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V LAS VEGAS LAUD AND WATER COMPANY LAS VEGAS, NEVADA Water W ell No. 2 LAS VEGAS RANCH 1948 Depth T o tal o f Casing W ell in Deo.____________W ell HISTQBY 5 18 18 8 40 48 9 10 60 60 11 •75 62 12 100 98 13 135 126 14 147 144 15 162 160 16 174 166 19 20 175 166 21 - - 29 - - 30 mm 31 — — Jan. 1 177 166 2 230 166 3 235 166 5 - - 6 — - 7 Thawed le e out o f jack p ip e s Changed from w ater to o i l In jack tank Made new dump s t le k mount Welded brack ets on 20* p ip e so they would set on anchors I f p ip e moved. Put In 62 f t . o f 16n casin g Centered r i g over h o le, put on new c arb u reto rs, put on ja r s Water le v e l 8 AM 4 ' from lo g g in g point Water le v e l up to lo g g in g poin t W ell flo w in g approx. 10 GPM, 1200# p ressu re on gauge through lim estone o n ly. Then back to 0#. Casing i s s t i l l b e in g h e ld by f r i c t i o n b lo c k s, no p ressu re except through hard m a te ria l. That I s reason f o r no pressu re re ad in g . Flow approx. 10 GPM. P ip e does not go at 3000# on gauge, w i l l have to put In two more jac k s. (C asin g 166 f t . , up 3 f t . ) . Connected 4 ja c k s, made up drive-down sp ear, pushed 22000 on gauge and drove -at same time. P ip e s t i l l d id not go. Drove and pushed pipe 3 ". Broke drive-down spear at top o f m a n d rill. Made up f is h in g s t rin g , caught s o lid rod c o lla r at top o f m a n d rill and p u lle d out drive-down spear. Took socket o f f o f drive-down spear, b u i l t up adapter jo in t from 3 -4 -7 p in to s o lid rod th read, f i l l e d in around w e ll and made new top f o r s l i p h o ld e r. Put d riv e r in w e ll, drove and pushed at same tim e. Pipe d id not move. Reset main s i l l and made up d r i l l i n g t o o ls Hole cavin g, went to Burbank a f t e r under-reamer Took lo a d to Las Vegas; ran reamer 3 h rs . Ran reamer 4 h rs . T ried to push p ip e ; p u lle d anchors lo o s e ; l e t down r i g Moved r i g back and dug out anchors