Show Oil ft INDUSTRY 1 ft BUSINESS N NEWS WS Exploration Activity Remains Slow Here a BY DON ROBINSON Exploration for oil and gas remains at a Ii low ebb locally Wildcat drilling however is providing some interesting and widely spaced tests Shell Oil Co has graded their location for a test of or the Upper Courthouse area 13 miles mlles north of Moab and is reportedly reportedly re reo re- re ready to move in a rig Tidewater Oil is preparing to drill a 12 thousand foot toot Mississippian test of the newly created Pine Ridge unit of ot San Juan county near La Sal The acre unit has State Land Board approval and approval is pending The acreage is a from Union Oil of California In Emery county Placid Oil Company has scheduled a Mississippian test of the Marsh Flat unit at Woodside The location Section 29 T 17 S R 14 E Is the first drilling for lor forthe forthe the area since Humbles Humble's dry hole two years ago The nearest test was five live miles south also dry VV W. W G G. G Bush Drilling is at work on a Grand county test of unusual interest in the northeast Cisco area Bush has offset the four Capansky wells that surprised the industry so two years ago with shallow production Reportedly Report edly the wells have now produced barrels of oil The Bush location for an 1800 foot toot Morrison test is NW NW NW Section 8 T 20 S R 24 E The well Is designated 8 1 Capansky Phillips I a Texas Gulf Sulphur Co has completed and Is testing their surface hoist finishing the roping up of the hoist this past week Work is not yet underway on the second or production production pro pro- hoist The project is still on schedule for anticipated production at the end of November project manager Frank Tipple Tippie announced Underground work continues on two conveyor conveyor con con- systems Surface work by contractor Scharf Schari Construction Con Con- is removing the buildings of shaft contractor Har liar rison A National Labor Relations Board election has been ten tend lively scheduled at Atlas Minerals' Minerals Moab mill November 2 Lack of a clear majority in the previous election for no union or a choice of two unions resulted In the new runoff ballot The vote will be between no union and the and Allied Products of America America union it Limousine service to and from the new air airport port has been initiated by R. R A. A Gould Inc of ot Moab Glenn Victor is manager The same agency is the airmail carrier to the field All AU flights are met by the service Additionally according ac cording to Mr Victor the company is offering passenger service service ser ser ser- vice to Thompson on request to meet the rail raU schedule it i r r Reynolds Electric Engineering Co Co has been recruiting in Moab and Price for tor 60 miners needed at the firms' firms Atomic Energy Commission test site Mercury Nevada Glen Clayton of ot Reynolds said that his company was paying a t twee wee week for tor qualified miners Mr Mr- Clayton Is In Jn Price today Reynolds maintains offices in Las Vegas and In Jn Mercury it Scharf Construction Co Co will contract the moving of the large Grand Crand county owned hanger to Field Commissioner Commissioner Com Com- missioner Mars Pope announced Tuesday No hanger or tie down facilities facUlties are as yet available for private craft at the new airport f r r r The State Stat Highway Department is b advertising for tor bids on miles mUes of highway on route 95 near the former Rite Kite area The stretch described is front from the Colorado river southeast south east to White Canyon Whiting and Haymond contractors on Field are at work on another contract for tor the state Involving a segment of Highway 47 41 near Bluff |