The star-progress., 1921-04-13
Ryeak in Boiler Follows
= Flood Which Submerges
Pumping Engine
EXPECT TO FIND SAND
WITHIN NEXT 300 FEET
norrick at Chatagnier-Mal-
let Is Blown Down by
High Wind

break in the boiler caused a shut
rr at the ope!ousas Oil Co, well on
c.turday but Tuesday morning boil
moter from Alexandria reached
.o.o n make the necessary repai1s
..d Il is expected that work will be
umed at once. AS soon as the
hrsak was discovered an acetylene
-o,a;rv outfit was secured and an
...mrt made to repair it with this.
uowever, it was soon found that TINS
a,,,d not be done successful as the
80 ovnanded the rivets and caused
now leaks to develop as soon as the
old one was repaired.
The rain and high water Of Thurs
a,v also hindered the work as tn
hovou was so high that the water was
over the top Of the pumping engine
oDd M water could be pumped to the
ho;,er Aside from flooding the en-
n,,e M damage was done to the rig
~ N the derrick by the storm and as
~, as repairs are made to the boiler
everything will be in first-class con-
dition again.
same delay has been occasioned IN
the pagt BY lack of dry fuel but this
vas overcome Friday when the di-
,actors agreed to use crude oil for
Bel and made arrangements to secure
snpnlv. While this viii mean
sBghtlv additional expenses it will al
~ mean that work can be continues
without interruption and the additional
cost win be small as compared with
the nav roll while the plant would De
shut down from lack Of steam.
When drilling was temporarily sus-
Depded for repairs the bit was down
slightly over 1000 feet and the drill
ers reported that from the formation
tbey might be expected to pick up an
oil sand at any time. Practically al!
of the near by fields have oil 1t
around 1900 feet and the formation
IS practically the same as in this Wei.
Soft black shale has prevailed Tor
from fourteen to nineteen feet and this
4 considered a good indication.
Predictions are freely made that
the sand viii be struck before the
drill reaches a depth of more than
$500 feet the faxorite depth being
225O feet. Mr.. Dodd, who is COZ
nected with the real estate Office ol
j. G. LawIer left last week for New
Orleans where he has opened offices
at the Montelone hotez@for the SAFE
of leases.
Mr.. Dodd is closely in touch with
New Orleans interests who have been
watching development here and ex-
poets to close some good sized sales
within a short time Mr.. Lewis has
Just returned from New Orleans and
reports much interest there.
The ]. Arthur Roy tract, south OF
the drilling plat, has been plated ana
is now on the market. This entire
plantation has been divided into five
acre tracts and these have been
priced at from 800 to $25 per acre
depending upon the distance from the
well
At the Chataignier-Mallet loction
Mr. Morgan did not have as good
luck during the storm Of Thursday
nigh. as did the opelousas outfit. His
derrick was blown down by the hlgh
wind and badly damaged. In fact ne
said Tuesday that it would be neees
, sary to replace about half the tim
ber.
Mr.. Morgan stated that work had
been begun upon the new derrick ano
that it would be pushed with all pos
sible haste. He also said that as soon
as the derrick was again up the WorR
Of drilling would be Immediately com
menced and pushed as fast as II con
sistently could.