Show As the winds breeze in the oil news laboratory tests of the kroul continuous process of ex tr acting tracking oil from shale are being run by M R kroul the inventor formerly a salt lake mining man utah shale mainly from the soldier summit region is being used in the demonstrations charles lackey pioneer oil man of western wyoming while in kemmerer recently announced that himself and associates have decided to drill a new well in sec 12 28 the material is now being moved onto the site and erected and drilling should be under way in ten days according to mr lackey the site of the new well is midway between betge en the lincoln idaho wells drilled in seven or eight years ago acro with small production at around to feet the fact that many applications for leasing permits on utah oil shale land are on file at the salt lake and vernal offices of the united states general land division probably will result in several utahna going to washington december 1 to attend a hearing on oil shale claims an invitation has bee been n issued by the interior department according to associated press dis dispatches p aiches to those desiring to submit advice regarding the governments policy of issuing patents for such claims to attend the meeting stockholders of sunburst oil gas company sunburst refining company sunburst consolidated royalties company stevenson associated royalties company hager stevenson oil company and sunburst producing company have voted to consolidate these companies into the sun burst oil refining company with a capital of 20 wOW thus makin making P one of the largest and strongest independent companies in in the state this deal was brought to fruition through the efforts of L C stevenson and associates pioneers of the kevin su field in montana is setting of the drilling equipment and derrick at the new hole twenty eight feet west of the old location in the illipah oil field thirty five miles west of ely nevada was completed and drilling was commenced with a 15 inch hole according to J E amenda president of the petroleum company mr amenda declares that the enterprise has passed the problematical stage and is as near success as a drilling proposition can be outside of an actual showing of oil before picking out the location he secured the services of T tasca a swiss italian locator who uses a magnetic instrument and who located the hole over a prospective pool which he predicts will be a commercial well at a depth of from to feet the border petroleum company with headquarters at salt lake has studded in on the L H allan permit seven miles wes west t of vernal utah drilling was commenced in a 1032 10 inch hole with an armstrong steel drill rig Dr drilling drillen illin operations are under the supervision of F J S sur it is is expected to find oil at a depth of 1245 feet according to mr sur the rig is located a short distance north of the dog valley and if oil is found at the present drilling site it will prove the dog valley district said the geologist the structure has been favorably passed on by five geologists mr sur reported about fourteen years ago oil was found at the present drilling location in in good sized commercial quantities but because the hole caved and water got in in the well it was not developed although a great sum had been expended on it said mr sur the structure is a with an arch down the center asje y ap reports which have been coming in during the week from price concerning the operations at the price R kiv iver petroleum well have been very encouraging in fact many were of the opinion that the we well 11 had come in and excite ment was quite high due to the fact that practically all of 01 the stock of the company is owned by tintic gintic people says the eureka reporter of the early in the week the ane 1 drill struck a strata of thin sand at a depth of 1583 feet chich saturated with oil and the g was heavily a light green a for pressure forced this oil to the surface of the well and time it looked as though the well was going to come in in a the the driller H E walsh was on the verge of cuttings cuttin CUtti ncr b gw be casing and putting it down in shorter lengths in in order to t SOO prepared in case the well came in however the drill and shale passed through the sand and on into the mowry foot the casings are being put down in the usual sixteen six tee f lengths the mowry shale also shows oil flakes of 01 para P fin being taken out of the hole hoie |