Show NEW OIL FIElD MAY AY DE BE OPENED Local Men Say Good Results Will Come in Navajo Country Opening OpenIng- a a. Jal large e tract of ot oll uc- uc Ing ng land In tile Navajo Indian reservation reserva- reserva Ion tion through the efforts of Senator leed Smoot In the e opinion of 1 lical lica cal oil on hen Inen will result In the Immediate exploration exploration ex ex- of that country and the establishment es- es of a new oil field In a few years The Navajo reservation atlon takes up jp the extreme s part of ot he tue state the portion In Utah being about 50 b by 25 miles In extent Oil has been found In quantities that would warrant extensive drilling if transportation tation facilities a could be obtained a al d already there are at nt least four tour wells I in the immediate vicinity of ot Moab which are arl producing oil I Prospecting Prospecting- for oil In tho the extreme southeastern part of the state so far has been confined to the use of small portable derricks with which a hole 1000 feet deep is the practical limit There are several of these rl rigs s on the ground round now the owners of ot which have been waiting val for fOI tho the word wh which came from Irom Washington from Wednesday V night that a n. part of at the reservation reser had been opened to prospectors As soon as this ground round has been with shallow wells walls standard standard standard stand stand- ard oil all rigs will be taken to tho the reservation reser roger and arll thorough tests will be made for oil at the lower Jower depths A prominent prominent nent Dent local oil man who J from the Navajo reservation district a n few reeks T ago ao reports that the tho presence of oil there is an established fact Quality IntI quantity however howe remain to be demon demonstrated The Navajo reservation at nt present Is Isn in n the the most Inaccessible part of or the state with no railroad within miles |