Show New Drilling Announced for Uinta Basin Several new wells are scheduled this week in the Uinta Basin The Division of Oil Gas Conservation reports Sun Oil Company will drill a scheduled foot fool test to the Uinta formation at No 17 1 Sun et ct Federal al located in section 17 township range of Uintah Count County THE NEW prospect is about two miles northwest of Ea East t Gusher field The Sun Sum well is a little less than two miles northwest north west of an earlier well where production attempts failed Apache of Tulsa a has announced an flounced location for Cor a deep exploratory w well in section 25 township 21 range Duchesne County It is scheduled t to bj bo drilled to at least feet is six miles northwest of Cedar Rim and Continued on page 6 i I 4 P 4 do 1 y A T I. I Vf B. B D o 10 e s jt w Ail rJ c t h 7 CABLE BURYING This MACHINE machine digs the trench places the the large telephone cable In the trench and covers the trench all in one operation The reel of cable is carried on the back of the machine New Drilling I Continued from page 1 west we-st of Starvation Dam McCULLOCH OIL Corporation Los Angeles has made locations for three tests projected to depths below feet feel in the Altamont area In other activity Carlton Stowe Stow Utah Geological Survey reports work in the Altamont area continue strong Shell Shelloa Oil oa is testing an apparent success some sonic four IouI miles west of the field The Shell well was drilled to a total depth of oI feet Sun Oil is also conducting tests at an apparent producer about five miles south of established production tion in Altamont field SEVENTEEN OIL and g gas s lease sale tracts were were sold at a sale held by the Utah Department of Natural Resources in Salt Lake City last week Allen Henderson Henderson Henderson Hen Hen- derson Salt Sait Lake City independent paid 33 per acre for 1510 acres in section section sec sec- tion 35 township range five miles north of Gusher field was high bidder at the sale Some acres were sold hold at the sale which netted nearly nearly neatly near neat ly |