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Show . , " . . . . . . . . PROGRESS PRUESS MADE MACE AT ATUTAH ATTA UTAH TA SOUTHERN SOUTHERM AND AMD ANDRUBY AMDRUBY RUBY OIL OILWELL ILL WEll TESTS TESTSCisco - \ _ Cisco Chco ; Shoreline Drilling at2100 at 2100 Feet ; Developments Developmentsf1 DevelopmentsExpected 'Expected Expected f1 ' f1E.pected E\.pected E.pected E .pected pected Expected ' \ . . Favorable Fa\crable Fa crable Facrable \ progress rprcgress prcgress is being bemg made madeat made.3t made3t . . at the two t"o to " oil tests which are drill drill- drillmg drilling drilling - ing mg in Grand county , according toreports to toreports toreports reports receh rceei received ed in m Moab today . _ 7 " 7The The Hde H } de No 1 test of the Utah UtahSouthern UtahSouthern UtahSouthern Southern Oil 011 company , located lxated iccated on onthe onthe onthe the Cisco shoreline shorehne structure in the theYellowcat theYellowcat theYeUowcat Yellowcat district , . 15 miles nules north of or ofMoab orMoab ofMoab Moab is lS s drilling ahead at 2100 2100feet 2100feet 2100feet feet after some difficulty encount encount- encountered encountered encountered - ered in m effecting effectmg aater a \ ' water \\ater ater 'water \ shutofT shutoff at at1952 1952 fet let Eight-inch Eight inch Eight-i'1ch i'1ch i1ch Elght-i'ich Elght i'ich iich - ' ' casing casmg was se set setat setat : ; at that depth and the hol hole was wascemented wascemented wascemente cemented twice before a shutofT shutoff of ofwater ofwater ofwater water ' \ was as obtained obtamed The well wen 1s Is 1snow Isno'v Isnow now no'v nov ' drilling drilhng ahead , . and the bit is isstiU Isstill isstill stiU still penetrating the red beds of or theRico the theRico theRico Rico formation formationThe formationThe formationThe The objective of the "Utah Utah " South Soutfl- Soutfl South- Soutflern Southem Southern - em ern t test te t is a beachline beachilne sand which whichsh whichshould whichshould sh should uld be encountered in the Penn- Penn Pennsylvanian Pennsylvanlan Penn-sylvanlan Penn sylvanlan - sylvanian sylvanlan formatlcn formatlC'n ' above 2500 2500feet 2500feet 2500feet feet The thickness of the red beds bedsfOlmatlon bedsfoimatlon bedsfoimatlon fOlmatlon foimatlon is 15 looked upon as a fa- fa favora fa favorable a- a avorable - vorable vora ble indication that a shorelinesand shoreline shorelinesand shorelinesand sand will be encounteied encounteIE-d encounteIE d - At thefirst the thefirst thefIrst first Cisco CisCQ Clsoq shoreline shorelme test drilled by bythe bythe bythe the Utah Southern Scuthem a few nilles miles nillessoutheast milessoutheast mflessoutheast southeast of Cis-o Cis o CIS"O CISO Cis'o - " ' only onh OfliS about 300 30f 300feet 30ffeet 300feet feet of If ( the red beds were penetrated penetratedbefore penetrated"before penetratedbefore ' " before encountering encountenng encountermg gramteIn graniteIn granite gramte graniteIn In view of the fact that the Utah UtahSouthern UtahSouthern UtahSouthern Southern is new nlCW nw drilling dri11ing aheadrapidly ahead aheadrCJpidly aheadnpidly rCJpidly npidly , . ab.ut abut ab . . . ufc 50 feet of cf hole per perday perday perday day being bemg made a change in for- for formation formation for formation - mation is e expected epected -pected pected - momentarily momentarilyand , and operations at this bost t b sfc st are arebeing arcbeing being ing " watched "atched atched satched with extreme In- In Interest interest in interest - terest terestThe The McCarthy No 1 well of the theNorden theNorclen theNordcn Norden Norclen Oil 011 corporation corporatIn corporaticm : . , known asthe as asthe asthe the Glen rvr : M . . . Ruby test which 15 as 15located aslocated islocated located a few miles below Elgin on onthe onthe onthe the Green nver n\er n er ner \ % , is 18 still stIU bemgo bemg bemgostraIghtreamed bemgstraightreamed bemstraight-reamed bemstraight reamed ? straIght-reamed straIght reamed - preparatory to set- set settmg setting set setting - ting tmg 10-inch 10 inch lO-inch lO - casing at 600 feet The- The Thehole Thehole The-hole The hole - - hole holeShad ' 'had had Shad ' been reamed Teamed to within wIthm 15 15- 15 15feet 15"feet 15feet " - feet of bottom bott'm bottm botfrm " ' yesterday yesterda ) , and ifc If it ; . isexpected lS as lSexpected asexpected expected that ths the th pipe can be setand set setand setand and cemented within the next fe- fe few fedays fewdays few-days few days - . - days The setting of casing W1ll will willeliminate willeliminate e1immate eliminate trouble caused by several severalheavy severalheavy severalheavy heavy flews fi-cws fi cws ficws - of . water v.ater vater ater and gas A Arohry Arot'uy Arotiry rohry rot'u-y rot'u rotu y ' - ng rig is lS being bemg used , an and after afterthe afterthe afterthe the hole is cased and a . water v.ater vater shut- shut shutoff shutoft shut-off shut off - off oft effected it is believed beUeed bellesed beUe\ beUe \ ed that rapidiOTOflress rapid rapidpro pro ; : : ro1ress ress can be made The first ob objective ob- ob objectlve objective - - jective jectlve of this test is the ShInarump ShInarumpsand Shinarumpsand Shmarumpsand sand which should be reached at atab atabit atab-ut atab ut ab abit - ut 1900 feet |