Show IGHT RIGS DRILLING AHEAD DECISIVE developments EXPECTED WITHIN THE HEXT FEW WEEKS practically every oil rig in UKI southeastern utah area drilling ahead this week and with the drills rapidly approaching the expected producing zones the campaign of oil exploration should reach a decisive stage within the next fw weeks eight of the dozen or more wells being put down are busy this geeki and two others will be drilling by week with the opening of spring operations will be greatly facilitated while the road from monticello to BI anding is still closed to trucks on account of snow ana mud it should be open within a week or two fortunately Fortunat efy aall of the nga operating out of BI anding are well supplied with fuel and equipment so that the closing of the road has not I 1 interrupted drilling to any great extent the past week has not brought forth any new developments in the t midwest utah southern wells down the colorado river the cleaning out of the frank shafer no 1 discovery well will be further delayed by a job caused by the breaking of the drilling cable yesterday the drillars drillers dr illers were engaged in drilling past some iron in the bottom of the hole and had reached a point 30 feet off H bottom when the line parted the well has been gassing considerably and the pressure probably bounced the tools up the hole finking kinking the oacle and causing it to part the awell will be closed down for two or thre days while waiting for a new rope socket and sinker which are being shipped from casper fishing should be under way by sunday and no trouble is expected the string consider m picking up progress has been made the past week in cleaning out to bottom and I 1 the well should be ready for a test bof the oil sand at feet within a couple of weeks at the most the J H shafer no 1 well on shafer donate was closed down four days the past week while waiting for repairs for the sand reel operations were resumed wednesday anc hh well is being cleaned out to per iima a resumption of drilling bottom biad practically been reached today iso that drilling should be under way has been out acy tomorrow this well of salt for nearly feet and with 1 fin the next hundred feet or so Is du arto pid UD the oil encountered at feet in the frank shafer the well 13 bottomed at feel after several months spent in straightening the hole which ran crooked when a crevice was i ered it now appears that the prom me no 1 of snowden mcsween TOI cane creek dome is at last out ct the woods the well was drill at a depth 01 ine ahead this feet with every indication thai the had been overcome over comb progress at this well will be watched with intense interest as it will test the first oil stratum encountered ai 2028 feet in the frank shafer well and which should be tapped at around 2400 feet in the prommel the elk ridge well of the midwest has apparently overcome troubles caused by in a crevice and a few days will run 12 12 1 2 men casing at 1300 feet the utah southern general petrol i well on cedar mesa is making the depth beag un lapid progress der 1710 feet ten inch casing will be run at around 2000 feet and thi birst sand is looked for at around 2400 or 2500 feet on gibson dome the utah petroleum has cemented 12 1 emch ai feet and drilling will be the empire gas fuel id sunday was tied up this week with a fishing ob but the tools were brought dundei oui yesterday and drilling 13 again ws at around 1000 feet the frances utah Petro leumi well on dome la making good pro being around 1500 kress the depth feet at the big six well at drill inc should be under way by next week enough additional 3 12 1 2 men the string on bottom oaring to put his week at feet was obtained should I 1 and Is being run the pipe bottom by the end ot be landed on this week this well has a good flow of gas and the drilling of new hole till be watched with interest |