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Show OIL WELL EXPLOSION. A. J. Scott, field manager of the Be!g"-American Be!g"-American Oil syndicate, which is operai-ing operai-ing in the Salt Creek field, this side of Cheyenne. Wyo.. arrived in the city y?-terday y?-terday for the purpose of securing supplies sup-plies and repair material fr one nf tl. boring ribs in use. or that was in up up to last Saturday, when an accident put it out of business. On that day or of the wells had reached a depth of l.in feet and the bottom was in a shale formation. for-mation. All at once there was an explosion ex-plosion and all the tools in the well, including in-cluding the bit. which in itself weijh-'l a ton. were blown high and dry out "i the well, and the- entire outfit was wrecked. |
