Longtime truckers honored for miles without incident
The article profiles Larry Beaver and William Burke who received 130000 and 131600 mile safety awards. Both men, born in Colorado and Vernal Utah respectively, have long careers in trucking and carpentry. They worked for American Gilsonite Company hauling ore from Utah mines to Craig.
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Larry Beaver
Colorado
Vernal
Wyoming
Craig
Gilson
A Shorty
William Burke
Utah
American, Gilsonite Company
Scenic Beauty New Roads Keynote Johnson Oil Well
Visitors to the Johnson-Oklahoma oil project in Uintah Basin include N. J. Meagher Vernal banker and W. H. Wallis E. J. 8. Jones of the Vernal Express. The Watson Of Fee No 2 well near Bonanza on White River, spudded July 1950, reached 2075 feet before abandonment after a lost bailer. gas shows and sulfur water noted. A new Weber sand drill site began May 2 in a picturesque setting with a 900 foot relief behind the derrick.
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H. A
Gus) Davis
Roy M. Johnson
Oklahoma Oil Explorer
Uintah Basin
N. J. Meagher
Vernal Banker
William H. Wallis
E. J. 8. Jones
The
Vernal Express
Johnson
Watson
Fee No. 2
Bonanza
White River
American Gilsonite Drivers Receive Safety Awards
Three American Gilsonite employees from Bonanza were honored at a luncheon for achieving 100000 miles of accident free driving on Colorado and Utah highways. The award pins recognized Harry Frantz, Larry Beaver, and William Burke, whose combined miles exceeded 40000 over a year amid growing operation from Utah mines to the Craig plant.
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Gilsonite
Gilsonite Comerican
Gilsonite Company
Werepany
Bonanza
Harry Frantz
Larry
Heavy) Beaver
William Burke
Colorado
Utah
American Gilsonite Company
Local man’s journey from Pennsylvania to the Northwest
A brief note recounts Harry Frants Varry Frantz born in Pennsylvania and his youth moving to Northwestern Colorado and Eastern Utah, tracing a span of early life and migration.
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Harry Frants Varry Frantz
Penneylvania
Colorado
Utah
Delta Drilling Keeps Well Active Around the Clock
Delta Drilling Company uses modern equipment in eight hour shifts to keep the well active around the clock in mountain country where roads aid sheepmen and the terrain was previously virgin. So far slight gas blows have been encountered at this location.
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Delta Drilling Company
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Mr. Goodner
White River Well
Liie
New Roads
Johnson Oil Well
Farmallc
Slaugh Motor CO
East Main
EF. Goodner
Salt Lake City
Thomas Paiva, Jr
New York Hospital
Martin W. Curtis
Uintah State Bank
Searle's Saving Center
West Main Woodey B. Searle, Mer
Lee Wallard
Firestone
Indianapolis
Speedway
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