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Show T TEE 8 UN, FBXCE, PAGE SIX FAITH AND HOPE QUITE NECESSARY IN OIL GAME FAILURES EVERY SUCCESS. TWENTY-NIN- E TO Geologists Cannot Gnarantes Flow, But May Locate Domes Where Possibilities of Goshen Exist Soma Thirty Dusters In Kansas I'ield to Every Producer of Liquid Gold. Faith and luqie are the prime essential in the oil game, says the Wichita (Kan.) Ragle. If it were not for those two qualities Kansas would not la fourth in the list of oil producing states with an average daily production the last four years of a hundred thousand barrels. If the hundreds of wildcatters whose combined efforts have made Kansas what it is in the petroleum industry had. lacked in their ultimate success and had gotten out their encils and paper before spudding in a test and figured out the chances of getting pro-duction well, the state would only be noted for its agricultural resources. For every wildcat well that comes in an oiler there are twenty-nin-e other tests that are doomed to failure. n In plain the rhanees of finding oil in virgin territory, according to the best authorities, is about one in thirty. Without throwing any stones at the geologists, whose are so invaluable in these days that no oil company would ever start a well without a geological investigation, it ran lie safely stated that a big percentage of failures exists even where this survey has been made. The geologist, as most oilmen know, cannot find oil. ITe can only locate structures where it is j wamble for oil to be discovered. There is just one chauce in thirty after the structure has been found that oil ia underneath. Thats the figure one of the biggest oierating companies in the country counts upon when it spuds in a hole in new territory. This fact has not been advanced to discourage the oil business, but merely to call attention to the tremendous cost of discovering the sixty-se- t ru separate pools that are now produo-in- g oil in Kansas. A lot of men who discovered one or more of the n fields only drilled one well and were lucky enough to hit the first time. Curiously enough, the names of the men who have been successful are always remembered lunger than the ones who had a long string of dry holes to their eredit. Its s matter of record that one oilman in Kansas drilled twenty-on- e deep dusters before he was lucky enough to strike oil, and if his hank account had not been pretty large because of successful operations in proven territory he would not have been able to drill ron-fidcu- ce Anglo-Saxo- sen-ice- s sixty-seve- boles. must have taken millions upon millions to discover those sixty-seve- n pools. As far as anyone knows, no one has had the nerve to sit down in front of an adding machine and attempt the calculation. By cost of it is not meant the outdiscovery dislay that went into the sixty-seve- n covery wells, but rather all of the dry holes in the slate. In the first place there are no authentic records, and again the cost has varied so much that the final result would be mere twenty-on- e It TINE TREATMENT HERE XS APPRECIATED BY ZXONITES Although a week has passed since about a hundred and twenty-fiv- e of Salt Lake City and comprising bankers, brokers and business men generally, took the trip to the Nan Rafael Swell oil field, all of those who participated in the excursion still are discussing the event, says cit-ixe- ns ' Sundays Salt Lake Telegram. It is generally admitted that no better opportunity could have been afforded . for witnessing the scenes of activity in the field and studying the conditions, geological and otherwise, and the concensus of opinion confirms the view frequently expressed that Utah cannot escape the exjierience of ari oil boom. Words of praise enn-tito 1m uttered for the manner in which the visitors were entertained ; hy the Price Chandicr of Commerce and the Huntington Commercial club, who were assisted in their efforts hy the citizens generally of the two towns and of the entire counties of Carlton and Emery. Among the speeches was the number of really fine talks made hy both the hosts at Price and Huntington and by mouthers of the excursion jarty at the banquets given in the resqwetive cities. Among the Salt Lake City men who distinguished themselves in this resjiect were Herbert M. Chamberlain. the cashier of Walker Bros. Bankers; Charles A. Quigley, Cornier Anderson, William II. Stenaekrr, Irving I). Lowe, Italph A. Badger, George A. Hemphill and Harry S. Joseph, while, os previously rejortcd. Prof. Fred J. Pack of the University of Utah made an interesting geological talk at the Huntington event. In appreciation of the courtesies extended to the visitors from Salt Lake City, Horace