Love - The Odessa Record "By Your Relative"

Odessa Record subscriber Larry Fisher of Spokane continues his series of articles on the history of the Batum/Lauer area (where his wife, the former Joyce Kiesz, grew up).

Hi, here I am again.

At Batum, the first work will be the drilling of wells and lots of site work. One of the wells will be a 30-inch one, sunk to a depth of 90 feet, from where it will continue as a 24-inch well, the largest well ever to be drilled in this area. It will be an extra deep well, intended to go at least 1,000 feet in depth. The 30-inch well is large enough so that if tool trouble is encountered in drilling, a m...