The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-06-05

Benton county's gas and oil field is
widespread and that every step In its
development is being closely watched,
such doubter should have spent the
week in the office of the Courier-Re-
| porter. This paper in its issue of last
week printed an interview with G. M.
Over, of Seattle, who has contracted
to drill a 36OO-foot well and is shipping
from California the largest drilling
outfit ever brought into the Northwest.
Hardly had the issue gone into the
mails until orders began to come IN
i for extra copies-and they are still
coming, by personal calls, by mail and
by long distance telephone. The re-
suit has been that the demand has ex-
ceeded by hundreds our normal supply
of extra copies. We have had inquir-
les from people whom we had little
thought had ever heard of the Courier
| Reporter or Benton county's gas well.
That we may be able to supply this
demand we are, with apologies to our
readers, reproducing below the inter-
view as it appeared in last weeks is
sue.
The result of the interview has been
to stimulate the activities of other
companies operating in the field. Ac-
cording to the Walla Walla Bulletin,
Mr.. Dyer's announce m ent has
strengthened the oil stock market In
Walla Walla. Mr.. Crawford, manager
of the Columbia River-Puget Sound
Gas company, was in the city this
week from Seattle. He says that he
is confident that Mr.. Dyer's announce
ment will soon be followed by other
developments that will give new impe-
tus to the field.
d. C. Priddy, manager of the Rat
tlesnake Hills Oil company, left today
for Wichita Falls, Texas, for the pur-
pose of starting drilling operations on
the Rattlesnake company's holdings in
the Burkburnett field. AS soon as work
is well under way there Mr.. Priddy
: will return to Hanford and start drill
ing operations in the local field.
r The Dyer interview as it appeared
in last weeks issue follows:
G. M. Dyer, the drilling contractor
III who has entered into a contract t
II drill a well 5000 feet in depth up o
II Rattlesnake anticline, arrived from Sc
ii attic last Sunday night and left tow
II Monday morning fer the scene of hi
new activity.
II From Mr.. Dyer the Cou,'ier-Report
j er learned that all the details inc
II dental to the most thoro develcpmer
II work in which he is to engage, hay
II been successfully closed, and that tt
Il three cars of drilling equipment WEI
II loaded May oath at Los Angeles Il
II shipment to Benton City. Also thu
II three cars of extra heavy casing al
II being shipped from Pennsylvania.
II In Mr.. Dyer's opinion one of Il
chief contributors to the seeming
endless delay of successful accom-
II plishments in this field is due to Il
lack of sufficiently heavy casing tn
has been employed, as well as mad
II quate rigs. In California where M
II Dyer has had extensive experience
bringing in oil, they learned in tt
early stages of the game, that ce
tain equipment was necessary for su
cess; and the equipment that he HI
ordered for this job is identical to tn
which has given unqualified succe
in the drilling of deep wells in Ca
ifornia.
That he might thoroly satisfy hii
self as to the adaptability of t
heaviest combination equipment t
the Benton county field, Mr.. Dy
had the experts of the Oil Well Supp
company visit the location at viii
the well will be drilled, and some &C
siderable time was employed in stuo
ing local conditions by the CaliforI
experts, who are willing to and ha
guaranteed the successful operatl
of their equipment to the depth
5000 feet. The equipment alone, \
Dyer says, weighs 162 tons and CT
sists of triple outfit, namely the
binary standard cable tools, a rots
let for the softer formation when
II countered, a rotary shot attachme
which it is claimed, will operate mi
faster in basalt formation than '
the drop bit cable tools.
The cost of the rig on the job Y
be approximately $4,000, which
Dyer says he would not consider
good investment were it not for
positive opinion that he will be S