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Show GEOLOGIST STUDIES JAMES OIL WELL SAYS THAT WELL HAS GOOD CHANCES FOR BEING WINNER In order to obtain a scientific opinion opin-ion from a geologist of state-wide repute re-pute Walter James asked A. G. Bur-ritt, Bur-ritt, of Salt Lake City, to come down to Milford last Sunday, and give his opinion of the James Oil well, as based on observation of the well at its present level, 3200 feet. With Mr. Burritt, also came J. H. Manderfield, manager of the Union Stockyards in Salt Lake. They came Saturday and spent Sunday on the location. Mr. Burritt talked quite a bit on his experience in oil fields, and compared the James location with the La Barge field in Wyoming. He is really the father of the La Barge development, going in there contrary to advice of other geologists. He talked of oil structures and forms in general, discussing dis-cussing both the marine and vegetable vegeta-ble theories. In looking over Milford's field, he stated first that there were no faults to drain off potential oil gatherings, iasmuch as the field is shut in on all sides. The geological structures at the James well, he said, were the same as in the LaBarge field, structure struc-ture for structure, and layer for layer, lay-er, with the difference here that they were thicker. The limestone in which the drill is now working, is one of lower Pennsylvania Penn-sylvania limestone. Below such a limestone is invariably found oil-saturated sand. Summing it all up, Mr. Burritt said that once the drill cut through the stone, there stood an excellent chance to win. Its depth is unknown, being between 200 and 500 feet. The deeper the stone, he said, the better the indications in-dications were for a good big oil-sand. oil-sand. The drill went through twenty feet of oil-sand before striking the stone. There was a little oil, but not enough to make a flowing well, yet a good index of what is to come, it is thought. The hole itself is so straight that a stilson wrench applied at the top will turn the entire 3200 feet of casing. cas-ing. This in itself, is a tribute to the good work by driller Herman Kuiiii-ska Kuiiii-ska and his two sons. |