Springville Herald | 1947-05-01 | Page 9 | Public to Draw for Oil Leases

PUBLIC TO DRAW 1 FOR OIL LEASES A public drawing for oil and gas leases sought by 46 applicants within the 6280-acre tract in the southwest corner of Emery county coun-ty will be conducted May 21 at 2 p. m. in the district land office, Bureau of Land Management, Salt Lake Federal building, their officials offi-cials announced Saturday. The 46 applications were selected se-lected from some 132 filings received re-ceived at the land office and represent more than double the number received before in any bidding period. They have accrued $101,132.54 in fees for the office. Previous leases on the tract were cancelled by government action ac-tion several months ago.