Duchesne Courier | 1922-10-13 | Page 2 | Duchesne Oil Well Not Abandoned

DUCHESNE OIL WELL NOT ABANDONED The report that the oil well weIl at Duchesne Duchesne Du- Du chesne had been abandoned was greatly grealy A letter from the office co of oC the Ute Uto Petroleum compan company com coin pan pany at D Denver nver states that t the e well will be closed down until a new boiler boller Is obtained The well Is down 2867 feet In the the last last foot drilled another strong showing of at gas ga wa was war obtained sufficient to rise through 2200 feet of water and burn six or eight feet over tho the top of th the casing when h Ignited Within the next 1000 feet the tho well should pass through at least six sands some of which are heavily saturated oil at the thet out out- crops Rob Robert rt W. W Gibson the t Ute Utes Ute's Utes Ute's s field superintendent is In Denver for bar lora fora a few eW days while the well is shut down Many operators In proven Holds fields are re suspending work because of the unfavorable unfavorable- market I n 0