| Show CISCO SPRINGS TEST ON TOP OF DAKOTA completion OF FISHING JOB MEANS resumption OF DRILLING ON CRAN MEB WELL drilling of the cisco springs syndicate well on the J P moss permit has reached a depth of 2000 feet according to manager W H H cranmer progress has been delayed by a caving formation that precipitated a fishing job most of the tools have been removed with the exception of the bit which mr cranmer expects to see either recovered or sidetracked side tracked this stratum that Is being penetrated with considerable difficulty consists of a lying just above the dakota relatively the cisco springs syndicate drill has reached a point correlating closely to that in the crescent syndicate well near crescent to the west the same formation with its sponge like capacity for soaking up two and a halt times its weight in water has caused long delays at the crescent well site of the cisco springs syndicate well Is ten miles northwest of cisco near which the utah southern oil company will soon spud in a well after weeks of study and careful mr cranmer considers the cisco area one of the most promising in utah for the discovery of oil at cisco seven wells were drilled ranging in depth from to 1200 feet good showings of oil were struck in all bt them from one of thern it la said enough oil Is still balled to run a nearby gas engine mr cranmer concurs with utah southern oil company officials in the opinion thit the cisco area lies on the beach or shore line of the marine south of which formed the great salt domes penetrated in cane creek shafer salt valley and other tests another well drilled by the navajo petroleum company with mr cranmer as manager adjoining the holdings of the crystal carbon company near cisco struck a remarkably good showing of oil in the upper dakota shooting of this well might make of it a producer A tight formation and the heavy viscosity of the oil probably migratory from the lan formations might have prevented the well from making a commercial showing perhaps in the light of developments in the utah southern and the cisco springs well it may be profitable to extend the navajo test to the morrison and the sundance horizons should developments justify in the light of happenings at the utah southern cisco well the cisco springs syndicate well can be put down to the pennsylvanian Pennsyl strata at an estimated depth of from to leet structural conditions are most favorable with adequate closure for an area six miles long by ne roller wide according to mr cranmer drilling at this well Is being financed by denver associates of mr cranmer and by charles moore of tuba california now that comprehensive development of the cisco area is assured mr cranmer Is confident that commercial production will be obtained the plant of the crystal carbon company comp ny near cisco Is operating at 50 per cent of capacity A great part of the ga output tor burning of the carbon is coming from one well |
