Show conico to drill three Thre wells eWells I 1 on state line continental oil co will drill drill t three well wells on of the english oil co at arado colo on the utah ll line nell it was announced sat saturday arday J A 41 manton liton salt uke lake city president r e aident of the firm said the rh three r e e wella wells would be the funk through the mesa verde forma aiom continental has agreed to drill the testa tests in exchange for tor for a 00 per cent Interest in the acre unit fourth wll it that firm wishes to par in any production of oil or gas in section other than the mesa verde it must drill a fourth well to the weber formation mr minton said acl the acreage controlled by english is in townships 34 3 4 5 south and ranee range west the ura arado do block geologically is part of a great sill plunging V 9 nose thru thrusting n s into to the uintah basin the area has about 00 feet of closure on the southeast by virtue of a grabin fault it is believed that a mesa verda test will require drilling as deep as feet from oil springs the block takes its name from the oil springs at arado uintah vintah and auray indians once treated their ailments with the oil which has an a peculiarly penetrating quality according to mr mt minton the arado products co then headed by tom lyom salt lake cop per firm executive dug a t tun nel into the seep and ex extracted tm I 1 M about 24 barrel barrels a day of 0 the oil this was later sold cold as a rubbing oil the arado product products co sub abr was acquired by other interest |