Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-08-04 | Page 39 | Oil Boom Wanted at South End of Lake

OIL BOOM WANTED AT SOUTH SOUTHEND END OF LAKE Notwithstanding the oil boom which ha has extended to many parts of t tho the state It Is strange that nothing i has been h heard of ot the oil field at thc the south end of ot Groat Salt lake lako where many experts have 0 said that oil exists Among them was us Dr Warren former formen expert for tor the Standard Oil company compan and tho the geologist who developed the Tampico oil field In Mexico r who gave gave- It as his opinion that If It oil eu existed around Great Salt lake the tho best placa to develop It would be lie beat at the BO lt end of or the toke bite Three e years rs ago a well was put putdown down dOn at Burmester about six miles north of ot to a depth of or nearly 1000 feet recto and then for some ome reason the drilling was 8 stopped Dur Jur During JurIng Ing the tho time th the drilling was v In progress ress there was 33 much secrecy maln- maln and ond locally there was little In Information In- In formation given gl out as 88 to lo what success sue suc cess ces was met mot in tho the drilling operations operation Whether It was tas discontinued for tor ln lack k of funds or that no oil was found toun J was ae never made public around the count county There was some somo Intimation that not enough encouragement ement was wag given U by tho people eople owning the land In Inthe Inthe inthe the vicinity of ot the the drilling that they would not sell their land to allow those b back ck of ot the drilling operations to warrant warrant war war- rant them to continuo continue the drilling There Thero aro several oil companies goIng goInS' goInS going go- go Ing InS to develop the field at Farming Farming- ton leports Reports coming from there Indicate Indicate In Indicate In- In that gas as h has s been een encountered and there are hopes of ot striking oil all b bY continuing the tho drilling operations until until until un un- un- un til sufficient depth is attained If It oil oU Is b struck on the east side of or the lake labs at Farmington there can be no reason reason why It does tot not exist at the tho south end as well Tooele ell Tooele Bulletin