WELL DRILLED 6891FT.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 17918, 24 October 1932, Page 9

WELL DRILLED 6891 FT.

CANADIAN DEPTH RECORD CALGARY, August 3. Drilling to a depth of a mile and a third straight down into the earth, McLeod No. 4 well in Turner Valley lias attained a new depth record for Canada. According to information received at the office of the McLeod Oil Clonipany, the depth of the well was 6891 ft. with additional footage being made steadily. This depth surpasses by nearly 300 ft. the previous Canadian depth record held by British Dominion No. 1 well, which was drilled 6600 ft. and abandoned after striking a fault. “Wo are going right down to tne Devonian formation and believe that we are entering it now,” Mr. W. E. McLeod, official of the McLeod Company, stated. Millions of years older than the Dolumitic limestone, the source of Turner Valley naphtha, the Devonian formation. never hitherto penetrated in tije virile j. nuiy prove to contain a rich crude oii pool, according to some geologists. Some of the great gushers in the United States are producing from the Devonian. T!ie McLeod is one of the pioneer enterprises of Turner Valley, having, been formed nearly 16 years ago. The present drilling experiment is being watched with great interest by oil men not only in Canada, hut in the United States.