Show getting under way i in n uinta ui nta basin basi n john T pope president of the arado oil company which owns the flow of high grade 1 oil ten miles from dragon uinta county utah reports that while considerable comment concerning oil drilling ventures in wyoming and nevada has been heard very little is heard of oil developments in the uinta basin notwithstanding the fact that several scores of wells from to feet in depth stand capped awaiting production at fort duchesne a well which flowed thirty six barrels per day has been capped several rigs are drilling wells steadily in the different fields of the district excellent progress has been made in the testing of the Gal galloupe lOuDe process for the treatment of oil shale shale men who have visited the galloupe plant at vernal recently and watched operations according to mr pope are unanimous in the opinion that this process excels others in the treatment of high grade oil one unit of the plant has been thoroughly tested out and ten additional units are being installed A recovery of fifty three gallons of oil to the ton has been recovered it is said oil sands to be tested not only have the of the uinta basin a great future production but the oil sands near vernal as well some idea of the magnitude of these deposits may be gained said mr pope from an examination of the outcrops which show the extent of the sands the stratum stra which is from to feet in thickness and twelve miles in width outcrops fifty miles to the south on the other side of the range tests made put the average oil con fent at forty five gallons to the ton this oil 1011 which is a high grade according to mr pope can be very economically allY recovered by a simple washing process process in fact mr pope and his asso elates ates are so well impressed with the possibility libi lity of treating this deposit profitably that plans are being made to install a to plant this summer although the duct of this plant will have to be hauled fifty y five miles to the railroad mr pope is nf ident that the venture will return a profit A freak oil producer production of the oil flow of the arado 1119 company has been increased by drives tion the face of the tunnel into the forman the to 4 total distance of feet from at portal ortal and by sinking a five foot sump this freaks point this flow is one of the eaks of the oil industry ly ay attracted high by b a seepage of exceptional grade oil ailt mr air ago aen i pope several veral years drove a tunnel a few feet under an oil sand which outcropped out cropped upon a hillside this stratum which dipped gently into the hillside was cut at a point feet from the portal two hundred and fifty beet feet from the portal a five foot sump was sunk in the sand stratum which is about twenty five feet thick by purn pumping ping this sump which rapidly filled up with the oil an excellent production was obtained the company now proposes to drive the tunnel forward into the formation and to develop an increased flow by sinking sumps bumps at regular intervals tunnel oil product unique this oil is the highest grade product of its kind with one distillation and seven cuts twenty five high grade products are made the compressor oil made by the company will stand a temperature of forty degrees below zero without coagulating according to mr pope one of the products made is in demand for its medicinal properties at present this flow is under lease to colonel E L decamp salt lake oil operator the resources of the uinta basin in regard to oil farming lumber mineral and coal are vast said mr pope there are thousands of acres of fertile land for which an adequate water supply exists large forests and coal shale gilsonite and other mineral deposits could be made productive if the transportation problem was solved however the outlook for the solution of the transportation problem looks bright it was rumored in the district a few days ago that the uinta railroad had been taken over by a new management which plans to extend the road a distance of forty miles from watson the present terminus if this is done development of the resources of the district will receive a great ini impetus petus |