Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-09-01 | Page 33 | Jordean River Oil Holdings Are Large

JORDAN RIVER OIL I I HOLDINGS ARE LARGE Relative ot of the extensive holdings of ot the jordan Jordan River Oil Gas compan company one of ot the directors of ot tho the company says lIas The company compan owns awns oil and gas leases on 1280 acres of ot the choicest land landIn In Davis Davie count county the property being lo located located lo- lo about on one and a half halt miles west west of ot Woods Woods' Cross It al also o holds hold options option for leases on on acres west of ot Farmington Farm- Farm Ington and acres near Garfield and acres In All of oC these lands are close to tho the Great Salt lake and have e been examined b by a number of ot experts exports and geologists who pronounce It the greatest undeveloped undeveloped unde undo oil and gas field In the United States Several shallow shallo wells now how on the tho property are arc burning constantly though combined with water Wlter and an analysis of ot the gas gu made by Dr Joseph Kingsbury of the University of ot Utah and examined b by gasoline c experts of ot ILos Los Angeles shows It to be the richest gas the they have ha ever tested and In their Judgment jud capable of producing under the tho compression system of ot extracting gasoline from natural gas from three to five gallons of or high grade gasoline from each 1000 cubic feet of ot gas It Is la lathe the Intention of ot the company to Install a complete compression plant The company compan company com com- pan pany owns complete well drilling Standard outfits including OO feet of oC all stool steel casing ran ranging from 15 to 4 inches In size miles of ot steel cable ll ca hl en nna Ines nna u b o ll I mast a b g p reps I ers etc Tho Tro company compan guarantees the tho exIstence existence existence exist exIst- I ence of 01 gas gaD strata on Its properties at I about and again at 1625 feet teet either cither I of ot which should produce several wells well flowing more than cubic f feet et I of ot gas per day Thus each well flowing cubic feet teet of ot gas per perda da day wilt will under the compression system produce gallons of ot high grade gasoline ever every twenty four hours The Tho company compan Is likewise confident of or the existence of oil on Its holdings B. B The presence of ot oil on In the valley vaHey of or the Great Salt SaIl lake has Iran already been demonstrated demonstrated demonstrated dem dem- a well Is now producing crude petroleum at the tho northern ex extremity extremity ex- ex of or the Great Salt lake Tho The oil Is derived from a depth of ot about feet below the surface of ot the lake from froma rom roma a shale and sand stratum andIs ands forced I up through the waters of ot the lake to the amount of or approximately ten bar bar- per lIer day Tho gas was piped to Salt Lake City where It was used for lighting heating and cooking for tor about two years ears but buton buton buton on account of or Improper equipment Imperfect Im hn- perfect construction of ot pipe lines JInes le legal legal le- le gal controversies contro and other causes the field was shut down From these old wells and numerous natural tural blowouts ItIs It ItIs Is estimated that over cubic feet reet of or high grade hydro carbon gas Is escaping every da day Tho The gas may he be lighted at numerous places and Is enough to furnish ample amplo power for tor tho the development of ot the tho field When those these wells welts were driven gas well pipes were left open at the bottom thus permitting permitting permitting permit permit- ting from time to time clogging clogg the flow b by sand This was n a problem In ingas gas gna fields Ields throughout the world Eight KIght years ear ago gO tho the la Layno no well screens and tho the Mcl wireless s well strainers were Invented Today roday these entirely overcome an any difficulty from rom san sand Now gas as and oil ma may be bo produced from the tho same flame well and from different depths and mo modern rn equipment such mch as this comp company ln tny 1 possesses s make brake It possible to toc c rill o lo 01 a depth of ot feet feel