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Show , v i . ' . A J ' 7.': TIIE AMERICAN-FORK CITIZEN, Thursday, November 7, 1957 History of Oil In Utah, And Present Prospfects . Active search for oil first be can In Utah 68 year ago In 13S1 with the drilling of a wild cat test by the Bamberger and . XIUlj Company near Green kit cr in Grand County. like nun dreds of wildcat well to follow. this 1,000 foot test was dry Other wildcat wells were subse quently drilled In the Great Salt Lake area In 1895 and in the Uinta Basin area In 1900. While a few shows of oil and Cat were encountered In these and other teste drilled In vari ous parts of the State, it was not until 1908 that the State's Urst oil production was found In the San , Juan Field ; near Mexican Hat In southern Utah.. A number of wells were soon drilled In' the Immediate vicinity, vicin-ity, but the boom was short-lived. ;. ; ;( ' ; . ."Between 1988 and 1 1943 when the first commercial production was discovered at Ashley Valley In theUlnta Basin jiear Vernal wrM r. Mil and gas to I Utah ,was fraught with dlsap polntment after disappoint ment. Millions of dollars had been spent on geological ex ploratlon and the drilling of approxlately 500 test wells. Up until this time, however, there was little to show for the ef fort expended. y Encouraged, by the small Ashly Valley discovery In 1948 and successes elsewhere in the Rocky- Mountain Area, the search for oil in Utah contlnu ed at an accelerated pace. In 1949 carter Oil Co., after having hav-ing done extensive geological and geophysical work In the Uinta Basin, discovered the first Tertiary oil near the town of Roosevelt Other Teretlary discoveries followed, the prin cipal of which was Red Wash. In 1951. In the southeastern part of the state, test wells encountered encouraging shows of oil' from the Pennsylvanlan and Missies-Ipplan, Missies-Ipplan, but It was not until 1954 V ill.' J - irfia.is-i? no Have Spafford Milk delivered to your door. I I . !L J-. i. ir s nanaier 10 pic, up ar your ooor&iep. It's fresher milk. ' SPAFFORD DAIRY 1 "THAT GOOD MILK"..'- Phone 164 American Fork SAVE UP TO 20 On FIRE COVERAGE (On Protected and Unprotected Dwellings and Contents) With No v''' No Membership! ) Joining Fees f- L, Fees EXAMPLE $10,000 oh Building brick, composition roof $5,000 on Contents "' furniture, personal prop. $35.00 25.00 $60.00 12.00 ...... $48.00 $15,000 Protection 3 years .., ' less zo savings , Net cost lor S Tears' Protection 8ave 157 on Farm Property, You can be SURE if you Insure vith , Mutual of Enumclaw Lewis M. Rowe Insurance Agency Phone 111 or 112 P. O. BOX 206 ' AMERICAN FORK, UTAH that the first commercial oil In the Paradox Basin was discov ered at Tesert Creek. This ois covery directed added attention to the Paradox" Basin and the exploration that followed soon led to the discovery or me ah-eth ah-eth Pool In February, 1955, and signaled the opening or , a ma jor oU producing province. -Today one of tne more pros pectlve oil areas Is Utal. The State's, crude oil reserves are variously estimated as high as 350 million barrels and current oil producUon , averages iz,ooo barrels per day from 25 oil fields. In addition there are 18 gas fields. , , ' . The Future of Utah Barring unforeseen economic deterrents, crude oil reserves in Utah mar Increase - to an amount In .excess of 500 mil lion barrels. Likewise, If we as sume adequate markets' and orderly development, produe tlon may Increase many times over the present rate of 12,000 barrels per day.? The possibilities for discovery and development of new oil and. gas reserves In the Itate are excellent. The most pros pective area at the' present time is, of course, the Paradox Basin. Other - areas also hold excellent possibilities for the future. Within the past year an upswing In discoveries In the Uinta Basin has rejuvenated Interest In the Tertiary sediments. To the west of the Paradox Basin lies the relatively unex plored Kalparowlts plateau area where production ha already been found on the Upper Valley Val-ley structure. 