Show OIL LANDS IN UTAH Crude Petroleum in Abundance on Juan J nan 1 COAD COA ALSO ALSOE ALSOt t E 13 L GOODRIDGE HERE RERE TO IN INTEREST INTEREST INTEREST TEREST CAPITAL C iTAL iTALE I E L Goodridge who has ha been pros prospecting prospecting in the San Sari Juan river for the past year and a half and who Is fa familiar with the mineral min ral resources of that section came caine up from there a ada day or two ago and is quartered quartered k at the Walker House Houfe For the past several months Mr Goodridge has been devoting his time and energy to k the discovery and location of oil lands He Is in the city olty now for the purpose of securing financial assistance In Jn his undertaking and comes fully equipped to o show just what he ho has Within a distance of three miles along the banks of the San Juan Tuan and about fifty miles west of Bluff City Mr Ir Goodridge has located ground cov coy covering covering ering no less than eight or nine springs from which flow low all aU of o 0 ten barrels of crude petroleum carrying SO per cent a day This crude oil the gentleman says saya i identical in charac character ter tar with that found in the oil fields at Florence Colo Cob and he is Iii satisfied f that with machinery he can open oven up 1 some of the biggest oil wells In the I country He has with him samples of j the oil a comprehensive map of the t country and numerous large photo photographs f graphs which give a splendid Idea I ea of J the nature of the country and its for formation formation mation characteristics t Mr Goodridge is a resident nt of Ore Oregon Oreon Oregon gon on and his investigations have hae been backed by men of his Own community but buthe he has a stage where some additional help is Ie required r to deter determine I mine the real extent and value of his Jt I property prop and he stands ready to talk business in a reasonable way with any anyone I one tone who has money and nerve enough h i i to embark in the enterprise with him Of the t e ultimate result he personally I has no doubt as a railway from Dolo Dolores Dolores Dolores res over the Colorado line Is now being agitated and latest advices are that the Rio Grande or some of its eastern connections will shortly begin its con construction c cOnstruction n The Th proposed route runs from Dolores Dolore to Bluff thence along the San Juan Tuan through the oil section and andon andon andon on down to Flagstaff forming a junc June junction junction tion with that Arizona station on the Santa Fe FeThe FeThe FeThe The Durango Democrat of Aug 1 had an account of what is proposed in inthis Inthis Inthis this line and Mr Goodridge says the route selected is a most natural easy one In addition to the oil there is good coal both above and below where lIe he is located as well as the gold placer diggings and copper float can be found most anywhere The San Juan Tuan valley he says Is well adapted to farming and stock raising and he feels that small investments made at this time will bring handsome returns in the not distant future Mr Goodridge will be in town for another day or two to when he will lea leave e for Marysvale to meet parties s there The San Juan country he says is de deserving deserving deS S serving of close Investigation and i whether he succeeds in Interesting any anybody anybody body in the oil oll lands lauds or not he will willbe willbe willbe be pleased to meet any anyone one interested in the section and tell them all he knows know concerning it Mr Goodridge is a modest unpretentious gentleman and a talk with him would prove in interesting interesting interesting and profitable to any anyone one |