Show CANE CREEK OPERATION SOON TO START M. M G. G Mason of Los Angeles is in to start operations to drilling the Cane Creek structure down the Colorado Colorado Colorado Col Col- orado river from Moab Moah Mr Mason Mason Ma Ma- son has had a crew of ol men at work for far the past month building build ing a camp and unloading dock on the river Mr Mason is now negotiating for the building of ofa a short piece of road to the river at the mouth of Millcreek Mill Millcreek Millcreek creek two miles southwest of Moab Here a loading dock willbe willbe will willbe be built This work will be rushed so that facilities will willbe willbe be ready to expedite the moving down river of heavy rotary drilling equipment scheduled to arrive within the next few weeks There have been no startling I developments in the oil exploration exploration ration situation in southeastern Utah the past week At the Amerada Amerada Am Am- Amerada erada well southeast of Green- Green river a showing of oil and gas was encountered Saturday according according ac ae- ac- ac cording to report The strike was of sufficient Importance to cause officials of the company to fly to the location to inspect the well Drilling has proceeded since the reported showing was encountered Operations were resumed atthe at atthe atthe the Reeder No 1 Defense Plant well at Crescent Junction Junction Junction Junc Junc- tion following a week-s week shutdown shutdown shutdown shut shut- down while waiting for casing Further testing Is reportedly going forward on ore this well by bythe bythe bythe the Pongratz Oil company I. I Mack Drilling company of I Moab is the contractor Drilling is proceeding at the Pacific Western well southeast of Thompsons depth being around feet Conflicting reports come from rom the Bar X X ar-X well on an Bitter creek eastern Grand county This well weIl bottomed at feet has been taken over by Frontier Oil Gas A commercial commercial commer commer- cial gas flow is reportedly being beng beIng be- be ing ng tested |