Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1926-08-16 | Page 3 | Latest News from the Intermountain West

Latest News From The Intermountain West Wyoming Utah Utah Wyoming Idaho Nevada Montana COMPANIES PLAN NEW OIL TESTS To Start Surveys In Southern Ut fl SALT ALT LAX LAKE Aug 16 s Six oi 01 or seven even companies ar are ro expected 1 to Mart tests to explore oil an and anil 1 S g on the lower Penn renn- Pennsylvania sylvania horizons horIzon between toa and the tho Utah-Arizona Utah line It JS I declared Tese compani's havo have adequate equipment to prove oil nn and 1 gas bas ot o location and are aro starting the tho most extensive nn and 1 campaign campal n ot of o oil ex- ex cx Utah has yet et The structures to be tested 1 0 nrc rc Cane Creek CrecK Lockhart In Indian dlan dian Creek or Gibson Elk e an and 1 Cedar Mesa and possibly nn- nn another an another other hole will be b put down on onEat Eat anticline In San Juan Two T o ot of the structures already are under test test Cane Cano Creek and Shafer by Utah Midwest erl and allied Interests Utah Sout South ern em and associate Interests aho a ao o will drill Lockhart and Cedar Mesa fesa structures Most ot of o th tho equipment for lor the tests testa has bas becu mo ed to the tho drilling sites and tt it itI Je Is expected that both holes will b be b In before the end ot of o Au- Au August tu Au-tu Au gust t Th The Empire Gas Fuel com corn company pany any a I Doherty concern which has been highly successful In mitt mM- mid continent continent fields Is moving In equipment tor for a deep test on In- In Indian In Indian dian creek or Gibson dom dome and although recent storms have ha darn dam damaged dam aged roads so as to ly dc y opera opera- operations operations this hole ole should be started within 30 days das The Utah Petro- Petro Petrol Petroleum cum eum or Ellis interests or of Salt Lake also is J In stand stand- standard standard ard equipment tor for testing the In Indian In- In Indian dian creek neck structure Midwest Refining recently completed the road at It acost a acost cost of ot about to reach rI Eh Ridge structure Much fuch ot oC th equipment Is already on the ground and ond there toot too It IL i la Is plan plan- planned planned ned to spud spul In n within thirty days das to six wee weeks Is Aside from the major malor operations operation mentioned there thele are arc or will wilt be probably about a ecore ECOle ot of holc started by companies of ot less prom prom- prominence thence Generally they will b bIn beIn In the same samo region reelon some on the structures under deep test but many on minor folds embracing much the same horizons as those In the majr majar tests 00