'Heretofore ' this area was considered Njneconom-lc Njneconom-lc due to lack of market outlet. out-let. With the completion of the crude line from.Aneth to the West Coast we can expect added add-ed Impetus to exploration In this area. Similarly, southwestern southwest-ern Utah, where oil was found on the Virgin anticline In 1907 has many' attractive areas - for further exploration. . The Wasatch Plateau area, already credited with significant signifi-cant gas reserves, will also share in the Increased activity anticipated for Utah, as will the San Rafael sector to the southeast. Perhaps one of the least explored and , one with recognized potential is the vast Basin and Range Province atch Mountains, this geologic province covers most of western Utah, extending westward Into Nevada - and northward into Idaho. As time passes and industry in-dustry continues its - relentless search for new reserves, more and more attention is expected to be directed to this prospec tive area. critical examination of the crude oil and gas discoveries in the United States in the last half century leads to the conclusion con-clusion that discovery rates' are dependent on three major factorsnamely, fac-torsnamely, (1) volume of exploratory, effort, both wildcat drilling and geological and geo- pnysicaracwrcyruj Briective ness of discovery methods; and (3) the , availability of suitable territory for exploration. In Utah there is little question as to the prospectlveness of the area to be explored' and our finding "tools" - were never "sharper" than they are today. In simple terms, it is the economic econ-omic conditions which' will gov ern the willingness or unwill lngness of capital to accept the tremendous risks Involved. As suming adequate market out lets, & moderate tax structure and favorable crude oil and gas prices, Utah should have a brilliant future as an oil and gas producing state. DUP Meetings ' Adams Camp 'J Adams Camp members will hold their monthly meeting Nov, 14, at the home of Mrs, Leo T. Hansen. Mrs. Jennie R Greenwood and Mrs. Mary A. Anderson will assist her as hostesses.' h - The lesson will be given byl Mrs. 8. A. Harris send the history his-tory will be head by Mrs. Bert Timpson. ' t , Beehive Camp Beehive Camp members will hold their monthly , meeting at the residence of Mrs. Earl Fer gusonl The lesson will be given by Mrs. Robert L. Ashby, and the history will be read by Min nie I. Hodapp. The Christmas party will be - planned at this meeting. , . . Greenwood Camp Members of DUP, Greenwood Camp, will hold their next meetlne at the home of Mrs. Don Barratt. The lesson will be given by Sadie Meredith and the history will be read by Mrs. D. W. Jones. " ' . t " ' American Fork Camp American Fork Camp mem bers will hold. their next meet ing Thursday, Nov.' 7, : at' the home of Mrs. J. vern Beck. Flossie B. Shiner will give the lesson and a history will be read. . ' Moantalnville Camp Members of Mountainvllle Camp will hold -their regular monuuy meeung in Aipine uei lc Hall. The lesson will be given by Mrs. Memn Devey. A history will also be read. Community Bonfire Was Well Attended Alpine community bonfire which took place on Halloween at the Alpine ball park was great success. People . of all ages who attended the affair, most of them wearing costumes,' cos-tumes,' marched i around ' the huge, bonfire, ' The outing was sponsored by Alpine city,- PTA, church and school, and was ar ranged by Sylvan Johnson, who was assisted by Principal John Nicol. Miss Neicell Devey, dressed as Bound on the east by the Wassfk gypsy, told fortunes in a tent, Strings of apples were bobbed for by the children attending Donald , Beck ' or the city re creation dept. ' arranged for. a tractor and") hay rack upon which attenders rode during the event. Tether ball and many other activities kept the youngsters out of mischief, Free hot dogs and drinks were served to the large crowd of 400 who attended. i - rr5-- -fr v if llever before a car so luxurious, so modestly Ericed! 