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Show OIL SAND AREA I AT DAIRY FORK IS PROMISING Outcropping Found Contrary to Geologists Report On Formations In answer to statements made by Dr. Frederick J. Pack, geologist of I lie t'niversily of Utah,' before a meeting at ( igclon roccnlly before the Ogdcn Chamber of American KngtniHTS, that the western half of I'lnli, and particularly the Lake Itonncville sediment area, was entirely en-tirely barren of oil, local backers pf the soil sand area at Dairy Fork in Spanish Fork canyon feel sure Unit this promising properly has been entirely overlooked in Dr. Pack's observations and swooping statements, according to T. M. All-nuni. All-nuni. Dr. I 'nek, in his statement that the oil goolgisl's hnven was from Price south lo Huntington, evidently evi-dently overlooked the Spanish Fork area. This vein of oil sand is said to he so rich in oil that by starting a fire of wood. Ihe sand can' he burned burn-ed readily, and that oil will run out of the sand. Oil drillers from the Signal Hill district in California claiim that the Dairy Fork shows more oil than any sands found in California. |