Show utah will S soon oon become an oil producing state by F J S SUR geologist the western slope ot of the in colorado and eastern utah w which aich has heretofore not had close scrutiny from the oil operators will this year hold the center of 0 the stage in an oil boom geologists ot of the majority ot of the pioneering and discovery companies accompanied by their staffs ot of assis tans which include assists assistant at geologists logiste ts scouts lease and land man have been thoroughly combing the region from the uintah mountains to the san juan river nationally known men in field men alen of national tame fame as discoverers ot of new oil fields are working through the winter months in this search ruby and blanchard have been out tor for the marland company coffin shaw and mccray have put in much time in the rangely langely district watson and stewart are out tor for the utah company carson and staley are out tor for the california american company myself and staff have been out tor for tour four months for the rocky mo u n tala exploration and the utah exploration company all are looking for favorable structures it is a known fact that when any one of these above mentioned men recommend a structure that the structure gets drilled many other companies such as the mutual juniou oil company ot of california texas oil company associated ot of california have had their men in the field and are interested in the finding of new oil fields in ia western colorado and eastern utah modern Aleth reach structures types of structures found in other states and countries which have produced quantities of oil and gas some of which years ago were passed over will be examined and tested formations that were passed avei with the belief that they could not hold ot of oil in them will be drilled in this region this thib year tor for the reasons that these have proven prolific producers elsewhere modern methods allow tor for deeper tian drilling than in years passed utah lias has 37 possible structures there are now known and roughly mapped over thirty seven possible structures in utah over twenty possible structures on the west side of the in colorado most of these structures will be drilled and tested within the next two years last undeveloped field in n U 8 this region is the last undeveloped one which holds forth possibilities tor for many new oil fields in the united states it will at last come into its own tor for its share of 0 development ent some P portions options ot of it are almost inaccessible but modern methods find it as easy to operate as the old ones did in more accessible ones years ago regardless ot of the distance from cities and railroads a at t which oil fields are found the pipe line and refining interests will get oil to the market penisi iranian formation chous utah has been producing oil in small quantities lor for many years at Alex mexican ican hat from a formation which has been a prolific producer in the mid continent fields this formation known as Penn sylvant lan shows in many places throughout the state and many seepages see pages attest its possibilities tor for oil in commercial quantities it drilled upon favorable structures the midwest mid alid west oil company la Is now making deep tests in this formation along the san juan river south and west of bluff cretaceous Fori formations nations over utah the cretaceous formations which produced in wyoming colorado montana and many other states spread their mantle over hundred of square miles in utah tests at cisco are now showing great gas aas content with great hopes tor for oil A test ot of this formation is now being made near vernal which will show its content at a shallow depth barrels from shallow wells shallow sallow oil from these cretaceous cretaceous formations to a total amount idt of barrels has been produced within ten years from the rangely langely field all of this oil came from less than five hundred feet in depth this field is near the colorado utah border line the midwest mid west oil company is now drilling a deap test which it if the hole is completed will get oil or gas gaa from the tha dakota sands the well Is located near the crest ot of the structure the tha dakota sands are expected to be drilled into at about feet in depth with the completed equipment that this company is using and the able crew row cow in charge this well can hardly baldly tail fail to be completed properly basin holds Great Expectations the tertiary formations of the uintah basin region are formations from which the geologists are holding forth great expectations surrounding the uintah basin in the tilted tertiary formations ure are old and new seepages see pages such as occur in no other portion of the united states hundreds of feet of these formations in many widely separated districts show residue either as pure deposit which has flowed from sands or as sand and sandstone saturated to capacity wells will be drilled on OIL structures at a distance from the open exposure to test these measures editors note mr sur whose achievements in the discovery of new oil fields are nationally known is an authority upon the subject upon which he writes writes he is the author of three books on allied subjects and hundreds of articles we were careful in finding out exactly who he was before requesting him to write tor for us as we try to discriminate between exact and inexact knowledge these articles will help to enlighten our readers on the latent possibilities of eastern utah and will show as tar far as possible the exact possibilities tor for commercial development of many resources that we ourselves do not realize the value of |