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Show Millard County Chronicle 6 Delta, Ut., Thurs., Oct. 6,1949 Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Slmms, of Gandy, were Delta visitors Sunday and Monday. Mr. Simms worked at Lehman cave all summer, and the couple were taking a week's vacat-ion in Utah. Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Clark were among the visitors at Lehman's cave on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Steele and Mrs. R. L. Heyborne spent Sunday in Provo, visiting their daughters Shirlene Steele and Nola Heyborne who are attending the BYU this year. a nuisance the. I often spoiled oil wells. The first commercial oil well was drilled in 1858 by E. L Drake at Titusville Pa., to a depth of g9'i ft. It started producing in August of 1859 and produced 30" bbls. of oil a day for several mon-ths. Crude oil was refined at first chiefly to obtain kerosene, and the lighter fraction, gasoline, was re-garded as a useless and danger-ously explosive which was poured into the rivers as the safest means of disposing of it. With the advent of the auto-mobile gasoline became the petro-leum product most sought after, while such incidental products as distillate and fuel oil were produc ed in surplus and sold cheaply. The modern hydrogenation and cat alyst cracking processes now make possible the conversion of crude into nearly any proportions of the various products which are in de-mand. For the last twenty years developments in high compression engines seemed to indicate an ev-er growing need of more octane fuel , but the very latest engine developments, such as jet engines for aircraft which burn kerosene and diesels for heavy duty work, which burn fuel oil are demand-ing more of the leavier and lower octane fuels. The origin of crude oil is not known, although it may be from ancient plant or animal life or both. From wherever it originates it moves or flows slowly under-- , ground along porus or rock strata to points where it becomes trap-ped. The geological formations which trap oil are know as oil re-servoir structures. Most common of these is the anticline, which is a dome shaped structure in which oil tends to collect and from which it cannot escape. Natural gas given off by the oil will-colle- ct When such a pool is lapped by an oil well, gas pressure forces the oil up through the well pipe. In making ther exploratory fli-ght with Mr. Beckwith, geologists Truchot and Heisy were looking for indications of anticlines, chief-ly. If likely indications of these are seen from the air, they will make further explorations on the ground, and if these confirm their aerial observations the next step, in the words of Mr. Truchot would be to lease the land. While aerial observations are de cidedly preliminary the three hour flight covered as much ground as they could explore by other means only by weeks of work, and not infrequently geological formations which are not apparent to ground level observers are very plain from the air. Explorations by geophysical met hods mr.y aho bo made. Of the reflecting thw' seismograph is useful for mapping subsurface . tours. Highly scientific method , exploring for oil pools have k developed, but the cost of drim wells has skyrocketed in years. In contrast with Col iwl' 50 ft. well wells are now d,eJ as deep as 20,000 ft. Back in the 1920's experts dieted that our oil reserves Wo, r. L" be used up in ten years. Tod with more oil being used than er before there are also J known underground reserves ertheless old fields become worT ed out and now ones must be covered. With all the known ,1' serves of oil, it remains an irren ceable natural resource which some day, must be exhausted ' Neither Mr. Truchot nor Mr Heisy would predict how long 0u, oil reserves may last. Nor would they indicate the likelihood of find ing oil in the west Millard-Jua- n area.But they expect to stay here until Nov. engaged in exploration work for Standard of Indiana Sunday evening Mr. Beckwith treated 'the two geologists Mrs Heisy and myself to a show of his color slides of the Millard Countv points of interest ,and tome high ly colorful slides he had taken of the Wayne Wonderland. OIL? MAYBE . . . Although petroleum has been know for centuries and references to it were made in the writings of Aristotle, Pliny and Herodotus, ' it is only during the last hundred years that it has become a really valuable commodity. For many years it was regarded as a nuis- - i ance in the production of salt wat-- i er but after commercial uses for oil were developed the old method of obtaining salt water