Show TO thoroughly TEST OIL FIELD WEST OF VERNAL UINTA COUNTY a I 1 y the border petroleum co of which robert J turner of price utah is president and R AV foster of denver colo is vice president have succeeded in obtaining I 1 contracts to drill the keene allen alien and turner permits situated six miles west of vernal vernal says the express producing sand about 1600 feet this land has been reported upon favorably by well known geologists and the contract to drill has been arranged 1 1 for the depth to possible producing sands is about sixt sixteen e en hundred feet A new rig will be used on this work and every li provision will be made to complete successful 1 tests partial test twelve years ago some twelve years ago a california company drilled a well on oil one of these tracts to a depth of eight hundred feet upon po the advice of sonic some california geologists b but the hole was wis not completed because of financial difficulties of the company to prove vast oil deposits this proposed test of the border petroleum company Compa riv will vill prove tile the source of the vast oil sand deposits which of vernal if the ceolo geologists ests occur to the west of the city 6 are correct in their theories that these oil sand seepages see pages come from a great body of oil then vernal will profit as only oil towns profit 0 equipment here in thirty days mr foster the vice president of the border petroleum company states that the drilling equipment will be liere here and on tile the ground within the next thirty days he states that the alie rig willbe will be left in this region for continuous testing of oil in coi commer amer the existence until the wells finally prove cial quantities that tile the company will not be disco discouraged that it usually takes numerous knowing holes by one or two dry 11 wells to prove a large field geologist will watch cuttings while the wells are drilling a ae geologist of well known will ill ii fl C nr n of new liew oil fields and id st successful cr emeri experience crice q as well ill all be bc stem steadily lily on the job watching cutting of tile the work 0 successful furtherance v are re drilled to guide tile the vr V r |