Show LATE developments 1 in the OIL FIELDS Midwest Ut ih southern utah oil refining frank shafer no 1 cane creek dome section 6 27 21 discovery well of moab district cleaning out hole to test productive stratum at feet after cleaning out to feet a quantity of steel cable previously lost in the hole was encountered and this is now being drilled up and fished out slow progress is being made the well having been cleaned ta a depth of feet thursday considerable quantities of clean oil show in the ballings bai lings and there is a continuous flow of gas J H shafer no 1 shafer dome section 17 27 20 at about feet the drill passed out of massive salt formation and entered shale the depth thursday was feet still in shale prommel no 1 snowden cane creek dome section 16 27 21 being drilled by midwest exploration bottomed at feet still fighting troubles caused by drilling into crevice john L shafer no 1 cane creek dome section 36 26 20 rig up ready for studding spud ding midwest utah oil refining hughes no 1 elk ridge structure section 30 40 19 no report re since monday phone line being down on monday hole was bein straight reamed at 1255 feet gloo progress being made fifteen and one half inch casing will be cemented on bottom at 1285 feet to shut off water utah southern general petroleum utah oil refining nobel no 1 cedar mesa structure section 28 40 18 at 1572 feet a heavy flow of gas was encountered in 10 foot sand drilling has been continued the depth wednesday being 1600 feet in a hard limestone A small amount of gas was still in evidence utah southern equity oil hazelwood no 1 lockhart dome section 16 26 20 bottomed at feet and temporarily closed down utah southern general petroleum graham no 1 beef basin structure section 28 32 19 road to location being built drilling equipment to be moved m as soon as road is completed embar oil co big six no 1 moab anticline section 34 25 21 pioneer well of moab district bottomed at feet where heavy flow of gas was 1 ered running lot 3 1 2 inch casing I 1 to 2882 feet completed today additional dit ional casing being obtained to sec on bottoms petroleum co rose no 1 gibson dome section 3 30 20 rigging up drilling will start corring week standard rig utah southern oil co no 1 east anticline scorn 28 41 19 will cement 6 men casing at 1040 feet frances oil utah petroleum frances no 1 dome sec tion 36 41 19 drilling at around 1500 feet new franklin engine being installed rutih petroleum corp geoghan no 1 gibson dome section 1 30 20 good progress being made in re arming bole to 1360 feet where 12 1 2 inch casing will be cemented on top of gas sand empire gas fuel co kimball no 1 gibson dome section 6 30 21 rapid progress has been made the past week in drilling operations the depth thursday being under 1000 feet A 12 12 1 2 inch hole is being drilled armstrong company well no 1 crescent dome section 17 22 19 the 7 foot sand encounter ed at about 1215 feet failed to show production after casing was set the oil being dead it is reported unofficially that rig will be moved to new location in salt valley on same structure crescent eagle leasing co crescent eagle no 1 crescent dome section 4 22 19 cleaning out run 3 inch tubing to test feet union oil co of california lisbon no 1 lisbon structure section 1630 25 eight carloads of drilling equipment have reached thompsons Thomp sons and will be moved to lo 10 cation at once camp houses being erected well to bo studded before ani L empire petroleum co strong no 1 moab anticline sec tion 20 25 21 standard rig equip alent on ground and derrick partial ly erected utah oil development co well no 1 moab anticline section 34 26 21 bottomed at 1550 feet closed down western staica development co well no 1 crescent dome section cedar mesa gets big gas flow at 1562 feet A flow of gas estimated at two million cubic feet per day was encountered saturday in the teat well on cedar mesa structure being drilled by the utah southern oil company for themselves the general petroleum and the utah oil refining the gas is coming from u sand encountered at a depth of 1562 feet after the had penetrated the massive pennsylvanian limes the flow of gas when ignited burns steadily to a height of about ten feet above the derrick floor A D gibson toof pusher on the cedar mesa well who was at moat when the strike was made left at once for the camp 1 is not the intention to run casing until a depth of about 2000 feet is attained unless the gag pressure proves to be too heavy for drilling when 10 inch casing is run the gas will probably be utilized for fuel purposes exceptionally good progress is being made on the cedar mesa well and the company hopes to be deep enough to run 10 inch by the first 01 march cramner to drill ell ear mountain W H H cramner formerly with the land department of the union oil company of california in which capacity he spent mosto last year at moab was an arrival the last of the week mr cramner resigned his position with the union and is now associated with a california company for whom he will drill a well on a structure near navajo mountain in southern san juan county utah he left this week for the structure and will spend several weeks there on work it is the intention to in a rig and start drilling operations as soon as possible th structure 3 said ta offer exceptional chances for shallow oil production there being three sands which should be above 1600 feet eight cars equipment 4 for union well arrne eight carloads of drilling equipment for the lisbon structure test well of the union oil company w california arrived in thompsons Thomp sons this week and will be moved to the location as fast as the condition of the roads permit according to E H field superintendent of the company several additional carloads will arrive within the next week the erection of carlip houses at the location is now under way and derrick materials will be onlee ground within few days to commence the erection of the rig the union well will be studded in before the first of april L L travis of the travis and deseret petroleum companies and felix G vogel geologist of new york city returned monday from a trip down the colorado nver as far as its confluence with the green river they were piloted by C E baldwin of the moab garage in a motor boat travis and vogel are spending considerable time looking over the various oil structures of the southeastern utah district M P smith salt lake oilman ed watson salt lake i geologist and roland B day a new york cit oilmen were at moab sunday night en route to the mexican hat oil brict where they will spend ten days on a trip geoage T hansen of salt lake president of the utah southern oil company returned to his home sunday after spending some ten days visiting the companas comp anys various test wells m this district 4 28 18 bottomed at about 1400 feet closed down pouter knoll oi gas co well no 1 Boulder Knoll ture section 17 34 25 laitine for casing bottomed at about 1900 feet U |