The Lamar register., 1920-08-25
Well North of Lamar is Running Oil
and All Hope IL viii Prove
Gusher When the Water
is Shut Out.


The following article taken from the
Eads Press gives the latest details Of
the work done at the Nee-No-She oii
well, and the hopes OF its promoters:
"Kiowa county has at last come in
TO its own. The Nee-No-Sl. well Ga
section IS, township 20. range AZ west
is a commercial oil well. Eads is no
longer in doubt as to its future.
The Nee-No-She well for more than
three weeks has been showing unmis-
taxable signs of coming in. Heavy oil
showings have been almost constant
and the officers have felt certain that
they were nearing the goal toward
which they have been bending their
energies and giving their time nearly
two years.
Last Tuesday Driller Do,terer
found the sand. and the oil came in
quantity that more than promises sue
cess. The bit had hardly entered the
sand when the showing became very
heavy. With each screw drilled they
grew in richness and extent, until the
last bailer of slush drawn up contain
ed a strong showing of oil.
'Dotterer at once ceased drilling
and it was decided by the officers pre-
sent that the casing must be set down
TO cut off the water at once, else the
oil sand would be endangered from the
great pressure Of the water.
President Sweitzer at once started
for Pueblo to get the $50 feet of ad-
ditional casing required. 1t is expect
ed that the casing will arrive In day
or two, by which time Dotterer hopes
to be well on the way toward under
roaming the hole and preparing for
the casing.
THE size of the well cannot be de-
termined exactly until the water is
shut of. The showings. however, alb
solutely prove the sand to be saturat-
cd and all experts who have seen the
showings are uniform in the belief that
the well will show better than five
hundred barrels per day, possibly a
thousand or even better.
"The seventeen hundred feet OF wa
ter make q pressure on the bottom Of
the well of eight hundred pounds TO
the square inch. officials say, and 1t
Is only through this enormous pres
sure that the oil was able to force Its
way. With this pressure removed by
cutting off the water sand, which lies
about one hundred and fifty feet above
the oil sand. and bailins out the water
it is expected that the oil VIII he re
leased and will flow over the top itself
1T will take from ten days to two
weeks to underream the hole from
2,222 feet, where the eight-inch cas-
ing is now set, to the cap rock OF the
oil sand at about 2,475 feet. and To
clean out the hole Then the oil capa-
city of the we'll can be determined to
an exact figure. Meanwhile earthen
storage tanks will be built to care for
the oil and plans determined for the
erection Of a refinery and the neees-
sary pipe lines. etc.
"The news that the well was in and
was truly commercial well created
the greatest enthusiasm and excite
ment at Lamar The price Of stock
SCARED upward and leases went out OF
sight in their upward flight. Crowds
quickly appeared at the well, but it
was thought best to lock the gates to
the enclosure and forbid anyone not
interested in the management of the
company to enter. This was made
necessary in order that there might
be no unnecessary delay in the work
Of preparing the hole for the addition
al casing and doing other work neces-
sary in and about the derrick and
grounds.
Praise for the openness of the Of
ficers Of the company in making the
announcement Of striking the oil is to
be heard on every hand. 1t was hint
ed for some time past that the COM
pany officials were aware that they
had well and were keeping real facts
hidden in order to secure more leases
or buy in the stock Of the company
before the public were made aware OF