Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-07-17
PROSPECTS GOOD
FOR OIL STRIKE
IN EUREKA WELL
Drill Is Down More Than
2,700Fe etySpotty Show
ers Bring Relief to Colfax
County Farmers,
(By International State Bank of
Raton.) ~


Ration, N. NJ. July 16.--Drilling
of the Eureka well. eleven miles
southeast Of Ration. is progressing
steadily but slowly. owing to the
excessively hard formation that
has been experienced for the past
200 feet. over 900 feet of sand
formation, occasionally streaked
with q strata showing unmistak-
able and increasing presence of oil,
has been passed through-an ex-
perience that is an exceedingly rare
one in the history of drilling oper-
ations. The present depth Of over
2,700 feet has cross-sectioned a
tremendous bed of ocean sand that
has not yet been fully fathomed
and is giving the experts some I'M
usual thrills as to what the next
few hundred feet will disclose.
Over 5000 feet Of 6% in. pipe has
recently been placed in readiness
for recasing the> we'll and shutting
off the water which now stands In
the well to the depth of 1000 feet.
This new casing will not be in
stalled until the present water
bearing strata is drilled through.
Although but few feet have been
gained per day in recent drilling,
the drillers In charge feel confident
the cap formations will soon be
penetrated and untapped reservoirs
of wealth, corresponding to those
of the same formations in the
Texas fields. brought to light.
t,.gI -. "a rl
week have brought relief to the
mountain and foothill sections of
the county. but the farming Sec
lions of the southern and south
eastern portions of the county are
beginning to suffer considerably
from the delayed arrival of the
July rains. The Moreno valley. at
the head OF Cimarron canyon. re-
ceived a heavy rain last week--the
first moisture in some time which
is an unusual experience for that
mountainous section. The water
supply for the city of Ration. how
ever, Is proving fully adequate to
the situation. Both reserve reser-
voirs at the city limits. capable of
impounding 100000 gallons, are
full, as we'll as the main reservoir
on the headwaters of the Sugarite,
eighteen miles above Ration. Ration
can we'll boast of the finest water
plant and source Of supply of any
city in the state.
The Vermejo. Cimarron and
Uracca valleys, in the southwestern
section, reports their large apple
orchards producing a very short
crop for the current year. A blight
ing frost In May. combiieed with
several destructive hail storms, put
the finishing touches on several of
the orchards where only few scat
tering apples can be found on the
trees. The fruit crop in the north
ern section of the country will be
average this year. cherries espec-
tally bearing q heavy crop. The
young orchards Of the French and
Maxwell irrigated tracts also suf-
fered heavily from frost and hail.
Active construction work on the
contract recently given the New
Mexico Construction company for
twenty blocks of new bitulithic
paving will start this week in RAJ
ton. The streets included in the
new contract are as follows: South
Second from Rio Grande to the
Santa Fe right of way; three blocks
on South Third street, three east
and west avenues south of Rio
Grande between Second and Fourth
streets; the driveways of Ripley
park; North Second street from the
present paving to it's north end; a
block connecting Ripley park with
the paving on North First street;