Gore Bldg. Adams 145
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ING. and PAINTING
TINTING
5 PIONEER CLUB
John Nash, propr.
SOFT DRINKS. CANDY
CIGARS AND FRUITS
Reopened under new
management
Chop Saey and Noodles
a Specialty
OPEN ALL HOURS
PHONE ADAMS 54
when in Anchorage. Alaska
Ilot and Cold 1 Voter In
All Rooms.
CURRENT PRICES
J. J. McISAAC, Prop.
For Electrical Work
CALL TOM OSBO
Residence—Madison 123
SOTO’S
(In the Admiral Building)
Candies — Soft Drinks
Cigars — Tobaccos
MRS. ANNA STOTKO, Prop.
Phone Adams 91
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Tom Walker
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WELL WAS A "DUSTER;" OUT
STANDING FEATURE HARD
FORMATION
Under the caption of "Lee No. 1
—A Dry Hole,” the Standard Oil
(Bulletin, of California, contains the
| following article on its oil drilling
operations at Kanatak, recently
! abandoned, which is accompanied
i by a number of photographs and ex
cerpts from the company’s log:
"The hole in question represents
an exploration effort of the Standard
Oil company in Alaska. It was drill
ed with cable tools and a gas en
gine to a depth off 5034 feet, took
three years to drill, and is dry in
the sense that it proved wholly un- j
!
'productive of petroleum; it turned |
out to be what in oil field vernacu
lar is termed a ‘dus-ter.’
“It was on August 20, 1922, that |
the SjS. Redondo sailed out of Se- i
attle, Wash., having as passengers
; an oil well drilling crew o.f 16 men.
and a-s freigiht all the equipment ne- |
cessary for drilling one well. This .
included derrick lumber, machinery
; well casing, two 10-ton tractors sup
plies for the men and fuel for the
equipment, and a wireless outfit to
enable the expedition to keep in
touch with the outside world.
“The Redondo arrived at Portage
Bay, Alaska, nine days later. Due
to adverse weather conditions 17
days were required to unload the
material and lighter it to the beach, j
These adverse weather conditions ;
were the expedition’s introduction ;
to w'hat it was destined to face in
variation for the next three years.
“Some 17 miles inland, across two 1
mountain ranges and several miles
of swampland was the location that
had been selected for drilling opera
tions. fror six months road-building
and transportation equipment to this
point oeupied the expedition. In
March, 1923, the well was spudded
in. Three years later, last month,
it was abandoned. It was well sit
uated in the area and constituted a
full test o>f the formation, in the
opinion o: t.'ae company geologists.
"At th< najor 1
oil-beu: v stratum was en cot: at ere.',
the ou: ending feature of this wild
cat we was the amount o: hole
mads i: hard formations, The first
1,600 f ; was through extremely hare
sandsto : a:id eor.gion.c e.te that
oquaile- in toughness. Very often
no mor han a foot of hole per day
was m; !e daring this stage o: the
drilling. weeper wells than :h:s have
been d led and harder formation*
encount ed, but it is believed that
in all ne annals of well dialling
there is not another instance where
bits were called uipon to penerrc
to the depth attained through form
ation of equal hardness.”
HENDERSON GOES WEST
Lester D. Henderson. Terirtorial
commissioner of education, returned to
Seward early this morning from An
chorage just in time to make connec
tions westward on the Admiral Wat
son. ' Mr. Henderson will inspect
schools in the outlying districts, west
ward, returning to Seward, southbound
on the same vessel.
Known from
Coast to Coast
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perfected in
the WestJ
BUCKHECT Boots,
famed throughout the
West for their patentee
Buckstrip, moccasin - style,
leather-lined vamp and Ind
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