The Nevada County picayune., 1921-02-03
ANOTHER WELL
 SHOWS OIL
FINE PROSPECT EIGHT MILES SOUTH OF STRONG Is
 REPORTED.

Strong. Jan 3l This section of Un- ion county tonight k jubilant over what k regard a> excellent prospects for be- coming first assistant to Fl Dorado in the matter of converting Union county into great oil field The jubilation i> based upon reports first brought into town by Jim Kinney. driller at Clark well No 1. located eight miles south of here. and corroborated later by in- forma ton given by others who return cd from the location of the well. MT. Kinney reported a fine showing of oil and added that he regarded the show ing sufficient to support an announce ment that oil had bee struck
 T don't want to cause any excite ment." said MT Kinney when he came here this afternoon, but we've got oil out there never SAW finer showing and l know we have oil"
 Work is Suspended.
 Work was stopped today at the first showing of the oil because of | lack of easing. The we'll was drilled as an open hole and it was imperative that work be stopped immediately until the well is cased. An order for the easing has been placed and II is expected here in couple of days II will be set as soon as it arrives and an effort to bring H the well will follow II > estimat- ed that the work of setting the casing, with time allowance for the cement 10 harden, will require about 10 days.
 The well is located on what k known aS the Shaver place which k owned by ". F. Clark and I K Moore of Stroug The owners and the drilling company. the Homer-El Dorado eompa- ny are operating on the 50-50 basis. It wa- to MT. Clark that the driller report ed his finding of oil today.
 MT. Clark said tonight that he had not been at the we'll today but that the driller had told him the oil show ing followed the penetra ton of Il rocky forma tion and the entrance of strat- um of sandy shale The oil came up with this shale. He said that for about 2e0 hundred feet above the roek the drill was in lime and chalk. He said that il had been planned that the cas- ing would be set at inst about tn" depth at which oil showed. which is . la9 feet
 = (. Clark. cousin of the owner of thc farm WAS at tue well today soon after rhc showing was made He said that at his request the pumps were >ta led and run for five minutes with the result of liberal showing of oil in the SluSh pit
 Drillcr Kinney this afternoon tele- graphed Pat O'Brien of Shreveport. president of the company to come here at once Bob Kinney, also a drilling expert. arrived tonight from Shreve- port and will aid in the work of setting
 tContinued on Page Two.1 in the well Several local men hold the easing and in the effort to bring stock in rhe company and there k keen excitement here tonight.
 W0uld-Be Purchasers Fail.
 Following the report of the showing, offers ro purchase stock and leases on a basis of ! to 1 over the or ginal price were made but so far as the cores pondent could learn all offers were re- ieeted and not deal of any kind was made. The correspondents did not visit the well, but all information given was obtained from sources regarded abso- lutely reliable
 Strong k 21 miles southeast of Fl Dorado, in the southeast corner of Un-