Show THE OUTLOOK FOR OIL the outlook for the future of the oil industry is seemingly bright indeed and successes have crowned the efforts of those who have taken a hand in oil operations the profits being enormous in comparison to the amount expended in exploration and equipment and for two reasons one of which being that operating expenses are reduced to the minimum minimum a mere nominal sum as soon as a flow of oil is encountered while so many of the railroads and steamship lines are now using oil for fuel or are arranging to do so 80 that the demand bids fair to exceed the supply for years to come in addition to which there is an increased and growing demand for oil in commercial industrial and manufacturing circles in california according to reports the industry while in a flourishing condition is still in its infancy and state mineralogist prof A S cooper in an article on the petroleum wealth of california states that he has no fear of tomorrow 1 in this article professor cooper says the state is in the beginning of a career as a of petroleum and is certain to show an extent of oil deposits which will amaze the world the unaltered rocks of california cover an area of square miles the bi are found in greater or less quantity in all our unaltered rocks of the cretaceous and tertiary period when it becomes generally known that the same conditions exist in utah in wyoming and that the area of oil bearing rocks are as great we believe that the oil industry of this sention section w will ill be brought as prominently before the public as are the oil bearing 1 I fields of either california or texas and while the review is inclined to be conservative still we cannot but believe 1 that in due time utah will become famous f amous the world over for its production of petroleum and its products byproducts by |