The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-16
THEY STRUCK WIND
FROM TIE BOTTOM OF THE WELL a
BREEZE ISSUED.

It was So Strong That 1t Led to q Belief
That Gas had Been Reached, But on
Examination 1t Proved to be Broken
Pipe-EntIre 900 Feet of the Tubing
had to be Raised to Adjust the Break
aee-How the Tubing is Raised-Com-
plete Log Given of Prospect Well at
Antbony-Also Wichita Well.
IT was not gas that was struck AT the
prospect well yesterday, although the
Indications for time pointed strongly
in that direction.
There was a rumbling noise and a
rush Of air from the tubing which was
so strong for half hour that papers
OF any like articles were carried TO the
top of the shafting. Councilman Max
well for a time thought that gas had
beer reached, but there was no smell
ITO rnhe air. and he soon became convin-
ced that some other cause had driven
bbe or from dhe inside of the casing.
The drill was attempted to be raised
but IT stuck and refused to come. This
settled the question and ii then became
known that portion Of the iron tub
ing ha ID broken and caught the drill
and al 50 allowed the water to rush in
to a. h eight of almost 200 feet which
had foQ ced the air on the inside Of the
casing out.
There was nothing left to be done but
to raise the tubing and this was no light
Job, as I he entire weight had to be born
by ropes attached to the pullies on the
shafting. Eight ropes are used and at
the lower end Of the rope is attached
81, io1n 10
the rope a Ecends.
As the 1bing is raised the joints are
1rnfastened and taken off. By this
means the entire tubing was being
raised vest. erday and it is thought that
by 10 o'cloC TX today the last portion Of
the tubing viii be raised and then a
new joint TiN be put in place Of the
broken one. The raising Of the tubing
is extremely dangerous as the entire
weight has 30 be born by the shafting
and In case of a break there would be
danger of tn e operators being hurt.
The drill h ad reached a depth Of 934
feet when the break occurred and it will
probably desJ .end again by tomorrow.
The cost of the well so far has reach
ed about 50, 80 0, but it is the intention of
the city engin eer to remove all the cas-
ing from the well unless it should be
decided to use the we'll, and thus a large
portion Of the present cost should be
deducted, also the cost as shown to-
day includes ropes and other fixtures
which can be used on another we'll.
We publish below the log of the we'll
put down at A nthOny. in Harper coun-
~. which was drilled 1856 feet and cost
$500 1t will be seen that their log
diffares GnateT5e pAy from the one made
at Wichita and will be published so as
to erIgabte the reader to make compar-
6sn of the two logs:
Rec ord OF strata passed through in
drfI.iny the prospect well at Anthony,
Kansas, during the summer of 1887:
Feet
Rich surface loan .............. 8
Red sub soil L
Red rocl- (WEith fresh water at so
feet from Surface) ................. 40
Blue soap stone NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. A.
Red rock 3l5
Blue slate with brine water vein at
$50 feet) ---.-.-"-.--..-'.'... o4O
Red soap stone NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. so
Blue State --...--.--.-.......... %
Rock salt NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 215
Gas sand (with small flow of gas).. 6
Rock salt Gnterspersed with slate) 1879
Lime stone OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 115
BLACK slate -.........-.....-.. 70
IHne Stone .-.----- -..-'-...-----. 1l0
Second salt water vein cat 1900 feeO
Ehale NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 81
Time stone (wtSh salt water vein).. So
gypsum --.-...--..-- ..--..-...------. ~
BLACK slate NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. IS
lime stone with salt water vein).. 50
Soft lime stone Observation-Disclosures. 30
White slate Observation-Disclosures. 40
Lime stone s.
Black slate .-...,--...........-.. Is
Gypsum OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 20
stone I'D
BIack SAFE --...-.....-.--.....--- 81
Red nagneSia NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 90
White slate ....................... .
Lime stone 80
Total depth below surface. 1856
The following is the complete log up
TO date Of the Wichita well:
Feet
Sandy loan NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. ! to 6
Reddish sand, dry ........... 6 to u
Natural concrete ............ i to l6
Subteranean river No. L.. 16 to a.
blue clay NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. A to 70
Blue clay streaked with gyp-
sum y to s.
Blue clay, yellOwish tint...... s. to 112
SC1pstOne, very oily .........1l2 to 49,
S,Ihteranean river No. 2......1&7 10 l41
Crystalized gypsum ...........14l to 166
Gypsum and shale in small
Stf'athS Observation-Disclosures. 100 to POI
Hard BLACK slate ............20l to 2C2
Gypsum rock .................20 to 80,
Light gray shale ..---.........222 10 2SS
Gray flint rock ..............23S to 2iS
Black shale, dry ........-.....2iS to 2SS
Black Shale oily ...........2SS 10 800
Red keel ......................3 SEQ 10 S63
Gray shale, dark ..............S63 to AIS
dNeu Keel '........'.-........4l 40 10 43O