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Show New IWagnesium Magnesium Well Nell WelLtobeJrilleiHere to be Drilled Here Major lajor Company CompanyStarts CompanyStarts CompanyStarts Starts Erection ErectionRotary ErectionRotary ErectionRotaryRig Rotary Rig Today TodayGreat oday Great Lakes Carbon Corpor Corpor- CorporatIon Corporation Corporation - - ation DrillingContract DnlhngContract Gives Drilling Dnlhng Contract to MackCompany Mack MackCompany : MackCompany Company CompanyThe The magnesium content of thesalt the thesalt thesalt salt strata underlying the lov lower lowerpart lowerpart . r rpart part of Moab vaUey valley will W1ll be tested testedat testedat testedat at once with a large latgC rotary rig ng or of orthe ofthe ofthe the latest . type tj'PC tjPC ' according to an anannouncement anannouncement anannouncement announcement made this week by bythe bythe bythe the Great Lakes Carbon corpora corpora- - tion corporation of New York City The com corn company cornparry cornpany pany parry . which v.hlch vhlch controls in the neigh neighborhOOd neighboyhood neighborhood borhOOd boyhood of 1000 acres of land inthe In Inthe lathe the lower valley has given a con contract contract contract tract to the Mack Drilling Dnlllng company com- com company com company - - pany of Wichita Wlcruta Palls Falls Texas Te'tas Tetas ' todrill tG to tGdrill todrill drill the testThe testThe test testThe The rig has already reached reachedMoab reachedMoab reachedMoab Moab and is now being erected at atthe atthe atthe the location selected for the firstwell first firstwell firstwell well The well has b-en b en been - b en < ; potted spotted on onthe onthe onthe the Moab Land & Livestock com- com comtany com corn company - : pany tany ranch a few hundred feet feetfrom feetfrom feetfrom from the Westwood and Goudclock Goudelock Goudclockmeadows Goudelockmeadows Goudelockmeadows GoudelockmeadowsConstruction meadows meadowsConstruction Construction of a road to th the thelocation thfrlocation location commenced Monday On OnWednesday OnWednesday OilWednesday Wednesday evening theIack the , \ Mack \Iack Iack rack Dnll Drill Dnlltng Drillfrig Drilltug tng frig company delivered dehvered a large largetruckload largetruckload largetruckload truckload of equipment eqUljment : at thi the . , lo 10 to akion atlon ation and this morning mornmg the thederrick thederrick thederrick derrick arrived amved arnved Erection of the therig th tharig ng rig started today and probably probably111 probablywill probablywill \\111 111 will \ \ be completed by tomorrov tomerro tomonos \ A A122 122 foot steel derrick demck piobably plObably probably the thetallest thetallest thetallest tallest ever .een een 'een < . ' een in in Utah is bemg being bemgerected beingerected beingerected erected The rig will wJll be operated operatedwith operatedwith operatedwith with a new 400 horsejoerVau horsepower horsejo\\er horsejo er : \ \Vau Vau Wau Waukesha \ Waukesha Vaukesha kesha . diesel engine engme engmehlch which \\hlch hlch \ is rs al already already already ready at the location locationIt It is expected eXDected that the Mack Mackcompan Mackcompany Mackcompany compan company ) , will ,111 111 commence drlllmg drilling drlllmgoperations drillingoperations drilling.operations drillingoperations . operations vvithm wlth1l1 within aeek a week \\eek eek \ \ The ng ngIS ngis rigis IS of ths the lotary 10tary rotary type such as was was'used wasused wasused 'used used at the Crescentell Crescent \ nell \\ell ell well also alsodrilled alsodrilled alsodrilled drilled by Mack All formationswill formatIons formatIonswill formationswill will be cored so that an e'ffict effict exact e'ffictI e'ffictanaly exactanalysis exactanalysis ' bearingltlrmttions analy analysis 1S of all mineral mmeral bearingformations bearing bearingonnatloBS ltlrmttions onnatloBS formations ) : mav.be mavbe may . .Joe Joe . . mtd madg maderTt'e maderTte ( Tl'e Tle The Tl'e1 ' ' \1 1 well wellprobably \ wellprobably ell ellI ellprobably probably probably111 \ will \\111 111 \ be completed"Ithm completed \\"Ithm "Ithm Ithm within \ " withina "Ithma I a month or sl"eeks six sl " < "eeksI "eeksNo weeksNo \ " weeks \\"eeks "eeks eeks weeksNo No announcement has been ma made madeas maovas .r r . .ras as to the d pth the hole will be bebored bebored bebored bored but undoubtedly drilling drIllmg dnUing will willcontmue willcontinue willcontinue contmue continue until all salt formations formationshave formationshave formationshave have been } : penetrated enetrated to test themagnesIUm themagnesium the themagnesium > magnesium potash and other mm mmeral mmeral mmeral eral contents The salt honzon hOllzon horizon wJll will wJllbe willbe willbe be encountered it is anticipated anticipatedat at atI a \I I p \ . depth of aro md tnd and 1000 feetI feetThe feetThe feet feetThe I The Great Lakes corporation IS ISlone isone isone one of the rrajor major chemical con concerns concerns concems