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    m Water W ell No. 2 LAS VEGAS RANCH k m VEGAS LAND AND WATER COMPANY LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 1848 Depth o f W ell T o tal Casing in W ell 6 18 18 8 40 48 9 60 60 ID 1 1 76 62 1 2 1 0 0 98 13 136 126 14 147 144 15 162 160 16 174 166 19 2 0 175 166 2 1 - 29 «* * 30 m 31 — — 1 177 166 2 230 166 3 235 166 5 m m 6 m — ? HISTORY Thawed le e out o f Jack p ip es Changed from w ater to o i l in Jack tank Made new dump e tie k mount Welded braek 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 16* e asin g Centered r i g over h ole, put on new c a rb u re to rs, put on ja r s Water le v e l 8 AM 4 ' from lo g g in g poin t l a t e r le v e l up to lo g g in g poin t W ell flo w in g approx. 10 0PM, 1200# prensure on gauge through lim estone o n ly . Then baok to 0#. Casing I s s t i l l b e in g h e ld by f r i e t l 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 read in g. Flow approx, 10 0PM. P ip e does not go at 3000# on gauge, w i l l have to put in two more jack 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 fis h in g s t r in 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 to o ls Hole cavin g, went to Burbank a f t e r under-reamer Took load 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