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<br />A new oi:\, pool or field, was indicated bytJie completion of Shell oil' '
<br />Company wellrfo. 1 North Desert Greek in the sE! Ssc. 12, T. 4lSHR.23E.,
<br />Sa,.n ~ Coun1;y,Utsh. Initial productiori was ,1440 barrels of .400gravi~Y c
<br />on: pe. day from tneParadox formation, 5578-5598 teet, throUgh a ,48/64 mch
<br />choke wi tha gas-oil ratio of 660:,1. TheweU is about four miles north
<br />of the Desert Crsek pool and ,abdutfive miles 'southwest of the Anethpoo1.
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<br />Discovery, of a new gas pool was indicated py t~completion of Fr'anco
<br />Wes'\lern Oil Company le'Elll No. :1 Navajo in the ~rt8TATtsec. 22,T. 41N., R.
<br />28E. ~pache County, Arizona. The wellflowe<;i 7450 MCF pElrday of sour in-
<br />namma1iIe gas ':from the PSl'adox forrnation,5359,...5392 feet, plus abOut 18
<br />barrelS 'per day of 610 gravi ty distillate.
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<br />Disc,?very,of, a new gas pool was mdicated by the completion of El
<br />Paso Natural Gas Company well No,. 1 Bita Peak in the NlrJi sec. 19,T. 4lN.
<br />R. 3IE, Apache . County, Arizona. Initial potential of the ,well was 20,878
<br />MCF of gas per'"'Cray f'romthe Paradox formation, 5080-5102 fl1let. The well
<br />is 10catl1ld abOut 15 miles east of Franco We stern T sParado;lC discovery well.
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<br />A new field. discovery wasindicatedby'tJieeonipetion of Fbrest Oil,
<br />Corporation well No. 1 Government in the' NEtNEi Sec. l3,'T.24 N,' R. lOW,
<br />San Juall County:,New Mexico. Initial potential was 120bsrrels of 380 "
<br />~aV1ty OJ.~ per' day .from the Gallup tornation,5428-546l feet. The nearest
<br />Gallup production 'is in the ChacoUni t, eight miles soutllll8st of the well. '
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<br />other important discoveries were reported in i'fesa', l'.I;of'fat, and Rio
<br />Blanco Counties, Colorado; Sweetwater County, Wyoming; Unintah and S811Juan
<br />Counties, Utah; Rio Arriba, Sando1fal,~811d ,SanJuan Counties, New Me:xico~
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<br />During October, Farrn,Chemical Resources Development Corpbratiori, who
<br />hold a large block, of F'ederaiieaseacreage in eastern F:ddy'County,
<br />announced that bids would be received for, sinking' a ,man iilnd'materialsshaft
<br />to an approl!ima1;e depth.of .1, 750 feet~ 'This makes the entry of the seventh,
<br />potash producer into the Carlsbad area.
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<br />During July, the second Navajo IlidianReservation'uraliiummill, located'
<br />near Tuba City, Arizona" was placed in operation by the Rare Metals ,
<br />Corporation. During August, construction of the third Nsvajo Reservation ,
<br />uranium m;tll, lOQated near Mexican Hat,Utah,waabeglinby stearns";':Roger', '
<br />Manufacturing Coinpany. ThEl mili,when completed in SeptemCer 1957, will be
<br />owned and operated by Texas-Zinc Minerals Corporation.
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<br />:Also, during July, a new ur811ium ore bUy111g statioll, 'operated by Lucius
<br />Pitkin, Inc., for the Atomic Energy Comrrlission, was p1aced'in operation at
<br />Grants, New Mexioo. This liew'station will serve the Ambrosia Lake area
<br />until additional :milling faoilities can be constructed <to handle the
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