Show oil leyie e tseh oil W ae w col E W is arranging for the sinking of a well near elgin near the green river bridge on the R G W castle dale progress councilman A J davis of salt lake sent in thirty six more location notices thursday his latest acquisition of oil land is in saddle horse canyon col ellis judge judae dickson H B cole and other salt lakers who are interested in oil lands twelve miles north of san francisco are elated over the news recently received to the effect that a near neighbor has struck a ten barrel flow prof L H mitchell the eminent oil expert recently made an examination of the oil fields near ephraim and it is stated that he be was well pleased with conditions in that locality the oil extracted from sand being an excellent lubricant the white star oil company near the mouth of spanish fork encountered a small oil strata beneath a layer of blue clay at a depth of feet the company will keep on sinking as it is believed that at or feet oil will be found in large quantity price advocate numerous oil location notices have been filed the past week in willow creek canyon J R letcher and others have taken up several claims out at nine mile near the ranch of T F housekeeper Hoase keeper judge norrell of salt lake city is interested in the latter dail daily y herald manager t matt daugherty of the spring valley oil pipe line company is authority for the statement that a central distributing plant will be erected by his company headed by cleveland 0 capitalists infalt in salt lake and a pipe line will be run from here to uintah county wyoming where the companas comp anys wells are located price advocate A hillstrom of los angeles cala the expert who has been down to the sinbad oil fields was here monday on his way to salt lake city he pronounces the indications there for petr petroleum i blaum and lubricating oil as fine as he has seen anywhere in his twenty years experience allover all over the country S P F engineering mining journal considerable sid erable oil is being encountered in the arroyo seco well the work on which is proceeding satisfactorily the salinas oil and development company has recommenced active work upon its well which is now down about feet live seepages see pages of oil from the shale are being encountered the oil being thin and of good quality vernal express the main topic of interest to the mining and speculative fraternity of this section at present is oil and all the indications point to a veritable boom in that line curing during the summer from deep creek southeast for over a hundred miles along the hydrocarbon belt which extends over into colorado are found indications of oil and the favorable locations along the entire distance are being gobbled up many thousands of acres are being located on both sides of the state line and if one twentieth part of the ground staked off proves of any value eastern utah and western colorado are on the ragged edge of a boom that will astonish the natives castle dale progress A E smith felt acord and peter borreson have located acres of mineral land nine miles south of su sunnyside Sunny side in their judgment the oil showing there is as good as elsewhere mr smith some few years ago located an claim with a fissure vein twelve feet wide streaked with in the same neighborhood he found mineral paint some of which was sent to salt lake and pronounced a first class article castle dale progress the san rafael oil and mining company of which A J davis a salt lake councilman is the active pusher claims to have found the finest lubricant oil in the world this company together with mr daviss holdings has located some acres in the sinbad district one analysis shows per cent which is remarkably high A boring plant has been ordered from akron ohio and will be in the field in about three weeks the manufacturers will send four expert drillers drillars dr illers to operate it the idaho oil co adt of boise idaho owning acres of oil lands in owyhee owahee county that state has purchased an oil drilling machine in duplicate and has let contracts for the sinking of a well on its property several wells have been sunk on adjoining ground and while no greater depth than feet has been attained several very good oil flows have been encountered the che oil being a fine lubricant the outlook for the company is encouraging indeed the company is capitalized at shares at 1 each A J davis city councilman and manager of the san rafael oil co will leave for the east cast in the very near future for the purpose of superintending super intending the construction of a well drilling el plant his idea being to construct a portable plant as nearly standard as possible the rig to have a sinking capacity of 2500 feet if required with an eight inch hole although it is believed that it will not be necessary to go deeper than feet to tap the oil measures the new plant should be installed inside of thirty days when mr davis returns he will bring with him four experienced drillman drill men mr davis states that the oil from the companas comp co anys land is of the very best grado grade and ot of better quality than that supplied by any oil dealer in the business the company Is well supplied with means and will not depend pendon on the sale of treasury stock for the sinews of war wherewith to carry on the work of development and exploration at the office of W H dark clark on west second south st secretary and treasurer of the san rafael company a miniature derrick is displayed and oil from the oil springs on the company s holdings is being pumped into tanks the exhibit is a most interesting one |