Show Amerada High In Ute Oil Bids Amerada Petroleum Com Com- Company pany was dominant among bid bid- tiers ders at th the sealed bid Uintah Ouray Indian oil and gas lease sale held at Fort Duchesne Tuesday of last week Amerada was the successful high bonus bidder on 44 of 56 tracts paying for 27 acres The lands offered totaled 34 acres in Twp 58 Rge's 3 4 and all in Duch- Duch Duchesne erne esne County Sinclair Oil and Gas Company paying for acres in 6 tracts was second although it made the highest bid per acre of 1883 Shamrock Oil and Gas Cor Cor- bid for 2400 acres in 4 tracts and Union Oil Company of California paid for 1280 acres in 2 tracts Bids ranged from a low of per acres to 1883 with the average pegged at per acre Belco Petroleum Corporation Shell Oil Com Com- Company pany and Gulf Oil Corporation were unsuccessful bidders for any of the tracts offered Total bonus offered was The lands in this sale were located north and east of Gulf Oils Oil's Canyon field dis dis- dis discovery covery and west of Castle Peak Field Section 24 Twp 58 Reg I Tract 27 and Sec lion tion 25 Twp 48 Rge Tract 28 brought the highest bids All tracts received bids |