Show utah southern will drill in well str struck uck at salt valley utah oil men are looking forward with keen anticipation to the test on saturday or of the utah southern mountain states oil well on the salt valley structure 15 miles north of moab and 12 miles south of the D R G railway the hole has been tet tt anding w with fill feet of oil in it tor for the last fortnight while the company has been overhauling the engine in order to put it in shape for deeper drill drilling kag when drilling Is resumed and balling bailing started it is confidently expected that the utah southern mountain states test will prore prove to be a commercial well n opportunity larze large should hould a flowing well be d developed ve loped intensive oil activity in utah would result for while there is wn an overproduction of oil in the united states the utah oil refining company at salt lake city is in pressing need of a large supply of light oil nearer to its ita re friery than that derived from new mexico colorado and the la barge field wyoming production from salt valley should have a call over that of a any n y other field because of its nearness arness to the railroad and to salt lake city drilling done at boundary butte elk mountain and the canyo yoi i well indicate that at salt valley the drill has between and 1000 feet of oil bea bearing structure it if the ordovician has been entered it if the hole Is now in the lower pennsylvanian Pennsyl considerably sider ably more formation will have to be drilled before the gra grai i ite is struck many companies interested the ordovician miles aniles south east at rattlesnake dome is a big producer in oklahoma and texas the ordovician sands have been among the most product lee in the world at salt gait valley apparently a splendid lity exists the structure is a large one closure adequate and the oll showing of a most promising nature should a big well be brought in the value of utah oil refining utah southern and Aloun mountain tain states shares would be greatly enhanced nha iced while those of big six cisco union embar crescent Crea cent eagle navajo leonora embar and others owning holdings near the salt valley structure and in remote but favorable fields will re belvo a strong stimulus |