Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1915-02-09
new BOILER FOR
QUENIULT WELL
Tacoman Visits Ground and
Makes Encouraging Re-
port on Conditions

TACOMA, Feb. 81. B. Duryea Of
the Queniult Oil company, who has
just returned from a visit to the we'll,
declares that five gas sands have been
encountered at depth of 500 feet.
1.-THE gas from the nth sand" said
Duryea, us wet and has a smell of
oil such as you would get over a
can Of gasoline. From all the con-
ditions. Keith, the head driller, and
]. A. Paulhamus believe that we are
very near the dow Of oil.
The gas pressure ID what Is 80
exciting at the we'll. We are pump
Ing mud under pressure into the we'll.
II the mud pressure 10 greater than
the gas pressure, the mud will force
the gas back in the strata and seal
the gas out of the we'll.
1.-THE gas pressure at the bottom Of
our we'll IL 90 great that 1t lifted the
entire 560-foot column Of mud out Of
the we'll and shot 1t Is feet above
the derrick floor. We are not able
to hold pressure enough in the mud
to keep the gas out. Our pumps are
strong enough, but when they are un-
der such heavy work and the drill is
running we are not able to maintain
steam power. We are now shipping
in q much larger boiler, which will
be connected up with the two pres.
emit boilers. This will give US all the
power we will need. This new boil
er will be set up at once and we ex-
pect to bring in an immense gusher
with very short time. In the mean
time the well Is capped.
II made a careful study of the mud
volcano. 1t is much larger than
thought. There were five streams of
mud flowing from the crater, whereas
1t was all in one stream when saw
it before. tasted the mud and found
it salty. bearing out the technical
name, saise. There is a streak of
oil in the mud. tasted this also.
1t is oil.
when I returned I told Mr.. Greg
DRY that always believed that there
is oil under our property, but never
had the feeling that l knew it until
now. Some one made statement
here few weeks ago regarding mud
volcanoes in Texas. Mr. Keith was
born and raised in Beaumont, and has
been actively engaged in oil develop
ment for years, and he says that he
never saw a mud volcano until he saw
Queniult. ]. A. Paulhamus Is emphat-
ic in the statement that there Is not
q single mud volcano in Texas. A
mud volcano is the only absolutely
sure sign that there is oil directly un-
der the surface.
1.-THE gas, the moisture in the gas,
the smell Of kerosene, the shows Of
oil in the well, the seepage Of oil in
the mud volcano, and the many seep-
ages of oil in the district. together
Will Iu0 VE0OlCtlOA VI SAAO OAAeS~
States geologist. the state and other
biologists, that IL oil is found in pay
ing quantities in this state 1t Is most
likely to be on the Western slope of
the Olympic peninsula-all these
things give me the utmost confidence
that we are going to bring in an oil
field in this state that will create
greater property than anything that
has ever happened in the Pacific
Northwest.
Il have often been asked If 1t Is
possible to get oil at less than 1000
feet. No well was ever drilled that
deep In a region of mud volcanoes.
In these fields all the wells are less
than 1900 feet. The depth Of one
we'll really has little to do with that
of another, even in the same field"