Show I MINING AND OIL I e. e Crosscutting has bas commenced at the face tace of ot the McCune tunnel i In the tho East Eat Utah mine mino Park City district according to President R. R T. T Kimball KimbaU About feet teet will wi have to be driven before the objective is i reached RENO March MarchA 26 A A A voluntary In Increase Increase increase In- In crease of 26 25 cents per shift In the wages of ot underground and faco face workers Is announced announced announced an an- by the principal operators operator of ot the Comstock mining district The balance sheet of the Mining Ining company as of ot January I 1 1 shows a profit and loss deficit of ot balance balance balance bal bal- ance In banks bullion bulon accounts receivable general general general gen gen- eral supplies supple accounts payable reserve for depreciation and andI depletion and total assets and I liabilities Two tests teats In northwestern New Mexico are being started by the Producers and Refiners Relner corporation one of ot these thee being blose biose to Gallup on the Arizona Arzona line lne Material Material Ma Ma- has been placed on the location and the k has been finished This test Is to be made on a block of ot leases of acres which is held by W. W 3 A A. Matlock Co and ad Gr Gregg e. e Co of Denver The second New Mexico test tet Is s on the southern Ute structure east eat of Farmington Farming- Farming ton In the northwest quarter of ot section lecton 31 1 This Is an offset othet to the gas gaswell gaswell well wel of ot the Midwest Refining company on the southwest quarter of section 36 16 32 14 32 w. w The Fhe he Enos Creek test about ten miles mies west of ot the tho Grass Creek field on section ecton 2646 4 2 Is shut shut down at 2626 2625 feet The derrick Is up and drilling ready to commence on the company's lease Jea Inthe Inthe in inthe the Lost ost Soldier field feld recently taken over from the Wyoming Illinois Wyoming petro petroleum etro etro- leum bum company on section 11 28 26 1 The No 2 Wertz welt well wel Is standing and wl will not be bo drilled dried In until weather conditions conditions con con- Improve The report on the company's three tests In the Salt Creek field feld are ae as follows fol- fol lows No I. I section 40 18 40 1 standing ceI ce- ce mooted I section 40 14 40 1 drilling at 2070 teet No 3 3 sec section lon 40 C running Inch 10 at 11 1275 feet teet On a lease in southern Montana adjoining adjoining ad ad- joining acres out of ot the held by the Middle Iddle States and Southern Souther States State In and Wyoming Midwest Oil 01 ho has ha brought In a a well making over barrels This well wen was drilled on recommendation rec tee of ot Frederick C C. C Clapp probably the most experienced gelo geologist on Montana Montana and Wyoming oil 01 fields Mr 1 Clapp is an of the tIle Haskell Haskeil In Interest Interests In- In CereaLs terest but is temporarily representing the United States senate public land committee of ot which Senator Smoot I Is chairman which is investigating the Wyoming oil 01 situation Work Vork on this Wyoming Montana n development o Is b be being being be- be I Ier ing done o by Oil Lease Development an operating er company owned a third each e 1 by Southern e States son Middle I Jr States r and I stockholders stockholder of ot the later latter through a astock astock stock distribution uton made last lut January Januar This result promises great value to OH Oil 01 I Lease Leue Development stock in addition to toIs its Is successes already scored In southern Arkansas and Texas I Drilling has been resumed by the CalI California California Cal Cal- I of ff the p Pine Oil le c company Mountain rn on field section e west of 34 2 r Casper Cas Cas- I per t where operations u were suspended last fall fail fal at 2166 2156 feet flet The Te well wel fill fi b bp continued to the formation in which oil ott oi has hu been struck druck by the tha Alaska Alaska- Development company The Southwestern Petroleum company com corn pany drilling on the Lundy ranch near Saratoga southern Wyoming l struck gas at 1900 feet Operations have been suspended suspended sus sus- pending repairs |