Show HILL CREEK DOr DOME IE I 11 OiL OL SHALE HELD FIELD FIELDI I is DESCRIBED Villiam O ONeil O'Neil Neil Gives Interesting Inter Inter- i est esting ug Data and Draws t Comparisons While the tle r report port from froni practical oil all man rna who discovered cred the Bangel fIe fiela applies specifically to o othe othis this the o of the Hill Hili Creek Cicek Dome Oil ou Shale company Y yet ct it R will bo or of got Croat Interest to the many people who are interested in the h and Vat at atMon it Mon Fon section o of Utah as ns it t contains a aI I great deal leal or of Information of f General Interest In his report William O Or ei superintendent for the Jim Dome company compan f says ays- I hn have C Just returned from a thorough thorough thor thor- ough examination x o ol of your nur holdings IP In county Utah where a complete purvey Cl h hn hl boon been made the claims all nIt I t properly located beaten and duly dul recorded at atthe atthe the tho clerks clerk's office Vornal Utah The claims arc are located locatell about twenty twenty- five miles west of ot Watson otson and Dragon Dra- Dra eon bon nn and twenty five miles from Rain Rain- how ho station on tho the railroad I. I I Th h iro ro Is a n Rood good wagon road ro from Rl t to th holn holdings i also 1 0 by wa y or HOOSe It r lort on crossing Ca th the Green Green river at lh The holdings s consist of or acres the b best st o or oZ tho the Hill Cr et o oi oil dome which covers ors upwards of or acres and ami Is about four Wl wide v-ido o In tho the center and six milos In Inon on th It Is pear shaped with the an er end to the south Tho The outer 1 walls of tho the dome domo have hare a 0 dip of ot about C tj per cent on all sides This gives Elves 1 05 tho the feld an Immense territory from which to draw ora when oil Is encountered AccordIng Ac- Ac co cordIng to tho the opinions of ot some soma of at the f lest best st 01 oil oU experts oil all should be bo round found at 1 1000 to 1200 lOO feet In depth R This Is ono of or tho most perfect oil aU I domes In Utah It conI contains con con- I probably more rich oil shale than I tnY other part of or eastern Utah Our Ourt t SUIO survey revealed the tho fact tact that the rich richt t oil cover tho the entire acres I I It t will all burn readily when whon to heat hoat W Wo tested It with wood fires Ire First the shale would crack and ex explode ex- ex plo from the gas pent up thou then blue I names would burn bura up from the the oil and andt t paraffin content There Is no overburden P here all foreign torI for tor- I eign matter ln ha having long since eroded t away ln Jea leaving a continuous bed of at shale over o the property all the surface being a clean rich oil shale In a number of ot on the HillCreek Hill HillCreek HillCreek Creek dome domo property tho the shale shalo beds beels l show how a a. thickness of or more than feet teet of clean stuff sturt Samples were taken t from every ery claim and all nIl aro are rich In Ini i oil oU I we consider that this shale I contains from 60 50 to gallons of or oil I l' l to each ton of or shale with products bl-products i much nuch more noro valuable than the oil Itself Er arid each square quare yard of this Immense I I I deposit represents one ton of shale I I with visible outcrops feet teet thick It itI I JI will b be understood that there are fortunes fort torI for tor- t I f tunes in tho shale beds alone But that thatIs thatIs 4 Is 18 not all At the time the shalo was wasI enriched by gas as pressure forcing forcing- the tho I oils and other valuable sub- sub j I F Micos Ft Into tho soft sort plastic clays clayn h now form torm the tho oil all tho the theo I 1 b o ler Ier oils percolated to tho the sands at the lower levels where they will be I tapped ed b by the tho drill at depths of not to tot 1 t e foot feet hat Shale Contain I fact tact determined b by labora- labora tor tests Is that as high as ns IS pounds r rr r j paraffin wax can be recovered from t I t. t h It ton of Pt t shale Also ammonium and nitrates for tor fertilizing I 50 to 60 a ton Some of at this I j hl grade high rade h oil when cracked ed yields I halt half gasoline and half halt lubricating oils 1 The Hill Creek Dome Domo Is undoubted undoubted- A lr iy the southwest continuation of ot the f oil district