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Show ill mm ADOS TO IMS j Lands in Uintah Basin Elat- erite Belt Secured on j : j Expert Advice. I COAL IS ALSO FOUND Territory to Be Exceeded Only by California and Oklahoma. The ai.-nuiitinn of more t-han 1-00 i fli-ips of oil iinrl oil shale lands In Hie lintali l.asin, to bp added to its already extensive Utah hold inns, was announiied yesterday hy the Union Oil & Gas company. com-pany. The trurt is situated about fifteen fif-teen inlks wr.n of Duchesne and about Thirty -Mix milra noi'Llieast of Helper. In the clatcrite bell. It was accepted after a thorough inve-stipation on tlie part of C. K. Davis, an oil man with experience In California and Wyoming fields. "After an exhaustive investigation of the L'inttih basin .ountry riurincr the past f:tr and a halt," Haiti "Mi- Davis in at nicirt, "1 am of the opinion that the Uintah ha Hi n Ua hII the indications of luTominjj one of the blpKeat oil fields in the country with proper development. Jn inv opinion 1 1 ip Uintah basin, when developed, will bn ex ''filed only by the Uallt'oruia and (.il'laiioma fields, and it may be ccun to them. My own inves-tication.M inves-tication.M have been aug-monted- by an experienced ex-perienced mining man and a geologlHt. Structure Is Ideal. "I have no hesitancy In pronouncing: the area rmbnued in the lauds acquired by the Union Oil & Gas company a perfect anticline, the ideal anticline structure of "which has been mortified somewhat on the west to monoclinie proportions by the upheaval of the Uintah range, which runs parallel to the axia of this dome or structure. struc-ture. "Not only is there this formation verification veri-fication of the structure, but the elaterite veins the matter or which is nothing but petroleum residue and the trend of t lie veins, as evidenced by the direction, all Indbato Hint the fissures, into which the petroleum flowed to dry, ware along the linos of the greatest tensing, or strain, caused by the forming of the structure. "It is worthy of note that on the northwest north-west the character of the hydrocarbon residue changes, and. instead of being railed eiat.eritc, has been na-ined tabby-ite. tabby-ite. The difference is doubtlessly due to local changes in mineralogical conditions reacting on the pet ro leu in or residue in a way to effect the variation. "The local evidence In favor of an oil 1 structure, the area further east where the gilsonite deposits occur bears the samo relation and relative position to the eastern rim of the basin as the elaterite 'area bears to the wesern rim. The great Kt.e and depth of the gilsonite veins on the east seem to indicato an enormously greater escape of oil. Deposit Big and Rich. 'f we take into consideration the 2S.- 000 feet of sedimentation underlying the basin, th gradual upheaval of the rims a nd t he corresponding depression of the central part of the hasin into one enormous enor-mous synclf ne running parallel with the axis of the anticline'' on the west and also parallel with the rim's of the basin, wo are able to understand bow it was that hydrostatic pressure in the depressed j t'ncli ue stra la, meeting the resistance I effected by strata elevation in the mown- ! tain ranges, forced the mound or dome structure, the axial or transverse tensing of which resulted In fissures into which ti;e oil flowed or escaped, according to the depth of faulting. The shallowness of the elaterite veins evidences a shallow i faulting and therefore a retention of the oil. I believe that the future will demon-l demon-l st rate that this area under discussion covers an oil pool of vast extent and great richness. 1 "Another matter of some interest af-' feels tiie deposits of coal which underlie; t his section. There are five veins out- : cropping In this vicinity, varying in i t bieliness from six to twenty-five feet, six inches, making a total depth of fiftv , feet, or ISP.OuO.Oi'O tons, on each 1G0 j acres. : Coal Is Indicated. j "A line extended southwest would touch! j t'.ic great coal mining district around Cas- I Uccaie, where the veins show essentially I ' the same charac ter and size as those oc-! 1 'ir ring in the basin. The geological formations' for-mations' indicate, however, t ha t the coal is I.Vih feet deep in this part of the basin. "The eround acquired by the Uintah ( 'i: & Gas company is within that area vi the a ut id i ne where the elaterite and ' we'-: erite formations occur, and a snm- marv of the potential value o: these lands would include elaterite veins, wegerite deposits and so many million tons of oil siiale l hat an est imate would seem to i suggest exaggeration carried to the ex treme. In addition, there is every indication indi-cation that oil In large quantities may he, ! tapped by drilling. There are "JS.OOO feet' of oil sedi menta -ion undernea tb and the oil formation is perfect." |
