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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1953
Page
4
In the Rangely field, 478 wells tap the Weber sandstone and flow about 82 000 barrels daily. A 7000-foot well drilled by California Co. yielded 300 barrels per day. World War II demand spurred rapid drilling and two pipelines now move crude to market.
The text outlines how oil and petroleum industries on federal lands have funded western states, tribes, and federal programs since 1920. It notes billions in payments, with $148 million in private oil proceeds since 1920 and large shares returned to Wisconsin for schools, public services, and permanent funds, alongside broader calls to protect natural resources and support national growth.
A sequence of real estate deeds and quitclaims listing transfers in Vernal Utah and Montpelier Idaho. Names include Charles and Anna Morrison with Alberta, Leota to the Board of Education, Vernon Hales, Aldyth Vernon, Vernon family members, Francis Vernon and Marjorie Vernon to R Marvin Singee, and Lawrence C Wall with Madge K Wall to Garth Bischoff. Transactions reference land in sections 21 and 17, and oil and gas interests on about 80 acres, all for ten dollars or ten dollars and one cent.
A compact look at the resources behind drilling a typical oil well. It lists steel, drilling mud, sacks of cement, vast water and fuel oil needs, large crews, and specialized technicians required to reach 8 000 feet.
A historical notice outlines a bolstered petroleum transport system with 188,008 pipe lines, 05,090 railroad tank cars, and 147,000 tank trucks and transports. It references intensified transport mechanisms and compliance with lawful petroleum movement requirements.
A report states five million board feet of timber were cut in Ashley area as part of a regional forest yield. The extraction supports lumber posts mine props and regional jobs with about 450 sawmills operating. County shares are listed, totaling thousands of dollars, as timber revenues fund local communities.
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