Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-02-03 | Page 28 | 146 Oil Claims Filed in 8 Days

148 OIL CLAIMS FILEOJ 8 DAYS Rangely Field Is Center of Interest in Shale Activity. Special to The Tribune. VERNAL, Feb. 2. During the last eight days there have been 146 oil locations loca-tions filed at the county recorder's office. of-fice. The center of the activity is in the shale located on White river, and in the Rangely field, where tho well was recently brought in on the property of the Emeral Oil company. T. W. Boyer, cashier of the Continental Continen-tal National bank, through John Glenn here, has located on sixty-seven claims on White river. This property contains shale as well as prospects for drilling operations. In addition to Mr. Boyer's party of Rock Springs, Wyo., business men are associated in the deal. It is understood development work is: immediately commenced. William O'Neil of Roosevelt hi on forty-eight claims of oil shale located near Rangely, Colo., on tt: line. Considering recent discovt: this field the outlook is very en: itifC- The saturated sands locaW White Rocks has had its s!Wr lions also. Several local men StV ' stitttted parties who have made re.S trips in that vicinity. Included i' number are: Irwin Eaton, S. K. . C. H. Shirk and Charles A. Jolinsf drilling machine has been or ( party of local men headcrbj 5. : Shirk to develop their oil laid : ings. Through their efforts, it ij : Colorado and Oklahoma capital ii hind them in pushing the work in '. . rich field. With the contemplated struction of a reduction plant there spring, great activity is expected.