Show IN SALT VALLEY CANE CREEK TEST BEING ABANDONED BY UTAH EHN TOO MUCH SALT drilling operations are being suspended on the utah southern utah OU john L shafer no 1 A yea on cane creek dome the well js bottomed in salt at feet and not be carried any deeper casing is now being pulled and the hole plugged preparatory to abandoning it the utah southern utah oil refining will immediately resume operations on the king no 1 well on salt valley structure 15 miles north of moate this well Is bottomed to limestone at feet and Is believed to be through the salt horizons the crew now at the cane creek well will move to salt valley within the next lew days what the future operations on cana creek dome will be has not been announced by the interested companies it Is said to be doubtful whether another aeu will be drilled there m the near future the john L chafer well was located on the north flank of the structure to test the salt dome theory the hole however did not escape the salt beds and the last thousand feet was drilled in salt almost entirely A few showings of gas were encountered in the hole but no oil showings of any consequence were tapped the phenomenal performance of the frank no 1 discovery well located on top of the structure has not been satisfactorily explained by the to wells drilled subsequently on the structure the frank shafer well came in at a depth of 2028 feet with an immense flow of oil that could not be brought under control for several months difficulties in casing oft water coming in above the oil caused the interested companies to pass up the pay horizon and drill deeper and two additional oil showings were encountered neither of commercial size the snow den well located about two miles east of no 1 and the john L shafer located one mile north both proved to te dry it now appears evident that the top of the structure gives the most logical possibilities for ing production and it is not unlikely that another test well will be put down there the salt valley well Is now bottomed in very interesting territory and the future operations on eliat test will be watched with interest |