Imagination Persistence Faith Mark Uintah Basin Oil Story
A Utah geologist’s joking remark about drinking Utah oil gives way to a pioneering oil tale in Uintah Basin. Carter Oil and Standard Oil invest heavily after proving oil potential amid 5 million acres, drilling through harsh winter to Ute Tribal No 1 and No 2 wells. Exploration challenges shift beliefs toward shale origin of hydrocarbons and fractured hard shales driving production.
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Mark
Uintah Basin
Utah
Colorado
Grand Canyon
Uintah
Rocky Mountain
Spe
Carter
O. C. Scarp
Salt Lake City
Standolind Oil and Gas Comny
Sofely
Mmade
Ate
Copany
Tee Eral
Uktah Basin
Carl Dow Tops Class at Naval Training Center San Diego
Carl Dow earned honor man in the Commissary School graduation with a 92.35 grade, amid a nine week course. He returns to San Diego for an 18 month assignment as a ship’s cook after recent furlough and training at the Naval Training Center. Additional farm notes cover Morley Dean, Rex Gardner, Reed Lemon, Lester Bingham, Marvin Jackson, and others planning land work, soil improvement, and pasture development across Bennett, Spring Creek, Brush Creek, and Diamond Mountain areas.
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Donell C. Dow
C. E. Bull
US. Navy
Service School Command
Dow
Carl
Lfe
Aincere H
Im, Bu Carl
San Diego
Naval Training Center
Morley Dean
Bennett
Rex Gardner
Reed Lemon
Lester Binghams
Spring Creek
Brush Creek
Marvin Jackson
Diamond Mountain
Rulon Hacking
Woodey Searle
Ralph Siddoway
Thomas McKeachniey
J. H. Ratliff
Unsafe White River Bridge Delays Bonanza Oil Drilling
Uintah Basin oil operators face bottlenecks at the perilous Green River bridge at Ouray and a ramshackle White River crossing. Continental 611 has begun drilling Watson Unit No 1 on Evacuation Creek while several firms with holdings only accessible via the bridge, including Stano Lind Gulf Texas Bunn and Iatineon Morgan and Walton, report ongoing delays. State Road 207 crossing concerns and land ownership notes show four-tenths of townships leased sit with state ownership.
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Uintah Basin
Green River
Ouray
Bonanza
White River
First Company
Continental 611
Watson Unit
Evacuation Creek
Companies
Stanolind, Gulf, Texas, Bunn and Iatineon and
Morgan and Walton
Soil savers in Uintah Basin plan summer grass seed efforts
Howard M Ivory reports Soil Conservation Service staff advising Uintah River Irrigation Co Ashley Upper Canal Co and Uintah Independent Ditch Co on structures for summer and fall. Regional agronomist Guy Hamilton discusses frail grass seed plots with county agents Louis Jensen and Clair Acord and suggests trying several species at scale.
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Howard M. Ivory
George Lawrence
The
Soil Conservation Service
Uintah Basin
Uintah River Irrigation Co
Ashley Upper Canal Co
Uintah Independent Ditch Company
Guy Hamilton
SCS
Louis Jensen
Clair Acord
Hamilton
Marlon Harrison
Donald Yeck
Art Wiscombe
Elba Justice
Randlett
Elba
Melvin Parry
Moon Lake F.F.A
A. E. Borel
Arizona
Don. B. Nielson
Roosevelt
Grant It
John
Weid
Strang
Duchesne
Borel
Unclear excerpt: oil field fissures provoke mixed outcomes
The fragment discusses how gas dissolved in oil could drive petroleum toward wells while fissures create new problems for workers. It notes that many wells drilled in the field will be wildcats, speculative efforts with uncertain connections and potential benefits from nearby wells.
Bankers Say Loans Lift Production to Fight Inflation
Harold R. Sargent of Uintah State Bank, for the Utah Bankers Association, argues that loans boosting farm and ranch production curb inflation. He cites a 18 percent rise in Utah farm cash income from 127,014,000 to 149,647,000 over five years ending 1950 and credits sound farming, mechanization, and conservation programs aided by rural banks.
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Harold R. Sargent
Uintah State Tank
Utah Bankers Association of
Uintah County
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Utah
Maida
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Carter Oil Company
Oftandard Oil Company
New Jersey
Carl Dow
Bill
Uintah State Bank
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Aoe
Jow Cong
Calas
Ashcraft
Weat
Gliese
Ashton Bros. Co
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