| Show LATE developments in the OIL FIELDS T I 1 I 1 Midwest Utah southern utah oil refining frank shafer no 1 cane cre tr 6 2721 27 21 discovery TV of moab district decision has b made by associated companies straight ream hole to bottom at 4 feet and run 4 34 3 4 inch seamier ci ing before a test of the produce homon at bottom is made As n of the supply houses have a suf fici quantity of casing ion hand it tf be necessary to close down the w until the pipe can be made at f tor it is figured that the cas will be on the ground within th weeks when operations will be fumed the well has been budded mudded hold back the loil and gas J H shafer no 1 shafer doi r section 1727 17 27 20 after a br christmas vacation operations w resumed on this well monday H is being cleaned out and bott should be reached by end of we due to fact that hole had been fill with mud to hold gas flow at 35 feet in check the si dewalls have be caving after cleaning out a test the gas stratum at bottom will made in the event caving cont aes ues 8 inch casing will be run D to the persistent gas pressure and t H wet character of the gas it is thong probable that an oil stratum is net operations are going forward ca piously prommel no 1 snowden K sweeny cane creek dome 5 27 21 being drilled by midwest E bottome at feet 0 orations resumed monday after ahr day christmas vacation hole h been plugged back to feet straighten john L shafer no 2 cane ore domes section 36 26 20 rig m ready for studding spud ding midwest utah oil refining hughes no 1 elk ridge sw ture section 30 40 19 drilling un 1160 feet good progress being ma utah southern general petroleum Petro leui utah oil refining He fining eniobel no 1 cedar mesa sti ture section 28 40 18 operate resumed after christmas drilling ahead under 1010 feet utah southern equity oil hazelwood no 1 lockhart Loc Lhart do section 16 28 20 temporarily cl down at feet empire petroleum co strong no 1 moab anticline tion 20 25 21 standard rig men on ground and derrick partis erected utah oil development co well no 1 moab anticline 34 26 21 bottomed at 1550 t company has been reorganized 1 incorporated and drilling to be g teamed shortly after first of bearfi embar oil co big six no 1 moab anticline section 8 26 22 pioneer well of moab district still drilling up iron favorable progress being made bottom ed at 2965 feet western state development co well no 1 crescent dome section 4 28 18 bottomed at 1400 feet well no 2 gibson dome section 12 30 18 shut down at feet deseret petroleum co well no 1 gibson dome section 3 30 20 tools and equipment being assembled to start drilling has been studded with standard rig utah southern oil co canyon no 1 east anticline section 27 41 19 shut down at 1040 feet armstrong company well no 1 crescent dome section 17 22 19 diamond drilling at around 1350 feet crescent eagle oil co well no 1 crescent dome section 4 22 19 shut down bottomed at feet frances oil utah petroleum frances no 1 dome sec tion 19 no report received since drilling was resumed at feet empire gas fuel co kimbill no 1 gibson dome section 6 30 21 still fishing for casing bottomed at feet may be necessary to skid rig and start another hole utah petroleum corp well no 1 gibson dome section 1 30 20 at last report was drilling at slightly under 1000 feet good progress being made boulder knoll oil gas co well no 1 boulder knoll etaw ture section resuming operations at 1620 feet after atall new bull wheel first objective ing around 2200 is sand at JA C N woods of ogden assistant forester of the adis brict is spending a few das in the moab forest office v i la corresponds quite closely to that in the cane creek field which in the opinion of many eminent geologists is salt doore area on this account it is regarded as very likely that oil bushers gushers similar to those found on salt domes of the gulf coast in tex as and louisiana will be developed eventually in western colorado and eastern utah in the first general petroleum well about 75 per cent of the total depth has been in salt and in the second about 40 per cent the wells are at the extreme ends of the structure which extends northwest and south cast following the line of the east paradox and west paradox creeks which apparently flow along its axis the properties were first explored by the marcus dily estate of which former ambassador james W girard is the chief executive being sonin son in law of the late marcus daly the daly interests operated under the name of the ci ico anes oil company and sold out to th genar u bot eum company ast sann I 1 general etro cum conn n 3 are in the aley or vearn moi cauty one of the wells being six miles from the utah boundary it is sixty miles south of grand junction and fifty miles southwest of montrose in a very rugged section and very difficult to reach the structure is more than fifteen miles long the two wells now drilling being that distance apart the gibson dome oil company with properties on the gibon acme south of moab was incorporated at salt laatt city last week with a cp c p vitalization of there are a million sharer J tracy tr acy wootton is president harry E roe vice dent P E jenkins treasurer and john II 11 wootton and A J turner additional directors practically ati c me interests are connected with the deseret petroleum company which has erected a standard ns en gibson dame and has studded in well there Deepen mc of this well will start soon after the first of the ear it is announced miss jennie bioff thelma ritchie and mrs mignon cummings teachers in the central school aft thursday evening for their homes tt spend the christmas holidays |
