| Show THE VIRGIN OIL FIELDS news milford utah the oil feeds in the virgin river region in washington county have the brightest future of any field in the country and I 1 believe that within two years more that there will be a forest of derricks in that locality all pumping oil the speaker was geo C ellis of elk creek california a stockholder in the glenn colusa calusa oil property near virgin city 1 I have just returned from a visit to our property in washington county he continued and I 1 return home more than ever convinced that we made no mistake in putting our money into the utah oil field we have drilled our well to a depth of 1715 feet this is the deepest well in the district and we will continue to 2500 it if essary but I 1 am confident that we will get oil before we go that tar far down B E 1 I hastings is in charge of our property he is an expert having long been identified with oil companies in the pennsylvania district he is confident of the outcome the deeper we go the better the indications and as I 1 said before I 1 am sure we will strike the fluid government experts who have gone over the field pronounce the showing the best of any field in the country for the amount of money expended in development work there are now fourteen standard and three star rigs in the field and twenty three wells have been started all these wells show splendid indication for oil except two which are dry wells the old well the first one drilled in the district and which was the first producer is still pumping oil the original daily production was about forty barrels but last fall there was an attempt made to shoot the well for a gusher the go devil tore the earth up but it likewise loosened a great deal of stone and this has clogged the well more or less but it is still producing oil this oil is used for fuel |
