| Show OIL wea best well in oil field struck by the marafine Pa virgin oil co third producer prospects of field never better special correspondence virgin june 9 the paraffin virgin oil co thos downey manager has during the past week brought in the largest well in the history of the virgin oil field the flow of the well is estimated at fifty barrels per day a conservative estimate at a depth of feet and the bottom of the hole is still in the live oil sand which was penetrated at a depth of feet A large flow of gas has come with the progress through the oil sand and the volume is now so great that it is impossible to continue drilling the location of the well is one mile north of virgin city and a mile and a half west of the producing wells of the rhyolite co and R D woods lease the well will always be known in the field as the downey for it is due entirely to the perseverance and grit of mr downey in the face of many obstacles that it was put down mr halterman driller of the well is suffering from an attack of blindness from the effects of the gas at the present writing he is recovering and no ill effects are anticipated As soon as the gas can be controlled work will be continued the fishing tools for the H H dark well at antelope are reported on the way and the coming week should see work on his well begina again the star crescent co will resume work as soon as mr halterman completes his contract on the downey well mr halterman is driller and manager of the star |
