| Show PUSHING THE OIL DRILL Important Work of tho Now York Utah Oil CompanyNotes Price Sept 13A party consisting of L O Hoffman W H Donaldhon J T Nichols and Robert M MoKunc visited the Oswego camp No 1 of the New York Utah Oil company Sunday afternoon accompanied by Field Manager Alex lIlllHtrnm and found everything In pilme working order with Manager McEuchen on the ground and the big drill at a depth of 210 feet and making progress at the rate of thirty to forty feet at each shift About the only inconvenience In-convenience encountered KO far more than usual Is lack of water one of the Hprlngs from which water was piped having failed and piping Just arrived to tap a larger spring and thin was probably prob-ably done Monday The rig Is a full standard and the best to be bought No expense has been spared to make It parfect in every particular Cables tooln and all are of the very 1 best and ample to fit any emergency that may arise All IH now under cover except the boiler and thin will yoon be covered BO It will take colder weather than Is usual here to Interfere In the l < nst with the work One cabin and two large tents with lumber nlden and floors fur nlah quarters ample und neat for the force employed which now consists all told of six men who are all accus lomcd to the details of the work Little Lit-tle or no result In I expected from tho well hoforo a dcr th of at leant 100 feet In attained though the rig lo capable of a depth of 3500 fet with Its present equipment With plenty of water work will likely proceed with little or no interruption in-terruption until oil Is struck or the limit reached though artesian waler will likely be irtruek and a casing hunk to shut it away from the drill All power necessary to handling the huge tools sand pump etc conic from an engine even the bellows for the forge receiving its power In this way For the benefit of those who wonder where the rig IB located it may be stated thet It IH about one and a half I miles southwest of the Big Springs I I ranch ten miles north of Mounds station I sta-tion on the Rio Grande Western railway I rail-way and eighteen miles from Price over a good road an easy three hour drive with u team Hospitality Is the rule of the camp and those who visited It last Sunday are Indobted lo L O Hoffman for an unusually pleasant drive and to all hands at camp for many courtesies extended and the royal entertainment whllo there which was fully enjoyed No pains wan spared to show the visitors the WOOpound drill nnd atom In operation pounding Its way into the hard slate formation which at that time much resembled black fire brick It waa the InlejHIon to keep the drill busy day and night as Mon > aa sufficient water wait secured and this Is in all probability now being done About October 1st Interesting nows may be expected from this well which will Interest all who have holdings In this Held and those adjacent NOTE AND PERSONAL Thomas Fitzgerald and family are occupying their now residence on Main street John Mhtiburn and his niece Miss Bcckulth have been doing ZIon this week J O FaUKott has returned from a business trip to Provo and Salt Lake cities Ml58 Pearl Holduwuy has returned from a monlha visit with friends at Provo and American Fork Commlrolonor Ed C Lee came In Tuesday from Harper to attend a Commissioners Com-missioners mi cling which did not convene an CommIssioners I = soC s-oC Scofleld nnd MncLean of Castle Gate did not attend Arthur Hunter clerk to Roadmastcr John Fogarty of Croon River was in Price Wednesday night returning Thursday MnJ H P Myton came In from the White Rooks agency Wednesday and went wcu with the convention dele gate lie hud with him tho strong box of the Ulntaho and will Boon return to them with about 510000 for distribution The big payment of 573000 will soon be made by Inspector Jenkins who Is I at the agency A lot of Indians are here with teams to haul out agency supplies for the winter eighteen teams are already here nnd more have been Rent for by Su perintendent of Irrigation W S Smith who has them In charge J L Yundt was a Price visitor Thursday looking up business for the great Rock Island route of which ho In traveling freight agent J W Reynolds who lien for about n year been acting superintendent of In dian schools at White Rocks agency pas M through Price Thursday on route to Fort Mojave school In Arizona where ho Is transferred The echoolc at White Rocks arc temporarily In charge of Agency Phynlclnn Lloyrt J M Whltmoic loaded a train of mixed cattle Wednesday at Colton for the Eastern market All but two carloads car-loads were already old to L rmscr the Helper merchant who took them tQ market Manager Kennedy Is slowly moving the rip of the r lncJnnatl Utah company Into the Sinbad country He IB Inking his lime as the lumber ordered Is not yet i henII |
