Show increased oil showing seen in vernal well oil showings la in well no 1 of tile We steril ii vintura corporation near have increased at ertry toot slue sl ue ti ta hiis 1 was node di lynli lyn nin lt P ac according cordin to rank frank I R neigh veteran di li iller liler who V air ved in a bogde g eu ii W e nes ay wain we ve nave only drilled 12 feet since cince we arst first entered the oil sands mr air neigh said the showings waie more pi especially at tho the last two ft fet of 0 the bore jr ir Neis fc cr c r CAU C AU nire lu hi i 1 a at the well arrived ai rived in eai tc io conter confer with the company L ciui leaving lor for casper wyo to 10 spend christmas with his and to confer with leading oil mea in that section ahem lie he served as heldi super euper tor for the new york oil company in the salt creek district our next problem is to shut out the water in iii the casing mr neigh continued the casing is now lowered to a depth of 1266 feet but it will be mec necessary essary to lower to the bottom of the hole at 1282 fet feet in order to shut out the water the casing has been kept within close distance with the drillen drilling in anticipation of entering the oil sands drilling will be as soon as the water Is shut out and much faster progress will be possible the western venture well is located a halt mile indle further back from the out cropping of oil sands than the old reed well which was struck in 1313 1913 by R E reed of california the oil zone was entered at that time at a depth of feet which was declared not deep deel enough to produce a gusher oil 01 was pumped from the well at the rate of about barrels a day but the project was abandoned at the death of mr reed striking klug the oil sands at a depth of 1270 feet the western westerns We sterns venture well bears out the ithe experience in similar fields in california where large wells haye been brought in past the 1000 foot mark according to edward R lowll lovell geologist of the company the oil sands were wera encountered at about the point calculated from the formations of the district walca also show that the oil zone is approximately feet thick mr air lovell stated several geologists of local and national repute have works di with mr loniell in locating the western venture well among them are J G lynn professor of geology at weber college prof earl douglass of the university of utah J D owen geologist of the southern pacific railroad christian exan geologist of salt lake city andi J S well known ow n geologist who discovered the ithe lance creek oil district in wyoming mr neigh stated thursday just before 1 saving leaving for wyoming that the showings made on entering the oil sands sanda were the most promising ta in his drill drilling Lag experience in many oil fields from pennsylvania to california he recommended a control head being 11 placed aced on tha th continued on page six INCREASED OIL SHOWING SEEN IN VERNAL WELL continued from page one rounds grounds to top tep the casing when the well coris in ill note this affects a number of residents resl dents of this section who purchased purchase d interests in oil clubs lat last summer from C guy wakefield as part ot of the lanis lands included in the clubs lies approximately a mile and a halt half west ot of the location ot of this well and so ac bording to john W mcgee and earl douglass is 13 3 very favorably on the structure this appears to somewhat substantiate mr lian 1 ini for his special lan t f financing lut lur willie AA m iii aas 3 iafet t been derelo developed pW on thie the lc ix land bench beech structure the la 13 z company is located by the elusion ot of the other lands under LI 1 cubs clubs the purchasers share in ais aside f tram rom it lh itu u PP personal onal interest ot 01 th in local urious uri ors in thu this to the community as aa r of if this well proving a comi acial producer pi cannot be auder underestimated As soon as this Is if determined ened we could expect a tremendous increase In in drilling activities in this me tion the present operators confidently look forward to this outcome |