Show I 1 FIRST OIL DERRICK IN EMERY COUNTY the san fafael oil company s drilling plant arrived it price mo idaa morning ind is DO i on its way to sinbad valley to the point where the first test is to be made to demonstrate whether the E n ery county oil fields are wealth and interest those of pennsylvania co orado texas ind california the plant and equipment is sufficient to bore a w feet deep E larsen with 21 beima left price thursday at to hasul the plant boita toita destina tion expecting to reach the field sunday or monday the total weight of the outfit when taken from the cirs at price was mathe neighborhood 1 of oo 00 pounds manager J davis was disappointed in not betting a photograph photo grap h of the load ed outfit before it left price the grapher with whom arrangements had been made to take the picture having filled to keel hia appointment mr lairsen dropped into town pester div afternoon and reported the plant rb achini cleveland friday noon and he expected to reich buckhorn wash last night the heaviest piece of freight is the engine which weighs pounds and is mounted on trucks with 8 inch tires the boiler weighs the outfit is ell provided with water every wagon carrying two or more the first thing that will be done will be the sinking of i well for water for steam and domestic purposes it is sup hobed that this work will consume but a few day when the plant will be shift edtha position where the first active and real work to exploit the new oil fields will commence the arrival of this first derrick in em pr county hag served to awaken renew ed interest aud the progress of bonig the 10 inch well will be watched with greit interest the progress is in a p s to keep its readers fully ic formed concerning the work coal for the boiler is being hauled from Cast ledale bour experienced oil drillers from accompanied the derrick and machinery to sinbad James Jeffs has the contract with the san rafael oil company to supply it with wood at the rate of per cord there is plenty of wood near the well V BIG COMPANY fhe el verde rio oil is the latest concern to incorporate to develop the green kiver oil fields the verde rio being a sort of a high sound ng ame mme and meaning green river the coial iny is capitalized for SI divided into shares of 81 eich the goffio ere are J guttery president barbara cala J white hrat aice president S fc smith secretary and cornelius haney treasurer who with M S and D N sm th form the board ef directors the prop which the company proposes to de celop is located in sections 2 26 27 ind 36 in south range 17 west S L M in emery and grand coun ties it cost the company for to file their artic es with the secretary pf state over shares at aa cents a share were subscribed tor n philadel phia before the books were open in answer to a question put to the progress relative to the location of oil lands we repa oy association of beighl or more persons may locate a clum on acres of government land or any number of acres of land so long as two quarter sections adjoin the onla immediate expense being the tees tor filing the papers it is however to do MOO worth of work on acres within one ear from the 1st of january folio ving tha dite of loci tion providing that the property is loca on after the of february THIS work oin be done on any part of the acres after oooo worth of work has been done aside from the annual work of the parties in get a title or pat ent to the land many of the best linds valuable for any mining or oil purposes are held in this way ind where the is sessia ent work is kept up the title is next best to owning land in fee simple tuesday and wednesday re order andersen received more oil location notices bringing the number of acres of oil land in erne v county close to D J williams of the illinois mining company operating at bingham sent in and the irrepressible don of the california utah sent in 88 it may not be many months be fore nearl everi A re of unclaimed lind in this count is marked with an oil or coal location t othoe the silt like alining leviev says n encouraging feature attendant upon the san litael s oil company s opera i bioni so far his been the ready sale of treasury stock although the company is in such financial condition that present plans could be to a successful consummation without the sile of a sin gle share and the corn pany are not at all anxious to pirt with any of its stock at the present time so are they that within a short time itt actual drilling has commena f m r v i it ed a plying well will be found this confidence in victual development and in vestment is an eshia tion of the same spirit that made the oil fields of the at alantic lantic states tho pic he liter on the great gushers of texas but a fe v months ago ind which nov will demonstrate the value and extent of utah urn measures in the very near future it is ill straight goods this report a bout biking part of the grand river from above grind J unction and running it bv canal across the foot hills sa d H wells of G and J motion the other day to a silt like tribune reporter the canal will hardai be is luge is the erie but it will be large enough for some form of navigation is well is for and will run clear across the desert in utah to the green river the parties back g the scheme ire cleveland and ne v york who hive plenty of money I 1 expect to see work begun this year one oil man puta it this aviv ne v period in the history of the world is dawning upon us the pre historic ages iges of iron briss and of gold have given place to the age of oil aad it is some what s that this new ago is with the highest pro gres sive development of man nature has reserved her greatest surprise for the first of the lev century in l the beir nineteen hundred and one wildth in der do the corridors of time as the first incomparable age of oil 0 E coppard one of the san ratael 0 1 company s expert oil well operators from georgeta Geor geto pa says the machin ery being installed by the company is the best obtainable obtain ible and biring acci dents he expects to drop the first hole do 1500 feet inside of sixty days disposition on the part of certain individuals to jump 01 and coal claims in a country where the land is ally unlimited does not speak well for the character of said individuals dis position to live and let live is far more preferable to one of make trouble where 5 on can for the purpose of sho v ing that you possess the general charac of the hog X E burns of nev lork is among those interested in the green river oil fiel Is and davs that experts declare that here lies the great 1 fields of the rocky mountains the ban rafael oil company is to be coi granulated on securing the services of larsan to haul its drilling rig to sabad mr birsen is a who al lovs no obstacles to balk hin he will and the in the oil fields as quick as it is possible to do so george brandon and attorney A D dickson went over to price wednesday Wednes dai to institute the initial proceedings to ward incorporating i home company to develop our oil fields at a nearer point to Cast ledale thin any other territory joe chayne came up from sinbad this morning where himself joe page wm bennett and others located three sec eions of oil land in the ne of cotton and aravs and tt e iron springs vie oisen this week sold to felt acord an n terest in some oil claims in kinbac valley for a horse valued |