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Show TRUTH OIL development. of great promise This has sense in the been true in a greater as what the past Green River oil fields, a aeven days has brought forth proves development in them than at the intermountain country. greater first was hoped for. at the pres, The San Rafael district witb'two and ent time bids fair to lead,1 possibly three strong companies pro- as many as twenty wells posing to sink before the close of the present season. The country in the neighborhood of Little Grande is to have two rigs at work in a short time, one of which is stated to be on the ground now. At another rig will be operation shortly, and two more a Thompson Springs i . '4 i short distance from Sunnyside. In the Debeoue district things are moving smoothly with the exception of one well which has had the misfortune to loose a string of tools in the hole; which is annoying as it impedes drilling until they are uncovered. In this field however, fresh contracts are being let for additional depths and a hopeful From feeling prevades the camp. Grand Junction comes the only discouraging note. There the wells have practically shut down but may resume operations before the close of the 86&80Q Uinta county, Wyoming is forging forward and a bright propect is ahead in all the fields. At Fossil the TJtah-Wyomcompany is at work with ing bringing in a well, while a combination of two companies bids fair hopes of to make two wells possible before autumn. The week has seen the beginning of the end in the Union Pacific well controversy at Spring Valley. The dispossession of.'the big company by thfr United States Land Office and the proof that the well was not only an oil well but a commercial one at that, has been a source Whorter writes that' the 'machinery Bald Mountain Oil company, M2, 500, Ephraim. will be put in motion by the 10th of this J . M. Hansen, president; M. F. Murray, properties iu Sanpete county. sec-reta- ry; been one The week just passed has to the oil industry of in to oil men in general. Taking it all in all the week has been a hopeful helpful one. of deep satisfaction ffft ft month. ft ft The Spring Valley people are in hard luck, having lost a string of tools in their well and a string of fishing tools on top of them. W ork is now in progress to remove the obsticles. ft ft F. Root of the g George Oil .'.company- came ..in from the Ohio Capital Sunday last." Mr. Root is here to make arrangements to begin active development work on tbe properties both at the San Rafael and in Uintah county Wyoming. He states that it is the intention of the company to develop the two upper oil sands, and for that purpose will sink a battery of shallow wells. These wells will be about 400 feet deep and their sands were penetrated at that depth in the San. Rafael wells. The company also proposes to sink a brace of wells in Untah county the company holding a large tract of oil land in the Fossil fie.d. Mr. Root' with the local managers, Messers Kennedy and Westover are in the fields looking over the situtation. ft ft At a conference between the heads of the San Refael and the Cincinnati- Oil company held in Salt Lake this week it was settled that the two would combine and build a wagon road from Desert switch to the San Refael valley. ft ft Manager Moore of the Indiana-Uta- h Oil company in a letter to the secretary of the oil exchange states that the company is shipping in oil drilling rigs to the Green River fields. The property of this company is in the neighborhood of Thompsons1 springs: The company is mostly- made' up of Shelbyville, Indiana, people and is a very strong combination and will be heard from when operations are once under way. ft ft It is reported that an oil drilling rig is at Little Grande. By some it was thought to belong to the Ralph company of Duluth. This was an error as Mr. Ralph will not be on the ground . Cincinnati-Utah-Wyomin- to-gath- Utah-Wyomi- er ng . - It is reported that the Green River men owning land in the San Rafael has determined to build their road to the swell by the way of the Black although the two big com- until September. panies refuse to join them in the ft ft ter prise. ft ft Manager Virtue of the Six or seven drills are dropping in has determined to again pull out the Spring Valley fields, but none of the casing and make another attempt them have attained a sufficient depth off the water. The casing was to shut to judge of their ultimate success, taken up a couple of weeks ago, but ft ft The Buckeye people