Sugar House Bulletin | 1947-09-12 | Page 10 | Basin Residents Watch Oil Well

of oil-soaked mud and considerable consider-able oil. Despite this showing however, the well is being put down deeper in hopes that something some-thing better will be reached. The well is only 60 miles from the gigantic Rangely Colorado field, one of the nation's major producing pro-ducing oil fields. BASIX RESIDENTS WATCH OIL WELL Everybody in Uintah Basin and outsiders as well, are watching watch-ing Carter Oil Well No. 1, now being drilled 6V2 miles west of Vernal. While the hole is down over 4,000 feet, the well has already produced 200 feet