Show LATE developments in the MOAB OIL FIELDS J well in at feet at a depth of around feet the arya shafer no 1 discovery well on creek dome is still drilling m alt at abound feet a stratum i cf black shale and salt was entered hanging again to salt at about feet As this edition is printed I 1 alt is still being drilled at the J H shafer well 10 inch asing has been lowered to 2000 feet aid work has been suspended pending from casper it is dundei stood that due to the danger of collapsing he string the casing will not be i oared to bottom but will be cement 1 td m at around 2000 cr 2100 feet j joins in suit william spry commissioner of the beneral land office was interviewed sy the press while in salt lake last reek and made some enlightening torments ton ments in regard to the oil land of southeastern utah speaking on he general subject of permits under JM oil and gas leasing act commis coner spry said that he had recently been overruled by secretary work rathe department of the interior he turned down an application extensions of the conley permits giong the green river but that the alicy now to be pursued by the gov piment would be to give bona fide mit tees all reasonable extensions chere the permit tees were acting in pod faith there were certain features of le applications referred to that I 1 aadot discuss for publication I 1 id on the circumstances as I 1 knew hem but in the final analysis the ac tensions were granted and the road policy was announced that acre permit tees act in good faith di are not merely attempting to old their lands until someone else ants along and develops showings ear their holding so that they may en a mere speculation then bey till be given reasonable extends for the general good of develop lent we have taken into ace aunt ahe inaccessibility of some of these tuc tures that may be coming under it is realized that it will ab great sums of money to reach aase areas and put down holes therefore the is attempt to fix the regulations in such as to aid those who are mani duj acting in good faith la regard to the claim of the state utah to title to the oil rights in j se river bed of the colorado nver I 1 oa missioner spry said whether or not it is conceded that I 1 e colorado is a navigable river nich still se ettis to be an open ques on we have the spectacle ef the ute of utah as intervenor in a it between the government per j and the state lessels lessees I 1 have rested and I 1 believe the j on will be followed that the govern take a hand the suit on be 1 of its permit tees as well as the te taking a hand en behalf of its G L elas of snowden was a business visitor in er the last of the week to meet officials of the domany in re ali to operations in this district aden are now erect ft rig on the prommel permit on crek and expect to have drill under way within a week or to while mr ellis was at dent took over loank on the elk ridge located about a mile from the tw well now being studded in will contribute to the X midwest well and will its own acreage in case a cry of oil is made on the good progress being blade on many wells favorable drilling being made on a number of wells in the moab district which are just now commencing to make hole following of preliminary work at the utah oil development company well on moab anticline two miles east of town where drilling was resumed last friday following a two months shutdown a depth of better than 1000 feet has been reached the drill passing through shale the past several hundred leet with ive oil and gas showings in evidence ten inch casing will now be run the hole is in gypsum and it is believed that the first oil sand is close at hand at the big six well the embar company continues to make favorable progress cleaning out fhe hole preliminary to setting 3 mch casing fhe utah petroleum corporation is araking good progress at both of its wells at the dome camp a depth of better than feet add been reached the first of the week and at last reports the gibson dome well was down feet both wells are doubtless considerably deeper at this time the utah southern company is studding spud ding in its cedar mesa ell and should be bole rapidly after this week studding Spud ding in operations will start at the lickhart well nel week having been delayed while for a few minor parts for the engine the empire gas fuel company on gibson dome is now making good progress following boime trouble with surface lime A depth of better than feet has been the western states companas comp anys well on gibson dome is down around feet favorable headway being made the midwest well on elk ridge will be studding spud ding by the end of this week the crescent eagle well on crescent ditale has been cleaned out to feet A plug will be set and a production test of tho sand at teet will be made operations are proceeding steadily at the rotary ng of the armstrong company on crescent dome A depth of several hundred feet has been reached practically all of these camps will be leaking rapid headway from now on and in several cases the drills will be reaching interesting territory soon another of the large and enore important oil companies has entered the utah field the california petroleum company having filed its articles in this state the capitalization is authorized for divided into shares R E bering vice president of fhe parent california petroleum company is president charles F stanley general counsel of the parent company is vice president and ashley D boyle of salt lake is secretary the moab garage company has moved a standard derrick from thompsons Thomp sons to the mexican hat bridge for the associated oil company the derrick will be transport ed from the bridge to a permit on the east anticline where it will be erected drilling will wt be started however until after the supreme court rules on the validity of prospecting permits issued by the interior department on the proclamation strip indian lands on which the associated socia ted acreage is located |