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Show it j- will not exceed threo or four mllej In widili. The gn o'oininrj here Is one of tho host and mil. -st arlielca that lias ever been found, bin it can Ik? mixed with manufactured gas prolitably. It h a fact liltlo known oul.-ido of Ihu gas d'.st riets, that natural gn mixed with one. fourth of the artillcial pas produces greater heat nt a le.a cost to tho inanufac. lur rs than tin; unmixed arti 'le. Kstimates iniide by j.raciieal ur n with years of experience deinoutra(e the fact that a jra well can la: driven hero 11 depth of ore thousand act for f.!.iOU' Thin amount cov.-rs the cost, of machinery nr. I all cr-roiiM'i". cr-roiiM'i". Tim American Natural (jasVom-pnnv (jasVom-pnnv have ordered a lot of lil-inch main for liner pipe line and its arrival is expected in nbouUix weeks. There are some ex tensive pipe lines eat. One natural gas eonijmuy at I'itt.hurg. eonlrolled by Theodore liarnodall, has over I'-nO miles of pipe lino. Tho West Side association will hold a meeting at. the fed .nil court room tomorrow evening, to which they invito everybody to come and talk gas. Speakers w ill address the meeting ami it is expected that a big boom will be started. MORE WELLS DRIVEN. WORK STARTED TODAY ON THE NEW ONE AT LAKE ShORE. Great Activity In All Clri lo.nnd Ntimreous Companies Organized to Bore Kor Kutnralfiaa Oudon llu.lnr-.sMon to Visit Snlt Iko rrodiicor. Eight Luudrcd and fifty acres of land within two miles of tho city wcro scoured last week by tho Amerleun Natural (ins company, com-pany, which Las obtained tho exclusive privilege priv-ilege of horlug for' gas and oil upon tho track This Important deal was effected by Mr. Henry L. Driver, ona of tho most industrious indus-trious members of the gas company. Work will not ceatio at Luku Shore, but the company com-pany will have machinery in jiluco In a few days and will sink several wells on this new tract. Tho American Natural fias company have now ou over COOO acres of laud which embraces pretty much of the thoroughly de-t'ltwl de-t'ltwl gna Mk i'. '" Superintendent Schmidt got his men started to work this inornlu; on tho new at Lake Shoro, and tho drilling of tho big hole will continue uninterruptedly until the Trenton rock Is reached. It will he tho biggest big-gest woll yet driven, being a ten Inch bore for the first 75 or 100 feet, aud an elght-incu hose the balance of Its depth. The llrgcr hose towards tho top will prevent the leakage and Seepage that was encountered encount-ered in the present woll. An Invitation has been extended the mayor and council of Ogden and the members of tho chamber of commorco to Tlslt and Inspect tho gas well, iud thcx wlUxorpt: -jn on ft special excur-t,tnri, excur-t,tnri, fcoxt jVorlMsdnyjc-fcoiDg. Tho arrangements for their reception on arrival at the gas fields havo not yet been perfected but It Is probable that they, will bo met by a delegation from the Halt Lako chamber of commerce. Representatives of tho Natural Gas company will be on hand to explain to the Ogdenites all about the big gusher and turn It on full force for their benefit. It has h; en piped tip ubovo the surface aud capped and equipped with a new valve and stopcock so that It can be readily turned on aud oft'. There Is a reliable steam guago attached to the well Ro that Us pressure can bo accurately accur-ately measured. Tho pressure to the square inch is now upwards of l.")0 pounds and is constantly growing stronger. All' preparations haveibeen completed and the jrtis as U flows fromlho ple will be Ignited Ig-nited so that tho visitors can view a turning gas woll. When the b'.g flow of gas was struck at Luke rihoro tho supply of natural gas which has supplied tho residenco near the Kio Grande Western depot so Ions:, was suddenly sud-denly interrupted and shut off. It is supposed sup-posed that. It was merely a seepage through the earth from tho great reservoir of gas that tins been tapped by tho boring of the big well. . About ono year ago when the Utah I.e-frlgerator I.e-frlgerator company was sinking its wells on its property at Twelfth street West and Seventh street Norlh, a strong pressure of , nutural gas was struck, and at one time ' threatened to seriously interfero with the work of driving the wells. Since !he present discovery It is likely that a gas well will be driven on this property as nn experiment. Mcsscrs. lienson, Karrick and Collin have tho control of a lnrgo tract of land about eight miles northwest of the city and will bore for gas. The operation will propably begin sonio day this week. Tho gentlemen have under consideration the formation of a new gas company and the details will bo perfected within a few days. Ono of the latest letters of inquiry for information in-formation was received this morning by 11. 1,. Driver from the John Davis Manufacturing Manufactur-ing company of Chicago. It Is only one ot many similar letters that are received every day from all sections of tho country by. the American comrjanv and by Secretary Sec-retary Meloy of tho chamber of commerce, and is mentioned to show the widespread interest in-terest In the discovery. No strike of natural iras anywhere has ever excited more interest than this ono located In the center of the great intcr-mouulaln section of the country. As fast as replies can be formulated the information in-formation asked for hi forwarded to the writers and every question is answered iu the fullest and most complete manner. Tho Amciiean Natural GuS company will havo its product piped Into Salt Lake and ready to supply tho community within a very few weeks after Its franchise for laying the pipes has been obtained. The skeptics nt first tried to belittle tho natural gas strike by insisting that it was bo:? gas. Now they have changed their tune and the question is asked bv a morning paper, " hat will they do with tho gasr" The question is easy of answer. There are 30,000 consumers in Salt Lake City that are now waiting for it, and when an abundant supply is assured thero will be a tremendous rush of manufacturers seeking cheap fuel. It will take many producers like tho present one to supply tho demand that will be created, and the more that oro started the better it will be for Salt Lake City. Several companies will be organized In a short timo and within a copule of weeks probably not less than a dozen wells will be underway. Ono company that is now perfecting its organization will begin its operations at a location that Is within a dozen squares of Main street, and expect to obtain the article at a depth of probably 1000 feet. Their choice of location Is the result of the opinion opin-ion of the expert connected with the company. com-pany. This gentleman, who does not desire de-sire his name published, ridicules tho Idea of the gas belt at Lake Shore extending west under Great Salt Lake, l'very known oil and gas belt in tho world, he claims, runs north and south and varies in width gen-orally gen-orally from three to eight miles. The greatest width of any known gas or oil belt Is thut of tho btflt between Greece City and Vefrolia, In PonnsylranU, which Is eight miles wide. To the north. In northern Pennsylvania Penn-sylvania aud westeruNewYork.betweenKinzu ami bell's camp tho same belt is about six miles wide aud in tho McDonald oil district near Pittsburg it is Is seicn miles in width. 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