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Show DRILLERS B00HCRAND COUNTY lltcry Indlcnlloii lor Striking Oil At mid Around Monti. "Ornnd count) la going to be thn oil center of the country" said 1 II Hammond of Moah, In Sal' l-ako Clt Inst Wodnosda) In connection with the nil IndUKtr), which I just being det eloped In III section of the state "There I no niiMtlon but what we are to bo a petroleum center." he continued con-tinued "On thn Maxwell rmicli. which I praitlcnlly In tho town of Moab, drilling for tho nmber fluid will begin within n few dnn The rig. which will send tho drill down, Ih near completion The co m pan), which I preiwrlng to drill, I thn Western Allies Oil nml On eompan) When Ur that the dust In our section I kept down by oil I mean what I say J W DeWItt will drill the well nnd all arrangements arrange-ments are being made to spud It In within ten da). Moab I enthtiNln. tie a the outlook for striking oil will mean hh much to the county of Ornnd a II will to the city of Moab it moana a railroad for iih mid many other thing nnd will place our county where It belong on tho map of Utah as one of tho beat In the state "Hotwwi Thompson Spring nnd Moab and twelve mllan from the latter lat-ter place driller hate Win at work for some time The drill has penetrated pene-trated to a depth of about three hundred hun-dred feet Thla well I In the Salt VuIImv. where there la eter) Indication Indica-tion that a HHHid well will bo brought In I am not oterly optlniMIe, but lit view that thn well, which la to be drilled in Moab, I nn property owned by our famll), I have reason to bo happy" |