The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-11-28

There has been considerable inquiry
recently concerning the prospect well.
and what was being done up there The
been completed down nearly 10 the bot
tom. This has been long. tedious job,
but the hole is now full six incaes n
diameter clear down In this work, es-
pecidliy in the latter part OF IL when
nearing the bottom the work was ex-
ceedingly tedious. II was necessary 10
change the tools very frequently. FirsS
trimming down for a short distance, un-
til the hole below became flied with de-
bris frem whatever they were working
in Then the tools had 10 be changed
anu the hole cleaned out. after which
the work went on as before.
they finally reached the top OF the old
drill. which was let fail back into the
hole early last summer. They then
cleaned out the hole about the top or
the drill. for sufficient distance TO al
Low tool 10 be inserted into the hole.
and let down below the upper end far
enough 10 get hold upon it After this
was done an impression block was low
cred 20 ascertain the exact position o.
the drill in the hole. This test was as
So isfactery as anyone could wish, the
drill having dropped when cut loose
seemingly straight down, and the top
now stands exactly in the center OF the
hole In this position it can be gotten
hold of better than IN any other. as
the tool can De slipped down over il cas-
lily and without necessitating any
Strengthening or other work whatever.
Now that everything is ready. the men
have encountered a great amount OF trou
BILE In obtaining the proper tool TO eN-
tract the lost drill with There Is only
three known Of in the country anywhere
near here. One of these has been long
age lost track of by the man who own
ed it: another is in Neodesha, bur is too
large, while the third has so far been
hard to locate. Il has been traced over
a considerable portion OF eastern Kansas
within the last few days and word Is
expected from il at any time. To pur-
chase rev tool, world require an ex-
penditure of about s1s. and the tool Is
so very seldom needed that drillers sell
dom purchase one individually. but rent
them, or in locations where considerable
work is going on, and one is needed.
purchase one between themselves. To
buy one new would also require ten days
time to-reach here. and this will be avoi-
may be used for about two hours and
the same men might never need ii
egain. II may be found necessary to
send east for one, but this will be avoid
ed II possible.
After the drill is taken out which may
be within a few days, the hole will have
TO be trimmed down nearly the length
of The drill This will only take a day
or two, and then the virgin soil which
has never saw the light of day for thou
sands of years. will be brought TO the
surface. There is absolutely no telling
what may be struck before the 1000 fees
is reached. Some figuring by the United
States coast survey has resulted in the
prediction that ar-esian water would be
found before that depth was reached.
Nothing is certain, however, and Wich-
ita may strike flow of gas equal 70 any
of those in the east, tina, people lived
over for a century without knowing o.
its existence. and ridiculed the idea OF
finding any such thing. But none were
more delighted. not helped more finaa-
cisiIy than those same people who ridi-
cuied the idea before.
Tie Eagle viii keep its readers inform
Ell as to the facts in whatever occurs
concerning ii.