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Show WAYNE-SAN JUAN OIL FIELDS ACTIVE G H Muller. manager of the Mount Vernon OH company, returned return-ed to Wayne county yesterday after a short trip to Salt Lake on business busi-ness Mr Muller reports that his oil well near Hanksville has attained a depth of 2100 feet He now figures that another 2i feet will bring him to ihe productive oil sands. "he formation is proving up just as it had been Forecasted by the engineers and geologists who made careful survey of the countrj prior to starting drilling drill-ing operations. Mr Muller has made exceedingly! ouick time with his Hanksville well He commenced sinking la6t Man h Some days he made as much as 65 feet He started in with a 16-Inch j pipe and is now down to 8 inches. The Wayne county field lies just to the north of the San Juan field, i In San Juan the Southwestern Oil company rig has attained a depth of 200 to 300 feet on the south side of the river During the past week F A Clark obtained a lease on the ICllis and Goodrich oil lands In the San Juan field This is said to consist of between be-tween OOtifi and lo.ooo acres. This ground embraces fourteen old wells ! Two are producing. One of these is ' the original gusher which for a day soin high grade paraffin oil over th" 1 derrick and caused B sensation in southeastern Utah and among oil peo-' peo-' pie in general who had an eye on ' the prospective field This flow was struck at "87 feet The wells on the ( lark tract range from a few hundred to 600 and 700 feet In depth Mr ( lark has a crowd of eastern oil men who will probably Inspect the San Juan field this month and take over extensive holdings Mr. ( lark expects to do down about September 15. |