Show T 7 Development of Utah Oil Fields V. V i V V Makes Splendid Progress Despite K t. t Difficulties Common to Industry Thorough Tests Applied to Structures by Companies Com Corn Companies P antes of Expert Explorers Pr Prom Prom- m r ise se Big Re Results 4 E search for oil P pools in commercial quantities in Utah V 1 has been Vigorously pushed ahead d during 1924 and f iudica- iudica lL ti lions ns now arc strong that success will vill be achieved in ill 1925 as est test wells are now partially completed which in the opinion of colo of f the leading leadin producing companies of the Rocky in region will pen f that that hat t str forth forth huge an ar crude oll jutas as hasi has i b aC c om bh d during 1924 in In Colorado Colorado ter just over Utah's Utah s i. i ie gas err r the v t.- t. story of ot the search for crude V I n Utah Utah- a search which is still sun 1 ty m unabated by a a. series or of has efforts efforts has been and nd to a great degree to those who are paving ie- ie wa Several times Utah etah has hast a wave ave of sensational t r excitement but this has hasab ab abated t with unsuccessful efforts Q n d ct now the the- pioneering is bei being cared cared cared car- car ed on in a splendid manner by the Ii producing oil companies in- in inding ding the Midwest Refining company com corn c pany any tny and its subsidiary company compan 1 the lie he Utah Oil Refining the Texas t Ge General ral Petroleum and a at t ow small Independent companies financed n through the sale of stock r tg the public at large which has han stuck f t ck tenaciously to the task of I tilling rilling in tho face of ot many 1 UNDER DIFFICULTY TV The quest for crude oil in Utah 1 have been disheartening but must be remembered that before LJ a 0 great reat Salt alt Creek oil fields nearer near nearer bier er W o. o were Vere developed into h Khas s been the greatest oil field I h tory thirty years years- was spent In g and many companies I i af at fitS first began drilling there went klupt and Save gave Dve up their efforts later to see seo the greatest gush- gush known on the American conti- conti t brought in In h earliest oil fl fields Jf of Utah are ted fed In the southeastern part of s state where shallow wells were covered many years ago These flow wells in the field known as asSan asSan San an Juan district are In proba proba- probate te e most desolate yet yet Ie part e-part of ot the United States It c ted be beyond ond the scenic wone won won- e of ot southern Utah where roads I unknown a few years ago and andr tire ire r except for a few that have havea a Constructed d b by oil companies 18 In the section dig deep cans cani can- can s st in n i their progress that are at att t of ot hundreds of ot feet I 1 forming gorgeously col- col 7 tg s. s The countr country has lias never SUf surveyed It is Interesting to tov v that the oil developed from frome e shallow wells hundreds of es civilization and railroads probably the richest crude oil feT er el found round in America being of s s. s ch ci l a high gra gravity that it is Fro ru pour the crude oil as it comes t. t 11 1 the h wells into gas tanks of au- au u mobiles and it Is volatile enough l oP operate the motor successfully l CAMPAIGN in this fie field d that the Midst Mid Mid- Mid Mid-j idt si st t Refining Reining the Texas company the d d the Utah Southern Oil corn com any ny said to be a uniting subsidy com I ry y ot oY the General Petroleum of I i are planning a campaign I test the deeper sands If these J I per sands prove to have ha oil corn com com I j b it will mean the open open- g g if o ot ot athis this district the coming of eople to a l portion of ot the state I Burned even by the Indians and here era only only an an occasional lone pros- pros I r iv grader ra or yr trapper trapperS Js is found nd except t. t for parties of f oil engineers I geologists And from the the i J 1 States geological survey I IJ Drilling In this field is costly tf et M fuel problem is the only one oneat I at atis alis Js solved d as the oil from the I Ilow j flow low wells is used for drilling I g e deeper tests But it is I ary ly y to make the country passable I j constructing roads through what I the most desolate coun- coun j on ort the North American conti- conti 1 I coun-I fe Then in il the actual drilling j I Cher serious problems are faced I J n the drilling of or wells it is nee nee- I Esary sar to have hae a certain amount or orr or I water eater r in inthe the hole Porous rock i I which are passed rough will not hol hold this water 1 ut cause it t to run off into the the I leer er be beds s down in the deep canon canon can- can I Jon on on gorges It is then necessary to Cement m nt off these formations and grill if rUt through the cement which is isi I tedious and costly operation FIELD i I PROMISING PROMISING V J r The most promising field for Utah I Gust now is is the Cisco field in Grand Grand' county county eastern Utah where the Utah Oil Refining a recent recent- c nt J I I ly Iy brou brought ht in a huge gas Ds well that immediately im focused the tile oil circles of or the nation nation upon the Utah district dis dis- The gas well became Ignited during a II lightning storm and burri burned 11 l for several days daye lighting up the landscape for miles around It Ita way was a finally put out by Il a i discharge discharge- of dynamite the hole capped off and nd another test well is now about on one one- third completed a short distance No 1 well With a 3 knowledge knowledge knowledge knowl knowl- edge of or the underground formations formations formations forma forma- gleaned from this Initial test at Cisco geologists and engineers of ot the Utah Oil Refining company believe e a commercial well will be developed at No 2 test This belief seems to be b by the activity