Show oil discovery Is covered up at rangely langely Ran gely theory the TI tidewater dewa ter alsoc assoc associated late d oil OH companas comp anys no 1 amazon on see sec 24 an rangely langely dome rio blanco county colo continues to bo bi th the e source B 0 of f rumo rs th the 0 lat latest es it comes from the meeker herald in li tating that the reason why the veil wai was not allowed to come in was vas because of offset drilling con i acts that would be difficult to sarry arry out at this time pending a completion ot of the original test to the sundance sand A denver report says saya the company Is preparing 10 lo move another rig into this field this well was reported 1 several ago to have developed a sat abated sand in the lower dakota or upper apper morrison Morr lson it boro bore all the earmarks ol of authenticity in fact it was wag given out at a meeting of me salt creek producers association rs that a 17 foot asat saturated sand had been topped at 3 feet the company ought to know as the well Is on a tract in it has bag a bialt interest operations erat ions were suspended until testing ing equipment could be moved in the hole was full of heavy mud and the plan provided for testing the tha sand with the use of a packer without removing the fluid run to hold back pressure however it was later reported I that hat when the casing was run and the test made that the oil which had been making its way to the top through feet feel of fluid had haa disappeared the explanation was that the casing had apparently been set below the bil horizon for what reason was not known the meeker herald gives the following interesting information on the well reports now available confirm stories of production in the tidewater associated well some time ako ago and indicate that a gusher would have been brought in had rot cot the hole been quickly re tilled with mud to hold back bach the gas credence is is given to this lepor report t when it is k known down that the tideway er company is under contract tr ct to start wells on a gumbei ot df leases SO 90 days after bringing la in a commercial oil well in the deeper sands because ot of road conditions it would be impossible tor for the company to comply with these provisions by moving in the necessary rigs and the belief among filose acquainted with jhc thc the held field la 13 that the company has now eased cased off gusher production and is going into the deeper sands intend int in to return later to the u upper ap pp er strato and open them to production it it Is found the lower sands are barren it was probably two weeks ago that a report was received that the associated well was thought to be on top of an oil sand and that a test was to be made nothing further came from the well all being left wondering as to the results ot of the test finally after some delay it was announced that no oil ha had been fo fauni unI news now received from evangely rangely indi indicates cates t that workmen tor for company started to ball mud irom f rom the hole which is being drilled with a rotary rig rid this work has progressed only a glott time when there was evidence in the well weil that oil and gas would soon clear the hole ot of the remaining mud it was waa then according to present reports that the mud was waa hurriedly placed in the well and casing run this cas ing n g i ia s sold eald to have been run to the bottom of 0 the sand to shut OLT off the iho pressure in order to permit deeper drillen drilling the well is now reported in the neighborhood oi of 1000 feet and nearing the sundance sand where gusher oil was encountered in the lies iles dome some days ago it would nov noc bo be surprising it if a gub gu b er la is found in this sand alao craig empire nV AJ A |