San Juan Record | 1933-10-12 | Page 1 | Government Work on Oil to Cap Abandoned Wells

government WORK ON OIL TO CAP ABANDONED WELLS monday J F aro frost 1 t dist mgr for the 0 o U S geological Gep logical survey was here to the duff lint hat oil field and for uie the purpose of employ ing a small number of men for the purpose of plugging the many we drilled 10 to 15 years ago and which have lave ben been open holes since they pro decd quad or just dry holes as the case may be about four men will be employed and work rotated giving each crew 60 hours at per hour employees empl p providing their own food etc and then other men will take their places providing the largest amount of la a bor for the largest number possible 1 perhaps shallow wells were daiv I 1 i I 1 en in the mexican hat district man y producing and after the tha oil was jaaj pumped puma out the wells have remained I 1 evidently the government intends to plug every hole on the public land or indian land so that the structure may be protected it may mean 60 day s 1 w work 0 rk and it Is down there in that territory that we want vant that mar kei ke road too