Show ACTIVITY IN BLUFF FIELD right kind of men and standard rigs going go ing after oil herald cortez colo W T S white who last week came up from bluff utah reports great activity in the oil fields along the san juan river he says the right kind of people are coming in now who will develop the territory in a systematic manner there are several new departures from the former modes of development of the field and all operators will adjust themselves to the new and broader plans shortly the drill has proved the field so that mere theory of a field is a thing of the past at present work is progressing with vigor eastern capital as well as california capital is be becoming doming interested and is sending in thorough y reliable men to invest gate conditions condition s these investors in oil producing territory realize the of the discovery and development of this field of high grade illuminating oil three new standard rigs are now how at dolores and more shipments are are being made of large rigs inexperience operators with the idea that small rigs were ample to develop these fields have greatly retarded the progress of exploiting the territory but at present the tide of conditions is turning the other way and large rigs under competent management and backed by men of experience and ample capital which is a ways necessary in the development of an oil field are rapidly supplanting the amateur outfits the arcola people are installing a pump at their no 2 well and are ausing oil for fuel this is quite a saving in expense and also demonstrates the high grade of the oil there is no necessity of misrepresenting the bluff oil fields for with the small amount of development work that has been done up to the present time the fields will show a greater production than any known fields under a like development mr white is considered a very conservative man one not easily carried away with enthusiasm he has inspected all of the large eastern fields that have been brought in since 1892 and his reports are watched with interest by the large eastern producers and the standard buyers of crude oils he informs the herald that the standard buyers of one of the easte eastern rn districts have sent a thoroughly reliable man into the bluff fields to fully investigate conditions these men will not spare expense in operating to demonstrate the production of the fields and as soon as the field has been beed proved of sufficient production to justify the installation of pipelines pipe lines for transportation work of constructing the lines will be pushed day and night |