270 IIP, dual exhaust, 4-barrel car-uretor car-uretor engine gives one of the world's best power-weight ratios for top V-8 performance with outstanding V-8 economy. New pushbutton push-button driving. Powr-Lok anti-npin differential. differ-ential. Come in today and drive the ultra-smart ultra-smart new Ambassador by Rambler for 1958. NEW 270 HP V8 Finest Car Ever Priced So Close to the Lowest t American hiotort Meant Mort for Americana See the Sensational All-New 1958 Ambassador Today At Rambler At Nash At Hudson Dealers liALSTROn nOTOtlS 598 EAST STATE HIGHWAY AMERICAN FORK Mrs. Alice Thornton of this city was happy to have as her guests during the past week, her brother, Howard Peterson and son, Ronnie, of El Monte, Calif. It was the first time Mrs7Thmtonhaden "her brother in six years. LEGAL NOTICE Notice to Creditors ESTATE OF JOSEPH O. MA KIN, Deceased, ' Creditors will present claims with vouchers to the under signed administratrix at the of flee of O. DeVere Wootton, At torney at Law, Suite 12, Gen eva Building, American Fork, Utah, on or before January 10, 1958, Elvera Makin ' Administratrix O. DeVere Wootton Attorney for Administratrix American Fork, Utah. Nov. T, 14, 21, 2i Health Pronortioned MIIKS i -jf m r 000DDDDDD County Appropriates, Additional Funds to C6mplete;l957 Period . An additional $245,250 to various var-ious departments in the county was appropriated by unanimous, unani-mous, vote, at a meeting of Utah County Commission Monday. Mon-day. These funds will complete the 1857 period of work. The funds were requested recently re-cently by the departments to supplement thir respective budgets bud-gets for the next two months of the year, according to F. Ru-lon Ru-lon Nicholes, commissioner. The commissioner stated the extra monies would be taken from the general fund and sur plus funds of the county, ' Additional money was grant ed to the planning commission, $1,800; sheriff department, $2,-000; $2,-000; commission $1,300; clerk, $1,488; .Jail, $1,500; and county and precinct court, $4,000. f Other I departments receiving funds . include the highway, $75,000 (part of which will be reimbursed by towns - in the county who had work done recently re-cently by the countyj; ' sanity hearings, $250; courthouse and grounds, $3,600; poor and indigent indi-gent fund,' $150,000 and Juvenile Juven-ile court, $3,400. From the Door and indigent fund will come $75,000 going to the Eldred Sunset Manor to oe matched by federal funds for construction of their new In firmary. The commission approved ap-proved he transfer from the P & I fund to meet the deadline1 kfor matching of the money, ac cording to Mr. Nicnoiea. - , . A reduction from the building build-ing and improvement' fund of $19,000 and frok(thefire warden war-den fund of $1350 will go to meet the new requests. ; , Mr. and ,Mrs. Laurence Mc-Candless Mc-Candless were visited the past week by Mr a McCandiess daughter, and her husband Mr. and Mrs. ; Bernard Hickman. While here they attended .the Clark runloa In Provo They enjoyed a big dinner, played games and had a program. It has been 30 years since they were all together. PINK96Js (Em 0)B(3Gi m mi - a ibs. ag CABBAGE ' :......... u, 2c SALTINES : By runty -L. 2 49c FLOUR Yellow Star, 50 Lb; Bag , $3.73 CHERRY CHOCOLATES 1U, box 49c s FROZEN ' : " ' . : ; . PKG. TUNA Chunk Style : 5 cans $1.00 DOG FOOD v,u 14 cans $1.00 : 6 BEERold Label CANS 89c COB FROZEN ........ PKG. SHORTENING Bakerite, 3 Lb.' Can FRUIT COCKTAIL 5 cans $1.00 WAX PAPER Kitchen Charm .NEAR BONELESS ' ; '( LB,' SWI FT'S PREMI UM , LB. HERSEY : : T PEAS Large Can ,10c COFFEE Instant Bordens 2 JARS 59c PINEAPPLE Sua 5 cans 89c ; ii ..I. m H...I .ii-i i. aPlfJ) 4 -.7.1. fa. .V STORES |