Show RIG UP IN COMPANY SHOWS SPEED IN GETTING GIBSON DOME TEST UNDER WAY STANDARD OUT FIT NOW POUNDING natural 0 of a most discouraging cou raging nature have been overcome by the deseret petroleum company which yesterday started studding spud ding in a 20 inch hole on the rose permit on gibson dome located in the indian creek section forty miles guoth of moab the gibson dome is one of the most inaccessible structures in southeastern utah and the transporting of drilling equipment to the location in the short space of a month was an undertaking that few companies would have attempted to reach the location it was necessary to expend a large sum of money fin the construction of roads tho old wagon road leaving the moab monticello highway at church rock and running to the dugout ranch on indian creek was followed but before trucks could travel it a large amount of road work was required from the dugout to the gibson dome it was necessary to build about five miles of new road M W geer and sons and M L meeker had the trucking contract and succeeded in placing the equip at the location on contract time the road passes through very rough terrain and it was necessary to use horse freight outfits to move the heavy loads over some portions of the route while the road is still anything but a good highway a start has been made towards opening up a truck road to indian creek and the deseret company states that a comparatively small amount of money will place the route in first lass condition for all year truck transportation it is now possible to drive to the deseret location by automobile the deseret petroleum companas comp anys standard rig is of the same pattern as is used bv the union oil of california in the fort to drill wells from to feet deep over feet of lumber were used m the construction of the derrick heavy six inch ng irons were used with steel wheel and steel crown block the derrick is 84 feet in height A 20 inch hole is being star ed drilling crews passed th rih moab this week en route to the location to commence work the deseret company a organized in salt lake J traca wootton is president and henra W rose Is vice president L L travis of the travis interests and A J turner of grand junction have acquired a large interest in the com pw r and have charge of drilling op rations mr turner has had super ision of the task of the drilling equipment to the location the gibson dome 13 said to be one of the most prom in the moab field several other companies have holdings on the structure and are making preparations to commence operations among them are the utah oil refining the utah um and the western states develop |