| Show 0 THE SAN JUAN OIL FIELDS E L goodridge of canyonville Cany onville oregon the original discoverer and pioneer of the oil fields in san juan county utah and through whose efforts much has been done towards the development and proving of this promising field has been in salt lake the past week making preparations for active operations in the still further exploitation of his interests in that section during the coming summer associated with mr goodridge in the san juan field is col A C ellis of salt lake through whose efforts capital has been interested in this section oil drilling rigs have been installed and a number of wells have been sunk to the upper oil bear ing sands in speaking of the outlook for the field during the present season mr goodridge states that a great showing will be made there before the close of the year and that among those going into that hat section at an early date there is a california syndicate headed by dr L R ellis of san francisco his syndicate having an option on a portion of the ground owned by col ellis eilis and himself the syndicate having entered into a contract to sink three wells this year to a depth of 1000 feet afeei each judge W A sherman of oakland california also has options on ground in the same locality and has a columbia rig on the ground with which he will sink nine wells this season the wells to be sunk mentioned above P are re to be located near goodridge post postoffice office twenty five miles southwest of bluff city the goodridge townsite is on the san juan river where a new steel bridge has just recently been completed the structure being paid for by the state san juan county and by individual subscriptions the bridge wll greatly facilitate travel in this rather inaccessible ces sible region and goodridge city will be the of a wide stretch of country as a consequence much of this travel will be from the south and a representative of the great basin drilling company of san francisco francisc is now in the san juan with the view of ascertaining if it is feasible to establish an automobile stage line between goodridge and galup new mexico an auto truck freighting line may also be installed the company company will also put some drilling rigs into the field for california parties harvey M toy of the hotel manix san francisco has also been into the field of late and it is stated that he acquired valuable ground there the san juan oil is declared to be of the very best quality it has a base and is so pure that it can be used in a crude state in gaso ine engines instead of gasoline A test of this character was made a few days ago at the local works of fairbanks morse co and results were not only astonishing but also most gratifying among the companies now operating in the san juan field are the following the oil co of san juan the connecticut oil co the san francisco san juan oil co the western development co the yates mclain development co the landon san juan oil co the norwood oil go co the buckeye oil co the gray bucklin oil co the redwood san juan oil co the jackson magee oil co the union oil co the chicago oil co the spokane oil co eight other companies are getting in readiness for active operation this season |
