Show AtA T FUTURE fOR Oil T T. T M HI McKee postmaster at Drawas Dra Dra- on was Here the first of the week i c ing over some of his property Y interests which he purchased at the theof thet t time of the o opening 1 pening e He is contern contero I lating improving several of his its town lots in to tue immediate future I Mr McKee sees great things ahead tor or r the Uintah basin especially in inor mineral way and believes the t time me Ii j I j's js IS es s 's not far distant when the s sf if of f this section will play an import import- ant nt 1 part in m the oil and gasoline pro pro- j of the world Recently D. D E. E Winchester ter one of t the he engineers in the government I Geological e department made exten- exten exten l save sive experiments with the shalese s ve around round Dragon with the most flattering flat flat- I ering results Mr Winchester bean bean be be- I Ian an an his survey last summer commencing com corn at Rifle Colorado where there are also located extensive de- de of oil but none are as rich rich as some found around Dragon where one streak goes as high as asni ninety ni ety gallons to the ton ton- Besides pie the die oil phosphate of ammonia and aptha are extracted from the same shale Mr McKee informs the Rec Rec- ord that the extraction of either one one ol of the these e three ingredients will pay ifor or the cost of the reduction of th the ther f r three J From Dragon the government sur sur- has worked his way westward a and ad d has just finished an investigation of f the tile lying hing between the Straw erry terry and Indian creek There it is isery isery p ery plentiful but hut not quite so rich richs as s at Dragon and will probably produce pro pro- duce luce between 30 W and 40 gallons to the on Mr Winchester has with him hima a complete out outfit t for making his re re- re-I re 0 He is at the the present time timet time t t Soldier Summit Summit and and fr from from m- m there goes oes to Colton I. I l |