from wells was adapted to the production of , oil and salt water then became Wingovers (From the Delta Airport by Dick Morrison) UPS AND DOWNS . . . Wayne Gonder of Garrison, who is living in Delta to attend school this winter has taken up flying. He made his familiarzaton fight Saturday. Louis Buffington and Leon Theo-- 1 bald made their dual XCs last week, with stops at Salt Lake and Provo. Sunday, Leon treated his mother Mrs. Lavern Theobald, whose bir-thday was on Sept. 30, to her 1st plane ride as a birthday .present. Carl Theobald went along too. Carl has become quite a flying enthus-iast since taking his first flight Sept. 11. His wife isn't quite so sure about it, yet. Among the many who took their first flights on Air Day were Nona Chesley and Lois Gardner who had a short hop in the sedan with Nate Ward piloting. Wayne Houser brought his wife and their three children to Delta from Lucin, Utah Sept. 28. They have rented a house on 2nd West St. BULS-EY- E FOR CUPID'S DART ? ? When Oral Jenson and Billy Clark took off in the sedan Sept. 26 at 0600 it might have been just another airplane ride. Still, their destination, Portland, Ore., ried, and won't until an announce-ment is made but Miss Myrtle Dal-to- n made the return trip from Port land, and there's romance in the air. Oral and Billy made the hop to Portland in 7 hrs and 10 min. They spent some time sightseeing ar-ound Portland and Vancouver. The take-of- f on return was delayed by fog so they flew to Burley Friday, and made the last leg of their trip from Burley to Delta Saturday in 2 Mi hours. was farther away than usual and ; then there was the remark anony- - yne mously attributed to Oral before f the take off to the effect, that, !k "if she's in the plane when we get sre back consider I'll be married",. to Well we don't consider him mar-ie- n ent truck more traction to get up i hill. When he comes down ei time he unloads the truck leaves the rocks there for anot trip. The rocks had been w smooth from the many haulii up and down, and Don estima that he has carried these roi 13,879 miles up and down short hill. He got quite attacl to these rocks and now that pinenut hunt is on someone loi ed in his rocks to make it up hill and forgot to unload them the return trip. Now Don has haul out some more rocks so can get up the hill. Baby tenders out there are l necessary. All a mother has to to a small tot to keep him haj is give him a nice gooey pine co The child spends the rest of day pulling it from one hand another. If he looses interest the cone and puts his hands do to the ground he is stuck the until soaked off with coal o It has been a boon to mothers there is no chance of getting k but of course, does have a f draw backs. The kids must be cleaned some time and it takes quite little while getting the pine gi out of hair, eyelashes, off elbo and clothes. But mother says is worth it just to have a day freedom from their charges. One does get a rather pervert view of food after a pinenut hu because no matter what spii are used in cooking all food tas nf nino tnaa. v Tah J JlfirSOnCa Did you know who that was to-day in Who's Who? That is Will-iam &. Bassett, and his baby sis-ter Winona, now Mrs. Oscar Swal-ber- g of Salt Lake City. They are the oldest boy and girl in the fam-ily of William H. and Eldula B. Bassett, and grandchildren of N. S. and Ann E. Melville Bishop, who built the first'house in Delta. Billie their first grandson, was born in Fillmore, and came from Amer-ican Fork to visit them on the start of his lasting stay in Delta. "Only two states pro-duced more lead than Utah last year. Our state's output of 111,900,000 pounds would make enough .22 Long Rifle cart-ridges to supply every person in the United j Stateswithl34 rounds of this size ammunition!" UTAH MINING ASSOCIATION Breath-takin- g new I 1950 Studehakerl IT'S THE TT "NEXT LOOK" IN CARS! fVj?$t ?y V All over America, all k"" S:SgestimProv, to !Li Vf ment in car styling since jn s Studebaker introduced I j ' the "new look" in cars Jii WmSk ry- - ! three years ago. Vl t ' This 1950 Studebaker a ff is long and low-- but it's J$i , c .fy"! trim, sleek and flight- - TT J ""z" streamed no bulging ex- - fcia .''"' 