pronounced to be an barrel well by experts it has never been shot but stands just as the drill opened it with feet of oil in the pipe the oil shot about 80 feet out of the pipe when tapped another drilling outfit belonging to B D hirshberger and associates left dolores overland on september 28 chicago capitalists have options on considerable acreage in the field and have purchased a number of claims outright with the intention of starting drilling at once their outfit is on the way to the field and they have an expert geologist now on the ground to select a location for drilling the san juan oil company of salt lake city has been organized with capital to develop their holdings the james rig was delivered at bluff september 21 mr and associates are from spokane wash other rigs have been purchased and shipped as follows by gordon L gray of chicago one rig miller and associates of doulder boulder two rigs worth and associates of new york city one rig wester dur company one rig galloway and associates of norwood colo one standard rig there are also two studebaker autos now running between dolores and bluff ruby and associates socia tes of ogden have shipped the rig that has been at farmington N M for some time A texas association has one keystone rig grant and associates of chicago have expended one oin investigations and options and claim to have shipped three or four rigs A mr davies of monticello has a franchise for a phone line and has ordered the poles for a line from bluff to dolores the oil has been reported on b by henry rives ellis assayer and chemist of salt sal lake city a statement of which is here presented specific gravity of the oil per cent of vol sp gr naptha 70 light burning heavy burning heavy oils coke and loss 41 the strata from north to south lie as far as can be determined in perfect horizontal position the field is especially favored over many others first in the canyons which permit of shall shallow ow drillings second in the high quality of the oil and third in the number of oil strata known to exist the limit of the other fields being two sands while there are six sands known to exist in this field