Show BAXTER BASIN GAS AND OIL FIELD GETS ATTENTION OF investigators rock springs wyo june 24 dr C C clark well known oil structure ex expert p ert and owner of the much employed s gyro log has been here for a few days looking over the local geologic structures since his last visit to rock springs Z 1 dr clark hasteen has been called to california colorado and other states to fact act in an advisory way on the further drilling of structures that have been held in abeyance one of his direct opinions causing the owners to continue drilling billing 6 after they had given up hope will make an interesting sto story ry later on suffice it to say that the owners followed dr darks clarks advice and got results within forty seven feet on this point dr clark refused to be interviewed but the complete story may be brought out later while here dr dark clark and lester S scoville made a trip to the baxter basin field with a news writer afterward dr dark clark had this to ta say 1 I cannot at this time give out much of the information I 1 have but old baxter basin is receiving the attention of many large oil concerns that understand its potential possibilities ties while at denver recently I 1 discussed many interesting points with mia managers 6 of prominent oil companies many ot of them are of the opinion that baxter basin has been neglected long enough that on account of its converse nature wherein many separate structures are represented under a single name that there alemany are many spots where oil must have been accumulating for millions of years which the drill will release from its storage one of these days the mighty gas discoveries alone indicate that fundamental theories have all been correct i e that something made the gas and that that something is oil somewhere downs the flanks strong evidence of which has been revealed several times in logs of holes on the upper structural body at aspen mountain I 1 have some good news that I 1 should like to give out but I 1 canno tat this moment state the facts owing to several of the deals being in the embr embryo y 0 with a possibility of their not going through as planned As soon as I 1 have complete information I 1 shall give it out but you may state that there will be something doing in several places in baster basin before very long as much as I 1 can say at this time it may be stated here with propriety that dr C C clark stands as the earliest big advocate of the red desert domain of which baxter basin is an integral part his original hypothesis which grew into a sane conclusion of the diverse parts faulted off separately in a way to prove every strong surface clue has been strengthened by actual tests one of the big rocky mountain operators paid a tribute to dr dark clark recently in a conversation that was bound to get out he said your original conclusions regarding the known gas area of baxter basin have been positively correct candidly we have tried to ito whipsaw and find fault with many of your inductions deductions and conclusions covering your years of activity on the baxter structure but you have been correct in every way your estimates have been strengthened by time and actual proofs dr dark clark has returned to salt lake city for a conference with california and promises to again be on the fields surrounding rock springs about july 1st ast |