Show HALLER HALIER OIL WELL IS CAUSING ft A STIR in these days of oil conservation not much publicity is given to em 1 broyo royo oil rumors but it looks s as S it if F C haller of mancos colo will yet make the powers that be in the big game sit up and take notice ile he drilled a well at the entrance to mesa verde park in which was struck a good flow of natural gas it in the dakota formation foi mation at a depth of feet following this strike the 0 owner w concluded to further test the st structure tuie which was covered by his land and proceeded to drill a second well mell about a quarter of a mile distant from the first the second well came in with a good showing of oil as well as gas and the tha mancos times trib une comments on the strike and the resultant excitement as follows last sunday afternoon the haller well number 2 on the point lookout structure six miles west of town was vh the scene of considerable attraction to the people of montezuma county over cher sixty car leads of people gathered to watch operations the afternoon was spent in ti making taking the necessary prepa preparations for sh shooting 0 doting the well veil and about the s shot liot which proved to cause some born e grief was fired the explosion broke the cable which was used to lower the dynamite into he hole and wound the broken piece into a tangled mass so firmly that two days were spent in fishing it out A belt was broken in the operation but late tuesday evening drilling operations were resumed les umed and forty feet in depth was all that was lost due to the explosion casing which was sent for a few lays days ago arrived tuesday and will likely have to be strung to shut out the water present before the well can be cleaned out so it will be several cevial days dilys before the results of the blast can can be fully ilter determined mined this well contains some oil anymore and more gas easthan than well no na 1 an and ad the dakota sandbag and sand s was encountered at a depth of feet the company plans to sink another well as soon as possible this one to be far up on en the structure T the he next well should be a surefire sure fire oil producer or a good water well depending entirely upon geologists mr all F C li hallar allar ability to guess where t the h e oil lies between the water and gas |