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Show I "OIL FEVER" RAMPANT IN DUCHESNE COUNTY. RECORDS SHOW SALT LAKE CITY Duchesne f and Uintah, the two eastern Utah counties that rub shoulders with - Colorado's Rio Blanco county, site of the famous Rangley oil , field, are feeling the effects of the ( oil flowing from Rangley. Bus 1 iness conditions in Duchesne and Uintah counties reflect the activity activ-ity at Ransley and the increasing ; ' oil exploration of the Uintah t Basin. "! Do Duchesne and Uintah coun-j Ities, next door neighbors to Col-1 orado's Rio Blanco embrace oil reservoirs similiar to those at, .Rangley? Oil geologists believe they do and are expressing their ii 'faith in the Basin's possibilities, s-i'by conducting extensive gco-l 2 physical surveys and sinking test dwells. I I Eastern Utah's "oil fever" ep- - idemic is evidenced in the recording record-ing of more than one thousand oil ; leases by the Duchesne county (recorded in the last year. |