Show j NOTES ON THE OIL INDU INDUSTRY j A dispatch from boise idaho states that oil in quantity has been found at the bernard well in the snake river oil fields W F aldrich of clear lake this state has taken the contract for the drilling of a thousand foot well for an oil company ing near elko nevada george blair and anda J B moore owning oil lands in spanish fork canyon are building a road to the same and have let leta a contract for the boring of three wells work to begin beg in this week M the colorado springs evening mail says the crosby ehrich syndicate george gardner J 0 kimsey and A L hitchcock have see secured fed acres of choice oil lands at green river utah and that it is the intention to begin drilling for oil in the immediate futures future the herald of baker city oregon states that crude oil for fuel will soon be used in the mining camps of the eastern portion of the state letson balliet Ballie fc to take the initiative at the tha white swan and virtue mines the general belief is ia that the use of oil for fuel instead of coal will effect a saving of from 60 to 75 per cent and the outcome of the trial will be watched with interest in mining circles wm win mayburg the well known scientist in an article on the genesis of petroleum says that salt decomposes gypsum this sets free sulphuric acid this in turn attracts carbonate of lime and sets free the carbonic gas and at af the same sain e time the salt water gives up 1 a part of its hydrogen the hydrogen and nd carbon carlo unite and are condensed over and in the presence of chlorine and the product petroleum is formed castle dale progress the green river oil location boom continues and recorder andersen is earning her salary and feeding the empty county treasury with good hard coin following the twenty five mining claims that came over from there the early part of last week forty four more came over in one bunch last saturday the locators are mostly well to do salt lake and california men who have the means to develop the property S L boggs of this city who has become heavily interested in green river oil properties has recently acquired an additional acres which he believes embraces some 0 the cream of that section he calls this the sunday morning group and expects soon to begin active operations in testing its true worth and merit an analysis made of the oil bearing sandstone gives the following results distillate I 1 73 per cent neutral I 1 oil 13 per cent ceni tar 8 per cent coke 6 per cent in another column mention is made of the incorporation of the colorado butah utah oil co company ipaty the company starts in with a producer as the review is informed that ahat on its property on the utah colorado line there is to afif fifty ty from forty flow of af haj alre already a seepage gallons a day at least 1000 gallons having already been stored in barrels the oil being a first class lubricant it is understood that the active operations at once company will begin and will sink a well to the oil bearing strata hon wm win oneil of vernal this state has been the prime mover in this enterprise according to a special from austin texas a movement has lately been inaugurated to consolidate all the independent oil firms operating in the beaumont oil fields the prime mover in the enterprise being judge robert A greer of beaumont the idea at the present time is to incorporate a new dom company pany combining all the interests mentioned with a capitalization of five hundred million or a billion dollars the business of the consolidated company to be managed by an executive board the object being to maintain prices and to pre prevent vent wildcatting wild the consolidation may possibly take in the independent oil companies of california san francisco engineering and mining review in the formation of the may queen oil land syndicate in san francisco on last monday is recorded an item of news that promises to be of great importance to the development of this portion of the state A most enthusiastic meeting was held at the assembly room parrott building of which john C quinn the well known own oil operator was elected chairman D H mosteller of the leading firm of mosteller allen alien treasurer and anah H R earle secretary of the arroyo seco oil and development company secretary eloquent speeches were made by john C quinn who has thoroughly examined the lands held by the syndicate and colonel L P crane president of the california petroleum miners Asso association clation and abd at the close a hearty vote of thanks was tendered quinn S S simon and mosteller allen alien for their efficient work for the syndicate the syndicate controls some acres of land in townships 21 8 20 7 and 21 7 through which passes the chief anticline of the dis brict oil seepages see pages are frequent along its course the syndicate is composed of about sixty members of whom the executive board consists of the following gentlemen D H mosteller P F R allen alien stephen maybell al L culver gaston matthieu jr wm B morris john C quinn M C noonan herbert mills W H smyth M J doolin dr A miles taylor john L geary jr and S S simon |