Show GUSHER STRUCK AT ill PAYETTE lOAm IDAH Immense e Upward Pressure Sends Water Into Air AirI f I Over 1 00 Feet Republican Special Service Payette Idaho Oct 18 At At S 3 o'clock this afternoon what Is be be- be Jle ed to be a gas gns gusher was struck in the oil oU well veIt being bored here by the tho Oregon on Oh Oil and Gas company The drill was at a a. depth of ot j feet and the strike was made Just its us It broke through a lar layer r of or hard hald substance about three feet thick When the drill pierced tins this the water began to raise in the casing and the tho men work work- I ing at the well barch uJ lintl t w es pc time the he stream of or water which sullI sud suti u I denly spouted into the air all In ih a a. r e very er few seconds the water was spouting In tn a great groat stream CO GO feet above o the top tol of ot tho the derrick which Is 74 feet high This continued for about 20 30 minutes The water was I shut of off oit by sand packing around the drill which Ii was in n the well I It required nearly two h hours urs to withdraw the iho drill Dr Is 1 I The lime driller r i is confident o r. r e t-lJ t that that t a large large- I sized gusher haS been struck II lie lid sa say that ho has line lJ cn contending with a rong trong- How flow of or water and anti that if JC the water has been incased there would hive have been ben a 0 pure vuro flow how of gas A roarIng roar roar- ing log can be bc heard In the well no now and it Is expected that the tho gas I ml might Inight ht force Its way through th the hundreds hun bun of ot feet of sand that fills tho the casing at any time Developments Dc are arc being awaited 1 and if Ie tho time gas does not Corce itself to the surface within the Limb next 21 24 I hours the drill will be dropped into the n ell eli again ain I |