Show LOG OF THE GUFFEY GALEY WELL in contributions to economic geology 1904 issued by the united states geological survey we find an interesting article on the possibilities of the existence of oil in utah from which we quote as follows the next deepest borings bolings in the state has been put down by the guffey and galey company about a mile southwest of farmington A depth of about 2000 feet has been attained and the results of that work have been placed at the service of this survey ground was selected by this company adjoining that from which gas was obtained for a limited time above twelve years ago for domestic use in salt lake city it lies in a bed bordering great salt lake which has been exposed by the recent recession and is characterized by low elliptical mounds of recent lake deposits of clay and sand which are sometimes considered by oil experts to indicate the presence of oil on a number of these mounds usually at their apices are circular pits about twenty five feet in eter occupied by actively bubbling springs spring of cold water an odorless gas escapes encao from the bursting bubbles which ignite igniter with slight report and for a brief period gives givel a pale light no oil was observed in asso with either this gas or the rising water these springs were the guides to the gas which was formerly exploited and together with the apparently significant topo graphy led to the choice of location for the present exploration this well penetrates siu cious and calcareous sands and gravels bearing occasional shells fragments of wood con sid erable hot water and gas it has reached a depth of about 2000 feet where a more solid formation believed to be coarse bo bowl ders was encountered this interfered with further sinking by making the bore crooked and thus led in december 1904 to the abandonment of the well the detailed evidence offered by samples of the material penetrated in drilling which were supplied by the operators and studied by the writer is shown in the following tabulated statement log of the guffey and galey well one mile southwest of farmington 5 D CHARACTER OP STRATA D mr D W I 1 clay and sand occasional wood i 1 to 2 sand and gravel 30 to 3 greenish sand and gravel to 4 fine clay with freshwater fresh water shells 70 to 5 freshwater fresh water shells 6 fine sand 60 to 7 coarse gravel to 1 inch diameter ete from igneous leous rocks 30 to 8 coarse sand partly from 30 to 9 coarse gravel and fine sand 40 to 10 angular fine gravel 25 to 11 greenish cemented gravel and sand 90 to 12 green sand coarse gravel with blackened wood to 1200 13 green sand and rounded gravel 50 1200 to 1250 14 sand and gravel 50 1250 to 1300 15 rounded gravel quartz sand occasionally cemented cem cemented entea b by p pyrite y rat e wood fragments W 1300 to 1400 16 angular gravel quartz sand with pyrite and many bij baij bits 0 of j wood 0 f 1400 to 1510 17 brown earthy sand possibly some gypsum 15 1510 to 1525 IS 18 angular quartz sand 35 1525 to 1560 19 fine sandy olive colored clay 10 1560 to 1570 20 greenish gravel and sand 20 1570 to 1590 21 gravel quartz and sand 13 1597 to 1610 22 brown earthy clay and sand 10 1610 to 1620 23 olive clay sand and gravel 20 1740 to 1760 24 green clay fine gracei gr gravel avei 40 1790 to 1830 25 greenish clay 10 1830 to 1840 26 fine quartz sand with pyrite and mica 5 1840 to 1845 27 brown earthy sand 10 1845 to 1855 28 pinkish clay 10 1865 to 1875 29 fine sand 20 1875 to 1895 30 boulders Bowl ders 1 to |