Garfield County News | 1955-02-24 | Page 50 | Wildcatting |

Type	issue
Date	1955-02-24
Paper	Garfield County News
Language	eng
City	Panguitch
County	Garfield
Rights	No Copyright - United States (NoC-US)
Rights Holder	Tropic Town, Tropic, Utah
Publisher	Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
ARK	ark:/87278/s6mp60jf
Reference URL	https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6mp60jf

Article Title	Wildcatting
Type	article
Date	1955-02-24
Paper	Garfield County News
Language	eng
City	Panguitch
County	Garfield
Page	50
OCR Text	Show WILDCATTING last year In the Black Mesa Basin near Win slow and Ilolbrook. Ariz, resulted in- speculation that another rich oil or helium field exists In the area. The rig shown here was set up on the Dewey McCaully ranch 19 miles southeast of Winslow, and drilling progressed to 3,000 fret when the drillers overnight abandoned the Installation and moved away. Rumor had it that an oil showing was made, but the drillers said nothing. A Dallas, Tex., drilling firm Is now down beyond 1,200 feet on a wildcat operation near Ilolbrook.
Reference URL	https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6mp60jf/3336542