| Show e IVE OIL ILLING AIM I 1 UNDER WAY IN COUNTY cepl PROMISING oil RAE IS NOW ON the first test wells mells drilled in grand county for oil ps mere put don down n in 1910 even earlier than this men ex mcd ced in the oil business who nho had examined likely looking duons ons of the county prophesied that oil and gas would be en in the underlying strata of our sedimentary forma el charles T lupton connected with the U S geological sur although little was known about oil geology at that time the possibilities of obtaining production of oil in grand sty th in one of his early publications one of the first men to spud in a hole bole for the purpose of tester oil in the county was nat levi who obtained financial aid le eastern astern parties and drilled a well at salt spring south of ion on the rio grande railroad and another well at ten mile ut the same t time ime J W queen drilled a wildcat well at klonas did a company made up largely of moab people the klon mt e 00 ga company compan which drilled a shallow well A ell which was mot ported ded to hav hai e encountered a small flow of gas lie rs ro atif in chiater later years ears with with the study of oil geology further adby L it vaa vas determined that all these early wells had been f in 1 inclines nc lines this fact may have been known by the pio wkho put down doin these wells as it was no doubt a theory in daya that oil would naturally accumulate in the low places structures not wit I 1 several years later P bt Vv western estern allies oil gas PIAT became interested in the 1 atta business and with nat it tit its head studded in a hole in bin of moab this well en d a high gravity oil at 1128 strike caused a consider able flurry for the time being however oil in commercial quantities did not materialize and the hole was carried down to a depth of 2500 feet by the big six oil company although several good showings of oil and gas bere ero encountered in this additional depth the well was abandoned as dry about the drilling operations were being carried on in moab valley the wyoming worming consolidated ith kendick lavi as manager started I 1 a hole in salt valley about nine miles south of thompsons Thomp sons th s well reached a depth of feet when it was abandoned in 1920 another campaign of drilling started the big six company studded in a hole on the west bank of the colorado river in moab valley for the purpose of testing the pennsylvanian syl fornia formation tion at about tho same time the crescent eagle oil company started a hole near cres cent to test the dakotas and lower cretaceous formations at this time the big six well is temporarily closed down at 2870 2970 feet in point of formation this is the deepest well drilled in the territory as it is quite probable that the devonian comprise the last stratum drilled in this well that it is very probable that the moab well may develop into a good producer i indicated by the large body of rich carboniferous drilled all thatis that is needed is a reser voir for this oil dil to accumulate in it is i the belief of eminent geologists that a sand will 1111 be encountered in this well within a short distance it if continued on page four COON continued from froin first page nuch such a ennd sand i is encountered it will undoubtedly y prove to be saturated the BIR big six well is a cooperative test being put down don by the big six company with the embar oil od com corn many and the western allies oil gas company being equally interested in the results arrangements are now being completed to resume drilling on tho the big 4 six atell ell and operations opera tims will be started within the next few beks ileks tha tho crescent fagle after experiencing all the grief known in the game hai has attained att alneil a depth of about feel this is the deepest test so far drilled in the state of utah and when lihen it is taken into consi considers dern tion that this hole ma vas drilled with aith i i sm smil ill int machine lehine with a factory capa city of 1600 feet it can beadil readily be understood whit hat determined efforts were made to re reich retch production to johp john A tannahill Tann Tarin chill driller in chang goes the credit for this drill ng rig re cord probably more thrill were experienced in the drill nc of th a well than in fn my any hole so far put down in the county several strata of pas gas were struck which had a tremendous idous pressure shooting the tools up the hole and incidentally incident aill causing serious fishing jobs high gravity oil was encountered at several horizons in the crescent eagle the last strike being at a benth of feet when the tic well flowed barrels of high grade crude in fourteen hours salt water followed the initial flow of oil but this w ek eek it is reported that the salt water outburst was wits of a temporary nature bedric formation water mater which hall w now nearly all drained off end been bailed from the well oil and ga are increasing in the well and drilling drill inc is proceeding the navajo sand is the objective this ilia sand 1 13 said to be 80 feet thick at the out cropping crop pine pinc and nd the crescent eale drill will continue to drop until thia this sand has bren finally penetrated it is announce i As result of the oil and pas gas obtained in tie ue 1 crecent well weil eions are arc now inow being made to drill many ohp othe