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Show Hyde- D 612 wiggling around; on an air line, probably thirty miles, something like that. Q About twice that to the river? A Yes, very nearly double the distance; by John's canyon you lose five or six miles. Q Were you personally interested in that drilling enterprise? A In the drilling enterprise I was not, only as a citizen, a store man, I expected it to help me that way. Q And in connection with the drilling of this well it was necessary to bring in material for the rig, the tools and the casing? A Yes sir. Q Do you know how that material brought in? A I do. Q How was it brought in? A It was brought in by horses, pulled in on wagon, and the heaviest of it eased down into the canyon with ropes; the lightest was carried down; the wagon road was never made to the rig. Q None of it went down the river? A No sir, none of it went down the river that I know of. Q After that time were there other wells which drilled in that country? A This same man, Mr. Goodrich, Oil Company of the San Juan, I think they called it, backed by A. C. Ellis of Salt Lake, Colonel Ellis, an attorney, he sent in another little rig, put it at the bridge crossing or at Goodrich, Mexican Hat basin, 2580 |
