Eastern Utah advocate. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1895-1915, 1913-05-22
.UTAH'S OIL FIELD
NOT YET PROVED
United States Geological Survey Finds Pros
poets Around Town Of Green River
Not Very FIattering.
Correspondence The Advocate.

Correspondence The Advocate.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., May IL
The United states geological sur
vey has recentl~ made an examina-
tion Of a reported oil field IN Grand
county. south and southeast OF
Green River. but Il found the sur
face Indications for oil less prom
ising than was expected and The de-
veiopment work up to date far
from successful. The area exam
ined lies east OF Green River and
south OF the Denver and Rio Grande
raj road II extends eastward as
far a. the middle line Of Range 20
East. and south TO the center line
OF Township 20 South. a report on
the possibilities OF finding oil en-
this field a. now in preparation by
c. y. Lupton. associate geologht OF
tho survey.
Prospoctcd For Years.
Prospecting for oil In thls gener-
nj region has been carried on at in-
tervals for over twenty years. About
1891 a we'll was drilled Co n depth
of n thousand feet On the northwest
cru ~art of Grand county near the
town OF Green River. The result
was not encouraging and no other
development work was done until
1899 and 1900, when three wells
were drilled. Two were located in !
Emery county west OF Green River
and the other In Grand county near |
Cisco. Ono OF those IN Emery couu-
". situated about ten miles south
west OF Green River. yielded a little |
gaf. and tho other, thirteen miles |
northwest OF tho same town. gave n
trace OF on. The Cisco well yielded
ntbhct gas nor oil. About 1910,
OWN &c the finding at several To-
calltiCu OF rocks saturated with oil
and Hrphaltum. and also 60 the con-
slant increase In the price OF potro-
leum and its products. interest was
again aroused In this field and dur
ing the last three years several
wells have been drilled. Tho results
OF this work have furnished only
doubtful encouragement TO those
who have been most interested. Six /
Of these wells have been drilled or |
are being drilled m the area map !
ped BY tho geological survey and q
summary OF the results IL given be
low
No on Was Rcpottci.
Tho Klondike we'll. On Sec. 10. |
Twp. 20 South. Range 10 East. was
drilled by tho Moab oil company OF /
Utah 20 n depth OF about sovon hun
dtcd feet. Gas was encountered at |
three horizons In this we'll. but tho |
nows did not last long. as they |
were caaed off. No oil was report |
ed. Tho Collins we'll. IN Sec. 90. |
Twp. "a South. Range ~ East. was
drilled TO a depth OF moro than |
twenty-one hundred feet. Small |
amounts OF gas wore encountered az /
four places An this we'll. A trace OF |
oil. aa indicated by tho rainbow |
color ON tho water. accompanied /
zach How OF gas. The same COM
pany. Il rs reported. has begun an-
other well about one and a half /
miles further east. The Lovl No.
we'll. In Sec. &c. Twp. 20 South.
Rango IS East. Il reported 10 have
struck a little gas and small guam
tHy OF oil. The Leyi No. 2 we'll, IN
Sec. 30. Twp. 20 South. Range II
East. WA drilled TO a depth OF about
fifteen hundred feet without on
countering either oil or gas. A
four hundred foot hole has been
drilled near the Low No. 9. but no
evidence OF oil or gas was found.
The Queen well. In Sec. Is. Twp. 20
South. Range 10 East. was drilled
60 n depth OF ntne hundred twenty
feet. No gas was encountered. but
a showing" OF oil was obtained at
nine hundred ten feet. About forty
rtye or fifty miles southwest OF the
town OF Green River two wells are
being drilled NJ tho present time,
Study OF Rock Folds.
Special attention has been given
by survey geologists to the study
OF tho rock folds. s1s in this general
region the accumulation OF oil s.
largely dependent on the presence
Of anticlines (upfolds) In tho sand
stone beds which. as a rule. are the
rocks containing the oil where A Is
present. II oil and water occur In
4 bed OF sandstone which IS over
ain by tmperyious beds. the OH
ends to rise above the water and
@ collect an the top OF the sand
itone along tho axis OF the fold. II
Iuitable folds are not present TO re-
ain the Oil. it viii be disseminated
N minute globules throughout a
reat mass OF the sandstone and
Will not collect at any one place In
quantity. II such a bed
n sandstone is broken by faults
Witch extend TO the surface. the oil
through the rock .ad-
AGENT 90 the fault plane may seep
ilowly into the opening and at !
ength find it's way to the surface
"a an oil spring or soep which re-
Iembles m every way an oil seep ,
Using frem a commercial oil pool.
No Anticlhes Or Domes.
In tho recent examination e was {
ound that the strata IN the area