Show OIL WELLS OF UTAH such reports as is have been received from oil exploration cams camps in ill utah rali during the week indicate a rather high pok of 0 trouble of all the reports recently received it appears that the eagle at crescent and the western emple petroleum at Co alville are about he only camps free of 0 trouble lu in east easi ein cin and southeastern utah how ever no late progress reports havi come from the rozel and san J jueri u ii regions res ions the utah southern at Duc Ducho hosac siu has been making consistent pro progress grest but has been tied up the past ren le days with boiler trouble it Is expected that repairs will ve tie t ed so as to permit the resumption of drilling not later than today the liole hole is down about 2600 leet feet ana alia while there have been numerous showings of oil and gas gaa no sand has been encountered the midwest succeeded in drilling by the lost string or tools at hill creek only to lose the bailer and then into further trouble the bailer plugged the new hole and to clean up the situation it was decided to try to shoot the lost equipment out of tho the way unfortunately the shul shot exploded too soon and broke tile the casing about four joints above the point at which the casini casing was seated it is understood mat the midwest Is inclined to continue tile the creek test for another feet on the strength ot of showings already encountered providing that too much time and expense will not bo be required to clean the original hole the midwest test Is down adolt 2150 feet it is understood that the castle dale in the hill creek district also aiho has some trouble to overcome but for the time being Is devoting attention to validation of shale claims the uintah oil exploration Is reported to have obtained showings of oil recently at a depth of about 1400 feet but la Is not drilling pending receipt of casing tile the utah oil refining is experiencing considerable difficulty in finding a casing that will withstand the strain of pulling out the lost string the pipe has been pulled in two twice during the attempt to clear the hole and work is being held up pending receipt of a string of the heaviest eight inch casing that la Is made tile the crescent kagle eagle appears to be drilling consistently and Is iowa down about 1375 feet with persistent showings of oil and gas but as as yet no sand has been found the big six at afloat and the carter at fruita also are reported in trouble caused by parted casing the utah arizona company at cisco Is reported to be trying to shut off the water so BO the sand encountered at a depth of about feet can be tested by 0 3 grimes 0 |