Monday, Apr. 13, 1942

Unique Well

The stuff that came whooshing up out of the newly drilled well was--believe it or not--pure nitrogen. It may be, reports Nebraska Geologist Harold J. Cook in Science, the first nitrogen well ever struck. Drillers were hunting water on an eastern Wyoming ranch when, at a depth of only 156 ft., gas whistled up.

No less than 78.03% of the air is nitrogen--which is used as a constituent of many explosives and fertilizers--but a well yielding undiluted nitrogen may prove useful. This one has been capped until its uses can be explored.

This file is automatically generated by a robot program, so reader's discretion is required.