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The Dry Hole 2008-08-20 - South Central Kentucky - Photo By Ed Waggener. ColumbiaMagazine.com and other news media get a lot of calls when gushers are hit, but this is the first time any wanted to publicize a dry hole. The dry hole was drilled in last night, after reaching the second break in the Knox formation. All farmer Wid Harris and fellow oil hunters have to show for their effort to help the nation's energy crisis is a pile of limestone dust and this dry hole. "I located the well myself," he said, "but it might be that when we moved the well over 100 feet because we were too close to the creek--that's what threw us off." Still, he said, he'll probably try again. He has an interest in one well that is producing a small amount of crude--"May three and one-half to four gallons a day,"--he says, down near Jones Chapel in the Gradyville Oilfield. Harris said that the dry hole does mean his wife will have to continue teaching. "I called her and told her she can't retire on the income of this well," he said. For the record, he didn't actually put the dollar down the hole. "That's the tips on four haircuts," he said. To make ends meet, Mr. Harris also operates Town Barber Shop and various and sundry other enterprises, including being the longest serving Magistrate in Adair County history and owning the only combination barber shop/marriage parlor in Adair County. With all the bad luck, he was able to laugh through his tears and continues to "Endeavor to persevere."A Today, Thursday, August 21, 2008 Today's Picture Album photo Read More... | Permalink | Comments?

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