Show RO HOYAL norAL L DUTCH INTERESTS DRILL IN UINTAH TAH BASIN The Matador Petroleum Co Roy al Dutch interests has a large force of ten scouts scout's and geologists operating in the Uintah basin In northeastern Utah for the past two months and are reported to have tied up In excess in-excess excess of acres on promising structures In that fry ry 1 They ey have been working principally principally p pally lly around the town of Duchesne and ond In the Indian canon territory Acreage has been acquired from the Government under prospecting permits permits permits per per- mits from the Indians and from the white white settlers and It Is s stated sted ted that a t test st well is to be started early in the spring It will be necessary to freight supplies overland overland from from Price Utah and the and the transportation bill will come 1 I AThe The activities of R Royal yal Dutch In Interests Interests in- in tei coming on top of reports of ofa ofa ofa a strike strike near the town of of My Myton ton hasca has ca caused caned s d excitement An artesian well began flowing by heads from a depth of feet and no none of local e of the local pe people i le could tell just what kind of of- liquid b besides water water- water the hole was producing It Tva was at once classed as oil and this started started the e excitement c. c However vcr later development showed showed show show- ed f that that the well was making salt saIt saltwater saltwater water with a peacock colored scum on it which may be either oil or a so solution solution so- so l lution t l from iron ore are The well is fl flowing approximately barrels of the fluid a a. day and arid samples have ha been sent to the state chemists for analysis analysts In the meantime residents In the vicinity are debating whether the presence of salt water is a favorable favorable favorable or unfavorable Indication The Duchesne district Is located in and lies south of Wyoming It Is an entirely different different differ differ- ent part of Utah from these sections in which the Ohio Carter and other large companies companies s h have ve begun preparations preparations for extensive prospecting Wyoming Oil on News |