Show I A GREAT OIL SHOWING 1 i Remarkable Results From aNew a-New Locality i j GREAT THINGS EXPECTED Jji j J A Rumored Strike in Coinstpck at 14 L Park City at a Depth of Over Three fr Hundred Feet Two New Ore Developments i p Devel-opments in Tesora Gnlena and i Copper Find in the Maybsll nt Stockton Plenty of Water Now at i Mcrcur Ben Butlers Ore Deliveries tt Deliver-ies Highland Boy Output t We have undoubtedly discovered j tj I f one of the most rmsirkable oil fields 4 in I the West said George Blair at E the same time directing the attention L J of a group of experts lo a halfdovcn I r This I j I bottles of the refined product J It oil explained the gentleman comes < t from a point about eighty miles south iiL I cast of Salt Lake City ou the line of tho Rio Grande Western The fields P are described as very extensive and i I ii 1 have been known to exist for several I years No systematic work or effort 1 10 put them ou a commercial bas however was done until J B Moore It nocr > r fnfnl with Mr I3lar 1 r called Ihc Jailers attention to their 1 possibilities about six months ago r Then they began a careful explolla j tlon of Ihc ground arid finding oil I leakages oil springs and an enormous enor-mous deposit of oilbearing sand Tills i I deposit or ledge extends for a distance t dis-tance of several miles and occurs In a I I I black peatlike form The roll distilled c dis-tilled from the sand becomes white jind analysis shows a pure silica r Some of the oil was taken from leakages I I leak-ages explained the gentleman and some from the iranil The owners then t t began experiments that some process I of refining It might be developed the experiments covering a period of several I sev-eral months Considerable expense r was entailed but Mr Moore by accident ac-cident discovered the process for r1 which he was searching and by which l lie Is now able lo reduce the oil to a I l commercial commodity i i The oil it was explained Is of a I I I quality superior to that which Is produced i I pro-duced in cither California Colorado I or Wyoming as a lubricant It contains i con-tains a large percentage of parafflne wlilch is rarely found in any of the L oils discovered Jn the United Stales F outside of Utah It can be used for r illumination or as a lubricant ns I the latter has been subjected to tests 4 on highspeed machinery with perfect results and it will not gum It can r also be used In the generation of gas i or as fuel while comparison reveals a better light than Is derived from r any oil now shipped Into the Slate 1 The real extent and valuepf Ihe 1 fields s yet undetermined That they j I cover a vast area has long been known I I and to estimate their value to the j a4i State in the founding of a new Industry l i Indus-try would be difficult However the U owners are now organizing for the c4 purpose of development of three sections sec-tions of placers and already a contract I con-tract has been let for sinking wells I An expert opinion by an experienced oil man who has made thorough exam I II f 1 inalion of the ground Is that oil c I should be tapped In commercial quan H 11 ty al any depth between ISO and 400 feet With these demonstrations i it looto almost foolish for Utah capital lo seek oil outside the Slate That it exlsta here In unknown quantity and that St Is of excellent quality required no further demonstration Indeed Mr I Blair and his associate are not the 4 I only persons who have decided this I as there Is now undergoing organization organiza-tion another company which Includes 1 a number of the wealthiest men in the Stale and by whom some very extensive S exten-sive work will be inaugurated within I the next thirty days California I I where fortunes are being almost hourly turned In oil founded the In dustry which has now attained a lead 5 ing position In that Stale upon a less S showing than Is to be seen In a num I ber of localities In Utah |