Show denver geologist visits here at arlhur ekkers harold W C prommel an inter na tonally known geologist and con suiting salting engineer from denver ltv was as in green river tuesday he stopped for a visit at the home of mr and mrs arthur ekker mr prommel was one of the very first geologists to come into this area he did work near moab and south of hanksville Hanks ville in the 1920 s b be e fore the government geologists arr arrived ved he said that he located the first oil veil well near moab it was known as the shaeffer well and was responsible for starting all the oil surrounding green river tien err from 1930 to 1932 mr prommel as in russia assisting with the first f e year plan there he said that there were about 2000 other amen ameri can engineers and scientists and about the same number of german engineers in russia at that time looking for gold in british guiana in south america has also been among his many experiences he told how he flew from the united states to south america and re turned in 29 days in between that time he was in british guiana bumping along in a jeep looking for gold he did not say whether or not he found it the arthur ekkers became ac quain quainter ted with mr prommel when he was making a geological survey in |