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Show 396 Machinery for drilling the Frank Shafer well No. 1 was moved to the site in the winter of 1924 and actual drilling operations commenced early in 1925; the John L. Shafer well was started in the spring of 1926; the Hazelwood well was started about the same time; and the Prommel No. 1 well in 1927. The John L. Shafer well, the last well drilled, was started in 1928. ( Discussion by counsel R. Vol. 6 - p. 1016) In 1926- 27 there was a well drilled on the San Juan anticline near the San Juan River, another on Cedar Mesa north of the San Juan River and another north of the San Juan on the Elk Ridge. With reference to Bluff the Cedar Mesa well is to the west and about four or five miles from the San Juan River. The San Juan well is on the San Juan anticline on the right bank of the San Juan River. The Elk Ridge well is about forty- five miles north from the San Juan River. The equipment, tools, and supplies for drilling these wells were taken to the sites by automobile and no supplies were taken by way of the rivers. The Elk Ridge spoken of is in the LaSalle National Forest. R. 1014- 1018. ( Note: Complainant's exhibit number 124 marked and identified by witness as map showing locations of wells near the Colorado River.) He marks on map with a circle denoting the position of the John L. Shafer well, the last well drilled, with respect to the Frank Shafer well. The pink color on the map indicates the outcrop of |
