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Show there Is a ltfth lnycr of sar.d. Gas la likely to bo found lu any of tliciu. Ikfore tile tliale ami Btind la rcuclicd coal Is always found, giiicrally at u depth of ahout 1300 feet. What nuturul pas has done for 1'ennsylvanla, Ohio und Indiana, will bo , fully duplicated hero at Salt Lake, and il bctiellts are almost beyond calculation. It can b applied to every purpose, ex-cpt ex-cpt the melting of ores. It will will weld iron, but the srueltinif of ores is the only process in which it cannot lie used. I am very strongly Impressed with the discovery dis-covery and feel confident of the existence hero of a great body of natural gas that will be. soou opened up. " ' ' THE TONE OF TBADE. LITTLE ACTIVITY BUT FIRM VALUES IN SALT LAKE REALTY. . The Natural Gas Attracting; Eastern Visitors Vis-itors and Capitalist- L'vpcrts on the ground Who I'rediet Bitfger Discoveries. There, is a better feeling existing in busi-)ie3s busi-)ie3s circles enfirally, than hm been experienced expe-rienced for a loni time. Natural iras is the otjeney that hns cnued tills reaction, aud tliu confidence of the community is shared i-i a lar'e extent by outsiders who havo heard of the recent discoveries. Heal estate dealers do not look for any treat activity lu the m-irket until after the holidays. Values are firm but the volume of transactions is li'ht. The trade is confident confi-dent and many Inquiries rnjrardliiir the extent ex-tent of the iras fields, and the prices of real estate suitablu for manufacturing plants, liave greatly strengthened the condition of things, ai:d brisk trading is anticipated after the first of January. One of the largest lrou.maklnij lirms of rittsburjj has written to uscertaln tlio value of lauds here adjoining the railroad depots and the dis-ance dis-ance therefrom of tlio gas wells. Several eastern men interested lu oil and gas euter-1 euter-1 rises have already arrived in Salt Lake, and l! fully Impressed with the value of the tiatural giis find. There Is lu process of formation a new ompany that will put down several gas wells, but the. names of its promoters pro-moters cannot be made public yet. The Hentleinen connected with it are several of the best known local capitalists of Salt Lake und a number of eastern gentlemen who are identified with gas wells iu Ohio and l'euu-sylvauia. l'euu-sylvauia. Out at Lako Shore yesterday the big tponter was opened and allowed to gush for a couple of hours. The old valve which was liurned aud rendered almost useless by tho lire of a couple of weeks ago, wua taken out and a new valve placed In position. Another Beelion of pipe was attached to the well. Tilt; pressure is strong and as great as at any time since gas was obtained. It has not been guaged for some time and its evact lig-Wes lig-Wes are not known, but Superintendent t-mitli says that it exceeds pounds to the square inch, which was the indication as registered by the steam g'tage when last attached to the well. Jt is tho intention to pipe the tras a distance of about 100 feel from the lnouth of (lie well ami rig a stand pipe at a pafe distance from the present seepage, so that it can be safely lighted and vi .itors see 5t burning. It was elated erroneouslj ill a morning paper yesterday that this hail already al-ready been done. Several writers that have list usscd Salt Lake's natural gas belt have quoted from Orton, whose work on natural (jas has to some extent been accepted as au authority. Mr. Orton, however, has failed in some of bis predictions. Some years ago, when the tlr.-t derrick was erected at Find-lay, Find-lay, Ohio, for the purpose of boring a well, lie predicted that no "gas or oil would bo obtained ob-tained in the Trenton stone. The results all th-ough Ohio and Indiana show how greatly jiwstaken Mr. Orton was, because in both ol those slates natural gas is obtained in no cither formation. J. W. Kigbter, of Findlay, Ohio, who is In the city, has been engaged In the gas and oil business for several years, lie built, the natural gas plants at both Find-lay Find-lay and Canton, Ohio, and has come to Salt Lake with the intention of interesting liimself in the development of natural gas. He Is an invalid and has not yet bad an opportunity op-portunity to visit the gas well, but he is of the firm opinion that a big quantity of natural nat-ural gas will be obtained here. In conversation conver-sation with a Ti.mks reporter this morning Mr. Kighter said: "From the accounts of the pressure obtained at the present gas well 1 am satisfied that the gas Is coming from a ? renter depth than the bottom of Ilia well, believe a great fissure has been struck. I hope that such is the case because gas obtained ob-tained from a greater depth is more to be relied on. In Indiana the shallowest depth tif the wells is about Hod feet and at the depth tho pressure obtained is about Hot) pounds. Ill Ohio the deptti of wells is scarcely ever f),.,n Moo fMt- ft tiresmiro of 4U0 pounds or more is obtained. The deeper tho wel! tbu greater the pressure and in Pennsylvania where the depth is frequently considerably over 2iM) feet a pressure of over TOO pounds is sometimes obtained. Tho pressure 'in a gas well can usually be determined deter-mined by its depth. "In boring for gas or oil here in this hasin people who engage i'l the business should oblii'n iirst-cln-'s apparatus capable, of properly drilling a well to a depth of at least 'JO00 feet, and tho well chunk! be properly cased with the best form or casing. If wells are properly put down belter results will be secured. Several wells will have to bo put down tt) determine the quantity of gas and stone of them may be dry holes from which no gas is obtained. Oas lirlls vary iu width and should bo traced it). If a hole put down should fail to strike the gas it is no indication that the yield is limited. Anotbei well should be, put down iu the opposite direction and the gas will probably he found. There is no reason why there should not bo an immense body of gas struck here in this basin and oil also. Oil is alwavs found iu company witli natural gas or within a few miles of It. Iu Ohio ga is generally found on tho upper side of the Trenton "rock and oil at the lower edge. At Findlay the rock dips lot) feet from east to west iti a distance of about half a mile, aud It is at the easteru edgo natural gas is obtained ob-tained and at tho west side oil is found. The formations in Ohio consist of a drift of about 200 feet before the Niagara limestone is eneounieicd, This formation is usually about 400 feet in thickness, followed by a break of ten to twenty feet of shale overlaying the Clinton limestone whicli Is from thirty to forty feet thick. The nert formation encountered Is Ibout fioo feet of shale and then the Trenton rock. The gas 1 discovered anywhere from the ton of this rock to the depth of fifty feet. "In Pennsylvania tho formations differ nd the gas Is found in sand. There are four formations of band, aud iu Beaver county |
