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Show - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - JUNCTION WELL HITS SALT ; TEST OF MAGNESIUM CONTENT NEARS Saline Formation Struck Struckat at About About2100 2100 Feet ; Hole Now Being Cased . . Top of Salt Shows Magnes Magnes- MagnesIUm Magnesium - . ium lum Content , Strata Will Willbe Willbe Willbe be Cored to Make MakeExact MakeEcaet MakeExact Exact Ecaet Analysis AnalysisAt - \ . At a de depth th of around 2100 f etas etas et as anticipated aiitlclpated by geologists geologist geologisL . : , andofficials and andoffIcials officials of the Utah MagnesIumcorporatIOn Magnesiumcorporation Magnesium corporation the salt horizon honzon , was wasencountered wasencountered - encountered Tuesday Thesday evening In Inthe inthe the government goemment gosemnment , well at CrescentJunction CrescentJunction Crescent Junction . . . The v . well ell is being put putdown putdown down by the U S bjreau bureau of minesto minesto mines to test the sail salt asic beds to determlne determine determlnethe determinethe the extent of magnesium chlorideknown chlorIdeknown chloride known to exist m 111 in the formationThe formationThe formation The drill penetrated the saltbeds saltbeds salt saltbeds beds 31 f feet t 17 feet of which wascored wascored was cored A qualitative test of the thedisclosed thesalt salt disclosed that It carries carnes mag- mag magnesium magneslum - nesium neslum although the exact quanti- quanti quantity quantity - ty cannot be determin d until untli the thehole thehole hole is 15 easer cased ! and the salt can = canproperly properly be coredTlIe coredThe cored coredThe The TlIe hole role lole is now being reamed to toa toa a 12 . i inch mch diameter and 9i1- 9i1 9- 9 9i1mch 9inch - - inch mch casing will be run and andcemented andcemented cemented on top of the salt saltAbout saltAbout About three or four days it i io 1 . : ex cx exp cxpected p pected cted will v.11l v11l . bs be b required to reamthe reamthe ream the hole and cementing cementmg of the- the thepipe thePipe - pipe will take a day days s tune tIme The Thecemen Thecement cemen cement t v . will III then be allov allowed . ed to toset toset toset set for four 01 oi five flue fi , e days after afterwhich afterwhich which " , hich drill dnll ns ng " will "ill ill be resumedand resumed : and the ' of the salt started It I probably v vul ill be 10 days before beforecormg beforecoring beforecoring cormg coring can startPnor start startPrior Prior Pnor to encountering encountermg the alt salt altan saltan < ' ltan an exceptionally exc.eptIonally . hard s1ndstone sandstone s1ndstoneformation sandstoneformation . sandstoneformation ' formation vas ias , as penetrated v.h1ch vh1ch isincli isincliclosed . .10 10 'loved loved .10Cd closed ' . \Cd Cd \ up drilling dnllmg materially1 matenal1 matermaill Alarge Alarge A large number of drill bits v w . ere ereused ereused used in m gettmg getting through the tard lard tardstratum lardstratum - . stratum and the Mack DnlJmg Drilling DnlJmgcompany Drillingcompany company contractors conMtctors cont-actors cont actors : ' - on "the-'well "the the 'well well the'well thewell "the'wellmade " the'wellmade rhe - ' ' weU made se several seieral , eral tri trips s to Craig Colo Colofor Cob Cobfor tor for new bItsThe bitsThe bits The salt sqlt formation fonnatlOn is compar compar- coinpar- coinpar coinparatively comparatIvely comparatively - - atively soft and tho e watclJmg.he wat&imghe watching watclJmg wat&img watimg & .he he . he iw test wdu expect cApci ; that uidu rapid m iu progress progresswIll progresswill piugies * will be made in m the coring cormg opera opera- operatIon operalion operation - tion lion tIonFlve lionFive Five Flve officials of the bureau of ofll11nes ofmanes otmines ll11nes manes and U S geological geologlcal sureyare surseyare survey sur\ey sur ey sursey \ are at the " well "tIl tIl observing obsemng opera opera- operations operations operations - tions and checking checkmg theclung on the formations forma formations forma.tlons formatlons forma.tlonsA . tions tionsA A carload of cement has amed arrised amedat arrisedat arrivedat , at Crescent siding sldmg for the mIland welland well mIl and a carload of magnesium magnesiun'c magnesiunc ' cl\1o cl 1o chin \ chinride cl1onde cMoride nde ride has also been r&en ren received receised & ed to beused beused be used in 111 the coring conng operation The Tile ThemagnesIUm Tilemagnesium Themagnesium magnesIUm and other otl1er chemIcals chemIcals"ill chemicalswill chemicalswill "ill ill will " be mixed mhed into mto the dnulm dnulmwater drilling- drilling dnllmg > - " water "ater ater to toprovide : -provide provide Jrovlde - a drilling dnlling flUId flUIdso fluidso fluidso so heavily saturated that it W1ll wilL W1llnot wilLnot willnot not take up any of the magnesiumor magnesium . or other mineral ll11neral salts found m In iii iiithe Inthe . the formation thus making passIble peasible pos pas pea sible an accurate testThe testThe test Theell The ' \ ' well \\ell ell 'well is being bemg drilled under undertl undertI tI tl e supervision of the bureau ofmines ofmmes ot of mines mmes for the Defense Plant PlantcorporatIon Plantcorporation Plantcorporation corporatIon C L Severy is Incharge incharge in charge for the bureau of 111mesl1Jtcl minesMild mines 111mes Mild \ Mitcl l\1Jtcl l 1Jtcl : ell elI Kline Klme being his aisistant aisistantThose a sistant SlStant SlStantThose ' < < Those representing the goologicalsurvey g'ologlealsurvey geological goological g'ologleal gologleal ' survey at the test are Dr Spicer SpicerDr SpicerDr SpicerDr Dr Bliley B'1.iley B1.iley B1iley Billey ' . and Mr KingJohn King .ing ing . .ingJohn John Sandburg president of theUtah theUtah the Utah Magnesium cor corporation oration whe who whocontrol whocontrol > control the Crescent Eagle property property pro perty " , where here the test is being bemg made madeleft madeleft madeleft left yesterday esterday lesterday for Sacnmento Sacr\mento Sacr mento Sacrimento SacrimentoCalif SacrmentoCall ' \ Calif Call ! and will return m 111 in about a . aw a . v w . eel eek |