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Show TRU T H Oil Development in Utah. 7 company on Main street. This exhibit attracted much attention, and decided the owners to incorporate a company. In May a small portable iig was placed on the ground and bor.ng begun. Tho first oil strata was penetrated at a feet. At a depth depth of eighty-seve- n feet a of two hundred and twenty-fiv- e second oil strata was penetrated. This feet deep and very strata is twenty-si- x oil. a in At rich depth of about three hundred feet another oil strata was encountered. Unfortunately the rig doing the work was not capable of going further than three hundred feet with safety, although the contractor had agreed to go one thousand feet. After ineffectual efforts to bore to a greater depth the contractor gave up the contract about the middle of July. The management immediately a standard rig, the only one so far that has been brought into the State. A thoroughly competent man was put in charge, Mr. G. D. Kincaid of Bakersfield, California, who is now This putting the rig in commission. is guaranteed to go down 4000 feet The present hole will be reamed out to twelve Inches and cased as far as depth has been reached. The hole will then be bored to a depth of one thoubit. The new sand feet with a ten-inrig will begin boring on the 14th of the be made present month and no stop will until one thousand feet ' has been reached. This will probable be, if good luck is encountered all the way, in two weeks. The White Star could, the owners say, now have a producing well if the strata at 225 feet was shot with But the mangement is determined to test the country thoroughly and prove to the world that the Utah Oil Fields are among the greatest in America. The personnel of the company includes A. H. Tarbet, president; George T!'. Blair, and manager; H. J. Wallace, treasurer; W. C. Crawford, secretary: J. T. Hammond, secretary of State, and W. G. Benham are inthe directory. Oden Fo,?sil Oil and Land company,. Ogden, J. C. Armstrong, presl-de- nt; George J. Kelly, secretary. $10, COO, Price Oil company. $00,000, Price, L. Lowenstein, president; Morris Sommer, secretary. San Juan Oil company, $100,000, Salt Lake City, E. A. Wall, president; J. S. Bransford, secretary. Salt Lake Oil company, $200,000, Salt Lake City, F. O. Woi.d. pivHdHit, J.. Barnett, secretary. Red Ridge Oil company, $50,000, Salt Lake City, E. V. Higgins, president; S. L. Hague, properties near Thistle in Utah county and in Juab-county- . nur-chas- ed f 4 - 4 I . ch Jt i OIL DEVELOPMENT IN UTAH. , That Utah possesses vast deposits of petroleum far exceeding in quality the products of any oil fields yet developed has been almost conclusively proved. The existence of this oil both from seepage and in enormous shale deposits has long been known, but only within recent months have persistent efforts or Organization to any extent been made towards developing the industry. rAs early as 1878 locations of were or made Juab in shale ing rocks, Here the under supervision of '.county. E. B. Wilder, the veteran mining engineer, oil was obtained by distillation and later a well was sunk to a depth of COO feet with the hope of finding the oil in a liquid state. But the enterprise - was fated to the Incident to the early stages of the industry in other fields. The boring passed through alternate strata of sandstone and shale, ' one of the latter being sixty-tw- o feet thick. The stop was made in sands. Then at Dalton. Soldier Summit, and Tucker along the Rio Grande 4 Western railway either shale, oil or some of the various ites, or oil wax were found at a still earlier date. Numerous locations in this field have been made from time to time, but' the principal development avork has been ;ln the elaterate fields northeast of Sol- idier Summit toward the reservation. ' f i t oil-bea- . set-bac- ks oil-beari- - ng seep-Vage- s, i The extended uses of oil as a fuel and purposes together with the development of rich fields in other parts of the country has given a won-- ; derful impetus to the industry-ancorporations holding vast areas ;Of land have been formed, and some of vthese are already at work, and their most .pearly efforts have met withOil results. The Uintah company operating near Colton has already en-countered oil, in small quantities to be yisure, in two places but both of the Yi strikes have been encountered at a depth of less than 200 feet. The San Rafael company in county, with a strong equipment Emery is reported to hav had a similar reward for its efforts, but this has not been announced by the management, which expresses strong f faith of obtaining a larger flow at greater depth. The White Star Oil ? company with holdings giving favor-- ; able showings near Mill Fork siding, which started to drill a few months ago. has recently installed. better machinery and will continue its work. The Utah oils o far obtained are of a most quality, and being rich in para-- : ffln are valuable for lubricating and illuminating purposes, while the oil is used for fuel only. The a for other nu-v'mer- : . grati-Ylfyi- ng X . su-peri- j V . ' After investigating the hydro-carbo- n deposits along the Rio Grande Western railway, the past two years, from the reservation east of Soldier Summit to Thistle Junction, W. H. Hackney and S. L. Hague with their associates have during the present year located large tracts of oil and shale lands in that re- These lands occupy advantageous positions and as a result of their work tho following organizations have been effected. The Utah Shale company, The Utah Union Oil and Development company and the Red Ridge Oil company, the latter also including several sections of land in Juab county. gion. V 4 ; Utah oil is estimated to be worth from to $15 a barrel as against $10 $1 a barrel, and even less for the California product. On the Green river many locations have been made and several corporations have been formed, and while no work has yet been done there, active operations will doubtless