V. Altree, secretary of the Salt Lake stock exchange, has sent letters to the Price Chamber of Commerce and the Huntington Commercial club, reflectively. These letters read: On behalf of the members of this institution, who were the recipients of the kindness and courteous consideration extended by you on their recent excureiou to your town, I am asked to convey to you the sincere thanks and gratitude for the pleasure afforded alL The expression on all sides is one of delight at so ably entertaining your guests, and the sentiment is strongly in favor of continuing the feeling of good fellowship created and develop it into one of confidence and n desire to pull together in the interest of properly exploiting and developing that section of this great state. On behalf of our excursionists, who were accorded so hearty a welcome and received such courteous cousiile ration during their recent (visit to your town, I am asked to express the sincere thanks aud appreciation fur the manner in which they were so ably entertained. It is hoied that the results of such excursions will promote a feeling of confidence and good fellowship and create a desire to pull together to further the development of the resources of this portion of the state. With this attitude aramuunt, there is no reason why Utah should not enjoy the prosperity that rightfully belongs to it, and I trust that all of us will soon have the satisfaction of realization. One of the results of the trip, it is expected, will be the improvement of the road through Buekhorn Canyon leading into the Swell. At a meeting, which may lie called at the Salt Lake Commercial club, it is probable that financing and engnieering problems will be discussed. It was pointed out by Major Cooper Anderson, an engineer for the Utah Power and Light commny and who made the trip to the oil field last week, that there was no intention of building a permanent road at this time or until the field has been proven, but that there is a general movement in favor of making temporary improvements which would make access to the field much easier. It is figured, according to Major Anderson, that possibly the state road commission, the railroads and the owncra of oil locations in the San Rafael Swell might contribute money to make the rejiaira needed. Major Anderson estimates that the cost would be not over ten thousand dollars. It is probable that a meeting will he held during the present week. BIG ONES HAVE TROUBLE XN SAN RAFAEL COUNTRY According to the Casper (Wyo.) Tribune of last Sunday the Carter Oil company and the Standard Oil comtmny of New Jersey are having trouble getting a well started on the San Rafael Swell in the Utah wildcat regions. The largest of the Standard Oil companies ia now endeavoring through its subsidiary, the Carter, to make a thorough test of the San Rafael Swell, which ia the largest anticline in Utah and the officials of the Carter Oil ronqiany have found that after they had secured title to a large mrt of the acreage on the structure other claimants showed up and the titles that the Carter had were clouded thereby. Now the company has refused to go ahead with the test work until there ia some settlement between the different claimants to the ground and unless this is reached in the near future, the San llafael district ia liable to lose the chance for a good testing of the structure because the Cuter and Standard of New Jersey have several other structures in Utah that they also expect to drill and to which they could easily move their tools. The present status of the driling in Utah is five strings of tools actually working, three ahut down or ready to start up and a number of locations made. The Ohio Oil cnuqiany has three strings drilling, one at Huntington, one at Cainesville and the third at Circle Cliffs. The Old Emery Oil company and the San Rafael corjioration are drilling on the San Rafael Swell and the Crescent Eagle Oil company about n mile and a half from Crescent station on the Denver and Rio Grande. GOING TO THE SWELL BY THE GREEN RIVER ROUTE UTAH-EVE- BY Oil ANUS OF MINES TO HAVE ENTIRE CHARGE. Duty of the Supervisor and His Deputies Is to Visit All Sections of the County Where the Government Has Interests Royalties and Various Other Matters in Connection. WASHINGTON, I). C., April of the leasing act of February 25, 1920, known as an act to promote the mining of coal, oil, oil shale, gaa and sodhm on the public domain, was recently placed hy the secretary of the interior under the direction of the bureau of mines. The bureau up to this time had not been able to care adequately for the work which haa expanded until the present oil production from government lands in California