test holes an on the same series of folding which includes the floy fold thoo thompsons Thomp sons fold and the cisco anticline I 1 the utah oil refining Re finine company last jail fall put down a well N ell on the cisco structure some fifteen mil miles north west of the town toun of cisco at a dep de bof of 1065 feet a terrific gas pressure of 1665 1965 feet the flow being 00 60 mo cubic feet th well ran wild for several day days and the gas was ignited by lightning during an electric stern the fire destroyed the rig ind and derrick housey and it burned for nearly a week before it waa was aby the use of ex x plo elyes tres the weft was VMS finally capped and the gas ra is being used as fuel in inking sinking well no 2 located a quarter of a mile to the cast east and lower on the structure this well is down about 00 and the objective is the salt va sh 4 band which should be encountered at a slight additional depth in lh evev ent that AM veil well na 2 should prove dry the utah company it is ri iw M reported will drill another teet test wel well on the southern flank of the ure the cico cisco dome has been class ifield as a producing gas field by the U S geological survey the prodoc ing area being placed at acres two years ago the utah arizona and the cisco drilling association arizona companies commenced drilling a series of wells at cisco town small production was obtained in viral of these wells at a depth of around afef feit t the oil is of high ty two weeks apo ago drilling was as resumed on the deepest of these wells winch N aich had been abandond abandon td at a depth ol 01 1000 feet it is the intention to carry this hole down to depth the San iburg petroleum Petrol eLIM company a if Vali california forlin concern leeral months agro acquired a lease on the floy fold and re recently centis in a well uell rn cri this acreage the hole being cocat id d about four miles northwest of the rc scent fa fale le A standard rig is 19 being used and the camp is ift well equipped to make a thorough test A depth of about feet has been reached the object ne of this test is 13 the dakota sands sandi which should be tapped at a depth of approximately feet the crescent dome petroleum company liaa lias recen recently been org organic aniz ed eto to put down a well about a mile north of the crescent eagle A standard rig which was recently brought into the county by kendrick lev levi has been ken purchased by this company and is now being moved to the nell tite the company has a ete equipment tho the mountain states development 1 Com company of which W F reader was the organizer orra nizer has commenced an active campaign of development on their extensive holding holdings on the cn crescent scent anti anticline A well wag was spud ded in with a it small machine just north of the railroad tracks at crescent and a depth of feet has been attained the western states corn cona ganv has jut just closed negotiations for tho the purchase of a standard rig which u tj being tipped fram wyoming to crecent cre cent this rig will be spoiled spotted ner mer the uell ft 11 already started and it should be in operation within the I 1 coming month I 1 it is reported that still sull another I 1 company has ha been organized in salt I 1 lake for the purpose of drilling a wo wall 11 at crescent this company includes many well known mining men i of the thos state two standard rigs will brought in it is reported and the acreage to be drilled lies between ard and Thomp thompsons sons drilling will be under way at sons within a few weeks W Francis cd a california hs has shipped a rotary ril rig which will bo be erected about a half southwest of thompsons Thomp sons ments have been completed for use ilse of W 0 barrels of water per the D 4 R G railroad furni sli the kater aur two other companies 1 are reported to be making arrange i to drill near thompsons Thomp sons but lothing nothing debatte dc as to the location of 1 the he wells his been given out the big six well ell near neer moab mabi will drilled to a depth of at sit least fr i ta ta fut thu this pring spring and unless 1 induction is 1 lit tit a lesar I 1 ath As an mentioned heretofore herel this 11 adl 11 1 now down 2870 1111 feet lelot at h horizons horia ons in the well good oil th bowings owings vure struck and at a depth oi 01 2 feet probably commercial pro ution louled have resulted had it I 1 pen possible poss itle to cage case off tho water which was carried in the hole when the cand sand wis was tapped it is now plan red ir ell to run a string of casing and complete comple alie test with a dry hole probable the most pretentious drill drilling ing campaign ever undertaken in southeastern utah has just recently started on the colorado river structures atlow moab the Alid midwest west ex company a subsidiary of the midwest refining and the utah southern companies has commenced operation on the rip big six dome located nafle miles southwest of mo nto ab on the colorado river the mid west vest last v inter minter closed drilling con tr acts with the big six oil company V aich controlled much of the valuable acreage in the nver structures prominent nt officials of the midwest Hc refining fining awne to moab about the first f arst of the year and made arrangements for the immediate drilling of a test well ell on the upper dome known as the BIB big six three