Show pik will BORE GAS A NEAR 1 ION the tho midwest utah southern drill oa th the big six dome twelve m miles ilea of moab Is rapidly ip ap hiner the expected dil 11 horizon rely shortly before noon tuesday when I 1 dr del h of 1090 1990 feet hid had been reach i hard stratum of limestone wa via ded after drilling through bout feet of a formation conefy of a enit alt and black carbonaceous ea atle ea after penetrating the hard an immediate increase in the 03 u flow row wa was noted the amount ol 01 u na his estimated by drillers drill ere to be lx A f x t sq of the initial flow of bic feet encountered ome some time ago und and which was wa mudded off it V to explore further tbt the f ir mation underling the hard tipping due to the he wearing out of the break lining on the bull wheel aich made it necessary to operations tuesday noon until I 1 tie new boing a could be installed this mater il A reached moab last night and by tomorrow morrow drilling dr illin will again be un ler 1 wu the drilling drilling crew came to moab amiday aftem afternoon oon to enjoy a brief is cation in town pending the arrival I 1 the new brake lining and after thanksgiving dinner at noon today will return to camp this after noon doon to resume operations exceptionally rapid progress has tag bm ei made at the well past week st thursday the depth was 1625 feet beet about feet of ot hole beine belitz adrille I 1 m five days the 10 inch which wai was being carried tarried down nth the tools was hung up at a depth of about 1700 feet although the he formation below the casing is hold ng rig up well the open hole will be adir dir reamed to the bottom in order to permit the setting of the 10 inch casonjr at the bottom before making any new hole and before bedfor penetrating jenet ratina further into the form formation ution ing the hard stratum at 1990 feet it t is thought thu this formation will consist of either a limestone or a sand A sight showing of oil wasen elco count lunt ered vath the ajust ewt be fore operations were suspended the drill is approaching interest lag mg territory and those familiar with the be lora lors of other wells drilled in the formations of this section would not be sur surprised prided if the SS midwest utah southern drill ah should not lap a saturated sand at any time line now although the objective and sand is believed by midwest ceolo rats to be at a depth of around feet oilmen familiar with the district dittri ct confidently believe production will be obtained it at a tit considerably hallow shallow cr er depth the interest of the oil fraternity of the west ii is now center ed on the moab well and nd develop bevelot ment ments during the next few we week will be awaited vath intense interest that the well will be a thorough test of the structure is nde made certain by the fact that the hole is i now dry ail all of the water having been success acce uc ce fully shut out the drill will explore the expected oil horizon horizons without there being a hole full of water to obscure the extent of the showings the probabilities of the big sll six dome developing into a food good prodoc cr er are greatly enhanced by the repeated encountering of wet gas dor dar ing the part a t wo feet according to oilmen we the gas it is mid said is th the only wet gas of any volume en count cred ered in the state en an analysis a bow how ing that it is of pure petroleum con tent it is pointed out that this gai gas very evidently comes from a 8 pool 0 of oil the big flow of ga gas also prove that the structure is closed thui thus showing that there has been no chance for the oil to escape and it must be in place with the setting of the 10 loinch inch casing at bottom and the install installation ati of a new control head just received recel 4 at tit camp the drilling crew will be able to save the gas jut just encountered and it will undoubtedly be used ra a fuel for the gas engine which operates ope ratel I 1 ithe the rig news nes from the other wells in this district has been scarce the past few N weeks beeks crescent figle is still swabbing and cleaning to determine the amount of oil A new swabbing tool toot has been received and is greatly facilitating the work the casing has been dropped to the foot mark and the water ha has been bailed down to a depth of 2700 feet the water co content I 1 is apparently diminish ing and the oil and rai vas showings continue very the oil loil content comes to the top of the after swabbing operations and takes a long time to bail out the oil accumulations all the at the well has bag been fil filled led with a high gravity oil and present production is being turned into a sump con strutted ted for the purpose A num number of crescent Crescen eagle tEagle official officials were at the camp the last of the week and they expressed high hopes that a big producer will soon come in there |