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Show Blandin Outlook Published in the Interest of Blanding VOLUME 3 PiUCE 10 tho Surrounding Oil and Mining Comnunttioa BUNDING, UTAH, FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1961 NO. 0 N U 0 Commissioners San Juan County want to see State Highway 262 in the oil which now dead-en- ds . responsible for construction of equitable portions of the road. Mr. Black and another commifield 3 miles north of the El ssioner, Marlon Hazleton, conferFaso Gas Flant, made into a red with the State Hliway commissioner through hiway, Department in Salt Lake City Black Hyrum reports. Friday of last week on the The first cholee proposal . County's would be to extend 26.2 from the Surveys and cost estimates are present- deadend to the oil field complete on two spans of the bridge then South across Red project which the SHD and the Mesa to Intersect Navajo No. 1 Utah Indian Affairs Commission in Arizona. Black says, however; have agreed to build providing that the County would cooperate the Federal Indian Bureau will fully on it's second choice build either from Aneth East to route j a proposal that would go Colorado or from the Bridge to the river South to Navajo 1. But the U.S. from the dead-ethen via Aneth Trading Post to Bureau over reservation roads rs connect with the Colorado has given a flat refusal on the road. grounds that it does not have The County feels that the road the funds. So the whole project should be built immediately and appears to be stymied. that the State Highway DepartThe two state agencies end San ment, the Utah Indian Affaire Juan County have agreed to exert Commission, and U. S. Bureau o f pressure In- Washington to get Indian Affairs should each be cooperation from the U.S. Bureau, - nd Four-Come- - The WEATHER merce of Chamber Blanding elected officers for . at its meeting Com- 1961 Wednesday. elected Johnson was haw-kiLoren The first precipitation r president to succeed Mrs. John (Minnie) Johnfor the year was .05 inoh nt at 5 p.m. Thursday, January 26. son was elected and succeeds the newly elected Courtesy FRANK WRIGHT Sylvan ns. rded vice-preside- president. Montgomery, who has ser- Dean ved as secretary organization's the for several years was re -- instated. The has Board its changed meeting date to every Monday noon at the Silver Spur Cafe. Mexican Hat Bood Bid Opening Set v ta St State Highway r h J Ismay-Pennsylvani- JW K; S $M ,N fulmar-V.'- J, hr.- '1 M C'. EXlO Desert an the Creek-Pcnnsylvani- an prolific one, the Anido Creek discovery found the Ismay a better friend; the Desert Creek yielded JOURNAL. The authentlo publication only fair shows of oil. The Missis-sippiand reoent disooverles four listed proved a poor show. had this to say menChamplin now has located a diOf the discovery tioned above, one is truly signifi- rect southwest offset to the discovin Section ery at the Navajo-11- 1, cant. This is Champlin Oil & Refin13; it will go to 5,600 ft. in the 1, ing Co. and Murphy Corp. 1 in San Paradox section. Sinclair Oil & Gas Section with Juan County, Utah. It pushes the Co. has also entered the field, Paradox basin play straight toward a southeast offset in Section this one, Sinclair 1 Navajo-- 5, the Arizona line and broadens the will go to the Barker Creek zone, front for future Pennsylvanian exwhich underlies the Desert Creek ploration in Colorado. New Mexico. dlsoovery south of Aneth is rated to be of major THE OIL A GAS b y significance The new Champlin an quartet Nav-ajo-11- 13-43s-2- 4e, 18-43s-2- . 5e; eral fed- money roads J that for reservation the federal govern- ment has spent and is spending vast sums on reservation roads Department in Arizona but roads seal-coati- ng the 21 of miles Black advocates new that the two line Jtah aAgencies start construction method of inspiring the s and Mexican Hat. On the .same day it will open federal agency to do its part The State Iliiway Department bids for construction including is facts and figblacktop of 5.5 miles of U. 47 uresoompillng all the oil field regarding from Mexican Hat East. for use by the road status READ THE WANT ADS County in its promotion efforts. between the State blacktop and Akah zones of the A flush discovery . . . This 2,085-bb- l. discovery, now named Anido Creek, produces from the section at 5,304-2- 6 ft. It was carried to and 5,338-4- 6 total depth 6,610 ft. in Mississip-pia- n, another possible pay target in this basin. Unlike the Aneth fields to the north, where the Ismay is the stingy section and the underlying getting a that, reservation Utah have all been within will open road bids in Salt Lake built with State funds. City February ,7th for The Stir Hay liscoverj tanplin and Arizona. Arizona is that lion's share of contend They ta Miy Hermosa-Pennsylvania- n. Gets set for rules . . . Champlin and Murphy hold a block of 1,280 acres in the immediate vicinity of the new discovery, and they have applied for spacing rules in Sections 4, and 23, and 24 in 43s-24-e, 43s-25e. in Sections 7, 18, and 19 in The Utah Oil and Gas Conservation Commission will hold a hearing on the field on March 7. Perhaps this interesting new Paradox discovery will stir the imagination of Rocky Mountain oil finders anew. For the past 2 years, the Aneth region has lapsed into some kind of exploratory coma, as all eyes were trained on Lisbon to the north. Only one discovery was made in the southern Paradox basin in all the 1960, and it was a sick cat Texaco Inc. 1 Navajo U NCT, Section posted a potential of only 14 bbl. of oil and 17 bbl. of water on pump last August. 80-ac- re 11-1- ... 32-40s-2- 6e, was an Ismay producer at 5,420- - . 60 ft. It One other recent discovery, originally finished in 1960, but now recompleted for flush 1961 production, is Aztec Oil & Gas Co. et al. 58-- 1 Navajo, in Section (see map). Originally, it was drilled to total depth of 5,725 ft. by Zoller & Danneberg; Aztec assumed operation at that point. Most recent potential at the well reads 145 bbl. per day on 10 64-i- n. choke; production is from Desert Creek perforations at 23e ft. The first completion here was effected in late December for 98 bbl. per day. Not yet named, this discovery lies 1 Vi miles southeast of Gothic Mesa field. The outlook for the Paradox basin is decidedly brighter for 1961. Look for a surge of wildcats this year, aimed at Pennsylvanian, and Devonian targets . . . not just in the southeastern basin lobe, but throughout the Paradox 5,592-5,70- 0 Mis-sissippi- an, country. |