Show gas and oil struck near utah line last week word was brought to cortez coo colo that oil and gas had been struck 12 miles west of that place in the district the hole had reached a depth ot of feet and was bottomed in a very hard limestone formation driller L E teague estimates the oil will test about 47 gravity due to the hardness of the forma tion the strike was unexpected As toon oon as the gas flow began to increase the bit was removed and the bailer run down it brought up a sample of a beautiful crude oil shortly after however the hole caved about feet above bottom this temporarily shut off the oil and gas driller teague teagus said he dared not drill another foot until a control head bead is in place due to the extremely hard cap rock which apparently cov ers productive sands the well ell may come in a gusher when drilling is resumed A truck was dispatched to moab i for a control head bead which when in place will permit further drilling to prove the well a commercial producer or not the day following the strike a report came from the wei that the oil was standing feet in the hole As the well site is only a few miles from the utah colorado line our county may yet be expected to become a I 1 heavy producer of the liquid gold I 1 |