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Show MAY PIPE WYOMING GAS TO UTAH TOWNS I ROCK SPRINGS. Wyo. Sept 21. Activities looking toward the Installation Installa-tion .1 i pipe line which will supply the principal cities of Utah with natural nat-ural v.. ! simulated hy the- discovery dis-covery of a heavy flow of gas in the second sand of the Baxter basin field last week by the Midwest Refining company. i Whi'e n. detailed plans have been workad out, investigations are being made to ascrtain the market possibilities possi-bilities for natural Kas in L'tah and arrangements are being made ,or further fur-ther testing to determine the probable extent of the gas field. Preliminary estimates Indicate that a pipe line from Baxter basin to serve tho princi- pal Utah olties from Provo north- : ward would cost between four and five million dollars. The initial steps toward piping natural nat-ural ras from Baxter basin to Salt I Lake ar understood to have been tak- ! en by the Ohio Oil company about a ; year ago At that time -econnals- i in, Is understood to have ln-en made' to determine the feaslbllit of a pipeline pipe-line anil the probable cost. The Inves-1 tlsratton-. started- about the time the Ohio and the Midwest moved equipment equip-ment Into Baxter basin fr test drill- j ing |