'ty&ZuiiS - ''' cess bulk to squander gasoline. , Stop in and see it. It's ti ' " " " the "next look" in cars. L&&m.st&&jt& VAN MOTOR 8 SUPPLY DELTA - - UTAH lMffrintlflirii1MMftiaMMlMffWirillJiitlTrilTlilW''i? ftlMB ii W n HtWfc li Mlfl mm ii ii I rd-- J Advertisement ob- - I t--, From where I sit .. &i Joe Marsh feo i ma ft -- (3 I $ii"7 But Cur'y "Knws I Otyj What The Score Is!" ? - his Was over at Doc Sherman's drug how the majority felt; Curly was j store listening to the World Series big enough not to insist on his ' on the radio. Curly Lawson wan- - malted even though he doesn't hap- - - ders in and says: "How about a pen to be fond of baseball. lck chocolate malted, Doc?" From where I sit, willingness to j "Sorry, Curly," says Doc, "can't respect the other people's feelings son 'j! make you a malted for a while is important in a Democracy. If ait yet." "What's the idea?" Curly we're tolerant of a person's like asks. "Well," says Doc, "most of for baseball or a glass of temper- - the folks want to hear the game ate beer, we've come a long way on ;n and the mixer makes too much the right road . . . the road to a noise." Curly thinks a moment better America, that is! irer and says, "Okay with me, Doc ier I'll take a chocolate soda!" - on This shows how tolerant folks S70C HtcUijP ; can be. Doc showed his respect for Lh ' j. ay j Copyright, 1949, United States Brewers Foundation S' &oing get your 2,06 bait back? Your shiny new automobile with " prices averaging about $2,064 has to get you a whale of a lot of Always on Guard ! Even when Jfi&X the e use to justify its cost. - "" isn t covermg a Part Oil-Platin- g is! Winter wear is the worst bait- - rps2j$j Jt protects your engine against snatcher. It can strip your car of rrrffyfJ grinding "dry-frictio- starts ... nlWu nf oovvipo rfcJ from corrosive combustion acids .... from sludge and carbon caused Unless you Oil-Plat- e it! by wear. . Oil-Plati- ng a feature of pat- - . 3. Watch Out for Winter I The Ji ented Conoco N"1 Motor Oil per- - , Jl months are the most danger- - 1 , jfj forms a wear-preventi- miracle ous monns or these s. avi I JyryS by fastening a shield of special hi- - f 17 New and older cars both urgently IT Jy1 1 f I wMr bricant to working parts. Oil-- JgU(' need Conoco N'. Don't wait ... 1 f 1' ' (M Plating can't all drain down gCjP drive yours in today and armor it wsfesA even overnight! . against winter with Conoco N'h. . i 'I JF See Your Conoco Mileaqe Merchant, NOW! --xSyMll -srrf motor Copyright 1949, Continental Oil Company yl ,2CSf- - Norman Gardner DISTRIBUTOR ... - --- ? T ' j :R FIRE PREVENTION ij;' J - WEEK f j ' 0Ct0ber t0 lSth "I Y"' IS YOUR HOUSE I g' IN ORDER? & ' ? Check your own premis- - I cfeoT--z- : es Sor Sire hazards. Do LL vi --tr you have oily rags in the ; tesment or rubbish piled in the garage? (i ll i t j VT Throw cut inSlamtnable ' fluids, paper, etc. And 0QUSE ! THAT !5C' v Rcddy Kilowatt says: I BUTT 7 "YOU'D BETTER j fSir-- ' FIX Y0UR ' I fP" FRAYED CORDS, TOO" A Telluride Power Company Message ii ji i' EXPLORATORY FLIGHT ... On Saturday Sept. 24, J. T. Tru-chot and Emand Heisy geologists for Standard Oil Co. of Indiana, made a flight of more than 300 miles over the west Millard-Jua- b district with Frank Beckwith Sr., as guide and Leo Burraston pilot-ing the Aeronca Sedan. They rBok off Delta Airport at 0845 and re-turned at 1230. The purpose of the trip was to make an initial ex-ploration for geological oil reser-voir structures. Their course took them over An-telope Springs so they could note the Cambrian formations there, and on to the Confusion Range. At Indian Trail Road Beckwith pointed out where, he, Emory John and Marion Killpack had found fossils of the Mississippi and Per-mian age and noted a fine set of nine levels of Lake Bonneville ter-races on the north tip of Confus-ion, about opposite the Nielson ranch on Trout Creek. Near this point, with the plane at 7200 ft. they saw to fine advantage a won derful anticlne and syncline for-mation. The geologists pointed out a limestone dome which was so promising that another company had previously made tests there. It was the first Beckwith had seen in that vicinity. They then took a course along the Conger Mts. to a point oppos-ite Baker, Nev., noted an immense hole out in the plain and from the height they could see Wheeler Peak, the highest mountain in Nev ada the Fish Springs Mts., Hay-stack Peak and the immense gran-ite exposure this side of it; Indian Peak, San Francisco Mt, Notch Peak, Sevier Lake and in a few moments, Crystal Peak. Beck took several pictures of the latter. On the homeward flight they studied the old abandoned river channels west of the lava flow & west of Deseret; noted a fine an-cient lake beach north of Sevier Lake. Sevier Lake was nearly dry, the puddles seen a few weeks ago having nearly all dried away. The river to the lake was full. During the flight Leo pointed out two herds of wild horses, one just north of Indian Trail and the other on the Conger near Baker. |