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Show TAH-CALIFORNIA IS STILL IN THE SHALE - -frill Btill In oil shale and making good " trass," was tho message that came " 'erday to the local offices of the Utah- fornla Oil Products company, which low drilling well No. 1 on its lease-I lease-I at Fillmore, Ventura county, Cnli- ila. This report jf the cutting of the Bhale first came last week and the llnuaneo of the oil-producing shale nation Is regarded by experts as high- avorable to satisfactory results. he experience of the past six weeks cs that the Utah-California has led through the "danger zone" found m the old river bed, containing sand, ' vel and boulders, was encountered it two months ago. It Is the belief '.hose familiar with the territory now ig drilled that the bringing in of a " Jucing well is only a matter of the ''' e required to gain the necessary depth. " A Superintendent U. S. G. Todd has " Ised the local offices that he expects " ipeed up work by putting on an ad-" ad-" onal force soon. |