at Debeque baye the running was not down to sufficient a new experience. It has been found depth to entirely shut off the water. out that the drill had penetrated the This time the running will be carried oil sand while the well was filled with down well into the hard limestone and water. They have installed a pump precaution taken to make a leakage The work will require with the intention of the impossible. exhausting five four or days, after which drilling water in order to get-thoil. Dra-goncany- - Utah-Wyom-i- ng - l! e ft ft n will be resumed. ft ft That the old Nebergal well is a com g The Idaho Paraffine mercial proposition is proved by the combination have determined to fact that 100 barrels of oil was bailed sink a new well on the property of the from it in 24 hours. latter company. The old well was put ft ft down some 600 feet without casing and X. Young has shipped his oil rig has caved so badly that it is thought from California and will place it upon best to abandon the hole. r0UDd SUth 0f Little Grande with ft ft irufl next two weeks. Following is a'complete list of the oil comft ft panies that have been organized in Utah, fi'ty-seve- n have all These X. E. Burns of the Oil City company been in number.within the corporations year, present except organized has gone to California on oil business. the Juab Oil and Coal company, which was Everything ia going i smoothly at the formed in 1894. The name of the company, its charge of Field Manager capitalization, location of the main office and e the names of the presidents and secretaries are ft ft given: ldaho-Wyom-in- nnv-ionert- The McWhorter and Oil company, 830,000, Salt Lake City, Hastings rig at W.Annual M. Spencer, president; Edward E. Bush, Sunnyside is being placed and Mr. Me secretary. California-Uta- h Oil company, 124,000, Salt Lake City, C. M- - Kilbourn, president; W. I. Roberts, secretary. California-VernOil company, 121,000, Salt al Lake City, C. M. Kilbourn, president; W. I. Roberts, secretary. Carbon Oil company. f250,000, Salt Lake City, W. P. Lynn, president; George Wester-vel- t, secretary. Chicago Oil compayny, 830,000, Salt Lake City, Frank T. Burmester, president; H. Barnett, secretary. El Verde Rio Oil company, 8t ,500,000, Ogden, J. A, Cutlery,- president; S. S. Smith secre- tary. n Fossil Oil company, 8100,000, Ogden, Jesse J. Driver, president; Horace B. Stratford, GarnOll company, 851,000, Salt Lake City, William C Hall, president; Lee Dunlng, secretary; properties on Green river. Golden Scepter Oil company, 81,000, Price, E. C. Lee. President. Green River Oil company, 8250, jOO, Salt Lake City, James H. Moyle, president; F. C. Bassett, secretary. Marin County Oil company, 1250,000, Salt Lake City, Joseph Lippman, president; A.C. Ellis, Jr., secretary. Ogden Fossil Oil and Land company, J. 810,000. C. Armstrong, presldeni; George J. Kelly, secretary. Price Oil company, 880, roo, Price, L. Lowen-stei- n, president; Morris Sommer; secretary. San Jaun Oil oompany, 8100,000, Salt Lake J. S. Brantford,, City, E. A A secretary, Salt Lake Oil company, 8300,000, Salt Lake City, J. O. Wood, president; J. Barnett, secOgden, Great Basin Oil Co.; capital 8100,000 in 10 cent shares; owns 15.7M1 acres in Emery county: Reed Smoot, president; VV. M. Roy lance, sec retary and treasurer. Victoria Oil Company; capital 81,000,000 in shares of 81 each; w. G. Tollman, president; J. J. Brummitt, secretary ; property in Uinta county. Wyoming. Slndbad Oil Co.; capital 8 0,000 in 10 cent shares; George Brandon, president; A. D. Dickson, secretary and treasurer; properties in Emery county. Utah States Oil company: capital 850,000 in 500,000 10 cent shares: L. W. Rivers, president; W. W. Rivers, secretary and treasurer: property. 640 acres in Emery county. The South Tent Oil & Mining Co.: capital 825,000 in 501,000 5 cent shares; J. P. Christensen, president; Ephruim Hanson, secretary; . property-iSanpete county. Oil company, capital 8100,000 in 10 cent shares; W. A . Sherman, president' F. E. Klelnschmidt, secretary ; property, 160 5 acres in Mesa county, Colo. Summit Oil & Shale Co., capital 8100,000 fa 10 cent shares; W. H. Hackney, president; ST! L. Hague, secretary; property 2120 'acres in Wasatch and Utah counties. The La Grande Paraffin Oil company capital 81,000,000 In shares of 81 each; head office. Og den, Utah; J. O. Nye, president; J. ILKnauss secretary. Western Standard Oil company,, capital 875- .000 in 10 cent shares; Morris Sommer, presU dent; B. F. Johnson, secretary. Property in ' , . Emery and