and Wyoming will total fourteen million ti barrels annually. Inspecting for drilling also have been granted in eleven other states and Alaska. Seeing the need of more adequate supervision of this production, congress recently allotted to the bureau of mines sixty thousand dollars to properly organize and carry on this work until July 1, 1921. Operating regulations to govern the production of oil and gaa have been issued by the bureau. According to these regulations it shall be the duty of the oil and gas suiervisor and his deputies to visit leased lands where ojierations for the discovery and production of oil and gas are conducted and to inspect such operations with a view of preventing waste of oil and gas, damage to formation of deposits containing oil, gas or water or to coal measures or other deposits, injury to life or property or economic waste, and to issue instructions which will prevent such The service of your heating or power system is no greater than the service of your coal . No matter how good the machinery and construction of the system if the coal is unreliable the life of the plant is shortened. Castle Gate and Clear Creek Coals are superior fuels. They insure a steady heating organization. They are reliable, clean coals , burning evenly and leaving a minimum of ash for a maximum of heat. pbos-phaf- e, jier-mi- ASK YOUR DEALER UTAH FUEL CO. MinersandShippersof Castle Gate and Gear Creek Coal exclusively 'W been tightly sealed. The oil bearing formation ex;iected to be encountered ia the Goodrich sand, which has been the principal producer in the San Juan field This sand in the southern field varied from twenty to twentysix feet thickness and yielded oil in every one of the numerous holes that were sunk to its levels. Kicking Quit farlor seed whan SSIfu5 you can buy MILE HIGH" aaad on u monay waste. back guaran taa. WtUuforourfroo Some Utah Oil History. Lessees under these regulations shall aumlof today It talla about our guarantoo. Wo apadmltia la provide tanks suitable for containing Practically all of the leading geoloRocky Mountain frown Alfalfa, and accurately measuring the crude gists agree that there is an excellent Had uoaar, bwart tXoaer, Brono J Giaaa, Rad Too. Timothy, Barlay, oil produred from the wells, and shall chance for oil to lie found in the state I. Cora, Oats, Wheat, Rya and all furnish the sujiervisor with accurate of Utah in big commercial quantities. other aaad for the guidon, field and ftowar yard. copies of all tank tallies. The quality Some openly state that they believe of oil produced is also determined hy one of the largest fields in the world Ericas on your raguteamoniSi the supervisor. The royalties payable will be discovered, here. The princiunder these leases depend both on the pal reason why the state has not been amount and quality of the oil produc- developed before was because the to 25 per cent government, beginning in 1905, set ed, ranging from 12 COiO. fur all oil produced of thirty degrees aside the most prospective oil strucBaume or over and from 12 to 20 tures as naval oil reserves, which pro)wr cent for that of lesa than thirty hibited anyone prospecting thereon. degrees. F. B. Tough, petroleum tech- As soon as it became known thut, on nologist of the bureau of mines, has account of the scarcity of iietroleum tiecn made supervisor of oil end gas the government intended to lease ojierations with headquarters at Den- these lands for prosjiecting purposes, ver, Cplo., and will report direct to several of the larger companies and the chief petroleum technologist in innumerable independent ojierators Washington, D. C. District engineers very quietly set about to have their and deputy Buiiervisors, together with locations selected and to have men on oil gaugers and clerks, have Iwen plac- the ground to validate their selection ed at Casier, Wyo.; Winnett, Mont.; by Misting against the time the leasBukcTsficld, Cala., and Shreveport, ing bill would become public. Strange Tai., rejiortiiig to the suiiervisor at as it would seem, the people of Utah Denver. did not realize what was going on Leases dealing with coal, plios-phnt- e, until the greater portion of the desirNorth of Tavern oil shale and sodium os they able acreage was taken up by those Near Depot Price, Utah involve mining operations, both un- who may be considered professionals derground and surface, are under the in the oil world. immediate technical charge of George AND PROBATE GUARDIANSHIP Notices Coneult County Clerk Or 8. Rice, rhief mining engineer of the DOINGS OP THE OILMEN For Further bureau of mines. At the present time THROUGH EASTERN UTAH Respective Signers 'JAeQ rand Junction Seed (s. GKAND JUNCTION, aBPBewgrzr ivr