OIL, GAS and MINING
The May issue of the Mines and
Petroleum Bulletin, Dept, of Natural
Resources. Alaska Division, as usual,
contains a run-down on these vital
subjects, a brief summary of which
follows:
During the month of April, the
Alaska Petroleum Branch approved
lour applications for permit to drill,
two of which were for exploratory
wells. All applications were filed
by Standard Oil Company of Cali
fornia as operator.
The locations are Swanson River
Unit 14-33; Soldotna Creek Unit
21-8; Beluga River; Soldotna Creek
Unit 22-32.
The latter well is a three mile
stepout south of existing production.
The branch also approved an ap
plication for change of location for
Shell Oil Company, Opr. well No.
SRS-State 1.
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Total applications approved this
J^ear to date number 20, compared
with 17 for the same period in 1961.
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Chedatna Lakes Development
Contract Approved — USGS an
nounced approval of Standard Oil
Co. of California Chedatna Lakes
Development Contract area located
within T12-16N, R7-11W, Seward
Meridian. The contaract encompas
ses 167,525 acres.
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Eighth Competitive Lease Sale
Held—The State of Alaska’s eighth
competitive lease sale was held on
April 24. Thirteen bids were re
ceived on eight tracts totaling
1,061.40 acres located in T17N, R2
3W. Seward Meridian.
The total high bid was $5,110.00.
Six of the tracts were acquired by
the joint venture of the Union Oil
Co. of California and the Ohio Oil
Co. One tract was acquired by T. K.
Eubank of Anchorage, and another
by D. C. Wardlow of Uacoima, Cali
lornia.
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Becharof-E g e g i k Development
Contract Terminated — The Mobil
Oil Co. terminated their 224,233
acre development contract on the
Alaska Peninsula. The southern
part of the terminated contract area
is included in the Ugashik Develop
ment Contract area which was ap
proved earlier this year.
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Release of Records—Pursuant to
Section 2008.1 of the Alaska Oil and
Gas Conservation Regulations, the
well records of Bishop Creek Unit
11-11, Halbouty Alaska Oil Co., Opr.,
were released on May 15. Although
the scheduled release date for this
well was October 10. the operator
gave permission to release the rec
ords on this well at an earlier date.
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An AMC Bulletin reports that |
Jesse C. Johnson, director of the j
AEC's Division of Raw Material
forecasts the future uranium market
as follows:
A period of lower uranium prices
seems certain after the AEC's pro
curement program ends at the close
cf 1966. Johnson forecasts that
nuclear power requirements will
remain relatively small until the
1970s. “The demand is expected to
begin increasing rapidly as we ap
proach 1975 and by 1980 domestic
needs for nuclear industrial power
may range from 10,000 to 20,000
tons of uranium oxide.” He also
forecast difficult: competition from
foreign suppliers.
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Northwestern District—It is re
ported by Pearse Walsh of Nome
that three men, the holders of one
State offshore prospecting permit,
have a placer drill set up on the
ice and are drilling their ground.
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“A New Occurrence of Beryllium
Minerals,” was the title of a paper
written by C. L. Sainsbury, and read
by Robert M. Chapman, at the
A3.M.E.. Conference in Anchorage.
The papdr is now on open file at
the USGS offices, and at the Juneau
office of the Division of Mines and
Minerals.
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A preliminary geologic map of i
the Christian Quadrangle, Alaska,
by W. P. Brosge and H. N. Reiser
is now on file at the Juneau office,
College office, and various USGS
offices.
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Sixth AIME Mining, Minerals and
Petroleum Conference—The South
west Alaska Chapter of AIME
hosted some 200 people attending
the 6th AIME Mining, Minerals and
Petroleum Conference held in An
chorage.
The technical session offered 18
papers covering Alaskan and Cana
dian mining, Alaskan petroleum op
erations, and Alaskan geology.
The conference banquet was high
lighted by E. M. Kipp, production
coordinator. Standard Oil Co. of
California, who spoke on “Alaska’s
Business Climate.”
The conference this year was
sponsored by the Alaska Section
AIME, Southwest Alaska Section
AIME, Yukon Section CIMM, and
the Alaska Geologicay Society.
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The following law was passed
during the recent session of the
1962 Legislature:
Chapter 36—An Act to prohibit
the misuse, damage, or destruction
of camps, and providing for an ef
fective date.
As of March 24, 1962, anyone mis
using, damaging, or destroying a
camp, not his own, which could be
used for protection of life or proper
ty is guilty of a misdemeanor and
upon conviction is punishable by a
fine of not more than $500, or three
months imprisonment.
HUDDLESTONS OUTSIDE
The Ray Huddlestons, pioneers of
Valdez, following their arrival in
Fairbanks, jetted Outside for a visit
with relatives.
SLATERV1LLE SEWERS — Workmen art shown starting to lay the
first part of the new Slatervitie sewer lines. The lines will be in
stalled one street at a time to avoid completely disrupting traffic
in the area. The project is scheduled for completion by late October.
ARTIST IS BACK FROM TRIP
Claire Fejes and her 9 year old .
daughter Yolanda have returned :
from a two month trip. Her paint- j
ings and drawings were shown at
the Reko Gallery on Madison Ave
nue in New York for three weeks,
during which time they received
favorable reviews from New York
art critics.
The artist and her work appeared
on a national color TV program and
she was also interviewed both by
the WNYC. New York's educational
radio station and by the United
Press International.
On May 7th the exhibit of her
work was shown in the Metropoli
tan Museum of Art representing
Alaska during the Association on
American Indian Affairs Conven
tion. The paintings are at present
in the office of Northwest Orient
Airlines in New York City.'
Mrs. Fejes also spent one month
visiting the great art museums of
Europe.
Spokane Family
In Brief Visit To
Fairbanks Area
Among the many Fairbanks vis
itors this past week were Mr. and
Mrs. Don W. Irland and son, Gary,
age 9. from their home in Spokane,
Wash. They were house guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Harvey of
Island Homes.
Mr. Irland makes at least two
trips a year to Alaska in the inter
est of Fairchild Graphic Equipment,
a subsidiary of the Fairchild Cam
era & Equipment Co. of which he is
the Alaska representative.
He spent two days at Jessen’s
Weekly plant correcting engraving
problems (we hope).
Monday. Irland flew to Anchor
age to check a Scan-a-Graver at the
Anchorage Daily News, 1hen flying
to Seattle, where he will meet his
wife and son who jet to Seattle
today from Fairbanks.
For Mrs. Irland, and son, it was
the first time in the Northland and
she was enchanted at the hospitali
j ty and rugged country. She a'ntici
I pates another trip in the future.
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