Show ah tab Structures Offer Excellent Excellente Chances For Development e e o men o of Oil t tIn y In n Commercial i ere a i Quantities uan i ies Belief LIed Le ted Sands Oil Seeps Small Production and Heavy Gas Flows plows in In Various Parts of State Point to E Existence e of Petroleum D. D Deposits posits Geologists Geologists Geologists Declare Many Tests Under Way Waye Wayt present time there Kiere are no commercial oil wells of signi- signi at a t nhe the the e boundaries of pf Utah geologists believe that the ch chances n es sc cl e v within workable flows ar arP e excellent Saturated oil sands and andr r r loping no San Ju Juan Wayne and and Emery coun counties les small production tion in in I. I p ps i county and the striking of heavy flows of gas in in many M 1 nl ton ou 9 hoot the state are the indications upon which this belief used i companies have havo b been cen oil rious loUS s tests testa In n various ulous locations location t state for several t the a U. U bOut hout although althOugh some extreme- extreme nd and have been beena showings a many difficulties K e e. e e a manY prevented the positive e lotion of the worth of n many anY disheartened e th structures Not dis fl dhe dU difficulties s many t e man Search search for tor oil is steadily the V forward and the latter f InS Ing pt of ouS 1958 1928 I saw W some the q din a de developments KETUS PETUS GIVEN in Jn southeastern l f hed a 1 strong impetus Crescent Eagle well near nearis the is in Grand county count pr proved loner lower Pennsyl Pennsylvania roves rocks tithe the regarded as ns a a. source of or are knowledge was further ThiS his the drilling of or then the WU n by well ell near Moab wh where r sev- sev feet of oil oil-b oil bearing Is were ere cut This material asphalt t w when e ld lo looks oh ks s like m ork k In hi i t the he hail hands until o of ot n exposed to heat reeks r t. t i m th of Moab in m the Colorado the Utah Southern fi r conyon 1 Lb II Refining and Midwest 1 I h ones es in the Frank Shafer test jf t th the e eer Cane Cana Creek dome in I Ii 1925 struck a flow of 1 i i er er that at spurted high above the canyon can cam on wails and de- de I attempts of or control The trick rick caught fire and was burned mechanical tso trou trou- th ground De ground and s used b by the gusher and the of a salt water stratum tode to de oil bearing U-bearing sands at a depth of lS feet has made it impossible latest test the horizon U thoroughly and kt the commercial worth of o showing e howing Th The well was put fora to a depth of feet and andare are liO other ther oil showings were struck BEING PUMPED i I j lAtter standing under pressure of eft ter for two years ears oil is be- be ln jumped lu from the well at nt a ai ah i h of 2025 feet by the tJ Utah and Moab Consolidated n and is being beins used u net uel for drilling another r well ell wella a a flank of the structure one fl t distant This test is Know t e John Shafer A 1 well Anthe An- An the b te teat t of t the e C Cane ne Creek tre now ow aw is under way by bv the Ut h o n to determine whether the theol doming of ol the str structure has not been 01 by the forcing upward of a at t Flu from the interior of the uta In which case it is believed n would be had from the theAS oats AS rather er than from the axis of pf hj e such as S is Js the case atthe at the Top Too and other famous TeI Teas Tams 5 fields I 1 OO T of the Salt Valley l urr north of Moab are on the of the Utah South Southern rn and dub 1 Consolidated companies and tests are arg being made of Fru tortures tures in south southeastern stern Utah by b the Phillips Petroleum nd dd 4 Union UnIon and other r major compa- compa ilu Tests also are being drilled V Vernal Cisco and anda n a counties LO 19 the Ashley Valley structure fj ernal Vernal the Utah Oil Refining has proved pro an important two welts wells having struck o of 30 cubic feet of in- in tamable gas Gas however at present time is not regarded as as- asset in the tho field and e AW for r oil are being carried parried fort fora for- for a t l. l r 1 SHOWING NAPE MADE We Dale in m November 1925 an Im- Im showing shoeing of or of pl oil was red at a a. depth dept of 1855 feet