Show WOODSIDE HELIUM MAY RESULT PLANT with acres of land near woodside already reserved by the united states government as la reservoir for a future supply of helium gas there is bright prospect of gigantic development that may mean the sinking of many wells the building of a gas separation plant and the construction of a dirigible balloon factory at green river according to john C howard president of the utah oil refining company who returned recently from a trip to washington the helium gas was discovered in the well put down two years ago by the utah oil refining which company 13 now being reimbursed by the government for the cost of the i well A rig is now being erected over the hole for the salvaging of casing and plugging the well so that the gas may be conserved the woodside gas is the richest known supply of helium in the world P M brewster of the united states bureau of mines is now in the field perfecting arrangements with the engineers of the utah oil refining as to the best means of sealing the woodside well which has a production of cubic feet of gas under la pressure of pounds to the square inch because of its great volume and its relatively high percentage of helium it is considered one of the most valuable helium wells in the world it has been said by the government geological engineers that the prospective supply in the area reserved is worth at least because of the fact that this supply of helium is in the hinterland removed from the menace of either coast it is very possible that the government will not only erect a plant for the separation of the helium gas at green river but it is also possible that they may build dirigibles there said mr cowlard they have been extracting helium at the fort worth plant and shipping it in tanks at a great cost to lakehurst N J for a time it may be that they will ship helium from utah in tank cars under a system recently devised but the very probable outcome will be according to information I 1 gathered at washington that they will build their shies in utah fill them with utah helium and bail them away the utah oil refining company put down the woodside weil bv special act of the company has been reimbursed for sinking the well to the extent of since helium is specially reserved to the government under the terms of the leasing bill other permits in the area were canceled bv action of the land office deiv ing the government a total of acres that are expected to yield helium gas II 11 L rath president of the col anver oil company was an arrival sunday and will spend the week at moab gay C brown castleton rancher is a visitor in moab mr brown has been experimenting with truck gar deniec at castleton this vear and he has that that section can produce unusually fine head lettuce it is probable that he will anise enouch lettuce next year to supply the moab trade JT J Nic lsen resident state rood engineer accompanied bv airs nielsen and son returned to maib the first of the week from where mr nielson had been engaged for several months running the location loci tion survey for the proposed federal aid from monticello 0 o the colorado state line near doe creek the was completed engineer nielen and family will leave monday for salt lake cita and will spend a month or longer m the northern part of the state |