ty of other oil companies to obtain a a. foothold inthe in inthe inthe the district and those who held leases and land in the district are having little trouble In signing drilling drilling drill drill- ing leases which will mean one of the most active drilling campaigns in the Cisco field as soon as the weather breaks In the spring of ot any other er field in Utah The rhe Cisco field I is along along- the benver Denver Rio Grande railroad and in a section ot of Utah that is far removed from Crom Salt Lake and if the field proves up a commercial commercial commercial com com- mercial oil district billions will be added to the wealth of the state I and Cisco will wiH Unquestionably jump Into prominence and be one of the foremost centers of ot population In I Utah and be to the state as as- Casper is to Wyoming or Tulsa tp Okla Okla- homa EXPERTS CONFIDENT The Cisco field looks doubly good to the oil men because e of the tho successful successful successful suc suc- drilling operations in Colorado Colorado Colorado Colo Colo- rado just over oer the border line Here I during 1924 have been developed i I great new oil fields in practically the same country as extends over I into Utah The Dakota sands have hae proven to be oil bearing and it is I Ithe the Dakotas that are thick and un unbroken tin tin- broken in eastern Utan titan un-I un Another important test well Is going down between Vernal and 1 I Jensen in the Uinta basin The I Utah Oil Refining Is p putting down I this hole on patented ground grod ro Uld and the geologists of the com company n d de declare declare de- de clare that the Dakotas ate are thicker in iii this section than any other part of the state and are more nope- nope I ful fut even of f this test than the ones of Cisco I The Cisco discovery nt attracted oil oilmen oilmen oilmen oil oil- men from all over no nation The first to jump into the field among I the the independents ts is ls tho tha Sandburg Petroleum company which got its J I i A r. r TA start during the flush flush g production i o itt f in Santa Fe Springs around aroUnd Lbs LM An An- geles This company bias lias leased i land In the Cisco field and is getting getting getting get get- 1 ting the material and equipment into hito the fi field ld for drilling I TEST IS THOROUGH Th The Texas company which is the I largest independent producing refining re refining refining re- re fining and distributing company of the United States Staten Is now actively located in Utah Itah through the Texas Company of Utah etah the only subsidiary iary lai of this organization The I I Texas company is joined with the Midwest and other large producing companies in m the development of Utah fields and is actively engaged I in testing out structures in eastern Utah and has made a thorough geological ge geological geological ge- ge survey of ot southeastern Utah x I Ot qt course course the history of or Utah's I oil i Is y t et to be be written since to haI ha have have- I 1 date no nl commercial l oil fields yet been develop developed d. d It may b ue- that it will nev never r be written for even even I I the best geologists may bo wrong In their opinion and the only way that the matter can be solved Isby is isby isby I by actual drilling operations l 1 Ion ow- ow over ever considering th the thirty thirty gears spent spent in iii d' d developing the Salt Creek field and the long y years years' that i 4 took took tto to develop Other sr gre groat at at fi fields ld of Am America Utah's chanc chances s seem good good- The Cisco gasser asseT Is lh the most important ant discovery that has yet been made and greatly overshadows the di disappointments that have hare been been occasioned on other structures ANOTHER NOTHER SECTION There is still another nother section of ot Utah that must be tal taken en into consideration con con- At Coalville the Ohio Oil on company a Standard subsidiary subsidiary subsidiary iary is putting down a a. deep test and antI has had some very strong show- show Ings of or oil oU but it Is still sUll reported unsuccessful Before the Oho hJo om went in in Roger Powers headed a company that had already started a test in iii Coalville an and ana Is still prosecuting pros pros- pro Its work Then there ai al' alother ar j other parts of the state where small companies are putting down tests orie one being north of Great Salt lake During 1924 the Utah Oil Refining company while drilling for Cor oil a at l Woodside struck a helium gas sand I This discovery was of ot extreme Importance Importance Im Im- I due to the scarcity of he helium he- he Hum lium gas and its importance in the I development of aircraft operations both for war and commercial pur pur- poses This discovery Ct caused the president of the United States to immediately Issue a proclamation setting aside the district as a helium hellum reserve The well has been capped for future development and this ma may mean that Uta Utah In case of war war will supply the most important important important tant gas kno yn yn the heavier than air ail aU aircraft raft such as the giant airships airships air air- ships to the Zeppelins of ot Germany The rhe helium discovery lY is Is said to be the first in instance instance instance in- in stance In tho ho history or the world orld where this g gas S has been developed In form from the from th the ground around I I ur s 's I During g t the first ir nine months of year last last year 20 09 s skilled workers r ers In Inthe inthe I the building building- ull trades left Great Britain for v ne iv lands r r t r fl I l lQ I I II I II I Q I IA I IA A surface view of the famous Ontario proper property y in the famous Park City mining district Summit county This is now now ono one of tho the properties of the Judge Mining and nd Smelting Iti company o pany |