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Show : OIL ACTIVITY TAKES RENEWED RENEWEDI RENEWEDSPURT RENEWEDSPURT SPURT AS ASLOCALWELLRESUMES LOCAL WELL RESUMES I r _ California Interests Interects ; T TakeOver a k e eOver eOver Over Operations on Seven SevenI Sevenlhle SevenMile SevenMile I l\hle l hle Mile \ Test ; Othci Othel Other OthelVells WellsMaking \Vells Vells \ VellsI 'ells ells 'ellsMaking ' Iaking Making Hole lIole . I This week weeh the drilling drllhng crew of the theColumbia theColumbia theColumbia [ Columbia Crude Oil 011 Ccrporatfon Corporation Corporationarrives Ccrporatfonarrivea Corporationarrived arrivea arrives from Los Angel Angeles with Wlth a atruck atruck atruck truck lead load of drilling dnllmg tools to ro resume re- re resume re resume - sume operations on the " Spven Seven S ven Mile Milestructure Milestructure Milestructure structure at the head of Moab canyon can- can canyon can canyon - - yon supplementthe The tools received supplement supplementthe the equipment now on the locationand location locationand locationand and requiredto but a few days will be required to re-rig re rig - the machine It is an- an anI anncunced announced an announced - nounced ncunced that actual drilling drillmg opera opera- operations operations - - I operations tions will Wlll start early next net newt ' ( week . . Those in the drilling dn11ing dnlling crew whicharrived whIch whIcharrIved whicharrived arrIved in Moab Tuesday include includeD includeD D R Thompson drilling dnlling superin supcnn- supcnn superin- - superintendent supcnntcndent tendent tcndent . , Claude Walter . , , head drill- drill driller driller drill driller - er , R J Newccmb Ben Walton Waltonand Waltonand Waltonand and Roj Roy Ro Morgan , all an of CalifornIaThe CaliforniaThe California CaliforniaThe The h hole le now stands st1mds at 135 feeton feet feeton feeton on top t p of the Pennsylvanian Pennsylvaman limeand lime lime'and 'and and ' pointto pointt and will be earned carried fiom flom from that point to t Li several promising promismg horizons the thefirst thefirst thefirst first of vhich is 13 1400 feet The com- com company company com company - pany is fully ful1y financed flnanced and raPId raPIdprogress rapidprogress rapidprogress progress is expected by Mr Thomp Thomp- Thomps Thompson Thompson - s son n once drilling dnl1mg startsThe startsThe starts startsThe The Utah Southern : Oil 011 company , . drill1ng drilling companydrilling the Hyde No 1 on the theC1SCO theCisco theCisco C1SCO Cisco Shoreline structure reports a adepth adepth adepth depth of 3830 feet The fonnatton- fonnatton formation- formation fonnattonnow formationnow formation-now formation now - - - now being 1ielng : drilled gives definite information in- in information in information - geologiC3llocaUcti formation as to the geologiC3lloca- geologiC3lloca geological loca- loca locaticti loca location - tion Ucti ticti and interesting interpstmg reports report may be beleceived bereceived bereceived leceived received daily from this testThe testThe test testThe The Ruby test en the Green nver nverbelow nverbelow nverbelow below Elgin Elgm reports a depth of be- be below below be below - low 900 feet in m the Navajo sand- sand sandtone sandstone sand sandstone - : ; stone tone Drilling DnlHng is being bemg retarded by byhe3 byheavy by-heavy by heavy - he3\- he3 heavy he3gas \ ' ) - gas prec.sure precsure pressure pre : . ure and flows flo\\s flo s \ \ of l watci watel water watciF watelF waterF F W Strong manager of the theBlg theBig theBig Blg Big Six Oil 011 company compm1Y , . repoits reports repal ts that thatfinal thatfinal thatfinal final arrangements have been madefor made madefor madefor for drilling drilUng an offset \ well \ ell to theFrank the theFrank theFrank Frank Shafer No 1 gushel , . w1ilih which w1ilihwas whichwas whichwas : was blOUght brought bi ought in m on the Cane Creek CreekI CreekantIcline Creekanticline Creekanticline I antIcline on the Colorado Colrado : river ini in in1926 11926 i 1926 and lost through the inabili mablh- mablh inabili- mablhty inability inability - ty to get a water shutoffI shutoff I |