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Show U . S . Official Sees GrandCounty GrandCounty Grand GrandCounty County as Future Oil Source Geological Survey Chief Ar-- Ar Arranges Arranges Ar Arranges - . - - - ranges to I Lease ase 13,000 13000 13,000Acres 13,000Acres 13,000Acres 13000Acres , , Acres Near CiscoPossibility Cisco CiscoPossibility Possibility that Utah may supp:1 supp1 supply supplythe supp:1the supplythe ! : the United Umted States with some- some someot.the - ot of otthe ofthe ot.the otthe . the new oil 011 reserves vitally Vlta11y needed neededto neededto neededto to assure adequate supplies of 011 oil 011for oilfor oilfor for all a11 of the united nations was wa.c wac wasseen waa-seen waa seen wa.cseers . - seen seers Tuesday by Herman StabJer Stabler Stablerof Stablerof of Washington D c who was m itt mSalt ittSalt in.Salt inSalt . Salt Lake City to lease 13 13000acres UOO 000 UOOacres 000acres acres of Grand county land v.hieb vhieb which v.hiebmay whichmay . whichmay may possibly produce crude crucle petrol petrol- petroleum petroleum petroleum . - - eum eumWarning eumVarnmg Warning \Varnmg Varnmg \ against agamst overenthus overenthusun overenthusunconcerning = , concerning concem1ng the potentialities potentiaUties or orthe orthe the property located in Grandcounty Grandcounty Grand county ' . Mr .11 11 " " ' Stabler 'tabler tabler Stabber said : past jast tests taste teststo tasteto to uncover oil reserves in Utah Utith Utahhave Utithhave have proved very dlscouragmg dlscouragmgW discouraging dlscouragmgand discouragingand W " and that the government t is inspecting illspectlng la ill in specting spectlng the land only onIy because 11 it itwould li . . would be foUy folly to pa.s pas pa . . s up any p0ssible possible pos- pos p0s- p0s - - - sible Qurce ource < of new suPpJy suonbv " Mr 1r Stabler is 15 chler chief chier " or of or the cor- cor cox- cox corsenatlon coxsersation con conservation . - servation senatlon sersation bureau of the UnIted UnitedStates United.States UnitedStates . . States geological survey and is on ona ona ona a tour of in inspection ectlon of water anamineral ana anammeral anamineral mmeral mineral resources on public publlc lan land landIn . In the Pacific coast and Rocky Rockymountam Rockymountain Rockymountain mountam mountain statesThe statesThe states statesThe The land under consideration inUtah in inUtah InUtah Utah is near the town of Cisco CiscoMr CiscoMr .1r 1r Mr ' . Stabler said Tests will W111 bwmade re be remade bemade made on the property in m the very verynear verynear very-near very near - near futureOnl futureOnl3 future futureOnh Onh Onl Onl3 ) kno kflo knovn kno'Il \'Il 'Il Il Va \ ' oil 011 reserves m in Utah Utahat Utahat Utahat at the present tune tunic are in Wash Wash- Washmgton Washmgton Washington - ington mgton and Daggett Daggelt counties the theofficial theofficial theofficial official pointed pcmted out A field near nearSt nearSt nearSt St George yields 31elds ields 300 barrels or orOil oroil otoil Oil per month and a a , 500 500000 000 bar barreI barrel barrel reI rel reserve of extremely high grad grade gradeoil gradeoil ! : 011 oil in m Clay basin basm Daggett county countyuJds county3i countyvitlds 3i ) uJds lds 50 barrels pei pel pex month h hasa " so 55 . d ci dAs ciAs As to the oil situation generaUy generally generaUythe generallythe generallythe the United Umted States is believed beheved to tota tolase to1-ave- to1 ave to1aveample ta\ ta lase taamjle - \ ! ' - ample amjle : oil available to sUPPI:1 sUPPI1 supply supplyikselt : " ' hsel liseIf ! and its allies allles for some someeaT someyears some-year some year - } years eaT " ! Mr Stabler StabJer said TwG-- TwG Two- Two - TwGthIrds Twothirds Two-thirds Two thirds - thIrds of the v s \ olld oilds 01 Ids s kl1ov known . n o1 off offieserses ofl.leserves oflleserves ! . 1 eserves ieserses are in m the Umtod Unitd Unit d Statesand States Statesand Statesand and are 'ufflcient ufflcient ufIlclent 'ufficient ufficient ' < tor for 17 yearS years years'coni.umption yearsconi.umption yearsconiumption : ' ' con consumption , < . umptlon at the same rate as asplo aspuwajed aspli plo puwajed > > vai val ed during dunng 1941Loss 1941Loss 1941 1941Loss Loss of the East Indies oil r rsen re-sen re sen - senes sen es w . was v.as vas as a small smaIl item com cons conspaicd'wIth cornpaied cornpaiedwlth paicd'wIth paicdwIth - -wlth wlth - ' the total oil 011 under mrder wider U- U - US V VS TTS S control although the supply or of orthe ofthe ofthe the islands Jslands \ was as important itnortant } : in ill thai thaa . thaasection thaAsection sectlon section of theorld the \ world \\orld orld Mr Stablersaid Stabler Stablersaid < said aid |