other structures hing further south called the shafer lockhart and indian creek domes v vill ill also he b drilled by the AMA midwest est th these p se at structure r u C turc 3 which are bisected b the colorado river are practically nr lir faulted and have rood good closures the initial uell ell which was studded in th a nek is located at a point h ch eh will enable all possible oil bear ng inz strata in the loer carboniferous formations to be prospected with a foot test hole within three months after a it ernp on the tho big six daw time I 1 the midwest has studded in its well ell i during these three months several buildings were erected the materials being moed to the location from mo nto ab on the ice i ce a large power barge was as erected by the moab garage G company for transporting beav equipment and a great mass of pro pre work has ben been competed cimpl ted the work Q of moving the hcan kachmer nac to the camp b boat corn com fenced march 12 and by april 10 the veil uell ving studded in it is e pecked to compete the teet test by novem ber it is estimated ti mated that this tint test vet on the rivet river structures will vall cost in the neighborhood lof a quarter of a million dollar dollars from a geological standpoint the prospects for securing commercial production prod action in grand county are excel tio nally promising it is believed practically certain that at least one of the several wells now being drilled in the cretaceous formation in the floy cisco district will come in as a producer and geologists are onam td that the colorado river structures in the lower carboniferous will beld oil in commercial quan titles should should any of these wells move successful then the race ie is on and within a wry very few months grand j county will be reaping its reward not only in increased revenue but in a boom bloom ot of prosperity that will mul our population many fold the drilling dr illin campaign in 1921 22 by several branches of the standard oil company when deep lest test holes were drilled in neighbor ns counties coun tit to the west netted four iry dry holes and two freak gas wells freaks in that the wells were drilled or hydrocarbons the well at farn fam nam dome near price truck a bg big now flow of what was reported to be car 4 it I 1 1 14 KH g if t ian kl alj I 1 I 1 I 1 ih h wll 1 11 1 W I 1 II 11 I 1 I 1 II 11 I 1 f H I 1 wh tl I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 V f 1 1 I I 1 I 1 I 1 i 11 II 11 II ll 11 14 atit f if f 1 1 f I 1 I 1 I 1 t ah nil I 1 if V 1 I 1 n w I 1 li I 1 it I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 HI ri i i 1 I 1 t II 11 I 1 I 1 I 1 II 11 ft 1 tl I 1 1 11 I 1 t I 1 t i 1 I 1 1 I 1 1 0 1 I 1 IV KM its 1 ll 11 4 14 1 I 1 ll 11 wit fit 11 ll 1 it I I 1 4 I 1 f ri tho light or thin i r rif I 1 i 11 tin f g 0 run 1 11 I M A I 1 I 1 f i 1 in 11 ll f t th hf I 1 i I 1 I 1 II 11 II 11 silt antl I 1 in n t ill 1 1 1 ir 1 it 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 oil r I 1 I 1 th liv iri rc i i t hi H i ditri ll 11 tl 1 roll IH tit I 1 I 1 1 tarica 1 of if ani I 1 fit I 1 I 1 i til I 1 P PI 1 it I 1 1 fl I ill 41 trill if 1 U 1 I I 1 t 11 t ituk id 1114 A I 1 tim allf I 1 4 t ft 0 i ani r th it is it 11 w 11 f i r ml tool abut ham 11 r t a its f ft ta b 1 tr r in in thiet linof I 1 title 41 it I 1 f tl it of ri rn it rit r i t it 14 1 au iii III ution loin ih fit f t iha lie I 1 notions soli olad ol it td d for th thi test alli 1 1 no so far pt put alon 1 wr I ra 4 t I 1 in the most fit fi raille clr 1 I 1 irk r I 1 if f tho hi Orti turp in ili ir art in ili I 1 11 or r im fault I 1 ailt hough t ir if 1 I 1 it I 1 it I 1 I 1 themire th erwiM mai ma be fit a ruble f r th R nc of oil it is notable that the lop lo 10 of th Ik estern allien allies mir 1 six and res fint nt eagle bells ghow show indre bodies of silt 11 and that thi oil and gas cowings in these all aello came in in sal salt it formation the first two NO wells were frilled in 11 the while the latter well studded in in the nanco IllIn ehalt blather V hither or not these thene wells were drilled frilled in faulted zos zones has not as yet been determined however the production at the cres cen cent eagle tEagle ie is reported to ge oe holding up after the lapse of six months these v ells were all drilled on ure in san juan county holes have been drilled to shallow production at mexican hat flat and deeper tests have been drilled which were off ure the monumental oil company P A dark clark manager is drilling a test with kith a diamond drill on the hul kito structure south of the san juan river and the utah southern has studded in a deep test on the east anticline antic lne cine ot of the san jaun ural conditions are ideal for good prof producing luciail lu ciril wells but the remoteness of the fifield fn id has held back develop ment if it the 10 lower er P pennsylvanian formation in which aich the san juan companies pin their fatih for production should prove productive of oil and gas in commercial quantities then one of the biggest oil booms in ears will undoubtedly result as the probable extent of favorable territory is veil mell nigh unlimited owing to the occurrence of deep erosion on most of the structures in this region geology has been sim fied as the sediment aries are usually 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