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Show OIL RUMBLING IN DUCHESNE immediately east of Duchesne county lies tfi'ty-rnile wide Uintah county. Uintah rubs shoulders with Colorado's San Blanco county, famous fa-mous for ils Rangely oil fields. The question is: Does Uintah and Duchesne, in the same neighbor hood with Colorado's San Blancc, have similar underlying oil fields? ! Geologists have indicated great faith in Uintah county's oil possibilities possi-bilities and many test wells are in the process of being drilled. Just over the county line in Duchesne j major oil companies are worked I up over oil prospects in that dis-I dis-I trict. The Duchesne county record er's office has been very busy the last year recording more than one thousand oil leases. Undoubtedly, these big concerns have great faith in eastern Utah's oil possibilities for they do not spend time and money in a field unless they are t reasonably satisfied that the pros- ' poets are good. y |