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Show j NATURAL GAS. Patrick C, Boyle of the oil I'tty "Herriek" Saj s Sail fiikr Saa n. Patrick C. Boyle of the Bradford Era, the Oil City Derrick ami the Toledo ('omm'rriftl, was one of the editors amontr the excursionists excursion-ists that visited the gat wells Monday afternoon. after-noon. Mr. Boyle has had twenty-five, years' experience in the Pennsylvania oii reigns and there Is scarcely a matter pertaining to the operation of oil and gas wells with which he is not familiar. lie was somewhat skeptical skep-tical before seeing Hie well about the pres. sure and character of the iras, but after a few liniments at the "gusher'' he did not hesitate to conflrrn the report of his old friend Mr. (i. V. Peuhale made in The TtatM sometime ago that the maximum of l'i i --u: had not yet been attained, and IfcM the How at the I.ake Shore well was carboni-fnroiis carboni-fnroiis gas ami the only way to determine tfae extent Of Hie territory capable of producing pro-ducing iras or oil was by developemnt, 'i'1 agreed that. Hie course of the belt was north and south. In speaking of the Trillion formation he -aid it wa- not material as to the permanency of the flow, that it was only lino of the formations that contained gas anil at this altitude would probably not tie reached al a lesser depth than SOBOfeei n Hie question of depth Mr. Boyle ami Mr Pcnhale disagreed this being a solid ami compact basin without fissures or faults and the present developement locating the shale and first sand at practically the saisc depth as found in Pennsylvania. Mr. Penhale claims the other sands and Trenton rock will lie discovered at their uniform periods. .Mr. Boyle said the discover would add millions to the wealth of Salt Lake City, and that western manufacturers would concentrate at Ibis point. "You need not worry about the Chicago. Rock Island, Burlington, Missouri Pacific, and other western railroads coming to Ban Lake c ity, ('heap fuel is the greatest Inducement known to offer the manufacturer, and it will nut co-t much to dcvelone and determine the source of supply, and with sufficient quantity quan-tity of natural gas at hand, no western city can compete Willi Salt Lake. "I might mention a number of towns In the cast that have added thousands to their population from the product of gas, and With no opposition In this product you can readily see the vast scope of territory that Salt Lake manufacturers will bo called upon to supply. A similar discovery near an cast, in city would mean a hundred derricks in sight in css than thirty days." Another Expert's Opinion. T. .1. Kcenan. .jr., the brainy writer who is the president of the International League of Press Clubs, i-. a Pittsburg newspaper man whose writings on natural gas are considered consid-ered SUthorttlve. lie said of the gas well at Lake Shore that the natural gas was from a large deposit and i uiiic directly from a great tisure vein and not from a pocket as many skeptics have alleged, lie considered the unotttldlttg country to be underlaid with a (real deposit of natural jjaa, and that it would rapidly contribute to the population and wealth of Salt Luke City. The vast SMOUnt of almo-t pure silica found around Salt Lake together with the presence of natural nat-ural gas ill plenty, assured, Mr. Kcenan said the establishment here of great plate glass works and ad classes of manufacturing plants. |