Show REOPENING OF SOUTHERN UTAH OIL WELL progressing NICELY the work of edging sw out the collapsed 10 inch casing in tile the midwest utah southern gusher well on the big six dome has been proceeding favorably during the week under the direction of L L bechtel district superintendent of the AL midwest refining company the arrived sunday and operations started monday morning according to the latest news front from moab the six eight nine and ten inch have been run part way to bottom and mr bechtel is confident that the pipe can be opened up by the end of the week to permit the running of a string of 8 inch casing the 10 inch pipe did not collapse so badly as it might have done and undoubtedly it can be opened up with the sw edges after the casing is opened up to the top of the ten feet of cement remaining in the bottom of the hole the tools will be run to drill out this plug the 8 inch casing will then be lowered to bottom of 2028 feet and will be cemented in there is a possibility that when bottom is reached the well will flow again but it is not beli believed eyed that the activity will be so strong as to prevent cementing operations it is confidently fi expected that the casing should be run and cemented by the first of tile the month the cement will then be allowed to set for seven days after which the sands will be opened up |