soon be begun. Good showings are found in San Juan county and the locator and the promotor are also occupying that field. The Utah shale beds, which are in many instances forty feet thick frequently contain as high as 48 per cent oil at the surface, which gives it a greater value as a fuel than ordinary soft coal, while its distillation for oil, so successfully done in Scotland and in Australia adds still more to its prospective worth. With these flattering prospects the oil and shale industry is an inviting one and with the public land containing it to be had under the placer mining laws the opportunity for gain is not one of a lifetime, but of many centuries. or Cali-forn- ia ' To the White Star Oil company be- e in the the initiative inoil of the development Messrs. State. in this dustry over a B. Moore E. J. and Blair George year ago begun the investigation of the Utah fields. After an examination of the eastern part of the State they settled upon a tract of land in Spanish Fork canyon. This land was always considered to be asphaltum land, but a careful examination of the croppings and an analysis of the oil sand proved that there was no asphaltum, but that e the oil Sand contained a longs ac-iv- high-grad- MhricaH,'g a rt Illuminating oil. The locations for the Whtie Star company were made in July, 1900. Experiments were made with the oil sand and ers wee called in to examine the ground. Every report was favorable. Early in this year at an exhibit of the oil in the refined and crude state was ll made at the store of the Scott-Streve- e. $10,-00- vice-preside- nt Utah and Colorado Oil company,. Salt Lake City, Delevan A. Holmes, president; H. O. Shepard, secretary. Utah Crystal Oil company, $25,000, Oil company own Salt Lake City, N. B. Campbell, presiThe California-Uta- h A. H. Meredith, secretary. and control nearly 60,000 acres in Cali- dent; White Star Oil company, $250,000, Salt fornia and Utah, large tracts being sit- Lake City, A. H. Tarbet, president; uated in the famous Kern county fields W. C. Crawford, secretary, holdings in in the former State, where they have Dairy Fork canyon, near Mill Fork many producing wells. These lands Siding. $500,000, have been selected with the aid of competent experts. Their lands in Utah are in the eastern part of the State near e Farnham, Mound station, and Wood-sidon the Rio Grande Western railway. Wyoming-Uta- h Oil company, $500,000, Ogden, A. Van Patten, president; Frank Francis, secretary. Juab Oil and Coal company, Salt Lake City, $100,000, G. D. Haven, president; E. B. Wilder, secretary, properties in Juab county. Milton Land and Oil company, 0, Salt Lake City, D. J. Williams, president; Lewis Telle Cannon, secretary, holdings in Emery county. 0, Home Lubricating Oil company, Salt Lake City, Heber M. Wells, president, Charles S. Burton, secretary. ' $100,-00- Following is a complete list of the oil companies that have been organized in in number. These Utah, thirty-fou- r all been organized have corporations within the present year, except the Juab Oil and Coal company, which was formed in 1894. The name of the com pany its capitalization, location of the Thoroc Mnnov mu,,c J main office and the names of the presi- dents and secretaries are given: Annual. Oil company, $20,000, Salt in Lake City,.W. M. Spencer, president; Edward E. Bush, secretary. Bald Mountain Oil company, $62,500, GEO. E. BLAIR, Ephriam, J. M. Hansen, president; M. 411 Auerbach Block. F. Murray, secretary; properties in Sanpete county. California-Uta- h Oil company, $24,000, Star Oil Company. Salt Lake City. C. M. Kilbourn, presi- White Pioneer Company. dent; W. I. Roberts, secretary. California-VernOil company, Salt Lake City, C. M. Kilbourn, president; W. I. Roberts, secretary. Learn About it. Carbon Oil company, $250,000, Salt Lake City, W. P. Lynn, president; Make Money on its Stock. George Westervelt, secretary. Chicago Oil company, $30,000, Salt Lake City, Frank T. Burmester, presi$100,-00- . I DL al i $50,-00- $25,-00- ten-bar- rel nitro-glycerin- San Rafael Oil and Mining company, Price. Arthur J. Lee, president; W, H. Clark, secretary, holdings In Emery county. Spanish Fork Oil company, $50,009, Salt Lake City, J. A. Grose, president; F. E. Arnold, secretary. Spring Valley Oil and Development company, $150,000, Salt Lake City, C. McCornick, president; J. C. Glad-ri- g den,' secretary. Twin Creeks Oil company, $10 000, Ogden, John D. Carnahan, president; E. C. S. Brainard, secretary. 0, Utah Lubricating Oil company, Salt Lake City,. Joseph R. Walker, president; Charles A. Walker, secretary, properties on .Green River. 0, Utah Oil and Paraffin company, Salt Lake City, W. B. Folsom, president; S. L. Hague, secretary, properties near Tucker in Utah county. Utah Union Oil and Development company, $50,000, Salt Lake City, J. J, Trenam, president; Edward W. Clarke, manager; S. L. Hague, secretary, properties at Solder Summt, Tucker and Mill Fork Sding, in Wasatch and Utah counties. Uintah 'Oil company, $1,000,000, Salt Lake City, C. B. Stewart, president; F, M. Eakle, secretary. 0, Utah Oil and Refining company, Salt Lake City', J. A. Meredith,, president; W. H. Hennefer, secretary. $125,000, dent; H. Barnett, secretary. $24,-00- 0, CALIFORNIA-UTA- H El Verde Rio Oil company, $1,500,000, Ogden, J. A. Cuttery, president; S. S. Smith, secretary. Fossil Oil company, $1000, Ogden, Jesse J. Driver, president; Horace B. Stratford, secretary. Garn Oil company. $50,000, Salt Lake Will Buy, Sell or Lease Oil Lands, City, William C. Hall, president; Lee Will eell 150 Sections located at Duning, secretary, properties on Green Green River, Utah. Best Oil Land River. on the market. OPEN TO Green River Oil company, $250,000. Salt Lake City, James H. Moyle, president; F. C. Bassett, secretary. Golden Scepter Oil company, $5000, Price, E. C. Lee, president. 327 D. F. Walker Building, Marin County Oil company, $250,000, Salt Lake City. Joseph LIpoman, presiSALT LAKE C1TIT. UTAH dent; A. C. Ellis, Jr., secretary. OIL CORDPAHV |