pend on thIS well at a depth of approxImately feet and the rig ng skidded to the No 1 locatIOn th the the- casing a was left m in the hole hole and It was intimated that further te tests ts of the well en would be made at a later date During the past week g a gnew anew new den derrick ck has been erected at the well and It IS ObVIOUS that further operatIOns are contemplated No further steps step have been taken the past week looking to the m in of a test well on the Hogan Petroleum Corporation lease about two two- mIles southeast of the Potash company s operations How How- However however ever a cellar has been dug on the locatIon selected by the company for the well and It itis is understood that n negotiations for drIllIng of the well al are e n progress |