Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1906-10-04
Largest Gas Well in the World.

Kane. pa, oct 3-What is sail
'ia De- the bi--c-, ga, well IN the
world was drilled u September - Oh
.taD kocIor Ga, company. lease, 3
.m'c- ac,, of this city
10 B., estimated by experts tmm
'hcr and from West Virginia, Kan
50, and Indiana that this well. which
cannot be shut in, is wasting lO0,-
00IJlo cubic feet Of gas daily
The history Of this gas gusher Is a
remarkable romance of oil country
.Uildoauu.. the well being Joe
Gated one mile from any other well
and in territory until now considered
practically worthless
On September { the well showed
6,OoO.0lo feet of gas daily and was
not yet completed The contracting
dril'er, james McChe>uey, desired TO
have the drilling stopped and the
well shut oh, So on September 9 tie
tubing and packer were placed IN po-
siuou TIE next day the pressure
split mc tubing, making ITS removal
necessary Then began a fishing iol
which lasted until the Goth, when the
packer Wa, taken ont The well gt
thi, umr va, good for 100000
feet daily
Not satisfied with the munitccucc
ot their good fortune the Keclor
Bros. decided 90 have il drilled into
the Cooper sand in order 20 find on,
Just what the production of the sand
would be-. They rugged up on the
l2lst and started pounding away at
the bottom and at II O'Clock on the
morning of September %, the gas
came forth with q roar, plainly heard
three miles away, and the drillcr, W.
| II. Smith of Sheffield, Pa, seasoned
by year, of experience, knew a record
well had been struck. lie started the
engine and began drawing the tools.
The engine would not KEEP the cable
taut Hundreds of feet lay coiled
around the derrick floor. He could
not account for il, Surely the gas
was not hurlinc skyward a stem and
bit weighing over 2,io0 pounds. But
that was what 1t was doing
" impossible, - old men in the busl.
ness will say, but Mr.. Smith and his
tool drcssers. Thomas Quail and Don
McCheSney, youch for the trutq of
the above statement. Consider tEqt
you could not throw an anvil ncroS,
this 6i4 inch hole in the earth, that
q Slcdge held over It would be- torn
from your hands nd thrown through
the derrick, that the oldest men III
the oil country say that no such
well was ever struck, and you may
form some idea Of the power of the
unhawcS,cd well
As the gas cleaned out the hole and
drilled itself in, the volume has in
lcTcascd instead of diminishing, until
| the roar is now audible five mile,
from the we'll Conversation within
300 feet IS impossible. If one is SO
unwisc as to approach within ffur
feet of the hole without having his
car drum, padded temporary deaf
ucsN results
The vibration produced by the CON
stmty ponrug stream ratified and
STRAINED the derrick until ON IT,
morning ot the 2lth it collapsed, ear
IRVING down all but the 6r,l on lower
section
Nc. effort has been maze To shut
Iu the ga, other than the ordering of
tool, and machinery for tins purpose
land until these arrive nothing can b.
done to prevent the waste. Experts
from lll over the United States a.
'uclI as ocal resident, have racE,l
their brain, M vain for a satisfactory
scheme to shut IN and utilize, If not
all at least q portion of the gas
d B kcclor has Il plan which con-
slSls of putting o Swcdcc nipple with
an siuch cross and three S-iuch gates
into the easing head by Use of cribs
and then shutting oil the gas until
the pressure approaches the tested
limit of the easing, the excess amount