Show lue DeKalb ek tu iba Firm irm W opens ow 11 uen r R s vernal venal office fife Of C fl plans big B gas S adril drilling in program an r ro t r r t nt dekalb petroleum lle 4 j company w which Is planning on an extensive natural gas explore atlon aaion program in the ute ule trail unit 69 65 aniles mouth couth of Vern vernal pill officially arrived in vernal tuesday and moved into an office in tho the coltharp building formerly occupied by y cl claylon ay t n sammons of officials of the company immediately began making makin 9 ar 11 range ments tot tor drilling ana other operations securing sup cup plies piles and began moving in ma it aerials to the drilling altet newcomers to vernal who arrived to take up residence paul pugh vice president 1 jian anta I 1 max manager iager and WC montgomery area landman J J R ray field sop BUU erin arrived last week 11 C ci red johnson geologist will wil 1 arrive i athe the first of the arriving was mrss chesy J M coker coke who will serve 0 as secretary and office man ager iier husband will arrive in june t mr M r r Pugh said tat at least live five wells will be d drilled at feet in ie mesa voa verde formation it ii i commercial production should be forth coming J a malor major gas field will be dev developed eloped with a or program of possibly deveral million dolf lars A staff of eight elgh twin will 0 der ate the office including two girls for stenography and record keeping steep ing t miracle and wooster of oe ver nal have the contract for drill o ing operations r to rosa construction co will survey and make roads I 1 I 1 tilte ute trail unlit unita comprises acres k acquired from oil corp of los An angelaa Aug geltA eloa J the unit Is the coene iene of five natural gas discoveries in aa middle wasatch formation and ono oil well in the middle green greeck I 1 river formation t one of the gas wildcat I 1 ila has ila a rn meas e W 1 ared initial flow ato to aarnos t phere of cubic feet of natural gas dally daily dekalb announced that it would drill its ute all unit no I 1 a milel mile northwest of this wildcat at the southwest quai tot ter of the southwest i quarter of section 4 township 10 0 south and range 22 vast east if gas Is found in both the wasatch mind and melm mc verdo I in commercial quantities titles 1 ilia le wells wilt will be completed aal dually productive 1 from both zones in order to facilitate its concentration on the uintah basin harln development dekalb la Is i closing its Lub lubbock botki taos teta divisional offlie and moving lt it to vernal other personnel have come in from therill ti it ings montana office r As sk a consequence of the purchase put chae and arrangement ran gement of others interests nt eresta on in tile the ute trail units unit dekalb now line lias approximately a 90 00 percent interest in this unit and Is the operator sun oil co cd liaa has ill the next largest interests interest drought brought ft allot ill mr and mrs puch brought bro tight their heir old son ron john paul mr and mis m cry brought their three children david dianne and pamela mrs coker and mrs ray hay also came with tills 1 group the mie newcomers reached as faias price but could not come over findlan summit because of a snowstorm they went on to provo and in over US 40 most of the families i were front from Lub lubbock tock texas tes but mr johnson is from i net ings montana |