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Show World's Deepest Well While aviators are breaking records for height, oil men are breaking records rec-ords for depth, with the further difference, dif-ference, however, that in the latter case the descent is made by drilling tools and pipes, instead of men themselves. them-selves. The deepest hole ever drilled into the earth was completed as an oil producer a couple of weeks ago, when a well in Reagan County, Texas, reached a depth of 8,520 feet, or aboul one and five-eighths miles. It is producing pro-ducing about 600 barrels of oil each day. Other deep holes include one in Orange County, California, 8,201 feet which was a failure; a gas well near Ligonier, Pa., 7,756 feet, and a small producing oil well in the Rosecran-, field of California, 7,591 feet deep. Besides opening up a vast field for deeper drilling, the new well will make a contribution to education, the royalty roy-alty of one-eighth of all the oil produced pro-duced being owned by the . University of Texas, which has already received more than ten million dollars from its oil land holdings since 1923. When it is recalled that the first producing oil well in the United States drilled near Titusville, Pennsylvania, in 1850, was only 34 feet deep, the amazing advance made by the industry indus-try since that time may be better appreciated. |