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Show Large Area Areas , , in inCarbon inCarbon Carbon LeasedBy Leased LeasedBy By Oil CompaniesPRICEAn Companies CompaniesPRICE PRICE-An PRICE An PRICE--An PRICE - - - An oil boom of some someimportance someimportance som somimportance < importance is being looked for forward forward forward ward to in Carbon County , with withthe withthe withthe the announcement this week weekthat week that thatall thatall thaiall all of township 14 south range rang(8 rang8 ( 8 6 east and a large section se'ttion settion ' of oftownship oftownship otownship ) township 13 in the same range rangehas rangehas rangehas has been leased to three of the themajor themajor themajor major oil companies These arcthe are arethe arethe the Frontier Oil 011 anfl ana an $ RefiningCo Refming Refining RefmingCo RefiningCo Co of Cheyenne the PacificWestern Paufic Pacific PauficWestern PacificWestern Western Oil 011 and Gas Co of Cas Casper Casper Casper per Wyo and Los Angeles and andthe andthe andthe the Kerlyn Ierlyn { erlyn Oil Co of Okla Oklahoma Oklahoma Okiahoma homa City OklaThese OklaThese Okia Okla OkiaThese These companies have been beenengaged beenengaged beenengaged engaged in making a study of oftht ofthe oltht- oltht olthtarea tht the . area known locally as th the theGordon theGordon { ' Gordon - Creek section for about aboutthree aboutthree aboutthree three years and during durmg that thattime thattime thattime time have been accumulating accumulatingthe the oil leases The last one to be bencorded bertcorded bert ncorded rtcorded corded in m the local 10caJ . office wasthat was wasthat wasthat that from the Utah Fuel Cocovering Co Coovering Cocovering -overing overing covering < - 4520 acres the leasebeing lpase lease lpasebdng leasebeing bdng being granted Glen J Smith of of1 1 7 ulsa utsa OklaAccordmg OklaAccording Okia Okla OkiaAccording According Accordmg to Mrs Lena Bart Barth Bartli h 1 ( tt Carbon county recorder her heroffice heroffice heroffice office has been busy for many manymonths manymonths manymonths months with WIU1 these oil 011 leases re recordlng recording recordtngs cordlng cording ' She Sht Shc . was informed mformed by byH byIi byH H Ii G Morgan of Salt Lake rep repre representing representing re resenting < ; t.ntmg tntmg . the Pacific Pacilc Wci.torn Wcitorn Western e . t'rn trn { ' Oil and Gas Co that they expetted ex expected peded petted to expend $28 28 $ 000 im immediately immediately immediately mediately constructing a roacthrough road roadthrough roadthrough fOil through the Gordon Creek section see sec seetlOn section tlOn tion so as to be able to haul haulsupplies hausupplies upplies supplies < ; and drilling dnillng equipmentI equipmentGeologists equipmentGeologists equipment equipmentGeologists Geologists of the various com corn companies cornpanics cornpanics panies panics are optimlsitic opUmislhc optimisitic in the out outlook outlook outlook I look for oil and it is expected expectedthat expectedthat expectccthat that drilling will start before beforethe befortthe the first of the year It is said saidthat saidthat saicthat that this area is one extremity extremityof of the same oil 011 basin as is be bemg being being mg ing tapped at Rangely on the theother theother theother other end Drilling will be to toa tcd a depth of 6000 0000 to 7000 feet A Awell Awell Awell well was spudded in m near Farnum Far Farnum Farnum num east of Price last weekc we wek week weekand -k k < - kmd md and , nd is now proceeding proceedmg night and andday andday andday day |