a short distance I avay But Hill Creek Creel has the tho distinct III advantage for nature has removed remo noro than 1000 feet teet of or overburden That hat Is the oil now found at nt tho the I fern face at nt Hill nm Creek ar are 1000 feet Under un under un- un der the tIle surface at Ran Rangely Hill Creek 13 Is al also o several o hundred reel feet pet lower In t. t altitude These facts make It a much t I easier task to reach the oil all sands Tho The f sand tho ono one which has hns made g C Wyoming famous Is expected to bo be I I. I reached at 1200 feet teet n at t Hill HII Creek I Another point Cr th tho i I value of the o holdings holding's of or th the th-s Hill Creek reek Dome Domo company Is the fact tact that II i they tho adjoin the carefully s selected oil I shale halo lands withdrawn by the govern govern- mont ment for or future use of or tho the navy Your Possessions possessions a adjoin those these withdrawn lands on tho north and embrace some of ot the tho best In this part of or the tho state A shale distilling Plant or oil refinery nt at Hill Cre Crock Creek k dome could run a pipe I line lino to tho Uintah railway near nen- WatI Watton Wat- Wat I ton son and the oil would be conveyed b by c ra another mother distinct advantage liero is water ator within two miles o of or the possible site for the first oil well and well ell and tood can be bc at 6 a n cord cod A light filar rig 11 can prospect this dome to the first Important sand B. 1200 feet feeL As at Rangely there will 11 be little casing needed po possibly only onh the tho frs fIrst length 1 I I 11 through h the tho upper soft crust mal making making- drilling Inexpensive whoa when compared with most wells This sealed scaled dome In In- In that some omo gas pas and possibly a twenty five well ell should be bo en encountered encountered encountered en- en countered In ZOO SOO to 00 feet In Rangely Range Range- I ly I 1 havo made as ns much as 70 feet teet a day dav In the eleven wells I drilled there co countered In to feet In Range flange ly the oil standing several feet teet to as much as feet In ln n the wells Tho The Hill Creek Is a more moro perfect al at dome than n Rangely proper where fissures had let Jet parts parth of at the oil and anda gas a escape lilt Big Plants Pian Contemplated The Tho fact that one company has Just announced Its Intention to erect a oil oil- shale distilling plant at aston Waston another company has paid for tor acres of at shalo shale lands In the tho same vicinity and proposes to erect another similar plant there and that there Is II an m unlimited demand In Inthe Inthe Inthe the world today for tor all the gasoline nitrates for tor fertilization and other oil shale products bl all no go to Indicate great rent value alue to the tho Hill Creek Dome Oil company holdings t t tests ats made of or oil taken from the Hill Cr Creek ck Dome vicinity give gl the following results Tho content was 35 gallons C oil all to the tho ton of ot shale This amount contained feet teet of or gas 10 gallons of ot heavy oil lubricating 8 I gallons of light oils 7 71 n gallons g of or gasoline gaso gao line distillate 27 i pounds of at paraffin wax and a quantity of other valuable Ingredients Ingredient It is the purpose O of the Hill Creek Domo Oil Shale company I understand under under- stand stano to have a rj rg on tho ground and drilling operations begun In sixty da days s and possibly In thirty days When hen tho the oil all sha shale shaie c end la iS taken up It 11 will vIll bo be a cheap steam shovel ns os the rich have havo no overburden and can be bo readily handled handlE There Thore are aro two small springs on the property which with a small maU amount of ot development may prove pro of Importance for Tor or culinary and other purposes as ol our r tests showed the water of or good quality A largo large stream Is near the tho south boundaries o of tho the There Thoro are ranchers living close to the ground round whose outfits may bo be had hac at reasonable terms for freighting and arid other pur pur- poses They arb decidedly favorable ta to the tho company and will win give Ivo over every assistance toward fostering the Interests Inter Inter- ests of ot our company Compan A h.- h. 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