The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-12-25
FOUND ROCK AGAIN
AFTER THIRTY FEET THE DRILL
ENTERS OIL ROCK.

interest in the Great Prospect Well Is In
creased by the Drill Again Entering
Trenton Rock-BeIow the salt a Stratum
of Fine sand is Found that it is Believed
Submitted to the state Geoiogist to be
Thoroughly -wIchita-s Christ
mas Present Believed to be In Sight.
How is the well progressing" was
a question asked by hundreds OF anx-
ious citizens yesterday as they CHANGED
TO meet someone connected with the
well
The story told in brief IS that at I
o'clock last night the drill was ham,
nering daylight into a stratum of Tren-
ton rock al a depth of as feet from
the surface, which was filed with Pc
trOlUm oil.
The day previous when salt was found
the hopes of many fell, and the excla-
nation was frequently heard by croak-
ers: That does settle it.' There VIII
be no oil. coal or gasi''
They did not stop to reflect that all
three OF these articles are found in its
greatest abundance beneath beds of
salt II is a fact that where the great
Old wells of eastern Ohio and western
Pennsylvania are now located, that
years before oil was discovered, that
these very localities were noted for
their production of salt. In fact, IL was
the salt region of that section Of the
country. This is especially true in what
is known as the Duck creek region in
Ohio said an old resident OF Marietta,
Ohio.
When City Engineer Jackson was
asked for information. and what about
the Christmas present that he hoped
10 be able 20 make on Christmas morn
ing TO the citizens of Wichita, he said ::
sit down and 1 VIII tell you ali about
II. / am confident that We have reach
ed the same vein of salt that they have
at Hutchinson. When you come 10 take
the elevation at Wichita and also at
Hutchinson you will see that am right
Where the we'll is located at Wichita il
is 1900 feet above the level of the sea,
while where the Hutchinson wells are
situated ii is 1855 feet above the sea
level. So you see if you take the eleva-
ton at both places uhe vein struck here
is the same.
IF We wanted salt we have got all
that could be asked for here now, and st
IS easy Of access, but believe We should
go on down. l will never be satisfied
salt extended twenty feet and then We
came to a fine sand which was Of a very
peculiar nature. When il was brought
up in the buckets and poured into the
receiver il would sink to the bottom as
though it was filled with load stone.
1t is the heaviest sand / ever seen in
my life.
when II was poured out upon the
ground 1t was so compact that you
0.0r1IH
and pick up handful like You can
common sand. ] am satisfied the sand
is full of some kind of mineral and it
would not surprise me that this sand
would prove to be very valuable.
NOW you can see the advantage in
keeping the log. In a short time l want
70 send sample Of each jar to the
analysed, and I have no doubt but
that II every stratum was thoroughly
understood that 1T would be found that
( Wichita has received a valuable Christ
mas present.
From where the shale gave out and
the salt water was reached until the
drill again entered Shale was a depth
of thirty feet. The shale soon began
to take the same form or color as was
noticed before the petroleum rock was
/ reached and tonight we again entered
the same rock filled with petroleum.
Some advocate the idea Of dropping a
lot Of nitro-glycerine into the bottom Of
the we'll while still in the rock and then
setting IL off. to see If good flow of oil
! cannot be secured. but this is risky TO
I say the least and would undoubtedly
ruin The hole.
My plan is to go on down now as
far as we can or until We reach some
thing Of substantial value. 1t is now
/ known how far We would have to go
/ 10 reach either clay, saltpeter rock.
which would be very valuable for fer-til-
ization. salt. oil rock, and anyone is Al
Fbeuty to go down 10 this and then try
/ the experiment Of shooting.
1--WE have every thing 70 encourage
us IN going on down. II the former
wells had only been kept by logs as this
we'll is being done. We would have
( something 10 guide US. / think tins
we'll Will prove Of great value - the
csty and VIII clearly show what We
( have beneath Us.
Work VIII be kept up all night and
/ tomorrow. and probably you can turn
( your chime bells loose on Christmas
/ night as a token that Wichita mas more
/ snan salt at her we'll"