in int h hird test to be d t e Put down wn on by the ugh Oil on Re- Re sing company Inasmuch as t th this is s failed to log los with Ith the other ro 0 and nd Is geologically deeper it to be on n the ot other er side s fault ault which u ar It Is said may f trapped the UIO oil In jn the light s favorable development drill drill- la lir r as being wing push pushed Q ahead as rap rap- possible l Irit o Ii rest In the Rosel section on orth h shore of ot the kp Great Salt ang looked upon lIpon by fy some ge- ge e- e as a favorable structure In the latter Jatter months 1928 A. A A P. P 1 New York f man am and id financier oban ohan ob- ob OCk In an n option on a a. largo Jare I ars-I bJ block ck of the Leonora Mining and andy UI company y w which ich owns awns oil oilin ng rights o lve in the section and plans n 9 made New ew for tor a test have equipment h has as n. n Purchased and the he Leonora e onora een Deen be deep deepen Drilling also ad datz resumed the Jr 1 the Leonora Leonora- well In ln the dl trl t. t Fetal ral com to eJr drilling filing ci to In ding companies p anle s arp arc rp ing acquit acquiring gs 5 In m ot other fields throughout rate to and 1 giving Suing them profits to kit h continue the search In territory Ivl 4 Utah Oil au f Southern Apron Among the the e these Colorado are u Ired 4 extensive company which has acu ac- ac Lw Interests Crests in Texas Few rig Mexico and the Bullion aired Company nr which has ac ac- o oil drilling nga rights in the gag California field The Bulas Bul- Bul has as brought in one aping Well in in d Coalinga and the theE well Is now being being- drilled E W Y INDUSTRY FOUNDED The he Ah near rY of ot a Ii large quantity W ht about Cisco Utah has e the establishment of black I industry an acI ac- ac at alles new of to Utah The barren fore o the we eastern Utah desert deser sheep useful for tor foran grazing p t the and cattle now torms the nty lor bUilt factories es a an nd the e com com- amp am- am b by y the p Crystal Costal Caru Car Car- u d Carbon a subsidiary of th U the at ate In n West company w Which OP op- op J VirginIa Kentucky ana a x fl dB J and Montana Five thou thou thou- it or of carbon car rb on n black sev sev- eighty r Is times time fIner than tha than t t for use made dally daily and shipped d In the k manufacture o ok or ot re r e rubber tubber goods automobile l 1 d paints dyes car carbon bon paper j other articles tt Lah has many examples of frea freak substances e e the ones that pro produce uce U he W or r have evidence evident e com commercial i quantities o of f I petroleum Ther There Thero arc aro aro wells that gush hot water somo that pour I forth quantities of sulphur water and others that pierce thick potash I beds s. s In several of the Grand Giand cOunty county county coun cOun- I ty wells liquid containing so to heavy a salt content have been found that this corroding fluid destroyed in a few days the clothes of workmen I inflamed their eyes ejes and blistered t their hands and faces Utah Ulah Oil Refining Renning company in a awell awell well drilled at Farnham de developed devel- devel el eloped I a heavy flow of soda pop or carbon dioxide gas Near Woodside a well has a flow now of SO cubic feet of or gas which contains 1 15 5 per percent percent I cent helium which is desirable for use in inflating dirigibles because I I of t its Us great lifting pow power r and non- non inflammability inflammability- I Tho rho gas pas of or Texas wells which now no produce the helium used for United States dirigibles Js Is reported report report- ed ed to contain 07 per cent Jt helium or half as much as that available United in do the Utah gas Because the States government nt officials see foresee a time when Utah resources of helium may become extremely valuable Jle the Woodside structure e has been set tet aside by congress us lis a Jl helium reserve When the day corner comes that gDS gas from this well Is required by the government nt several million dollars dollars' will have to be invested In In- In vested in III ta and other J buildings build build- ings at or near Woodside as the extraction of or this rare element Is Js a complicated and expensive pr process ess |