lone cerns of the United Ul1lted States It has ' I I offices in New York City ChicagoWichita Wichita and other cities cltles E J JMayhe'l JMayhew JMayhew Mayhe'l\ Mayhe'l Mayhel Mayhew Mayhe'lgeologISt ' \ geologist and engmeer engineer engmeerho engineerwho engineerwho \\ho ho who \ has bas spent several months at atlIoab atMoab atMoab \lIoab lIoab Moab \ will represent the company companyhere companyhere companyhere companyhereThe here hereThe The Great Lakes company comjany : holds holdsan holdsan holdsan an option on the Moab Land &Livestock Livestock & LIvestock ( ( Bradford ) ranch andholds and andholds andholds holds leases on the adjoining adJommg West West"Wood Westwood Westwood "Wood Wood " and Goudelock ranches as aswell aswell . well \ ell as on on smaller tracts . . . Altogeth Altogeth.er Altogether . er the company controls around around1000 1000 acres all located In a block blockIn blockfn blockin In fn the northwestern north'l\estern north'l northl estern ' \ end of Moab Moabvalley Moabvalley Moabvalley MoabvalleyDougan valley valleyDougan Dougan " } 1\ell 1 ell "ell S \ ebb ProgressingDrilling Progressing Progressmg ProgressingDrilling " Drilling Dnllmg is proceeding proceedmg on the thebeing thewell thewell ' well being drilled with with WItl1 cable tools toolsby toolsby toolsby by J L Dougan and A P Voorrues Voortues Voorlues-in Voorlues in Voorruesin Voortuesin - in the Dr IV I \ W \V V Alien Allen rinch nnch cinch In Inthe inthe inthe the southwestern part of the val valley valley valley ley probably a mile rrnle south of the theGreat theGreat theGreat Great Lakes location It Is report reported reported : ed that a depth under 550 feet hasbeen has hasbeen : been leached reached and that o 0 erations eratiohs eratiohsare erationsare erationsare are proceeding favorably f'1\'orably f'1 f1 'orably orably ' \ It is the theintention th theIntention . intention of the operators to pene- pene penetrate pene pene- peneI penetrate penetrate - - I trate the salt formation to test th the thestrata thestrata strata for magnesium and other oth-r oth r othrmineral otherlI'ineral oth-rrrlneral oth rrrlneral - - Istrata lI'ineral lIineral mineral ' salts If the Indications at are arefavorable arefavorable I favorable they111 they \ will \\111 111 \ drill further furtherwells furtherwells furtherwells wells with a rotary outfit . . That the salt beds underly1l1g underlying underly1l1gMoab underlyingMoab underlying'Moab underlyingMoab ' Moab valley contain contam magnesIum magnesiumis is a & . known kno'l\n kno'l knol n ' \ fact shown shOW1l by analyses analysesof of salt taken from the Western WesternAllies WesternAllies WesternAllies Allies oil test drilled on the1b"rt the \1b"rt 1b"rt 1brt 1b"rtand < \ yb 41b " tt ttand rtand and Jesse Maxwell farm some 20 20veatS 20Years 20years veatS Years ago The extent of the mag magnesmm magnesium magnesium nesmm nesium content however is Ilot not Ilotkno'ln notknown notknown kno'l\n kno'l knol n known ' \ This will be disclosed by bythe bythe bythe the wells now dnilingOperations drillingOperations drilling dniling drillingOperations Operations at CnscentJust CrescentJust Crescent Cnscent CrescentJust Just what the future progT'1m progT1m program programwill progT'1mwill prognniwill ' will be at the Utah "fagneslum fagneslum Magnesium "fagneslumcorporatIOn Magnesiumcorporations " Magnesiumcorporations corporatIOn corporations s holdings at Cres'ent Cresent Crescent Cres'entJunction CrescentJunction CrescentJunction " ' Junction has notet not let -et et yet ) - been an annotU1ced annormced announccd notU1ced normced A " well "ell ell was recently cored coredto coredto coredto to a depth of 4200 feet by the War WarProduction WarProduction WarProduction Production Board under a contractwith contract contractwith contractwith with Utah Magnesium Ovr-r Ovr r Orr - 2000 2000feet 2000feet 2000feet feet of salt . was aas as cored and many manystrat manyetratl manystrati strat\ strat etratl stratExtremely ' \ . extremely cxtremely rich in magnesium magnesiumchlOride magnesiumchloride magnesiumchloride chlOride and ; potassium JOtasslum weie wele were en encountered encountered encountered countered John Sandburg presslent pres press president ! dent lent of o1 Utah Magnesium returned returnedthe returnedthe returnedthe the last of the week from Wash WashInrton Washnrton Washinrton Inr-ton Inr ton nrton - D C and spent Sunday at at1b atdoib atMoib \1b 1b doib \ [ ( ) ' H ' . made no announcementas announcementis announcement as is to future ' plans 'Plans C L Scveryengineer Severy Scvery SeveryenginEer Scveryengineer enginEer of the tho U S Bureau Qf of ofyhres QfMInes ofMines MInes yhres ( who supervised operations operationson operationsn returned to toMoab toMoab toMoab on ) n the Crescent well Moab this ' \ week 'l\eek 'l l eek from Salt LakeCity LakeJity Lake LakeCity City Jity and is awaiting awnlt1ng further furtherorders furtherirders furtherorders orders irders |
