Show BLUFF CITY OIL growing interest Is being centered in san juan county in utah it is an old saying that one must go away from home to get the news and this applies to the promising oil field now being opened near bluff city in san juan county utah in salt lake but little is heard regarding the splendid oil discoveries near the metropolis of san juan county but on the streets of denver it is all the talk and capitalists from colorados chief city are not only flocking into the new field but are ready to back up their faith and judgment by cash and a lot of it for the acquirement of property there and for its development and yet the discovery of oil near bluff city and the sinking of the initial wells in this locality can be credited to one of salt lakes leading attorneys and active pushing business men col A C ellis col ellis explored the san juan region some ten years ago and secured a large tract of valuable oil land now included in the holdings of the san juan oil company but it was only quite recently that success crowned the efforts of the colonel and his company who now have seven or eight wells all of which are producers or will be as soon as the company is ready to begin the marketing of its product and more wells are being sunk As a general thing the first oil sand is struck at a depth of feet and invariably the well is a gusher at first later subsiding a I 1 to a pumping proposition at a depth or feet the second oil bearing sand is found and erosions ero show that there are al ai least seven of these strata the big well as it is called although only down to the first sand could easily pump from TO 1000 gallons of oil daily although the other wells at this depth show a capacity of about twenty five gallons the oil carries a pa paraffin base and is a product of superior quality its discovery means an awakening for southeastern utah and an era of activity and prosperity for the bluff city section and more it means the inauguration and successful consummation of several big mining ente enterprises in that section preliminary arrangements for which are now being arranged and on a mammoth scale another company having E EL a splendid footing in the san juan field is the san francisco san juan oil company in which henry rives ellis of salt lake is heavily interested this company is now putting in a big oil drilling rig and its operation n will be watched with interest besides the companies already mentioned from ten to twelve more are now in operation near bluff city anti and people from denver san francisco los angeles portland and montana have visited this ret region on and after a careful inspection and investigation have aud and are acquiring holdings there the san juan oil company has been wide open and generous in its treatment of the public representatives of numerous oil concerns of note and national reputations tati ons have visited the field and the com 13 anys property and have been given permission to take away with them samples of the oil and this has been taken by the galion and by the barrel until it is estimated that at least a thousand gallons have been carried away by interested outside parties for analyses and testing purposes later on it is the intention of the mining review to go more into detail concerning new oil field as it looks as if the oil region around bluff city would eventually develop into a world beater |