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Show GARTER BEGIFIS Ml WELL hear mmmii An announcement made by L. T. Hart, chief geologist for the Carter Oil Co. Tuesday that his company had let a contract for drilling a new oil well three miles soutneast of Duchesne on the east side of Coyote canyon, has stimulated additional interest in-terest in the Uintah Basin and especially in the west portion of Duchesne county. According to Mr. Hart, the new well will be known at the Ute Tribal No. 1 Duchesne, and is located at the corner of the SEVi of the NEV4, Sec. 17, T. 4 S., R. 4 W., Duchesne county. The roads and location have been completed and the Mountain Moun-tain States Drilling Co. has been awarded the drilling contract. con-tract. At the present time the contractors are moving in equipment and currently are drilling a water well. Tuesday the depth of the water well was approximately 10 feet. Reports from the Coyote canyon can-yon area gives every possible physical indication of oil, which is the reason for the elation of the people in the Duchesne area and the Carter Oil Co. Mr. Hart reported that drilling drill-ing by his company at Strawberry Straw-berry was suspended at midnight, mid-night, Dec. 20, at a depth of 6,727 feet, due to weather conditions, con-ditions, but will be resumed in the spring- as early as possible. He also reported that the Bluebell Blue-bell well was down to 11,120 ft. level Tuesday evening. Recently the Carter Oil Co. moved their general office headquarters head-quarters from Rawlings, Wyo., to Vernal. According to Mr. Hart the Vernal office will serve Southern Wyoming, Western West-ern Colorado and all of Utah, and only a small office is being maintained at Rawlings. "The Uintah Basin offers us our great est possibility at this time, which is the reason for us moving mov-ing our office to Vernal," Mr. Hart said in his telephone conversation con-versation with this writer. |