| Show IN EASTERN UTAH OIL FIELDS price utah may 26 the indications are that increased activity in the eastern utah oil fields will be recorded this season and already preparations have been made tor extensive operation in oil drilling and exploitation as soon as the weather becomes more set settled fled the failure to make a big showing last year has not discouraged operators in the least and they are more than ever convinced that this portion of the slate abounds abound sAn in large quantities of oil and of the best quality on willow creek eleven miles from colton manager beverley of the uintah oil company has his rig on me ground and before this finds a place in your columns it is quite likely that he will be engaged in active drilling the oil city company manager burns in charge is hard at work below woodside operations at the companas comp anys property have been delayed because of the non arrival of pipe this is now on the ground 1800 feet ol oi it and conditions are favorable for successful drilling milton mcwhorter expects to begin work at sunnyside Sunny SunDy side about the first of june deep snows in that locality have been a great hindrance to active work and the late season has prevented mr mcwhorter getting into the field any sooner ketchem shores will also resume work in this locality at an early date the bengho american oil company driller scott in charge will soon be sinking a well in dairy fork canyon J W farnell states that he expects to have two outfits at work between deseret switch and green river within the next sixty days ex governor hogg of texas and colonel J M mcguffey are steadily increasing their oil land holdings in the green river country J W smith of colton is pushing work in the development of his gilsonite property at the head of horse creek the pleasant valley company and the colton wax company are both giving employment to a goodly force and the outlook for both enterprises is most promising the advocate of this city is giving a great deal of attention to the oil and kindred industries of this section and its capable and progressive editor is highly pleased over the way with which our resources are being developed and the activity observable among operators at the present time |
