Show THE OIL On WELL IS STILL IX IN SHALE AT 1400 FE FEET r The Utah Southern above Duchesne Duchesne Duchesne Du- Du chesne is said to 10 be down about 1400 feet and still in shale According to meager Information the drill has been in shale most of the way down We have it on pretty pretty- good authority that drillers are somewhat dIsappoInted disappointed pointed at the showing They are said to have been expecting sand at this depth Drilling has been suspended suspended sus sus- for sonic some time owing to boiler boiler boil boil- er trouble A new set of flues has been Installed and drilling should be resumed at once We will watch with deep Interest the operations in the immediate future The drill should soon get through the shale A broken wheel bull-wheel has hampered operations at the Midwest test in the Hill Hlll creek district After setting a string of inch eight-inch casing drilling was continued to a depth of about 1700 when the wheel bull-wheel gave way A new wheel has been sent In and drilling again should be in progress Several oil showings are understood to have been encountered but none has been sufficient to warrant the belief that the sand in which It was found would be a producer The Salt Lake office of ot the Castle Dale OH Oil company has received word from its Hill HUI creek camp that the test is down about feet teet and that satisfactory driling progress is la bein being made |