Show CANADIAN m l FIELD DORMANT I 1 Promises of Rich Strikes Strikes' Fail to Materialize ED EDMONTON IO TON Al Alta Alia tn Nov 3 By Dy United Press Press No No oil strikes have been made in the Mackenzie River basin this this' year y r. r Winter is closing down the drilling season Is over and I prospectors are coming out The countrY was believed belle to be a bonanza bonanza i oil field but If it so so Its riches remain still hidden II j I The only complete drilling rigs that reached the Fort district were I those of the Imperial Oil company I j and the Fort Norman Oil company I Tho The Imperial company brought In last fall tall the first gusher that cause caused I the oil boom excitement It concentrated concentrated concentrated concen- concen I I its work this this' season on a well wellon wellon I on Bear Dear Island in the Mackenzie op opposite opposite op- op Fort Norman but so far tar has I struck no flow I The Fort Norman company drilled 1 I Ia a well to a depth of ot 1500 feet teet A flow i lof of oil had been expected at a depth I much less than that but the supply of ot casting gave out and work was t stopped Drilling will wily be resumed i next year I The government recording office at Fort Smith for the filing of ot claims calms will be kept open all winter The Thenet Thenet I Inet net result of 01 the seasons season's work on the 1 Mackenzie has been valuable mental work but the big strikes expected expected expected ex ex- have not been made The chief disadvantage in the development of ot the country is the lack of at transI transportation transportation trans trans- which makes mates it extremely I difficult to get In drilling machinery |