| Show uintah Is center of great oil and shale movement 51 ME will ment extraordinary aLti activity vity has haa been displayed all over the uintah basin 1 in utah the past year in the I 1 locating cat s on oil anticlines anti clines and oil shale hale and oil sand lands acquirements acquire ments it is roughly estimated that more than acres have been located c one of the western counties has located more than acres it is expected that before the present bet has expired that considerable work ork in the way of new drilling for oil will be started and that a number of shale and sands plants may be created and in operation among the companies preparing to begin work at an early date it Is I 1 the utah consol consolidated 1 dated oil co this I 1 company recent 1 organized con about 20 acres of oil and shale lauds lands in the basin it has a strong board of directors the members of which aich are enthused with the purpose of developing utah oil lands jos R murdock the president of 0 the company states that during the many 5 ears he has been familiar with the section as a col enizer aniser and in the livestock business the the oil possibilities have aphea 4 d to him strongly ile he states for this reason I 1 nave subscribed both money moncy and property in the new co company M and I 1 feel sure the company will meet with genuine success personally so nally I 1 should greatly seeing a great oil state without my having taken part in making it so less enthusiasm over the possibilities ties ot of the uintah basin for I 1 oil development is joseph B keeler vice president ot of the utah consolidated oil a kompany mr keeler says 1 I bellene believe that the uintah section Is defined to become a leading oil field of the west I 1 believe it so strongly that I 1 have my i own oven money for stock in the co company nipan i ot of which I 1 am vice president and which was forced to develop this section J W musser du who assisted in procuring the various holdings of the utah consolidated oil co that h ht has spent a number of years in that section and la Is convinced thi tb a large production of oil will be developed there mr air musser states that near his companas comp anys property in the vernal district and dipping directly under the property la is a balge outcrop of saturated oil sands ex tending several miles to the northwest and southeast mr musser says bays his companas comp corn anys pans shale lands near the railroad at waton are among the richest to be found these lands are near the property of the emerald oil company which has drilled 15 wells at shallow depth the last bringing in an estimated production of oc 60 50 barrels D 11 gustaves consulting en elneer of the compa lias has improvised a small reduction plant which he operates at the companas comp anys offices deseret news neus |
