Salt Lake Telegram | 1921-04-24 | Page 27 | Drilling Soon to Start in Uinta County

SALT LAKE TELEGRAM SOON T START IN COUNTY UNTA Hill il Creek Dome Will Wil Be Developed by Salt Lake Capital Drilling operations will wi be started on the HI Hill creek down in the Unta county as as soon as the tho necessary machinery machinery ma ma- chinery can be assembled I This was definitely decided upon at ata ata a meeting held in Salt Sal Lake of or men having leases patented lands of 01 who have made applications for government government gov gov- permits At this meeting was wa read a report of C. C W. W Buskirk petroleum en engineer engineer en- en of San Antonio Texas exas cover covering ing lg the Uinta basin and with wih cover I particular par par- reference to the Hill lUl Creek dome The report stated after describing describing de de- scribing geological conditions of the basin In general that the thickest oil 01 sands known to exist underlie the Uinta basin that these are thoroughly saturated with wih oil 01 and in the opinion of the geologist would probably furnish furnish fur fur- nish the world supply of oil oi for centurIes centuries cen cen- If fully developed The report recommended drilling driling on the Hill 11 Creel Creek dome and stated that In the opinion of the writer the Uinta country would probably become the biggest and most productive oil 01 field fieldIn I In the world The report showed slowed that erosion on the Hill Hi Creek ome had I placed the oil 01 sands within easy eay reach of the drill John H. H I. I Wootton stated that In an I interview with Dr Douglas well wel known geologist who has spent sev several eral fral years stud studying the tho Uinta basin sev-I sev for forthe forthe the Carnegie Institute ho he had given it as his opinion that the oil 01 sands I of lof the Wasatch formation should be bo reached on the Hill Hi Creek dome at a depth not over eight hundred feet I John Pope stated that he had knowledge knowl edge of the country countr under discussion and gave gave- It as his opinion that the I oil 01 sands would be reached at a depth I not over eight hundred feet even from I the top of the r ridges and that h by I mt ft drilling Tl og f from the e bottom of the draws a or gulches the first sand might be reached within two hundred or three hundred feet reet A government report bv by Dean Winchester Win chester government geologist was read in which he mentioned the Hill HillCreek rea Creek dome as being the principal structure which he observed In the Uinta basin and referred to It as a alow alow low dome Mr Pope who is an officer of the Oil al company said that his company company com com- pany had driven a tunnel Into the oil 01 sands at a point about twelve miles mies east of the the- Hill Creek dome and obtained obtained ob ob- In this tunnel a production of over fifty barrels per day of a very high grade gade base oil 01 that his company has a refinery on the ground at the drill dri and has been sell selling sel- sel ing the product for some time and that the production of oil 01 from the thE tunnel Increases as the tunnel Is extended into the oil 01 sands I It I was decided to form a company to be known as the Hill Hi Creek Oil 01 and company and begin operations opera opera- tons on a tract of acres of patent patented ed land all al but eighty acres of which will wil be assigned to the company The first board of directors who will wi select the officers consists of John IT H. Wootton W. W C. C Alaxander F. F C. C Stannard E. E M. M Ashton Jacob Evans L. L B. B and George II 1 Short