Salt Lake Herald | 1901-12-04 | Page 2 | Generous Sanpeter

GENEROUS GEN Invites Salt Lake Man to Bore an Oil on 1 WelL When Manager A J Davis of the San Rafael Oil company returned home last ast l evening from a a trip of inspection to t o the well in Emery coun cona county conay ty t y he be found in m his man mall a letter from a 8 prominent Sanpete citizen inviting him to drive a II well for oil on the writers farm The letter lettel was from N P Neil Nell Neilson NeIlson son lIOn of Mt It Pleasant and stated his be belief lief l ie that petroleum could be found by boring along alone the banks of or the San Pitch river Mr Neilson owns nearly acres patented Just one well the writer riter wants ants and if oil flows from it ithe Ithe ithe he will want no royalty As he sat t in the city council chamber digesting d the letter Mr lr Davis remarked that the proposition from the Sanpete gentleman seemed to be more than generous gen but I have acres of ot oil land hind located down in the San SRn Rafael country added the councilman on any part of ot which I would be mighty glad I d to let any anyone one go to the expense of driving a well for Cor oil on the terms Mr Nelson Neilson proposes Concerning his company Mr Davis said everything is looking very encouraging encouraging encouraging aging there but he had determined to say nothing about any an strikes until the well gets to the depth originally in intended Intended Intended tended The bore is going steadily down and it will take another month or two to get additional depth of an aA another another other 1000 feet