Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1905-08-02
Forty Business Men Make a Trip To
 Del Rio
Enterprise Has Every Indication Of
 Success
(From Tuesdays Daily.)

If oil is struck at Del Rio, at the well of the Yavapai Oil and Mining Company, the fuel problem of this county will be solved.
 So thought the forty business men of rrescott who journeyed to the plant Sunday on a special train, and watched the big drill pound away at a depth of 200 feet below the surface of the ground. Cheap fuel would mean the establishment of new industries in Prescott.
 Cheap fuel would prove a wonderful stimulus to mining activity and re- suit in unprecedented development.
 Cheap fuel, in short, would make Prescott a city of 25,OOO inhabitants, in the opinion of W. J. Mulvenon, the treasurer of the company.
 And there is a splendid chance that the outfit at Del Rio will be the means of accomplishing this desideratum if it is able to finance the project. It costs money to prospect for oil wells, and it behooves the citizens of Pres colt to aid the enterprise.
 The gentlemen who compose the con- pany have made a remarkable showing at Del Rio. They have a 72 foot standard derrick that is well built, a 20 horse power engine, with 30 horse power boiler; set of bits for bor- ing at different depths, and three sand pumps, in addition to a reamer, and all the other appliances that con stitute first class equipment. If the oil is there it will not be for lack of proper tools that the oil is not tapped. Besides, there is a building erected for housing the employees, all of whom are experienced men. w. B. Brainard, the head driller, is from the Los An geles oil fields., and has turned the big bit for years; his assistant is Jack Motz, also of Los Angeles, and the engineer is Carl Adams. The team ing work is done by A. D. Coovery.
 E. A. Clampett, who has amassed considerable wealth as an oil operator around Los Angeles and Bakersfield, is in charge of the work. He is very sanguine of success, and has bought quite block of stock in the enterprise, because he feels that it will produce big dividends if producing we'll is secured. He declares that in all of his operations he never saw such pros poets of success as at Del Rio. Three miles south of the derrick is a we'll defined ledge of oil rock, and some of this was sent to Los Angeles and test ed. The result was shown to the visit Ors in bottle, which contained light petroleum with a. paraffne base, the most valuable quality of oil that ex- ists. The site where the derrick stands was located by an expert, who is said to have had unfailing success in determining proper locations for bor- ing.
 The Del Rio plant is equipped to bore 2000 feet if necessary. The hole was started with l5 inch casing and a IA inch drill. As the depth increases the diameter of the casing will neees- 'arily be decreased, and smaller bit attached to the cable. Should the lole go down 2O00 feet, the lower end of the hole will be about inches in diameter. But MT. Clampett believes hat it will not be necessary to bore leeper than 1900 feet.
 The. drill was dropped on July B; ,r in other words, that was the date when "spudding" was commenced. In hat period, the drill has gone down 200 feet, which is excellent progress. that there have been a few lelays. The log shows that the drill las passed through sandstone and | hale formation, which are invariably he geological strata in an oil terri Ory.
 To the majority of the visitors the working of the drill was a new, and, | ,f course, an interesting sight. Presi- i lent J. c. Heslet explained to them he modus operandi and was kept | ,usy in answering questions. Inter 'sted spectators also were four citi- ems from Jerome who boarded the | pecial at the Junction. The quartet