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Show UTAH'S PROMISE OF OIL 17" J" ' " "I Hyde No. I Oil Well if I p.; , . - Grand County p f g),fcMr v KJu Refinery,, Mexican Hat, Mr-x 'a. San Juan County g l:: . ... i " ""NsBa.- .'i.tri(f!Jk .,. t .3. By G. T. HANSEN President Utah Southern Oil Company ' , IN Utah certain hydrocarbons found nowhere else in the world occur, and the fascinating search for sizeable petroleum pools continues, con-tinues, with fair prospects of success. suc-cess. Gilsonite and ozokerite are the minerals o which this state has a monopoly. It shares with a few other states such rare gases' as helium, nitrogen and carbon di- not progressed to the stage whefc the character of the deep rockj Is known, but such lower strata cof-relate cof-relate as to geological age aifl position with formations which arc productive of oil elsewhere. ' 1 1; In the western and northers areas, the preliminary stages of ex ploration have hardly been reached Surface study is impeded by hvg desert deposits of salt, sand HU aluvium. Millions of barrels fO! oil are contained in the shale lie posits of northeastern Utah, butno processing plants for the promotion promo-tion of oil from shale on a dm-mercial dm-mercial scale are in operation! oxide. It is liberally endowed with petroleum gas and asphaltum deposits. de-posits. Asphaltum and gilsonite are produced pro-duced in the Uintah basin; asphaltum asphal-tum seeps on the north shore of Great Salt Lake have' been worked and some shipments made from them as early as 1890. However, the larger program of exploration for. oil began soon after February, 1.920, the date the oil and gas leasing leas-ing act was approved. Drilling for oil Incidentally brought to light unsuspected un-suspected gas reservoirs. . Helium, a non-inflammable gas commandeered by the U.S. government' govern-ment' for aeronautical purposes, was: discovered at Woodside, Emery county, and helium and ;nltrogen at State Line, (Stand county. Carbon dioxide, or "dry ice", a natural refrigerant, was tap"ped . at Eaet Anticline, (.San Juan), and Farnham, (Carbon county). coun-ty). Petroleum gas was discovered at: Boundary Butte, (San Juan); Cisco, (Grand); Ashley Valley, (Uintah); . Clay Basin, (Daggett), and Last Chance, (Emery County). Showings of oil occurred at Mexi- Unfinished tests, operatingt or suspended, include wells - from 09 to 4880 feet deep -in Box E(er, Summit, Utah, Washington, )ag-gett, )ag-gett, Emery and Grand eoufies. The operators are Leonora & M. . Co., Longwall Petroleuir Co., Ltd.; Diamond Oil Co., Arrotead Petroleum Corp., Mountain;Fuel Supply Co., California Co., Rmsey Petroleum Corp.,' Columbia frude Corp., Utah Southern, Oil C and Equity Oil Co. Roughly, for and one half to five million dollat have been expended in direct pjspect-ing pjspect-ing for oil within the' state.1 Rock asphalt has been deSloped near Vernal in Uintah coury and near Sunnyside in Carbonfouhty and used for sidewalks a road surfacing. Gilsonite occursprinct-pally occursprinct-pally as' filling of veins iihale. Operating Klines are locate, xear ty. Uniicl States Bureau' . o',' Mines r-Prts sales of gilsonite by prod-ers in northeastern Utah o 28.? tons in 1933, valued at ?577,-'i 7, and 30,355 tons in 1934, valued 3599,739. Ozokerite, or mineral ivax, deposits are found in veins can Hat, (San Juan -county); I Six, Salt Valley, Cane Creek a Crescent, (Grand county); ville, (Summit);' Vernal Br (Uintah), and Bloomington, C ington county). de of . Commercial use is being ice some of these resources.. Asnie is. refined and marketejal wjth Valley dome supplies oil waf. natural' gas. Mexicanree years refined and sold fof when the supply raj jn. uta)l - The first test Jt Bamberger probably was tb.own ot ereen. and Millis near as drilled about river. This w,ptn of 1000 teet 1891 to a to'to have developed and is repoof non-inflammable a small f Morrison age. gas in bctral Utah the problem In ea to locate and drill the seemsi.' an ancient sea where beacS are thick enough to re-thej re-thej oil. Those domes which tseen drilled are mostly in the wsiu, from its edges, and i encountered insufficient sand southern Utah exploration has li similar to those . of gilsonite. ': J . plant for mining and processinf has been built near Soldier Summi in Utah county This is reportec to be the only commercialized de Posit of ozokerite in the United States... , In the campaign ot development important expenditures have been made within the state for 'payrolls and supplies. Operative Indus, tries have been formed for market lug gas and residues.. Expenditures continue in the search for , oil Rentals for leases have been paid to landowners and to the state Legal and abstract work has bees handled by local representatives Royalties have accrued to land an( permit owners. The state own-thousands own-thousands of acres of land, some q! which are almost certain to. pari? cipate, if discovery is made. Ttt lease terms are workable. Mob than 70 percent of the area of Utai is owned by the United ' Stata. Under the terms of the leasing la the state will participate in . 41 royalty payments for productiai from federal lauds. . j |