The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-05
STILL GOING DOWN
THIS Is THE CONDITION OF THE
DRILL AT TIE GAS WELL
Sandstone Ends in Red Keel. Which Lasts
Shale Resembling the Coal state Was
Found Resting Upon Another Bed of
HE'D Keel. While Underneath the Keel
was Found the Same Oil Rock Dlscov-
cred at sos Feet-The Well Like Die
tiouary, Changes the Subject Often.


tiouary. Changes the Subject Often.
At o'clock last night the drill az
the well had reached depth OF 7S5 feet.
and was working in rock flied with oil
together with stronger coal traces
Ar the end Of the sandstone was found
a stratum OF red keel, which lasted for
five feet. when the drill entered a very
black shale that closely resembles coal
slate. and was flied with oil, but the
oil had rather more of the soap stone
oil about II than il had of petroleum
Ihis stratum lasted until depth OF
10 Feet was reached, when another
stratum OF red keel was discovered
which lasted for exactly five feet.
There - one thing strange about these
StIatas OF keel which have been found.
There has been some seven statas
reached. and after the first two each
stratum has been exactly five feet in
depth, or rather thickness
After the keel ended, which brought
the drill 10 a depth of 720 feet, a rock
which was very full OF oil was discog-
cred, and this rock gave out the petrc-
4eum smell very strong. and in fact, al
most as strong as the one which was
reached at a depth of sos feet from the
surface.
This rock continued until 725 feet was
reached, when a hard, finty substance
was found which the cutting gave the
appearance of being a formation of
limestone. The rock is very dark and
hard. and at o'clock the drill was still
working in the same stratum at a depth
of 1876 feet.
Work was kept up until II o'clock last
night, when it was shut down and Will
moi be commenced until after y O'Clock
tonight
Hundreds OF visitors were at the well
yesterday closely watching everything
that was brought up. Among the num-
! Der was a gentleman by the name OF
Ruchbum, who had visited the wells fire.
quently at Neodesha. and was greatly
interested in the output. The reporter
engaged him in conversation and among
other things he said
Il have been interested in this we'll as
much as any in my life. / was raised
in the great oil belt and afterwards
moved TO Indiana, and was living there
when natural gas was found. j was
in Neodesha the first time that oil and
gas were discovered, and 1 never come
to Wichita but what take time to visit
the well here"
"At what depth was oil found at Neo-
| desha ~ was asked.
II do not remember the exact depth,
Out II WAS over SUI Ieel, anu INC DeSl
well is at a depth Of something over
1000 feet. l do not think that there
was any of the wells there which gave
as great promise as this well has done
In fact, the Wichita well has had a
boom of some kind ever since II start
ed, and 1 hope to come to Wichita to
help celebrate a great discovery.
Il have noticed one thing very dis
tinctly here, and that is the man who
has had the least opportunity 20 know
anything about either coal, oil or gas, is
the one who is loufest in his condemna-
ton of the experiment, and they will
be the first to eXclaim, in case valu-
! able find is discovered. Il told you so!
| Such men are in every neighborhood,
and 1T is but natural that some of them
should locate in Wichita.
when a depth of ZOO feet is reach
ed then it is time TO look out for some
thing, but do not think it Will come be-
/ fore that time"
The old well where natural gas is said
/ to have been discovered some years ago,
was at depth of S34 feet, and the in
| clinations are that the drill here is near
| ing that point.