Show BASIN OIL INTERESTS considerable interest is being manifested ested in the oil possibilities ot of the uintah basin according to george H short salt lake lahe geologist who returned from the hill creek dome yesterday atter after making a weaks reconnaissance when mr shot short was in vernal there were ho he says five geological parties makins a of structures in the basin between watson and vernal according to mr short there an am three rigs drilling and on the malfat doma under the direction ot of preston cannon of salt lake city ci y there are two rigs at work indications pointing to the possibility of oil being developed on the hill crek structure are unusually promising according to mr short both the formation and structure arc to the belief that oil will be developed he says in hill creek a canyon cut by erosion there Is an outcrop ot of saturated sand a about fifty feet thick taking into account the thin layers of shale found in the bed oil seeps are found in numerous places also samples 0 the sand brought back by mr snort are heavily impregnated with oil residue in places where the heat oi 01 the sun has been unusually intense this thavy oil oozes out he says the structure along the axis axia of the anticline anticline running in a southwest direction is at least twenty rallies miles long and about eighteen miles wide mr short reports the upper strata of the structure belon to the lower green river formation while at depth will be encountered the wasatch mr short Is quito certain pumping wells can be de eloped by drilling the upper strata back a mile or so brorn the hill creek P rs r s earp carp ment and that large producers will be developed in the wasatch formation by drilling in the creek bottom mr short believes that these sands can be thoroughly exploited by 31 sinking liking from to 1200 feet those interested in the district hold that the sands which will ne exploited at depth in the hill creek some donie outcrop about forty miles to the west in whisky creek where the arado company has its productive product ivo oil flow and miles to the south at sunnyside Sunny side the hill creek oil and kenning ning company is making plans whereby a star no 28 rig can be shipped into the field via watson from tile the cen ter of the hill creek dome to watson Is a distance ot of forty two miles to price is about eighty miles at present a road la is being built from price to hill creek when this wor wora w ork a Is finished which will be within a month it will be possible to go lato into the field by automobile from salt lake city to vernal the roads are in excellent condition according a a to mr air short from vernal to watson although the roal road leads through the sagebrush good time can call be made from watson to the field there Is no graded road dry washes constitute the road although these washes make an ail excellent roadbed because of tile tha flue flae ground rock which forms their surface good time can hardly be made owing to the fact that many short turns must be made |