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About The Coquille Valley sentinel. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1921-2003 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 18, 1941)
Drilling To Start Near Bandon After January 1 Invisible Halfsole The Western World at Bandon last week published a first page story entitled, “New Oil Drilling Project to Start After Jan. 1, Prepared for Definite Test,” and goes on to say: What promises to become the moot comprehensive oil drilling project yet undertaken in this part of Oregon will begin shortly after the first of the year, when operations under the direction of John A. (Jack) Kelly will start on land in section 15, owned by John Nielson of Bandon, in the Bill’s Butte locahity abobut three miles (air line) southeast of Bandon, and about five miles by road. Kelly, a driller of many years of Leonard D, Carlson Receives Reward for Correct Handling experience who came to Bandon from his home at Long Beach, Calif., short at Mink Pelt Entered in Sears 13th National Fur Show; ly before the Pacific Petroleum Cor Now Eligible for 11000.00 Major Award poration's second well was abandoned here, when interviewed by a Western World representative, stated that all finamjes have been arranged and that the project Will not depend-upon the sale of stock or certificates. The equipment to be used is now opera tifig undpr... nnyr SflD Francisco, and will be released with in a few weeks. It consists of a mod ern rotary drill with a power plant composed of four 250-h. p. butane gas motors. The hole will be 14 inches in diameter at the start and will reach the oil sand at 1214 inches in diame ter The operation, with the initial equipment, will be prepared to go to a depth of 7500 feet, according to Kelly. Drilling will be continuous through out 24 hours of the day. Under or dinary conditions, it is estimated that a depth of 4500 feet will be reached, if necessary, in 20 days. Kelly is by no means a novice at the business. For ten years prior to 1931 Kelly was under contract as a driller in Burma and India. The Bur ma road, the lifeline of Ciyna in the struggle with the Japanese which is so much in the news today, was traveled by Kelly when elephants and oxen were the only means of trans portation. He transported machinery and tools into the remote jungles of Burma and adjacent countries with the aid of natives, by water and over hastily-constructed roads for hundreds of miles driling wildcat wells in see- LAKESIDE YOUTH WINS CASH AWARD ON PELT Man-hours lost due to strikes at shipbuilding alone in one week amounted to 396,800 hours, the po tential work-time to build two and three-tenths 170 foot steel submarine chasers.. e on the same day. this vicinity attending iristmas program held WH1 call for and pay cash or Defense Savings Stamps. What have you for National Defense? Coquille Salvage & Junk Co. D. L. FOOTE, Mgr. 845No. Coulter Fairview News AU price» include federal excise tax Convenient Credit at no Extra Co» Harvel Bulova 17 Jewels ' (Sitilbeam Our watch »election i» complete. I * BE OF GOOD CHEER » » AU well known make» »uch a» Hamilton, Wai- tham, Elgin, Bulova, Gruen, Harvel and Wett field this Holiday 5«von k H ¿è «S. V ÌIni i ASwwB. iwasv ,<*.« t4* » fab V . ML -am! ' ÆO* S unny B rook BKÀND KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY National Dirtillers Ptrodects Corp, N. T. • M Presi ! U| ». K ' mixmaster $28.75 includes juicer New Waffle Baker 917.25 Coffee Master - - 18.85 Ironmaster ... 0.05 Toaster .... 17.25 Shavemaster - .» - 7.5® j ,iil ' ii SELECT FROM « ■ ■ . ........«S MWl( ii i i>i your ONE gifts i n............. l i h of . jewelry OF SOUTHWESTERN • - • ■ a MATEJKA'S Large Stock
