Show MYTON STRUCTURE We are glad to announce that with the opening of spring interest In our district Is being renewed with respect respect respect re re- re- re to its oil possibilities L Last st season geologists representing represent represent- ing the Royal Dutch Shell located in tie Pleasant f valley ud d. d J draw raw regions south of bf My ton a Structure which the they describe as a. a a terrace-like terrace flexure modified by a se series series series se- se ries of normal faults trending in an west east-west direction and approximately approximate approximate- ly parallel with the axis of the flex flex- ure Along the axis of this and within the faulted belt enormous quantities of highly saturated oil sands outcrop both in Parlette draw and in Pleasant valley vaIley These sands occur In several distinct beds and to total total total to- to tal a thickness of more than feet I in localities where they are well ex ex- ex posed The saturation of these sands as seen In their outcrops is practically complete They can be traced In an west east-west direction through four or more townships or ora ora ora a distance of at least 25 miles they occur in the Uintah formation of Tertiary Eocene Econe age The Uintah Immedi immedi- I overlies overlies the Green river or rich oil shale formation and is the formation In which most or of the large veins pf the Uintah basin occur While It has not hitherto been recognized as a possible source of oil yet some of the most highly saturated oil sands of the Uintah basin are found within it They are not uncommon along the south flank of the Uintah mountains where Uintah Uintah Uintah Uin Uin- Uini i tah beds are exposed and they ther are quite abundant south of Myton l an any I in the eastern part of the basin So I far as known the most extensive exposures exposures exposures ex ex- ex- ex of oC oil sands in the Uinta l formation occur associated with the trie terrace and faults in th the South Myton Myton My My- ton area These sands occur from Irom 1000 to 1500 feet reet above the top of or orthe the Green river formation which is known to be one of the thc richest formations formations formations for for- In the entire world In respect respect respect re re- re- re to the mother substances of petroleum that it contains Geologists who have haTe made a study of these sands and their enormous extent c consider n lder t that at w while th the tural with which they are associated are relative relatively feeble neT nev nevertheless the reasons for such extensive extensive extensive ex ex- accumulations of or oil on In this position fust have haye been very profound profound profound pro pro- found and would very likely cause similar accumulations in lower sands which have not been exposed by erosion That the theory Is avery avery a a. very Yer- simple one appears entirely tena tenable ble A well in jn this this' locality would test the lower part of or the Uintah formation formation formation forma forma- tion and 1500 HOO to 2000 feet of ot the upper upper upper up up- per part of ot the time Green river formation formation forma orma tion which shows many highly saturated saturated satur satur- oil sands in widelY distributed parts of the Uintah basin |