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UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANT L a s V e g a s , Nevada Water W ell #9 History- Location: 1408’ South and 1185* West from corner, Section 31, 20-61, M. D. B. & M. Spudded at 10:00 A.M ., A p r il 1, 1942. D r ille d 18-1/4” hole to 315 on A p r il 2, 1942. 4/ 2/42 - Started running 13-3/8*' casing at 4: 20 P.M. Shoe o f 13-3/3” stopped at 43.5* Started p u llin g easing out o f hole at 5*00 P .M ., A p r il 2. 4/ 3/42 - Reamed hole with 18-1/4” Crum h it to bottom. Measured out. Corrected bottom was 313. Ran 292.321 (8 jo in ts ) o f 13-3/3" - 43# South Chester Tube Go.1s lapweld short thread 8-V thread casing in h ole. Cemented 13-3/8" shoe at 280.22 using 225 sacks V ic to r M odified Cement. None treated. Cement mixed and pumped down by the r ig s pumps and crew. Two Perkins plugs used. Baker cement flo a t shoe on bottom o f casing. Started running casing at 6 :4 0 A.M. ) Finished running casing at 10:30 A.M. ) 3 h r s ., 50 min. Started mixing cement at 10:55 A.M. ) Finished mixing cement at 11:26 A.M. ) 31 min. Started pumping down cement at 11:32 A.M .) Plugs bumped at 11:47 A.M. ) 15 min. Finished cement job at 11:47 A .M ., A p r il 3* 1942. W ell stood cemented 36 hours. 4/ 5/42 - Ran in , found top o f cement and plugs at 277. D r ille d out 13-3/8" shoe at 12:00 Midnight o f A p r il 3rd. D r ille d ahead to 3 64. While d r i lli n g at 364 at 8:15 A .M ., A p r il 5th, w e ll started flow in g water. W ell flowed fr e e ly u n t il gate was in s t a lle d . W ell was then closed in at 1:00 P .M ., the same day. W ell was k i lle d at 11:45 P.M. with mud. W ell remained dead from 11:45 P.M. A p r il 5th u n t il 7:45 A.M ., A p r il 6th. 4/ 6/42 - While preparing to run in with the d r i l l pipe at 7:45 A .M ., w e ll started flow in g again. The gate was again in s t a lle d . The w e ll was then allowed to flo w through the gate while the Union P a c ific R ailroad Comparer made a te st o f the amount o f flo w with th e ir w ier. The w ier showed a flo w o f 6-5/8" equal to 1238 gallon s per minute. The pressure at the top o f the w e ll when closed in w^.s 22.5 lb s . The w e ll was again k i lle d with mud at 11:30 P .M ., A p r il 6th.