, 1924-08-07
CRAIG WELL
TESTS NEARLY
5000 BARRELS

The long awni.el test run Of oil
from the discovery we'll in the Ham.
tlton dome. to the storage tanks In
Craig, is now under way. The run
was started Tuesday morning at
9:15. A test of the pipes was made
several days before and all was in
readiness for a successful test of the
capacity of the discovery well.
Officials of the Texas and Trans
continental oil companies joint own
ers Of the we'll, of the Prairie Oil
and Gas company and the Prairie
Pipeline company, a subsidiary of the
Prairie OH and Gas were in Craig to
watch the test.
Representing the Transcontinental
company we're President F. B. Par
riott. of Pittsburhg, j. F. Sidwel,
general superintendent, of Tulsa. and
John C. Ford, assistant s%uperintend-
emit, of Denver, who is in charge in
Craig. j. T. English and c. E. Nc
POLAND, both of Kansas City. we're
present In the interests of the Pipe
line company, and Nelson X. Moody,
of Independence, Kans.. president of
the Prairie Oil and Gas company,
his company.
Su06S - AOOAAAdAb WIG RAOcl-
dent Of the Texas company and A. D.
Pattison, general superintendent, as
well as several other officials of the
Texas company, have been in Craig
for the past week, awaiting the test
run.
The flow of oil started steadily,
and by five o'clock in the evening of
Tuesday 1t was generally known that
the capacity of the we'll was better
than 1000 barrels, for the guage
registered steadily at 208 per hour.
A report twenty-four hours after the
test was started showed the run was
not ~fluctuating, and officials of the
companies interested stated that
there was little doubt hat the we'll
would hold up to its record of 1850
barrels, the first test after a twenty
four hour run. There is a possibility
that the flow will increase as the
we'll drills itself deeper into the
sands.
Work is processing steadily at the
big tank farm, under the able direc-
ton of Superintendent O'Neil. Two
tanks are nov completed, one. of u.s.
600 barrels capacity. is now receiving
the oil, and a second, of like capaci-
ty. will be ready by the time the
first is filled. Two large $4,000 bar
rel tanks are under construction, and
two other $4,000 capacity are start
ed. 1t is estimated by those connect
! ed with the tank farm that seven
days will be needed to fill the first
tank, this estimate being based on
5000 barrel capacity Of the well.
The tank farm will have probably
fifteen tanks this year. II other wells
come in; a line of track will con-
meet 1t with the Moffat railroad ter
minal. and here a loading rack. of
ten cars capacity is nov under con-
struction. II the flow of oil justifies
a pumping station will be erected at
the farm. lea the two $4,000 bar
rel tanks. and these will be used
to pump into and out of. the larger
tanks being held for storage.
Craig has already been benefited
by the building of the tank farm. in
hat n weekly pay roll for sixty to
seventy men is released. Many of
these men. who are skilled laborers.
draw as high as fifteen dollars daily.
Others receive from seven to eight.
and common. unskilled labor is paid
four seventy-five per day. The num-
Der OF men employed varies, never
less than fifty. and often as many
as seventy being al Sork.
The Prairie Pipeha- company also
employed a large num ser OF men: A.
l.. Strain. disbursing agent for the
company. who has maintained offices
in Craig since the pipeline was start
ed. will remain until the affairs OF
the company have been closed
Craig Courier.