Show VIRGIN NOTES virgin city utai uta 1 advocate colonel wood is now making good time on his well near rhyolite no 1 he is down about 90 feet A number of cave ins occurred before casing could be put in but this has been overcome under present conditions mr wood will strike the oil sand in about two weeks the water has been cased off in this well and its proximity to no I 1 is good assurance that oil will be ba tapped at the same depth the water was not shut off in the first well so if the new hole strikes the same oil body it is sure to be a stronger producer than no I 1 is the paraffin virgin company has made rapid progress the past week mr downey stated that manager halterman had put in about 90 feet of 9 58 casing and succeeded in completely shutting off the water they are now using a 7 bit and are down a total depth of feet there is some talk of forming a company for the purpose of establishing a refinery here A small plant would be installed to refine illuminating and lubricating oil for the local trade it is stated that frank bonneau is now in the east and does not expect to return for two months nothing will be done with his well until his return manager holohan is pumping the rhyolite no I 1 a few hours each day and supplying fuel oil for two rigs and also has about barrels in the big storage tank hastings and barry on tuesday completed a new oil tank for the virgin river oil and development company it will be used for delivering oil |