The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-04

It ingenious scheme they had very fascinating
watch They fitted inside the casing packer having
rubber discs the top bottom
the casng the Of this The
open and dumped into the hopper of the mixing machine
and the began revove, grey
into the hole fast the heavy pumps work.
down. an hour they had
filed casing cement which
they rubber packer fitting tight casing;
again the heavy pumps went to work. drove the
cement between the packers When
they the packer drop
would ill., and the of the packer would
force into the hole and between the outside
Iof the casing and the earthone hundred high
would RISE and when Set there would have water
Ishut-of."
What could be watch a job like To
know what going under the ground the ingenuity
Iby which Natures obstacles; of
workers. rushing here and there busy beavers yet
the time and knowing their job and just how
it going!
The job done and then had days for
made his tests to be you had got complete shut-o if
hadn't he would make do agasome poor devils
had to do twenty thirty mes But nothing like that hap
Dad; he knew about "cementing oand
inspectors he added with grin Anyhow he his permit and
now Ross-Bankside No drilling into the real osands
going with six-nch hole Every they
be they had enough but
You right on the of triumph and pulse went
fast and you walked tptoe with excitement like wait
ing for Christmas morning to stocking and what
Santa Claus had brought There crowds staring the well
all day. and rude signs to make them keep their
Dad they deep enough now they proceeded
Ito the casing-it the "iner"
holes like through which the would They
working late into the night and both Dad and Bunny had
old clothes bathed in oil
all ready and the TOOLS and they started
wash the WELL pumping fresh water and cleaning the
and sand. That would hours
time Dad and Bunny would get their sleep.
When they back it time to bail" You under
the pressure of the and oil held down
column of water twohds of mile deep Now they had what
they called "double-secon baer which simply
long They would let that down. lift fifty
watercolumn, dump into the sumphoe Then
they for another fifty and presently they
they didn't have down the pressure showing
the column of water in the hole Then knew
getting the end two trips Of the baer
the would be shot out of the hole and mud and
would spout the top of the derrick staining lovely
dripping black drive the off the
shout Lights QUIT! to the fools with cigarettes.
There she came! There cheer from all hands
spectators went flying to avoid the oily blown by the wind
They let her shoot for while until the water had been eced
higher and higher the deck-she lovely
noise Kissing and spashing, bouncing up and down.
sundown and the sky crimson. Lights
while she spoutng Presently they shut her Off try
valve of the casing they worked late into the night
letting her spout and then shutting her off again.
ousy thrilling in the darkness AT last they ready
bring her n'-whch meant they would up "fow-
line between the casnghead the tank let
into the latter Just simple thatno show FUSS
her flow the gauge showed her coming
thirty thousand gallons hour which meant that the
tank was full by noon the next day