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Show World's Deepest Oil Well f " rmm 1 YlLiM-f : GRAND CANYON rjj ; j 6,000 FEET DEEP ) CONTINENTAL OIL COMPANY has just completed drilling the world's deepest oil well, the Kern No. 2-A, near Wasco, Kern County. California, to 13,400 feet more than two ana a half miles and the most distant point to which man has ever penetrated Mother Earth. In the column at the extreme right are shown the names, ages, and depths of the three major subsurface formations for-mations penetrated by the Continental Con-tinental drilling crew. In the left hand column at the right are shown the depths at which oil and gas were encountered. The artist's drawing above compares the depth of this California oil well with the depth of tne Grand Canyon. The well was drilled by one of Continental's Con-tinental's own drilling crews. -' - ! , r ."I - ri . : t ::r: ' i ' t 1 ' : tJ ; f.-"'- ! ' -in . i t5 - v X . PLEISTOCENE , -. ."V Jt-p ' t'i TO 2 MILLION . ' ' - .v3 YEARS OLD r -4 2 820 FEET '.v. , . J ' LIOCENI , 2 TO 5 MILLION YEARS OLD ft ' ivi)cia'- -- a. ' . B 140 FEET blL AND GAS SHOW' 3 527 TO9 G20 FEET S ' U MIOCENE ?, . ID TO 20 MILLION l -v- YEARS OLD OIL SHOW i . " 12 600 FEET "." 'J.-. OIL SHOW ,.'ii 13.130 FEFT 1 : J 1350 F-T MOST DISTANT POINT TO WHICH MAN HAS EVER PENETRATED MOTHER EAHTH . |