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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1960
Page
9
County Agent Bill Farnsworth argues chemical fertilizers offer abundant supply easy application and readily available plant nutrients. He warns organic alone could threaten food security praising chemical fertilizers for selective nutrient correction though notes excessive potassium can hinder calcium uptake.
Contractors report 2000 yards of cement poured for the power house foundation at Flaming Gorge Dam. A gravity wall for the service area is about half completed. No official ceremony date set for starting concrete in the main structure of the 28 million dollar dam as Construction Engineer J Ro Walton notes the schedule awaits USBR and Interior oversight.
Multiple oil and gas test locations listed in the SLM area including Chapita Welle Unit Chaplin Wells Island Creek Sweetwater Creek and Aleland Butte. Details cover sections townships ranges approximate elevations and target formations Wasatch Mesaverde and Wasatch tests with depths around 4400 to 9350 feet and elevations from 4793 to 5561 feet. Companies include Belco Petroleum Mountain Fuel Skyline Gate Canyon Phillips and Delco Petroleum Corp.
Report states concrete has been poured to level areas on the dam right wall. Main lifts forms will be set squarely, enabling rapid progress after pouring ceremonies. A spillway tunnel near the dam has been pushed about 150 feet from river level, with roughly 25 feet remaining to be blasted before work can begin for nearly 500 feet, carved from solid rock walls of Red Canyon.
A compiled report lists multiple oil well locations and activities across Chapita Wells, Stagecoach, Bonanza, Rock Mouse, Lapoint, Coyote Wash, and adjacent fields. Entries include unit designations, section/township ranges, depths, test names, casing, sand frac details, spud dates, and preparatory actions for Wasatch and Green River zones.
Marine Pvt Henry IL Pehacek, son of Mr and Mrs Henry A Pehacek of Vernal, arrived at Okinawa September 20 aboard the troop transport USS General W A Mann. He serves in the First Battalion First Marine Division amid its second Far East tour, part of a rotation system.
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