sc Carbon Pool Hall The place to visit when you want congen ial surroundings. Good Rooms, Cafe and Barber Shop In Connection. the principal mining operations are in coal, although leases have been applied for covering the other mentioned minerals. This part of the work will he handled in the field for the present by a district mining supervisor with offices also at Denver. Operating and safety rules and regulations for coal mining operations under the terms of the act have been prepared and approved by the secretary of the interior and are now in process of publication. Similar regulations covering the special mining conditions of other minerals are now in course of preparation. Permits may be issued to inrlude not more than twenty-fiv- e hundred acres of land) wherein the deposits bef long to the United States and are not within any known geological structure of a producing oil or gas field, or a similar amount of land containing deposits of coal, sodinnr or phosphates and not to exceed fifty-on- e hundred and twenty acres of land containing oil shale deposits. The boundaries of the geological structures involved in the leases are determined by the geological survey and the control for permits and leases was intrusted by the secretary of the interior to the general lnrnl .office. . . . The Fuel's the Thing BUREAU GREEN RIVER, April 2. The first rig to come into Green River arrived yesterday ami ia being unloaded today. It belongs to II. A. Schweik-har- t, the general manager of the Salt Lake Hardware company, and associates. They have several leases in the San ltafnel Swell and cxjiect to commence drilling as soon as the rig can he taken into the field and set up. The outfit will be hauled from here over the Blark Dragon canyon road. over the San Rafael and the Woodside It is in charge of J. L. Humble, who structures lately. will make Green River hia headquarters. BIG SIX OIL COMPANY HAS The Ohio Oil company put on a new RESUMED DRILLING WORK truck this week, which will make regMO AD, April 4. Since drilling wnS ular trips from here to Cuinesville and the Circle Cliffs oil fields. The resumed at the tel well of tlv R:g Elk Basin Oil company of Wyoming Six Oil company lat Friday the bit is exjwcting a big Standard rig in here is jienctratirg nt the rate of four to five feet each day. Tl-- well is now this wet-kGreen River will soon take on the dun a thousand and twenty feet. npjica ranee of a regular boom town. The stratum being bored is salmon Two carloads of tents and furnish- colored shale nrul is far harder than ings for the same will be set up north the Kailiab limestone overlying the of the Midland Hotel. The hotels are shale. In excess of a hundred feet of filled to capncity every night, and the the carboniferous slinlcs has nlrcady tents will be used to care for the over- been penetrated, amt according to flow. geologists the thickness of the straT. W. Weeks, a gcohuris! for th. tum is a significant factor pointing toUnited States Smelting, Refining and ward oil production, as it is imperMining conipauy, has been lucking vious, and shows that the sands have oil APRIL Fi $ PUN SUPERVISION ill COAL AND ranAY, PRXDAY. Carter Oil company has a rig coming in for work on the Farnham dome. The Dutch Shell people are soon to take two rigs into the Uintah Basin above the town of Duchesne. Following a plea for sanity during the present prospects of an oil boom in Utah, Dr. Fred J. Pack discussed before the Schoolmasters club at Zion last Saturday, the factors that must he present where oil is to be found. He declared that first of all there (Continued On Pare Il(ht) PILES IX THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL Dig-trl- ct Court, Carbon County, Utah In the Matter of tho Estate of Peter D. Koutcls, Deceased. Notice to CredAnd other rectal diseases are coni itors. Creditors will present claims without surgery. No time lest fW with vouchers to the undersigned nt Price, Utah, or to O. K. Clay, his at- business. Writs for my hook oi no torney. Bilvagnl building, on or tal diseases. SENT FREE. June 1, 1921. 8TTLXAN STAES, Administrator. First pub., Apr. 1; last Apr. 22, 1121. bs-fo- rs France has just shipped over two hundred and fifty thousand quarts of champagne, but some thirsty nut commandeered it before it could reach this town. I. R. PARSONS, M. D. 411 Continental Bask Building, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH iuiiiiiiirmvvr Coffee Delicious'" HAUJAll w Al Oor far Western Uenci ofHnin daco fey high grait cf coffee. ; K b not plentiful, it is fay select, Btritavllxii Coffee a not strati, tot js known ts full kochea melW and Afcfane. tts strength is in richnrsi - not in lateness. Bffl0X&GAllAGBER(h.te5 |