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Show J OILSIRIKLREPORL BY 01 IS NOT VEfO Utah Oil Refining Company Officials Deny Receiving Receiv-ing Telegram Persistent reports have 'been In circulation in Salt Lake during the last day or two that the Ohio Oil company has encountered oil in the m'ell which it haa been drilling on the Calnevllle dome, near the town of Calneville, In Wayne county. ttelief was said to have been expressed ex-pressed by men connected with the Ohio company when work was be-irun be-irun on the Calneville well several weeks ago that a shallow sand would be encountered at about 1000 feet, but that it was not anticipated that this sand would develop a commercial commer-cial supply of oil. Considering the length of time which drilling operations have been under way. and deducting the time lost recently through the breaking of the bit. it is figured that the drill should have reached a depth of 1000 feet at this time. It was reported that a telegram had been received at the headquarters of the Utah Oil Refining company In I Bait Lake, stating that the Ohio had I struck oil at Calnevllle, but this was I anm. denied. It was stated by one of the 'iV officials that he had heard of the rumor that has been in circulation, but that he had been unable to verify It. |