Corbon counties. Southeastern Utah Oil company, head office at Cheyenne. Wyo.: capital stock 82.1.000, in 1 cent shares. Julius C. Lewis, president; Eugene M. Brewster, secretary. Elgin Oil and Development company head office at Cheyenne, Wyo.; capital 8100.000, in 10 cent shares. A. N. Bumpheries, president; Geo. Van Horn, secretary, PetrolineOil company, capital 850.000 in 10 cent shares, C. M. Chandler, preslbcnt: S. D. Colboum, secretary; property in Carbon county. ' Whitmore Oil Co., capital 8l00,r00 In shares of 10c. each; A. Ballinger, president: L. O. Hoffman, secretary; property in Carbon county. Anticline Oil Co., capital 850,000 in 10c. shares; Hyrum Frandscn, president; Lars Frandsen secretary; property In Carbon county. n Oil company, capital M00000, ini 81 shares. N. W. Clayton, president;. Geo. E.-Airis, secretary. Property in Kern county.,.' California. Wall,--presiden- retary. Red Ridge Oil company, 850, 0C0, Salt Lake City, E, V. Higgins, president: S. L. Hague, secretary; properties near Thistle, in Utah county, and In Juab county. San Rafael Oil and Mining company, 8125,000, Price, Arthur J. Lee, president; w. 11. Clark, secretary; holdings in Emery county. Spanish Fork Oil company, 85000, Salt Lake City, J. A. Grose, president; F. E. Arnold, secretary. Spring Valley Oil and Development company, 8150,000. Salt Lake City, C. K. McCor-nic- k, president; J. C. Gladden, secretary. TwInCreeks Oil company, 810,000. Ogden, John D. Carnahan, president; E. C. S. Brain-ar- d, Cabez-Debeq- ue - k . . Utah-Crow- . . secretary. Utah Lubricating Oil company, 850,000, Salt Lake City, Joseph R. Walker, president; Charles A. Walker, secretary; properties on Green river. Utah Union Oil and evelopent company, e, 850,000, Salt Lake Clt; J. J.Tmrenam,' ' dent; Edward. W. manager;' S. L. Hague! secretary; properties at Soldier Summit, Tucker and Mill Fork Siding, in Wasatch Here's piooeg la . GEO. E. BLAIR . - presl-Clark- and Utah counties. Uintah Oil company, 81,000,000, Salt Lake City, C. B. Stewart, president; C.A. F. Orlob,' AUBHBAGH BUT. WHITE STAR OIL COMPANY; PIONEER OOMIANY. secretary. Utah Oil and Refining company, 110,000, Salt Lake City, J. A. Meredith, president; W. H. Hennefer, secretary. Utah and Colorado Oil Company, 8500,000, Salt Lake City, Delevan A. Holmes, president; H. O. Shephard, secretary. Utah Crystal Oil company, 825,000, Salt Lake City, N. B. Campbell, president; A. H. Meredith, secretary. White Star Oil company, $250,000, Salt Lake City, A. H. Tarbet. president; W. C. Craw- ford, secretary; holdings in Dairy Fork can yon. near Mill Fork Siding. Wy A. Van Patter, president; Frank Francis, sec- - retary. Juab Oil and Coal company, Salt Lake City, 8100,000, E. B. Wilder, G. D. Haven, president; secretary; properties Milton Land and Oil company, 8100,000, Salt Lake City, Dr. E. S. Wright, president; Lewis Telle Cannon, secretary; holdings in Emery county. Home Lubricating Oil company, 8100,000, Salt Lake City, Heber M. Wells, president; Charles S. Burton, secretary. Salt Lake San Beni to Oil company, 8300, C00 Salt Lake City, M. A. Breeden, president; Charles W. Olson, Goldberg Oil and Minin company, 870, 000, Price, Herman Hill, president; L. O. Hoffman, vice-preside- Learn About i Make Money on its Stock. riot Work . Work Qait-- k ; i Seotury Printing ... : V Company . . Telephone 022a : 147 Weet Temple S nt. secretary. Utah Oil and Paraffine company, 825,000. Salt Lake City,'W. B. Folsom, president; H. Barnett, secretary. Baku Oil company, 8100, C0C in 1,000,000 shares. A. Scott Chapman, president: John T. Lynch, secretary; properties in Utah and Carbon counties. Utah Shale company, 850,030, Salt Lake City, W. H. Hackney, president; S. L. Hague, sec retary; properties near Tncker, Utah county. Western Oil company capital stock MO, 000 in cent shares; william Hatfield, president: A. J. Davis, secretary. Salt Luke Oil and Gas Company, capital in shares of 25 cents each. J. A, Kuykendall president; U. S. Rives, secretary and treasurer. Property, Green river, Utah. Price Home Oil and Mining company, capital 8110,000. in 400,000 shares of 25 cents each: Geo. C. Whitmore, Pres.; A. Ballinger, Secy.: property in Carbon county. Eastern Utah Oil company, capital 850,000 in 500,000 shares of 10 cents each. A. H. Earl, president; J. M. Loveridge, secretary and treasurer; property in Grand county. Minnie Maud Oil & Mining Co. ; capital 8100,-00- 0 in shares of 50 cents each; A. J. Lee, president; W. H. Donaldson, secretary and treas. 10 8250-OU- O, i)22J3yJB i- - |