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Show d Oil and Gas atMcElmo at 0- 0 ' , - 0J 0McElmo J , McEImo McElmo Wellfnteresting Well WellInteresting Interesting fnteresting Strike Strake Reported Re- Re Reported Re Reported - ? portedat ported at 4762 FeetAn Feet f fAn : An interesting mterestmg oiland oil 011 and gasISCOVery gas 3 discovery ISCOVery discOVY in m the McEImo McElmo canyon canyon"test canyontest canyon-test canyon test "test test -test " - - well of the Stanolmdcom Stanolindcorn Stanolmd Stanolind com corn cornpan cornpany ! pan any ? is reported to have beenmade been ] made at a depth of 4762 feete feetThe feet feetThe The e well is in Colorado near nearthe nearthe near1 the Four Corners and is SaId SaIdto saidto saidy to be attracting attractmg a good deal of ofmterest ofr 1 ' interest mterest among oil 011 circles ManyoI Many < / oil 011 oI scouts aie ale ate said to be in thedistrict the < district dlstnct since smce the report of the the.itrike , theJ . strike .itrike itrike trike was released releasedAccordmg releasedAccording releasedi i thertrike According Accordmg to toinformation . -information information .mformatIon mformatIon - ther re recelved received received celved ceived from Cortez a sand was wasencountered wasencountered wasencountered encountered at at4762 _ 4762 feet caus _ _ _ . 'L L ' ' . u . , , _ L . . _ . mg rog ing a 'blowout blowout 'blowoutwhIch blow out which spouted spoutedoil 011 oil over the crownblock A fISh fIShng fishrig fishIng ng rig job held up a test of the 011 oil 011anng oilearing oilbearing ) anng earing stratum for a couple of ofweeks ofweeks weeks eeks but the tools ItIS it is learn learnd leamed ' d have now been recovered recoveredThe recoveredThe 1 The sand has been penetrated penetratedthree three feet and a drill stem test of ofthe the ofthe saturated horizon will be bemade bemade bemade made madeThe oflthe ofl The oil 011 is said to be of ex exremely exremely exIremely remely high quality quahty testing testmg 54 54ravity 54gravity ravlty ravity ravltyThe ravityThe , , The well is being bemg drilled for forthe forhe theMack thefack thetrack he e forie Stanolmd Stanolind company by the fori fack track Drilling Drillmg company a rotary rotaryrig rotaryIg Ig being bemg usedIf usedIf used ; : bef If the discovery proves to be beof of f commercial importance un tin tinoubtedly un- un unAJ 1 1oubtedly - < ! AJ , * _ . * * . & , I * * . .1 1 . - J oubtedly - It - - WIll vill . reVl\ reVl revr reVle & k > \ > . e * 011 oil v . * pros prosectIng J JJA JA u > 3 3ectmg prosecting ectmg ectIng southeasternrtah southeasterntah throughout southeastern tah rtah and southwestern Colors Colora Cobra Coloraa a 0 ' The Cortez Journal of last lastreek lastireek stoon eek reek carried earned the following followmg stor storn ; n the strike I drIllIngt drillingI t striket ! . Officials in charge of drIllIng drillingit I t Stanolmd Stanolind Stanolmdcompan Stanolindcompan3 company compan compan3 s test In inHcEImo InlcElmo inIcElmo lcElmo IcElmo canyon seem to feel feelhat hat everything everythmg is again under underantrol underontrol under"ontrol underontrol " antrol ontrol .following following followmg . a series of oflifficulties offtfficulties flcultIes ftfficulties that so far have pre preented pre'ented prerented ented 'ented ' testf them from making makmg a test > f potential production of the theell theelI thenell ell elI depthThen at the present depth , | Then fishing flshmg job was successully success J Jully ] ully completed Monday and the theools theools thecols ools cols were loosened to the bot hot botom hotorn botom om orn of the well Before opera operaIons operaions operaions Ions are resumed however the the"illers thel thelMllers thel"ilIers "ilIers ilIers "illers illers " 'Illmstall Illmstall " ' 'Mil Mil ' c ill install special eqUIp eqUIpI eqUIpent equipient equipnent ent ient to prevent another blowut blow blov . I , ut Hea\ Hea Hea Hea\ilv Hea ilv HeaIlv \ Ilv loaded trucks haveeen haveeen have haveeen > wellbr een moving movmg mud to the well wellr , r the purpose of sealing sealmg off the themmense theunmense themmense mmense unmense gas pressure and the thepeClal thepecial theipecial peClal pecial equipment equipmentis is due to arise ar 1\ 1 ne 1e ise \ e there Friday from TeJ.asIn TexasIn Texas TeJ.as TeJas : . TexasIn In all probability drilling drIllmg will wille bearingtrata > e WIllicontmued continued contmued in m the oil bearmg bearing bearmgata bearingstrata WIlli trata ata after the test is made at athe atthe ' he present depth UnconfIrmed Unconfirmedreports Unconfirmedreports ) reports have it that UnconfIrmedI gas pressure iressure iressureIs I Iis , IS increasing mcreasmg where the hole IS ISOW isiow isnow iow OW bottomed but only a test test1ll testwill 1ll 1 1reveal reveal what that pressure is pressureis and whether itis it is indeed In InreasIng inTeasing increasing reasIng Teasing _ |