| Show drilling operations have pro steadily the past week 1 on the shafer no 1 discovery ia veil on cane creek dome which blew in as a gusher at a depth I 1 of 2028 feet but which is being gent down to explore deeper ter antory after repeated attempts to cement off water and save the production in the first sand had met with failure nearly three hundred feet oft new hole have been made since drilling was the bit is at a depth of 2300 feet fifty feet of sandy lime i yere encountered under the sand at 2028 feet and then the bit passed through a stratum of shale A salt formation was t then tapped and the drill is still in I 1 this material it is thought probable E that three hundred feet of salt will tl be penetrated under winch shale 13 ki the next sand should be fac ai countered at from 2700 to 2800 feet according to geological data at the present rate of progress this depth should be reached in about ho weeks six inch casing will be na whenever there is any indication of caving in the hole or when indications point to the proximity of an other sand f the no 2 well on shafer dome was alast maht at a depth of 1150 feet E only sixty feet of hole were made during the last week due to the ex hardness of the limestone for nation being cut operations are proceeding smoothly at both camps i drilling progress on the no 1 well I 1 daring the next two weeks will be of extreme interest and the attention of the oilmen of the west is now focused a the moab field it is considered i that the which has already proved cane creek dome to be i prolific producer will come in eam at a lower horizon prominent geologists ft ho have made detailed 3 examinations of the structure have H along contended can tended that the first attain sand should be encountered at round 2700 or 2800 feet even when the well blew in with immense production at 2028 feet these ceolo bista held to the theory that greater production should be reached at a deeper horizon altogether three or our sands between 2800 and fett should be found according to the data I 1 operations looking to the further of cane creek dome are proceeding steadily A crew of men senaid sen aed in building a road to reach e Pr cromel permit chere snowden will spud in a well bc we midsummer work has started ca the obstruction of a landing pier the river for the snowden acan beeny well A road is also bes built to the L L aitken permit all of the material for the southern no 2 well stout half a mile up river from no 1 s on the ground and erection of g will start soon the moab garage company barge kept busy hauling and aplies to the camps with the atin of operations on the lock no 3 structure by the utah company the big boat will w II 11 N night pt m operation practically day |
